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11:35 PM ET, March 18, 2016

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Mitt Romney / Facebook:
This week, in the Utah nominating caucus, I will vote for Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism.  Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence.
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
John Kasich's Delegate Math Keeps Voters Largely Out of Equation
Nick Madigan / New York Times:
Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker  —  The retired wrestler Hulk Hogan was awarded $115 million in damages Friday by a Florida jury in an invasion of privacy case against Gawker.com over its publication of a sex tape.  —  The wrestler, known in court by his legal name …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulk Hogan Gets $115M Verdict Against Gawker at Sex Tape Trial  —  The outcome comes after two weeks of testimony in a first-of-its-kind case where discussions of newsworthiness and decency dominated.  —  Weighing free speech against privacy, a Florida jury has decided to uphold the sanctity …
Julia Marsh / New York Post:   Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115 million in Gawker sex-tape trial
Letitia Stein / Reuters:   Wrestler Hulk Hogan wins $115 million in sex tape suit against Gawker
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Republicans Staring Into the Abyss: 10 Ratings Changes Favor Democrats  —  “They're about to detonate a nuclear bomb on themselves,” said one savvy House Democratic strategist following Tuesday's primaries.  “If Ted Cruz is your back up plan, you're screwed,” the strategist gleefully added.
Discussion: Politico and Vox
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Rasmussen Reports:
Trump Still Holds 15-Point Lead Over Cruz  —  Support for all three of the remaining Republican candidates has grown with the narrowing of the field, but Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over both his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump calls for boycott of Megyn Kelly's show  —  GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  is urging his supporters to stop watching Megyn Kelly's show on Fox News.  —  “Everybody should boycott the @megynkelly show,” he tweeted Friday, referencing “The Kelly File.”  “Never worth watching.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will  —  Staffers at the five major television networks are grappling with what role their organizations may have played in amplifying Donald Trump's successful campaign of insults, generalizations about minority groups, and at times flat-out lies.
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Read the Statement From Fox News About Trump's ‘Extreme, Sick Obsession’ With Megyn Kelly
Mark Plotkin / The Hill:
Garland selection proves that to Obama, DC doesn't count  —  President Obama, in an attempt to show Merrick Garland's “compassion” and devotion to the public good, pointed out that the Supreme Court nominee by “tutoring a young student at Northeast D.C. elementary school each year for the past 18 years.”
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is counting on an anti-trade backlash that doesn't appear to exist  —  Donald Trump offers largely orthodox conservative policy solutions on economic issues, with the important exception of trade.  On the question of trade deals, Trump is offering a right-wing nationalist spin …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:   Crackpot Party Crackup
Andrew Nodell / Page Six:
Fabio: Ageless and at last American  —  :0  —  Now that he's a U.S. citizen, check out the romantic...  Watch out Donald Trump: There could be another luxuriously-locked legend running for office.  —  Hunky Fabio Lanzoni, famed for gracing the covers of romance novels …
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
What Fabio Just Said About Immigration Will Stop Some People Dead In Their Tracks
Discussion: Western Journalism
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Editor of top US Jewish newspaper: Boycott Trump at AIPAC  —  The editor-in-chief of a top Jewish-American newspaper is calling for a boycott of Donald Trump  —  's speech at a major pro-Jewish conference next week.  —  Jane Eisner of The Forward published a list this week of suggestions …
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Sandy Rashty / thejc.com:
Donald Trump is more than my boss, he is a patriarch
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Mark Kirk is first Republican senator to call for vote on Garland  —  Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Friday became the first Republican senator to call for an up-or-down vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland, saying on a Chicago radio show that his colleagues ought to “just man up and cast a vote.”
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Gregory B. Craig / New York Times:   The Risk of Playing Politics With the Supreme Court
CBS News:
Florida voters “fed up” with Trump and Clinton speak out  —  Voters in the key swing state of Florida are sharing their frustration about their options in the 2016 presidential race.  A focus group comprised of Republican and Democratic voters who oppose both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offered …
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CBS News:
Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric
Washington Post:
Key suspect in Paris attacks captured in Brussels raid; four others arrested … PARIS — Belgian counterterrorism police raided an apartment block in Brussels on Friday and arrested Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in last year's bloody terrorist attacks in Paris, after a shootout that left him wounded, European leaders said.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Not Kidding: Senior Donald Trump Advisor Says Riots Aren't Violence  —  The 2016 Republican presidential primary race is such that literally nothing comes a a shock anymore, but sometimes, it can at least mildly surprise you.  Into that category you can place Sam Clovis …
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Says Donald Trump Didn't Mean ‘Literal Riots’
Discussion: Mediaite
Kate Royals / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi lawmaker to voter: ‘I could care less’  —  When a voter sent emails to state representatives over her concerns with the handling of the state's budget, one lawmaker wrote her back.  And his response has a lot of people hot under the collar.  Dustin Barnes/The Clarion-Ledger
Pierre Meilhan / CNN:
Airliner crashes in Russia; 55 aboard reported dead  —  CNN Map  —  (CNN)A Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed as it was landing at the Rostov-on-Don airport in southern Russia, the country's Southern Regional Emergency Center said Saturday.  —  All people on board have died …
abc13.com:
Sex offender David Wilson sentenced to life in prison  —  A jury sentenced sex offender David Wilson to life in prison hours after they convicted him of child sex assault.  —  Wilson, a previous sex offender, was accused of molesting two young girls.  —  The jury deliberated about an hour.
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Hillary Has an NSA Problem  —  The FBI has been investigating Clinton for months—but an even more secretive Federal agency has its own important beef with her  —  For a year now, Hillary Clinton's misuse of email during her tenure as Secretary of State has hung like a dark cloud over her presidential campaign.
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Former Iowa Officials Wonder What Happened To The Chuck Grassley They Knew  —  Refusing to fill a Supreme Court vacancy is not “fair-minded,” a former GOP leader said.  —  White House and Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) …
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever  —  The voters have spoken.  —  In convincing fashion, Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee.  And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it.  Voters are rarely wise but are usually sensible.  They understand their own problems.
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.
CNN:
CNN To Host Final Five Presidential Candidates in Primetime Event on the Eve of ‘Western Tuesday’ Primary Contests  —  Hosted by Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer on Monday, March 21 from 8 to 11pmET  —  CNN announced today that Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer will host a three-hour primetime event …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Right Scoop and RedState
 
 
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Matthew Wisner / Fox Business:
Trump Advisor: A Vote for Ted Cruz is a Vote to Offshore American Jobs
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Right-wing extremist plotted bloody overthrow of West Virginia's state government: ‘We are at war’
Alicia A. / Associated Press:
DHS using unpopular raids to curb border crossings
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China Wants to Make ‘Minority Report’ a Reality
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon chief: Obama wants to defeat ISIS by end of his term
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William Saletan / Slate:
Cruz 2020?  —  Recent history says the GOP won't learn its lesson next time around.
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Daily Mail:
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Chicago Sun Times:
Daughter of state rep. charged with stapling opponent's head
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