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10:30 AM ET, March 18, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Allies Launch Plan to Undercut Donald Trump Now  —  Democrat's presidential campaign also readies a strategy of engaging Republican on issues without trading insults  —  Pro-Democratic groups are launching an orchestrated bid to weaken GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump ahead …
Discussion: Vox and Political Wire
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
As Hillary Clinton Sweeps States, One Group Resists: White Men  —  White men narrowly backed Hillary Clinton in her 2008 race for president, but they are resisting her candidacy this time around in major battleground states, rattling some Democrats about her general-election strategy.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama  —  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has to worry about a steep drop-off of the black vote that could imperil her chances of winning the White House in November, an analysis had found.
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:   Hillary, Bernie must unite to beat Trump
Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
Discussion: Political Wire
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court  —  When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile questioning at his 2005 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, he invoked a fellow judge on the federal appeals court in Washington: Merrick B. Garland, now President Obama's Supreme Court nominee.  —  The questions came from Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa.
Discussion: Politico
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary  —  Just after President Obama and I concluded our interview — and after the microphones and cameras clicked off — he added a thought.  —  Senate Republicans' vow not to consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland …
Seth Lipsky / New York Post:   By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland
CBS News:
Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric  —  NEW YORK — The Secret Service, FBI and New York Police Department are investigating what sources tell CBS News is a threatening piece of mail sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump.  —  The mail, sent to Eric Trump at his posh Manhattan residence …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio nears Cruz endorsement  —  Marco Rubio is close to endorsing Ted Cruz, but the two proud senators — and recent fierce rivals — have some details to work out first.  —  Cruz has to ask for the Rubio's endorsement, and both sides need to decide that it will make a difference …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Primary Outcome Is in Kasich's Hands
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan huddles with GOP donors  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the party's biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:   Contested convention is looking more likely, says Speaker Ryan
Ben Oldach / WHOTV:
Waitress Stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal-looking people’ … DES MOINES, Iowa — A popular waitress at a popular restaurant closed out one of her table's Tuesday night when she found a note from her patron.  —  “At first, I felt really upset, I felt attacked, I almost felt …
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Courtney Crowder / Des Moines Register:
D.M. waitress stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal looking people’
Discussion: Eater, KWWL-TV and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces contemplate the end  —  With Donald Trump marching toward a nomination that few believed he could win, Republicans once bent on defeating him are now reassessing their efforts to stop him.  —  Trump's dazed and demoralized adversaries find themselves at a defining moment …
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl's Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa  —  Papaw made dinner for six grandkids, but only one showed up. :'(  —  This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma.  —  On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather.
Darcie Moran / MLive.com:
Convicted felon sings Adele-inspired ‘sorry’ to judge at sentencing  —  A convicted felon seemed to feel particularly soulful at his sentencing last week for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon.  —  Brian Earl Taylor, 21, surprised a courtroom of onlookers when he sang …
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
‘Earth Hour’ Blackout Cancelled Because Of Migrant Rape  —  The annual virtue-signalling festival known as ‘Earth Hour’ won't be celebrated in one Swedish town this year, thanks to a sex-crime epidemic sweeping the municipality.  —  The small Swedish town of Östersund — population 44,300 …
Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Construction Worker on 2nd Day of Job Dies in ‘Not Work-Related’ Fall From 53rd Floor in DTLA  —  A construction worker on his second day on the job died Thursday after falling from the 53rd floor of the Wilshire Grand Center tower and landing on a passing car in downtown L.A. in an incident …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention  —  In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates.  —  That's according to members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states …
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
Obama-Backed Solar Plant Could Be Shut Down For Not Producing Enough Energy  —  California regulators may force a massive solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert to shut down after years of under-producing electricity — not to mention the plant was blinding pilots flying over the area and incinerating birds.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Power Line
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Statement From Conservatives Against Trump  —  This morning I participated in a meeting of grassroots conservative activists from around the country who are committed to opposing Donald Trump.  We have agreed to release the statement below:  —  We are a group of grassroots conservative activists …
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ …
Discussion: Allen B. West
 
 
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Stand To Work If You Like, But Don't Brag About The Benefits
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Jack Montague, free speech and the rush to judgment
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Icahn Pares Ambitions for Tax-Reform Effort After Setbacks
Detroit News:
Last Slide  —  Washington — Democratic lawmakers on Thursday targeted …
Discussion: RT
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Endangered House Republicans: Trump who?
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Bridge Scandal Trial May Prevent a Trump-Christie Ticket
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
Jon Williams / ABC News:
Alleged American ISIS Member: I Made a ‘Bad Decision’
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump-loving NYC Sanitation workers trade fighting words with driver they blocked with their truck in Brooklyn
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