memeorandum: CRUZ WHY IS YOUR NUMBER ON THE LIST OF D.C. MADAM? (Dianne Marshall/THE MARSHALL REPORT)

2:40 PM ET, April 2, 2016

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Trump camp accuses Tennessee GOP of stealing delegates — Donald Trump's campaign for president is accusing the Tennessee Republican Party of “doing the bidding” of the national GOP establishment in a calculated attempt to “steal” pro-Trump delegates and stop them from being a part of Tennessee's GOP delegation.

Discussion: The Hill

Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:

RNC Lays Groundwork for Nominee Who May Not Be Trump — The Republican National Committee has begun to prepare the public for what could prove to be a nasty convention. — After months of tense dealings with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the Republican National …

Discussion: Washington Times

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:

Trump campaign shrinks Lewandowski's role — In public, Donald Trump is standing behind embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as he faces battery charges for grabbing a reporter. But behind the scenes, Lewandowski's role in the campaign is shrinking.

Discussion: The Week, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and RedState

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Tennessee GOP delegate fight erupts ahead of party meeting — Donald Trump's campaign issued a late-night plea in Tennessee on Friday, telling supporters there that the state's Republican Party was “trying to steal” his delegates and urging them to crash a party meeting on Saturday morning to stop them.

Discussion: RedState

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How the North Dakota GOP is freezing out Trump

Discussion: Washington Post

Daily Mail:

Thumbs up: Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko certainly looked please to have taken his place behind President Barack Obama — ... Meanwhile, in the shadows: Cameron was isolated from the power players and looked dejected as he shook hands with UAE foreign affairs minister Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Discussion: Pamela Geller, theGrio, Instapundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph: Obama: Isil seeking nuclear material to kill as many people as possible

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama: Iran not following ‘spirit’ of deal

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, thenewamerican.com and Wall Street Journal

Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Obama: Trump 'doesn't know much about foreign policy'

Discussion: Guardian, NO QUARTER USA NET, Slantpoint and The Week

Rick Rojas / New York Times:

Bull in Queens Is Captured, and Jon Stewart Chauffeurs It to Freedom — For a bull lost in a bustling stretch of Jamaica, Queens, the green lawn outside a school building was probably the closest thing to a pasture. — That, at least, was one theory floated about on Friday after the black and white Angus …

Discussion: New York Magazine and CBS New York

Andreas Preuss / CNN:
No bull! Comedian Jon Stewart rescues runaway animal

Discussion: Death and Taxes, Mashable and Slantpoint

Associated Press:

Clinton's frustration grows, as primary race drags on — SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton snapped at a Greenpeace protester. She linked Bernie Sanders and tea party Republicans. And she bristled with anger when nearly two dozen Sanders supporters marched out of an event near …

Discussion: ABC News, Associated Press, abc7chicago.com and The Last Tradition

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation

Discussion: Politicus USA

Los Angeles Times:

Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay — Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday charged a 69-year-old man with fatally shooting his son outside the family's North Hills home because the son was gay. — The shooting occurred Tuesday when police responded to a call …

Dana Bartholomew / L.A. Daily News:
North Hills man suspected of killing son because he was gay

Discussion: Associated Press, The New Civil Rights Movement, Mediaite, Independent Journal …, CBS Los Angeles and Towleroad

New York Times:

Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Trump's Bid — Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy has stunned the Republican Party. But if he survives a late revolt by his rivals and other leaders to become the party's standard-bearer in the general election, the electoral map now coming into view is positively forbidding.

Discussion: Salon

Callum Borchers / Washington Post:

Megyn Kelly has a theory about why Donald Trump hates her. And it makes lots of sense. — Here's what's at stake in the Wisconsin GOP primary … Donald Trump's rhetorical blitzkrieg against Fox News Channel star Megyn Kelly is one of the most-talked-about subplots of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Hot Air

Associated Press:
Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More for Me

Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Dianne Marshall / THE MARSHALL REPORT:

CRUZ WHY IS YOUR NUMBER ON THE LIST OF D.C. MADAM? — If you don't know what this is. It is a page of Debora Pelfrey,s phone records. (The DC Madam) Ted Cruz private numbers are supposedly on it! — So now what Cruz? Who are you going to blame now? — Looks like Teddy has been a very naughty boy for a very long time.

Discussion: The Right Perspective, CANNONFIRE and Death and Taxes

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Muslims March in Germany Chanting “With Allah's Help, We Shall Conquer You” (VIDEO) — They seem to be assimilating quite well, no? — Muslims march down a German street chanting, “With Allah's help, we shall conquer you!” — What lovely citizens.

Discussion: Breitbart and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Fact checking the Clinton-Sanders spat over Big Oil contributions — Here's what's at stake in the Wisconsin GOP primary … — Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), interview on ABC's “Good Morning, America,” April 1 … — Bernie Sanders campaign, in a news release, April 1

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Trump: If I win, everything bad in US will be reversed — is setting the bar high for campaign promises. — The Republican presidential front-runner said Saturday morning that if he wins the presidency, all problems in the country will be fixed. — “Wisconsin has suffered a great loss …

Simon Maloy / Salon:

Cracks in the GOP wall: The Republicans' hardline Supreme Court obstruction is crumbling — Republicans hoped to enforce blanket obstruction of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, but defections are multiplying — The trick to making blanket obstructionism work as a political tool is to make it a team effort.

Discussion: Slantpoint, NBC News, National Review, Talking Points Memo and New York Times

Matt Moffett / Wall Street Journal:

Pyros the Bear, Brought to Replenish the Pyrenees' Ursine Population, May Have Been Too Successful — The Pyrenees now have little genetic diversity, prompting talk of a new rival — A bear named Pyros, left, has fathered about three-quarters of the nearly 40 brown bears in the Pyrenees Mountains …

Discussion: Never Yet Melted

New York Times:

North Carolina Law May Risk Federal Aid — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering whether North Carolina's new law on gay and transgender rights makes the state ineligible for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools, highways and housing, officials said Friday.