memeorandum: California poll: Trump ahead in GOP primary (Kristen East/Politico)

10:45 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 and Political Wire

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Sanders: Superdelegates may now be eyeing switch from Clinton … After three big wins out west, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders — said he thinks many of the party's superdelegates who have pledged to rival Hillary Clinton — will switch to his side.

Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Sanders's Super Saturday Sweep

Discussion: The Seattle Times, Booman Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Politicus USA, CNN, Politico, KTLA and Guardian

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders romps in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Gateway Pundit

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

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, Raw Story and Booman Tribune

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

Discussion: Guardian, Prairie Weather, Towleroad, Althouse, The Week, Independent Journal … and Daily Kos

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

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Carson: I'm why Trump is acting more ‘presidential’ — Ben Carson on Friday said he deserves credit for helping Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — act presidential. — “I've had talks about being presidential, about toning it down a bit, appealing to a broader group of people …

Discussion: RedState

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
My Shared Shame: The Media Helped Make Trump

Discussion: Scripting News and Guardian

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, Althouse, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post, Global Guerrillas, Fox News Insider, The Right Scoop, The Hill and Instapundit

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:
Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and Mediaite

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

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,” …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition

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

Kristen East / Politico:

California poll: Trump ahead in GOP primary — Donald Trump leads the Republican field in California more than two months before the state's primary, according to a new statewide poll of Republicans. — Trump leads with 37 percent among registered Republicans in California …

Discussion: RedState

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.”

Daily Mail:

Marauding parents in Easter Egg hunt rampage: Out-of-control adults push children to the ground, steal their buckets and leave one four-year-old ‘bloody’ at chaotic free event — An Easter egg hunt descended into chaos on Saturday after parents in Orange, Connecticut, stormed the field.

Frances D'Emilio / Associated Press:

Pope At Easter Recalls Victims Of ‘Blind, Brutal Terrorism’ — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis tempered his Easter Sunday message of Christian hope with a denunciation of “blind” terrorism, recalling victims of attacks in Europe, Africa and elsewhere, as well as expressing dismay …

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

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 …