memeorandum: Sanders sharpens attacks for N.Y. showdown that may dash Clinton's unity hopes (Philip Rucker/Washington Post)

10:25 AM ET, March 27, 2016

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Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

Hawaii Democrats pick Sanders in landslide over Clinton — UPDATE 11:48 p.m — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders scored a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton in Hawaii Democrats' presidential preference poll Saturday, mobilizing a grass-roots campaign that signed up thousands of new Democrats …

Discussion: USA Today, Political Wire, Anchorage Daily News and The Atlantic

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Sanders romps in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii — Bernie Sanders swept all three Democratic caucuses Saturday — scoring victories in Hawaii, Alaska and delegate-rich Washington state. — While the underdog's West Coast wins are not nearly enough to trip up former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's path …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Gateway Pundit

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Sanders wins Democratic caucuses in trio of Western states

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Seizes 3 States, Sweeping Democratic Contests

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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders Wins Alaska Democratic Caucuses, NBC News Projects

Discussion: WNCN, Mother Jones, Slantpoint and NBC News

Callum Borchers / Washington Post:

The media are losing their handle on this campaign — not that they ever had much of one … The notion that the media could control a presidential campaign was always bogus. News organizations enjoy the ratings and readership delivered by Donald Trump — just ask CBS boss Les Moonves …

Discussion: New York Times

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

My Shared Shame: The Media Helped Make Trump — THOSE of us in the news media have sometimes blamed Donald Trump's rise on the Republican Party's toxic manipulation of racial resentments over the years. But we should also acknowledge another force that empowered Trump: Us.

Discussion: Scripting News and Guardian

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Trump refuses to rule out war with China: ‘We need unpredictability’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — said on Saturday that his foreign policy would be “unpredictable” in order to maintain leverage over other countries. — In an interview with The New York Times …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

New York Times:

In Donald Trump's Worldview, America Comes First, and Everybody Else Pays — Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, said that if elected, he might halt purchases of oil from Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies unless they commit ground troops to the fight against the Islamic State or …

Discussion: New York Post, Power Line, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Global Guerrillas, Washington Post, The Right Scoop, Althouse and The Hill

New York Times:
Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘The Global Warming That We Have To Be Careful Of Is The Nuclear Global Warming’

Discussion: New York Times

Los Angeles Times:

Deal reached to boost California's minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle — At a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall, workers press their demand for a minimum wage of $15 per hour. — Lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage …

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and FOX5 San Diego

Los Angeles Times:

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria — The Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces recently fought a CIA-armed militia. Such clashes have become routine. (Delil Souleiman / AFP/Getty Images) — Nabih Bulos, W.J. Hennigan, Brian Bennett

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Front Page Magazine

Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:

Glenn Beck: Ted Cruz ‘Anointed for this Time,’ Walks Back Blast of Christians Supporting Trump — Chastened by negative public reaction to his recent comments that “real Christians” don't support Donald Trump and “all throughout the South the Evangelicals are not listening to their God,” …

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Sanders sharpens attacks for N.Y. showdown that may dash Clinton's unity hopes … In a mathematical squeeze to make up ground in the Democratic presidential race, Bernie Sanders is preparing to ratchet up his attacks on Hillary Clinton ahead of a New York showdown that could establish …

Discussion: Raw Story and Guardian

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Wasserman Schultz: Trump is the most ‘misogynistic candidate in modern times’ — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday blamed the Republican Party for the rise of its front-runner Donald Trump — , calling him the most “misogynistic candidate in modern times.”

Bill Bratton / New York Daily News:

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about counterterrorism in NYC, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says — There seems to be a widespread belief among certain members of the political class that protecting the country against terrorism is a matter of ideology.

Discussion: Raw Story

Joshua Nevett / Mirror.co.uk:

Russian ‘Rambo’ wipes out ISIS thugs by calling airstrike on HIMSELF when surrounded by Jihadi forces — Brave Russian soldier ordered military officials to drop bombs on his location after being surrounded by ISIS terrorists — A brave Russian special forces soldier who was on a Rambo-style …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and CANNONFIRE

Jen Todd / USA Today:

American in Brussels confirmed dead, wife still missing … NASHVILLE — Justin Shults, an American who went missing in Brussels along with his wife, Stephanie, was killed in the terrorist attack there, according to his employer. — “We have learned today that Justin Shults died in the bombing …

Melanie Burney / Philly.com:

Will cellphone use while walking be banned in N.J.? — Here is another reason to take a break from texting or talking on your smartphone while walking in New Jersey: a possible $50 fine. — A bill proposed this week by Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D., Camden) would impose a fine …

Los Angeles Times:

Robert De Niro reverses course, yanks anti-vaccine film from Tribeca lineup — Robert De Niro at the Tribeca Screening Room in Manhattan in January 2013. — Facing a growing outcry, Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro has decided to remove a controversial anti-vaccine film from the gathering's lineup.

Discussion: New York Times, Balloon Juice and KTLA

Daily Mail:

Mississippi House proposes firing squad instead of lethal injection because it is ‘more humane, effective and cheaper’ — Utah is the only American state that has executed someone by firing squad since the resumption of the death penalty — Attorney General Jim Hood asked lawmakers earlier …