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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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Google pulls Gmail ‘Mic Drop’ button after April Fools joke receives backlash
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CNN, Washington Post, The Verge, Consumerist, New Urban Legends and Advertising & Branding

April Fools' Day 2016: the best (and worst) jokes - live
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Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Liberal Values


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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Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France After Bilateral Meeting
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RedState, mrctv.org/videos and The Daily Caller

The Obama White House Just Censored A Foreign Leader Who Mentioned ‘Islamist Terrorism’
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The White House and The Right Scoop


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, The Week and Political Wire
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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 …


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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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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NPR, Blue Nation Review, Washington Monthly, CBS New York, American Spectator, Talking Points Memo, JustOneMinute, Mediaite, NBC News, U.S. Uncut, Politico, Common Dreams, The Hill, Hot Air and Raw Story

Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
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The Hill, Mediaite, Greenpeace USA, Politico and Common Dreams


Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump — Donald Trump's cratering popularity could help Ted Cruz snag the nomination, but he has glaring weaknesses too — It seems like it wouldn't be possible, but Donald Trump is somehow getting more unpopular.
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Hullabaloo, Washington Post and AOL
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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, Washington Monthly, Politico and The Resurgent
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Donald Trump Clears Air With G.O.P. Leaders, and Chastises His Aides
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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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Politico, ABC News, Business Insider, The Resurgent, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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Learning From Obama
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Washington Monthly and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Obama Rebukes Donald Trump's Comments on Nuclear Weapons
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The Atlantic and Associated Press


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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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, myfox8.com, FOX2now.com, New York's PIX11, Fox 59 and KFOR-TV


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

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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State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI
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Washington Free Beacon


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


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 »

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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Associated Press
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Republic of Fear — Donald Trump has already transformed American culture.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Boing Boing

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


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, Star Tribune and Hullabaloo


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, FiveThirtyEight, Infowars, Wall Street Journal, NPR, BizzyBlog, Mother Jones, U.S. News, Daily Kos, The Atlantic and Outside the Beltway
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The Employment Situation in March
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Investor's Business Daily and Politico


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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Vox, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Mashable, Death and Taxes, Fusion, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mommyish and Common Dreams


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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KXAN-TV


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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Breitbart, Daily Wire, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller