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Gmail Blog:
Introducing Gmail Mic Drop — UPDATE April 1 2pm: We heard feedback that some of you were negatively impacted by this feature, so we quickly turned it off late last night. In addition, we are working to bring back Mic-Dropped messages that had subsequent replies to your inbox, so you can read those.
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Katherine Lam / New York's PIX11:
Google pulls Gmail ‘Mic Drop’ button after April Fools joke receives backlash
Google pulls Gmail ‘Mic Drop’ button after April Fools joke receives backlash
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CNN, The Verge, Washington Post, Consumerist, New Urban Legends and Advertising & Branding
Jessica Elgot / Guardian:
April Fools' Day 2016: the best (and worst) jokes - live
April Fools' Day 2016: the best (and worst) jokes - live
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Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Liberal Values
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Google disables April Fool joke amid user fury after prank backfires
Google disables April Fool joke amid user fury after prank backfires
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The Verge, Shakesville, Forbes and Engadget
Jack Fink / CBS Dallas:
Police: Mother Admits To Doing Drugs, Hitting 4-Year-Old Daughter Before Child's Death — GRAND PRAIRIE (CBS11) - Grand Prairie Police have released graphic details in the hours leading up to the death of four-year-old Leiliana Wright. — The arrest warrant affidavit against her mother …
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Metro.co.uk, Raw Story, WNEP-TV, KTLA, fox8.com and Independent Journal …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The looming Trump disaster, in three charts — Veteran Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg just released a new national poll that will put Republicans on high (or even higher) alert: It sheds new light on just how awful the gender gap could get if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee.
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New York Magazine, Political Wire and The Week
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Gallup:
Seven in 10 Women Have Unfavorable Opinion of Trump — PRINCETON, N.J. — Donald Trump's image among U.S. women tilts strongly negative, with 70% of women holding an unfavorable opinion and 23% a favorable opinion of the Republican front-runner in March. Trump's unfavorable rating among women …
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Salon, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Politicus USA, AOL, YouGov US Opinion Center News and Shakesville
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
Rand Paul: I'll support Trump if he's the nominee — Former presidential candidate Rand Paul said Friday he would still support Donald Trump if the controversial real estate tycoon ends up as the Republican nominee. — Paul's statement, in response to an Enquirer reporter's question …
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Hullabaloo, Infowars, New York Magazine, Politico, Washington Monthly and The Resurgent
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Clears Air With G.O.P. Leaders, and Chastises His Aides
Donald Trump Clears Air With G.O.P. Leaders, and Chastises His Aides
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Gawker, The Right Scoop, Hullabaloo, Los Angeles Times, Hot Air, Fox News Insider, Washington Post and Althouse
Dana Blanton / Fox Business:
FOX Business Network Poll: Cruz Leads in Wisconsin
FOX Business Network Poll: Cruz Leads in Wisconsin
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Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’ — The White House website has censored a video of French Pres. Francois Hollande saying that “Islamist terrorism” is at the “roots of terrorism.” — The White House briefly pulled video of a press event on terrorism with Pres. Obama …
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Eva Resnick-Day / Greenpeace USA:
I'm the Greenpeace Activist Who Asked Hillary Clinton to Pledge to Reject Fossil Fuel Contributions at the Purchase NY Campaign Rally — Well, this has been an interesting day to say the least. — Since the media, Twitter, and Facebook world have spread this of Secretary Clinton and me …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.
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Washington Monthly, NPR, Blue Nation Review, CBS New York, American Spectator, Talking Points Memo, JustOneMinute, Politico, Mediaite, NBC News, U.S. Uncut, Common Dreams, Hot Air and Raw Story
Patrick Clark / FOX2now.com:
78-year-old grandmother goes viral after powerlifting 245lbs — WOOD RIVER, IL (KTVI) - “I don't want any Grandma jokes in this story,” says Shirley Webb, the Weightlifting Grandma. — You heard the woman, which means no lines about the 78 year old grams who can dead-lift one hundred eleven thousand one hundred thirty grams.
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WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Victim filming when shot, video posted to social media — Share Update: … CHICAGO — Video posted to social media appears to show a brazen Chicago shooting that left a man in critical condition. — The 31-year-old victim was recording himself, apparently on his phone, when someone opened fire on him.
