memeorandum: Meriden Mosque Shooter Seeks Forgiveness From Muslim Community (Peter Marteka/Hartford Courant)

Why Trump Can't Break the G.O.P. — Everywhere you look, in the year of Donald J. Trump, observers are talking about a national party realignment or a Republican death spiral. Our two-party system has not undergone a major realignment since the South became solidly Republican.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

The Republicans' Gay Freakout — OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.

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Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:

Sanders likely flips two delegates after dominating Clark convention — Despite losing the state on Feb. 20 in the caucus, Bernie Sanders' campaign swarmed the Clark County caucus and probably flipped two delegates from Hillary Clinton's camp. — Clinton was presumed to have a 20-15 delegate edge …

Megan Messerly / LasVegasSun.com:

Sanders wins most delegates at Clark County convention — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders scored a surprise victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday at the Clark County Democratic Convention, where Sanders won the largest number of delegates a month after losing the Nevada caucuses.

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NBC News:
Clinton Campaign Says Sanders ‘Rejected’ New York Debate Dates

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Dana Schuster / New York Post:

Ivana Trump on how she advises Donald — and those hands — It's Ivana Trump's fault that Donald didn't run for president sooner. — “Probably five years before our divorce, Reagan or somebody brought him a letter and said, ‘You should run for president,’ ” Donald's first wife tells …

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Associated Press:

Educational Divide in GOP White House Race; What's Behind It — It was in Nevada, just about month ago, when Donald Trump proclaimed his affection for the uneducated. — “We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated.

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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:

In a revealing interview, Trump predicts a ‘massive recession’ but intends to eliminate the national debt in 8 years — Here's what's at stake in the Wisconsin GOP primary … Donald Trump said in an interview that economic conditions are so perilous that the country is headed for a …

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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:

Concerns About Paul Ryan Emerging Out of Ted Cruz-Created Contested Convention as Nominee Dominate Wisconsin — In recent weeks, there has been increasing discussion about the possibility that House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) could emerge out of a brokered convention as the Republican nominee …

Katha Pollitt / New York Times:

Abortion and Punishment — DONALD J. TRUMP gave his primary opponents a gift when he said this week that if abortion is outlawed, “there has to be some form of punishment” for the woman. He let them look as if they cared about women. — Gov. John Kasich of Ohio responded to Mr. Trump's comments …

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:

Clinton ‘not at all worried’ about FBI probe — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — said in an interview broadcast Sunday that she is “not at all worried” about the FBI investigation into the personal email server she used while serving as secretary of State.

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Helena Smith / Observer:

Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey — Rival ethnic groups clash in Piraeus and 800 break out of detention centre on Chios as EU deal brings desperation — The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that …

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Fox News:

Air France stewardesses furious over order to wear headscarves on Tehran flights — An Air France aircraft takes-off at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris. (Reuters) — Air France stewardesses have caused an uproar over new uniform rules that will require them to wear headscarves …

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Based on Current Situation=> Ted Cruz Will Be Knocked Out of Race By April 26th — Based on current delegate counts and poll numbers Ted Cruz will be mathematically unable to reach the delegate count required for him to win the Republican Presidential nomination.

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Peter Marteka / Hartford Courant:

Meriden Mosque Shooter Seeks Forgiveness From Muslim Community — Nature's Path & Way To Go … MERIDEN — Ted A. Hakey Jr. feared his Muslim neighbors. So much so that in a drunken state on a November night in 2015, he picked up one of his guns and fired several shots at the mosque next to his home.

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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:

2 Dead in Amtrak Crash Near Philadelphia — Two people were killed in an Amtrak crash near Philadelphia today, the Chester Fire Department told ABC News. — Seventeen others were injured, including one seriously, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said.

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Daily Mail:

The more cannabis you smoke, the more likely you are to be a loser, finds international study — International research has revealed that the more cannabis you smoke, the more likely you are to be lower paid and have relationship difficulties. — The study followed children from birth …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:

Trump leaves the conservative establishment arrogant and unmoored — When members of Manhattan's media elite come to Mark Halperin's home for dinner, Halperin likes to ask his guests whether they have spent more time in Paris or Staten Island. More often than not, his guests select …

Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:

This model of wealthy suburban living is starting to fray — For decades, Fairfax County has been a national model for suburban living, a place of good governance and elite schools that educate children from some of the country's richest neighborhoods. — But Virginia's largest municipality is fraying around the edges.

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