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New York Times:
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton — In unusually candid remarks, President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Senator Bernie Sanders is nearing the point where his campaign against Hillary Clinton will come to an end …
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins — WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Thursday he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri's Democratic presidential primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton. — “I think it's unlikely the results will impact …
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Washington Post, Independent Journal Review, The Week and Guardian
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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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Political Insider blog and The Daily Caller
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP operatives, conservative leaders meet to thwart Trump … A secretive group of Republican operatives and conservative leaders convened Thursday morning for more than three hours to discuss ways to unite the right against Donald Trump, with a presentation about the feasibility of mounting …
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ to Erick Erickson's Third-Party Overtures, Would Be ‘Functionally Supporting Hillary Clinton’ — Thursday on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said conservative blogger Erick Erickson, who has recently said the Republicans …
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Allen B. West
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
If #NeverTrump Wants To Matter, Look To The Libertarians
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New York Times and Hot Air
John Harwood / CNBC:
Another Dem like Obama? Our best days are behind us: Ryan — Ryan on Trump: 'We'll make it work if it happens' — In an exclusive “Speakeasy” interview with CNBC's John Harwood, Speaker Paul Ryan explains how the House is responding to voter sentiment and gives his opinion …
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The Hill, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Infowars, The Bob and Chez Show, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Western Journalism
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan admonishes Trump for ‘riot’ remark
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CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland — Hatch: SCOTUS vacancy last November would've made difference — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he is willing to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland — “If I can meet with a dictator in Uganda …
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WBAY-TV, Washington Post, Fox News Insider and The White House
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court Fight Enters New Phase as Garland Meets Senators
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Politico, The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid — (CNN)In a sign of just how much the Republican presidential primary has turned the party on its head, Sen. Lindsey Graham will host a fundraiser on Monday in support of Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
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Washington Post, Politico, The Atlantic and The Week
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Lindsey Graham throws support to Ted Cruz
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Yahoo Politics, ABC News, Shakesville, neo-neocon, Independent Journal Review, Guardian and Western Journalism
Peggy Lee / WNEP-TV:
Religious Sister Charged with Shoplifting Coffee, Soap … BRIAR CREEK — State police in Columbia County say they nabbed a very unlikely thief: a religious sister. — Troopers tracked the woman to her convent in Danville after she allegedly shoplifted from a store.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018 — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is done with politics - at least for now. — The former presidential candidate and once-rising star in the Republican Party, who quit the race after losing his home state's primary on Tuesday night …
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Independent Journal Review
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David Montgomery / Twin Cities:
Candid Marco Rubio blasts Trump and media, calls Cruz ‘only conservative left in the race’
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio: I won't be anyone's VP
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Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
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 …
Eli Lake / BloombergView.com:
Cruz Assembles an Unlikely Team of Foreign-Policy Rivals — In a year when the Republican Party is breaking apart because of Donald Trump, the only man left with a chance to beat him is trying to build a big tent — by GOP standards — when it comes to foreign affairs.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Video Shows LaVoy Finicum's Last Moments: ‘Go Ahead And Shoot Me’ — Cell phone footage taken from the backseat of Oregon standoff leader LaVoy Finicum's truck shows the final moments before he was fatally shot by state police and the immediate aftermath of the confrontation.
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Raw Story
Bloomberg Business:
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat — Alphabet executives questioned path to marketable products — Toyota, Amazon are among possible acquirers of division — The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary.
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RT, New York Magazine, Fusion, The Next Web, Forbes, Boing Boing, The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat and Investor's Business Daily
Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community — Last week, the president of Virginia Tech, Tim Sands, published an “open letter to the Virginia Tech community” defending lectures delivered by deplorable people like me (I'm speaking on the themes of Coming Apart on March 25).
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Laura Bush: 'Don't ask' if I'm voting for Trump — Laura Bush shot down an interviewer asking whether she would vote for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — “I'm not going to answer,” the former first lady told Susan Page on USA Today's “Capital Download” in an interview published Thursday.
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Talking Points Memo
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim — Last October, an ex-GOP Benghazi Committee staffer filed a lawsuit against the panel, claiming he was wrongly fired for refusing to center his investigation on Hillary Clinton — an accusation Clinton's defenders held up as proof that the panel …
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Hot Air
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Simpsons’ Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: “It Was a Warning to America” — It “just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom,” Dan Greaney recalls. — It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose.
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Red Alert Politics and Raw Story
Joel Manby / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed SeaWorld CEO: We're ending our orca breeding program. Here's why. — A killer whale raises its head out of the water during the first show since an orca killed a trainer at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 27, 2010. — Americans' attitudes about orcas have changed dramatically.
FOX5 San Diego:
Navy finds dog thought to be lost at sea for 5 weeks — CORONADO, Calif. - A German Shepard puppy thought to be lost at sea after she fell overboard was found on San Clemente Island by the US Navy. — Luna, an 18-month-old dog, had been on a fishing boat when she went overboard, U.S. Navy officials said.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Faces National Security Establishment ‘Uprising’ Over Emails — Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing an “uprising” in the national security establishment prompted by long-standing anger about her cavalier handling of classified materials and government secrets.
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LawNewz, Mashable, Judicial Watch and TPNN
WRAL-TV:
Trump rally assault victim applauds discipline of Cumberland County deputies — CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said that five deputies have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville on March 9.
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WOOD-TV:
Man charged for allegedly pouring acid on girlfriend — ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) — An Allegan County man who allegedly poured acid on the face and chest of his girlfriend was charged on Thursday. — Gregory Alan Marsman, 53, was charged in an Allegan County courtroom Thursday afternoon with torture …
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