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Chicago Tribune, WCMH-TV, FOX6Now.com, KRON4.com, WTVR-TV, New York's PIX11, FOX2now.com, Fox 59 and KFOR-TV
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt ShowThe Hugh Hewitt Show:
Karl Rove On The State Of Play Re: The Contested Convention — The Architect Karl Rove joined me today: — Audio: — 03-31hhs-rove — Transcript: — HH: Karl Rove is the Architect. He's also the author of an incredibly timely book about 1896, because we're going to a contested convention …
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The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Washington Examiner, ThinkProgress, The Federalist, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
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Emily Smith / New York Post:
Marco Rubio sets his sights on the NFL
Marco Rubio sets his sights on the NFL
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Newsmax, RedState, AOL and ProFootballTalk
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Woman Sends Nude Photo Of Mississippi Mayor To City Officials — Hernando, Mississippi mayor Chip Johnson confirmed Friday that a woman he was romantically involved with sent a naked photo of him to city aldermen, local media reported. — The photo, which shows Johnson nude in the shower …
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WMC Action News 5, The Clarion Ledger, alan.com, Mashable and WTVA-TV
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Clinton aides unite on FBI legal strategy — Four of Hillary Clinton's closest aides appear to have adopted an unusual legal strategy, hiring the same ex-Justice Department attorney to represent them in the FBI's investigation of Clinton's private email server.
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The Daily Caller, New Urban Legends and Power Line
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI
State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI
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Washington Free Beacon
Lauren Starke / New York Magazine:
Andrew Sullivan Joins New York Magazine As Contributing Editor — New York Magazine editor-in-chief Adam Moss announced today that writer Andrew Sullivan is joining the magazine as a contributing editor covering politics and the larger culture. He will write features throughout the year …
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The Dish, New York Times, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Towleroad, more at Mediagazer »
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary — Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-16-0662 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 1, 2016 — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, Infowars, NPR, BizzyBlog, Mother Jones, U.S. News, Daily Kos, The Atlantic and Outside the Beltway
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Victoria Stilwell / Bloomberg Business:
Payrolls in U.S. Increased 215,000 in March as Wages Picked Up
Payrolls in U.S. Increased 215,000 in March as Wages Picked Up
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thenewamerican.com
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Does Trumpism Have Any Shelf Life? — In one sense, I fear that Jeet Heer is correct. Once you open up Pandora's Box, it's not so easy to put its contents back in the container. This is a theme I've hit on repeatedly over the years, but it's usually been in the context of breaking norms …
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Republic of Fear — Donald Trump has already transformed American culture.
Republic of Fear — Donald Trump has already transformed American culture.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Boing Boing
Alexa St. John / Michigan Daily:
Schlissel responds to anti-Islam Diag chalk — Chalk graffiti on the Diag Wednesday that reads “#stop ISLAM” and “Trump 2016”. “TRUMP 2016” was written over and altered to say “MAKE DONAL DRUMPF AGAIN 2016”. — More like this — University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel responded …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Campus Reform and Hit & Run
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
New York Just Created a Revolutionary New Family-Leave Policy — Women and men will both be entitled to 12 paid weeks off. — 2.1k — 2.1k — Pin It — You say you want a revolution? A political, social, economic policy upheaval that will dramatically alter the playing field …
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Washington Monthly, Vox, New York Times, Mashable, Mommyish, Death and Taxes, Fusion, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Common Dreams
Andrew Shain / The State:
SC Secessionist Party to raise Confederate flag at State House in July — Civil War banner was banished last year in wake of the Charleston church shooting — Organizers said they plan an annual event on anniversary of flag's removal — Lawmakers said they cannot stop the rally expected to draw protests
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Calls For National Law To Cripple Unions — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said during a radio interview Thursday that he supports national “right-to-work” legislation, a type of anti-labor law that Wisconsin passed last year in an effort to cripple the state's unions.
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo and Star Tribune
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on nuclear talk: ‘Europe is a big place’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Thursday doubled down on his promise to not rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe. — “I don't want to take cards off the table; I'd never do that,” …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Mess Has Become His Message — His supporters are getting embarrassed by his sheer dumb grossness. — This is almost always true: — A woman who aborts a child is operating within an emotional and spiritual context of fear, disappointment, confusion and sadness.
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Daily Wire and CBS Philly
Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
Busted! Astonishing moment two brazen Mexican drug smugglers carrying backpacks are caught on film sneaking into the US by scaling the Arizona border fence — Two ‘drugs smugglers’ were caught live on TV sneaking into the United States over the border fence
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Los Angeles Times:
Crash of whale-watching ship into San Diego pier caught on video — A tourist's video posted online shows the confused, then panic-filled moments when a whale-watching ship rammed into its dock at San Diego's Embarcadero, injuring seven passengers, Thursday afternoon.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz's evangelical problem — The day Ted Cruz announced he was running for president, in March 2015, he began his speech to thousands of cheering Christian evangelical students, “God bless Liberty University.” — One year later to the day, Cruz stood in midtown Manhattan under crystal chandeliers …
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The Atlantic
Ben Benton / timesfreepress.com:
Marion County mother charged with neglect for making children walk to school — A 32-year-old Marion County, Tenn., mother faces an April court date on child neglect charges after deputies found her driving ahead of her young daughters as she made them walk miles to school on Valley View Highway.
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