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9:20 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: 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
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 …
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
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
Discussion: Politico
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Merrick Garland Heads To Capitol Hill For What Could Be A Futile Exercise
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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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Associated Press:
GOP-led House backs legal challenge to Obama on immigration
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Scott Wong / The Hill:   Contested convention is looking more likely, says Speaker Ryan
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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
Discussion: Political Wire
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ …
Discussion: Allen B. West
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
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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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
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 …
Discussion: Slantpoint, abc13.com, WWLP-TV and fox8.com
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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
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 …
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 …
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Bridge Scandal Trial May Prevent a Trump-Christie Ticket  —  One obvious theory behind Gov. Chris Christie's surprise endorsement of Donald J. Trump in the Republican presidential race is that he wants to be Mr. Trump's pick for vice president.  —  Mr. Christie says the two men have never talked about it.
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
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 …
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 …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Eric Bolling Kicks Michelle Fields to the Curb for His Buddy Donald Trump  —  The ex-Breitbart reporter is persona non grata on the conservative blowhard's weekly shoutfest now that she's been manhandled by a Trump staffer.  —  Michelle Fields used to appear weekly on Fox News weekend gabfest Cashin' In.
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
 
 
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
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
Lauren French / Politico:
Endangered House Republicans: Trump who?
Jon Williams / ABC News:
Alleged American ISIS Member: I Made a ‘Bad Decision’
Discussion: Washington Post and abc13.com
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Primary Outcome Is in Kasich's Hands
Discussion: Hot Air
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump-loving NYC Sanitation workers trade fighting words with driver they blocked with their truck in Brooklyn
Discussion: Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Video Shows LaVoy Finicum's Last Moments: ‘Go Ahead And Shoot Me’
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim
Discussion: Hot Air
WOOD-TV:
Satanic messages left behind after acid attack
Discussion: WNCT-TV and WNCN
Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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