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8:00 PM ET, March 22, 2016

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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Calls for Border Closings, ‘A Lot More than Waterboarding’ After Attacks  —  “You have to get the information and you have to get it rapidly,” the Republican presidential front-runner said Tuesday morning following a series of deadly attacks in Brussels.
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Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Brussels is ‘catastrophic,’ waterboarding Paris suspect ‘would be fine’
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Clinton: Closing borders ‘unrealistic’
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
‘Why do they hate us so much?’  —  How the Brussels attacks strike …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Michael Kaplan / International Business Times:
Muslims Fear Backlash After Brussels Attack: Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Often Follows Violence
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Cruz: “We Don't Need Another Lecture on Islamophobia”
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Deadly Explosions Bring Brussels Airport to a Halt  —  BRUSSELS — Two explosions killed at least one person and forced the evacuation of Brussels Airport around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the authorities and news reports, halting arrivals and departures.
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BBC:
Brussels explosions: Airport and metro hit with ‘at least 13 killed’  —  Several explosions have struck Brussels airport and the metro system, causing at least 13 deaths, Belgian media say.  —  Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Discussion: abc13.com and KTAR.com
Daily Mail:
‘It was like the apocalypse.. you could see peoples’ …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Sarah Palin Signs Deal to Preside Judge Judy-Style Over Her Own Reality TV Courtroom  —  Move over, Judge Judy.  There's a new TV courtroom judge coming to town - and it's none other than former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  —  The onetime vice presidential candidate has been tapped to preside …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz calls for patrols of Muslim neighborhoods  —  Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for a freeze on any new refugees from areas affected by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, as well as new powers for law enforcement to patrol “Muslim neighborhoods.”  —  “We need to immediately halt the flow of refugees …
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Ted Cruz Calls for Security Patrols in America's “Muslim Neighborhoods”  —  In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks Tuesday morning, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz suggested that the United States “empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.”
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Cruz: Empower Police To “Patrol And Secure Muslim Neighborhoods” After Brussels Attack
Discussion: WRIC-TV and KXAN-TV
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Past Terrorist Attacks Helped Trump Capitalize On Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Discussion: New York Times, Hit & Run and The Week
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama to the People of Cuba  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you.  (Applause.)  Muchas gracias.  Thank you so much.  Thank you very much.  —  President Castro, the people of Cuba, thank you so much for the warm welcome that I have received, that my family have received, and that our delegation has received.
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The Castro Bros Aren't Feeling The Bern
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Obama says Cubans can learn from U.S. election campaign
Discussion: Politico
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says He Will Delegate Supreme Court Appointments To The Heritage Foundation  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, in an apparent bid to placate conservatives who fear that he could appoint an insufficiently ideological justice if elected president, plans to release a list of 5-10 names sometime in the next week.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Supreme Court deadlocked for first time since Scalia's death  —  The Supreme Court issued a deadlocked ruling Tuesday, its first since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.  —  The court tied 4-4 in a case involving whether a pair of wives should be held financially responsible for the failure of their husbands' real estate endeavor.
SSRN:
Why President Obama Has the Constitutional Power to Appoint—and Not Just Nominate—a Replacement for Justice Scalia  —  University of Illinois College of Law & University of Chicago Law School  —  Abstract:  —  After Justice Antonin Scalia's recent death, politicians wasted no time before teeing …
Discussion: Balkinization and Prairie Weather
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
So, Florida AG Pam Bondi's Unhinged Media Relations Stooge Just Called  —  We just got a very angry email and subsequent very angry phone call from someone claiming to be Whitney Ray, Media Relations stooge for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.  I'm going to reprint the email in full …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump camp issues rare admission of error: Charity donation to Florida AG was a mistake
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Foundation Blames “Clerical Error” for Illegal Pam Bondi Contribution
Discussion: The PolitiStick
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump Foundation admits error in donation to Florida attorney general campaign
Discussion: RedState and The Right Scoop
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
Belgian Authorities Overwhelmed By Terror Investigations  —  “It's literally an impossible situation,” one counterterrorism official told BuzzFeed News.  —  Michael Hastings Fellow  —  Reporting From  —  Brussels  —  BRUSSELS — Within minutes of a bomb blast at Brussels' main airport, mobile phone and internet networks crashed.
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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Brussels Terror Attacks Bring Guerrilla War to the Heart of Europe
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hot Air
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo After Meeting Trump: His Presidency Would Pose ‘Radical Risk’  —  After spending more than a hour Monday talking policy with Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, the Washington Post editorial board concluded that his election would be “dangerous” for the United States.
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump reveals foreign policy team in meeting with The Washington Post
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
AIPAC rebukes Trump for anti-Obama comments  —  The president of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) rebuked Donald Trump  —  on Tuesday, scolding him for his harsh comments about President Obama.  —  “Last evening, something occurred …
CBS News:
U.S. Mormons, military family among injured in Brussels  —  SALT LAKE CITY - Several Americans are among the casualties of the attacks at an airport and metro station in Brussels on Tuesday.  —  Mormon church officials say three missionaries from Utah were seriously injured …
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Nick Denton / Gawker:
The Hogan Verdict  —  The decision by a Florida jury to grant $140 million in damages for a story on Gawker.com about a Hulk Hogan sex tape was extraordinary.  The number is far larger than even the plaintiff himself had asked for in relief.  It's a huge pay-day for an indiscretion …
Discussion: AOL and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Rick Madonik / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor, dead after battle with cancer  —  Rob Ford, 46, seemed like an unstoppable political force, but the city councillor and former mayor could not beat cancer.  —  Former mayor Rob Ford, who was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2014, would have turned 47 on May 28.
 
 
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Could Make Life Hard for Burr in NC
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Mia Love endorses Cruz before Utah caucus
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Jason O. Gilbert / Fusion:
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Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New Clinton Documents Raise Questions on Benghazi, Clinton Foundation
Morgan Chalfant / Washington Free Beacon:
Michelle Obama's Floral Outfits Cost 23 Times Average Annual Salary in Cuba
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump Campaign Manager Might Sue BuzzFeed
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Is That a Frozen Lake on Pluto?
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 Earlier Items: 
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Flashback: New York Times mocked Trump for saying “there is something bad going on” in Brussels
Discussion: Guardian and The Last Refuge
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Here's Bernie Sanders And A Radio Host Joking About Checking Out A Topless Woman
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Bill Clinton knocks ‘awful legacy’ of last 8 years
 

 
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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

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Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

UnHerd:
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