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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.
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Washington Post, Althouse, The Moderate Voice, Roll Call, The Week, NY1 News, Associated Press, Allen B. West and Shakesville
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Rebekah L. Sanders / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders to Sheriff Arpaio: ‘Watch out, Joe’
Bernie Sanders to Sheriff Arpaio: ‘Watch out, Joe’
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The Gateway Pundit and American Spectator
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
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USA Today, Reuters, The Atlantic and Common Dreams
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, in Arizona, Takes On Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Bernie Sanders, in Arizona, Takes On Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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The Week, Mediaite, addictinginfo.org and Talking Points Memo
Joe Klein / TIME:
To Take out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician
To Take out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician
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Hot Air, Fox News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
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Weasel Zippers and WND
NPR:
Transcript And Video: President Obama's Interview With NPR's Nina Totenberg — President Obama spoke with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Thursday about why he selected Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, why he thinks the judge deserves a hearing from the Senate …
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Business Insider, New York Times and Politicus USA
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Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
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Western Journalism
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Conservative group targets Sens. Manchin, Heitkamp with big ad buy in SCOTUS fight
Conservative group targets Sens. Manchin, Heitkamp with big ad buy in SCOTUS fight
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Say Anything and Bloomberg Business
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court — When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile …
The Court — When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile …
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Washington Post, Salon and Vox
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary
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Fusion, LifeNews.com, Politico and Vox
CNN:
Belgian police checking if man detained is Paris terror attack suspect — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 12:59 p.m. ET] — Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam was captured alive Friday, a Belgian counter-terrorism source said. Belgium's state broadcaster reported that the 26-year-old Abdeslam …
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Daily Mail:
‘We got him!’: Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks …
‘We got him!’: Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks …
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The Gateway Pundit and Allen B. West
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam ‘arrested in Brussels terror raid’
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam ‘arrested in Brussels terror raid’
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The Atlantic, Telegraph, Fusion, Western Journalism, NPR and Common Dreams
Ari Melber / NBC News:
RNC Rules: Insiders Speak Out on Contested Convention — Brokered Convention? Here are the Rules 1:46 — If no presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates and Republicans face a contested convention this summer, a small group of party insiders will have huge sway over who wins …
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The Moderate Voice, The Resurgent, Taylor Marsh, NBC News and RealClearPolitics
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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 …
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RedState, Scared Monkeys, Towleroad, No More Mister Nice Blog and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
A Trump Reality Check — He is the least commanding GOP front-runner since Ford. — Donald Trump won't debate his Republican rivals again but he will continue to argue on Twitter. On Thursday the businessman demanded an apology after we—"the dummies at the @WSJ Editorial Board" …
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Politico
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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 …
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Mother Jones, Vox, New York Magazine and Politico
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 …
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.
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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Talking Points Memo, The Forward, Associated Press, Washington Times, Haaretz, The Gateway Pundit and Slantpoint
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Sandy Rashty / thejc.com:
Donald Trump is more than my boss, he is a patriarch
Donald Trump is more than my boss, he is a patriarch
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Los Angeles Times, Jewish Insider and The Right Scoop
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 lies.
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Mother Jones, Politicus USA and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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Instapundit
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.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Week
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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Mother Jones, The Huffington Post and National Review
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 …
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Hot Air, ABC News and Washington Post
Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Debriefing Mike Murphy — On a pleasant Super Tuesday afternoon — one of 10 or 11 Super Tuesdays we seem to be having this March — I am standing in the bloated carcass of that much-maligned beast known as The Establishment. In the unmarked suite of a generic mid-Wilshire office building …
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller
The Cook Political Report:
2016 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR MARCH 18, 2016 — Likely: These seats are not considered competitive at this point, but have the potential to become engaged. — Lean: These are considered competitive races, but one party has an advantage. — Toss-Up: These are the most competitive; either party has a good chance of winning.
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Investor's Business Daily and Talking Points Memo
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.
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KTLA, WREG-TV and New York's PIX11
Kim Zetter / Wired:
A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case — It's been one of the worst-kept secrets for years: the identity of the person the government was investigating in 2013 when it served the secure email firm Lavabit with a court order demanding help spying on a particular customer.
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Guardian, Common Dreams, The Next Web, Sputnik International, Techdirt, Engadget, RT and Hit & Run