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Glenn Beck / Facebook:
An open letter to Donald Trump. — Donald, — I read your string of really sad and sick tweets against Megyn Kelly. First let me say this: — Leave Megyn Kelly ALONE. — She is brilliant, honest and brave. — I can only imagine the amount of security this mother of three now needs …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Politico and Western Journalism
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Fox News hits Donald Trump for ‘sexist verbal assaults’ on Megyn Kelly — Fox News has accused Donald Trump of making “sexist verbal assaults” against Megyn Kelly, issuing its most aggressive response yet to the Republican frontrunner's repeated attacks on its star anchor.
Meg Wagner / New York Daily News:
New York street performer dressed as Donald Trump lets you punch him for $5, pee on him for $300
New York street performer dressed as Donald Trump lets you punch him for $5, pee on him for $300
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and AOL
Cynthia Littleton / Philly.com:
Fox News worries about Megyn Kelly's safety after Donald Trump attacks
Fox News worries about Megyn Kelly's safety after Donald Trump attacks
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Read the Statement From Fox News About Trump's ‘Extreme, Sick Obsession’ With Megyn Kelly
Read the Statement From Fox News About Trump's ‘Extreme, Sick Obsession’ With Megyn Kelly
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RedState, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Fusion, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AOL, Politicus USA, Mother Jones, The Week, The Hill, Deadline, TVNewser, Mashable, CBS New York, addictinginfo.org, The Right Scoop and Raw Story
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Do Republicans really think Donald Trump will make a good Supreme Court choice? — The Republican Party's incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle. The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal …
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Ian Millhiser / New York Times:
What Do You Need to Do to Be a Supreme Court Justice? — IF someone could weaponize credentials — if a person could have a résumé so impressive that the mere sight of it could turn the tide of a war — that person would be Merrick B. Garland. Degrees from Harvard. A Supreme Court clerkship.
Paul Waldman / The Week:
How the Merrick Garland nomination explains the rise of Donald Trump
How the Merrick Garland nomination explains the rise of Donald Trump
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Phil Benson / Tucson News Now:
Trump protesters block streets in Fountain Hills — Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump's campaign stop Saturday morning. — The protesters parked their cars in the middle of the road, unfurling banners reading “Dump Trump” and …
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ThinkProgressPage Array, Washington Times, Mediaite, Allen B. West and The Last Tradition
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David Wells / fox13now.com:
Protesters clash with SLC police outside Trump rally
Protesters clash with SLC police outside Trump rally
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CNN, RedState and The American Mirror
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
David Brooks Should Sit the Next Few Plays Out — Take a breather, my guy. — Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, was worried. Master couldn't get off the floor. He had laid down on a small throw-rug in the club room …
New York Post:
Students freak out after teacher shows video of ISIS beheading — The city unsuccessfully tried to fire Bronx middle-school teacher Alexiss Nazario (left) after she scared students with a video of an ISIS execution (like this one of journalist James Foley). Photo: Tomas E. Gaston (2)
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Gothamist, CBS New York, Weasel Zippers and BizPac Review
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Head of Jeb's Super PAC Is Tired of the Endless Conservative Con — Mike Murphy is a longtime Jeb Bush friend and loyalist, and he's also the guy who ran Right to Rise, the Super PAC that blew through $100 million in an epically futile effort to sell Bush to the masses.
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New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Weekly Standard
Donald J. Trump / NBC News:
Cruz Feeling ‘Pretty Darn Good’ About Romney's Backing — Douglas, Arizona — Ted Cruz openly welcomed the backing of Mitt Romney on Friday afternoon, telling reporters at a press conference on the Arizona-Mexico border that Romney's decision is “pretty darn good.”
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Independent Journal Review, AOL, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider and Hot Air
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
State of the 2016 race — SALT LAKE CITY — Donald Trump …
State of the 2016 race — SALT LAKE CITY — Donald Trump …
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CNN, The Hill, New York Times, Western Journalism, NBC News, TheBlaze.com, No More Mister Nice Blog and Business Insider
Ben Botkin / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sharron Angle running for U.S. Senate again in Nevada — Nevada's candidates in the 2016 elections will give Silver State voters a show like no other. — There are plenty of interesting races: A legal brothel owner who wants to combat sex trafficking, among other goals, is running for state Senate in Northern Nevada.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Tea Party's Sharron Angle joins fight for Reid's seat
Tea Party's Sharron Angle joins fight for Reid's seat
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Far Left Protesters SHUT DOWN HIGHWAY Leading to AZ Trump Rally - PHOTOS-VIDEO — FAR LEFT ACTIVISTS SHUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO THE TRUMP ARIZONA RALLY TODAY- — NO TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE ALLOWED THROUGH - WILL MISS RALLY … The protesters parked their trucks across the highway to block traffic.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers and The Last Refuge
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Republican Party Must Answer for What It Did to Kansas and Louisiana — The GOP’s economic program just decimated two American states. Why haven’t the Party’s presidential candidates been asked to account for that? — Over the course of 12 debates …
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Elliot Smilowitz / New York Times:
Trump: David Brooks ‘one of the dumbest’ pundits — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is firing back after conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks called for the GOP to reject Trump. — “While I have never met @nytdavidbrooks of the NY Times …
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Booman Tribune
Adam Davidson / New York Times:
What Donald Trump Doesn't Understand About ‘the Deal’ — Donald Trump loves the word “deal.” The book he released with a co-writer in 1987 to summarize his views of the world was called, of course, “The Art of the Deal.” His view of trade with China is summarized in this quotation …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Border Patrol union: ‘Trump is the only candidate’ to support agents — The largest U.S. Border Patrol union local is praising Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for being the “only candidate” to support their tough mission, an almost endorsement that is the latest boost for the front runner's campaign.
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The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
Ben Widdicombe / New York Times:
What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace? — Joel Pavelski, 27, isn't the first person who has lied to his boss to scam some time off work. — But inventing a friend's funeral, when in fact he was building a treehouse — then blogging and tweeting about it to be sure everyone at the office noticed?
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Carrier Workers See Costs, Not Benefits, of Global Trade — INDIANAPOLIS — The fuzzy video, shot by a worker on the floor of a Carrier factory here in the American heartland last month, captured the raging national debate over trade and the future of the working class in 3 minutes 32 seconds.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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Nick Madigan / New York Times:
Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker
Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker
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Gothamist, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Above the Law and The Week
James Wilkinson For / Daily Mail:
'He feels I'm a race traitor': The black blues musician who convinces Klansmen to leave the KKK through friendship still has a hard time getting on with Black Lives Matter campaigners — Chicago blues musician Daryl Davis claims to have convinced 25 members of the Ku Klux Klan to leave …
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Weasel Zippers