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To Hillary Clinton supporters: The facts on where the race stands — Thanks to nearly 9 million voters across the country and the support of people like you, Hillary Clinton has built a nearly insurmountable lead among both delegates and actual voters. Contrary to the claims of the Sanders campaign …
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Clinton, Sanders to meet for Brooklyn debate — (CNN)Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have agreed to meet for a Democratic debate on CNN and NY1 on April 14, five days before a crucial primary election in New York state. — The debate will take place in Brooklyn and will be moderated …
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Trump, Behind in Wisconsin, Loses Some of the Self-Confidence in Appeal to Voters — Donald Trump, making his closing arguments in Wisconsin the day before the state's primary, asked voters to give him a surprise victory that could put him on a glide path to winning the party's nomination.
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Ted Cruz Is Fuming Because John Kasich Won't Bow Out — MADISON, Wis. — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, eyeing a victory here that could reshape the race for the Republican presidential nomination, has appeared most vexed by a rival he views as more of a long-term nuisance than a short-term threat: Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.
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Trump is in trouble in Wisconsin
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Trump: Acting more presidential would be ‘boring as hell’
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New York Magazine, Washington Post and Yahoo Politics, more at Mediagazer »


Donald Trump's Struggle in Wisconsin Is About Demographics, Not Momentum
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New York Magazine

TV News in March: Donald Trump Gets Five Times More Airtime than Ted Cruz
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RedState

Kasich labels Cruz a ‘smear artist’ over Wisconsin spot
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The Hill, U.S. News, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and CNN


Trump would seek to block money transfers to force Mexico to fund border wall — Will Paul Ryan be the Republican nominee? … State of the 2016 race … Donald Trump says he will force Mexico to pay for a border wall as president by threatening to cut off the flow of billions of dollars …
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Report: Trump eyeing money transfers from immigrants in plan to build wall — would force Mexico to pay for a wall along its border with the U.S. by threatening to block money transfers from immigrants in the U.S., The Washington Post reports. — The Post on Tuesday said that Trump plans …
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Political Wire


Republicans and Voter Suppression — It's become an accepted truth of modern politics that Republican electoral prospects go up as the number of voters goes down. Conservatives have known this for a long time, which helps explain their intensifying efforts to make it harder to vote …
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Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs' Claim in Evenwel …


One Person, One Vote, Eight Justices
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’
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Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source — A major investor in the Republican Party sees a chance to snatch back the nomination. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan …
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Paul Ryan running out of ways to say he's not a presidential candidate
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The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better
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Sanders reshapes Obama's 2016 plans — Bernie Sanders is keeping Barack Obama locked in limbo. — Despite his steadily rising popularity, the president's expected role in 2016 as the Democratic Party unifier is on hold for another three-and-a-half months, if Sanders keeps his campaign going through the July convention.
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The Hill
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Economic models predict GOP White House, even with Trump
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Political Wire, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit


7 lingering questions in the Clinton email investigation — The FBI appears to be entering the home stretch of its investigation into Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — 's private email server. — Yet even as arrangements are reportedly being made to interview Clinton and her top aides, much remains unclear.


Exclusive: Police Investigate Death Threats Made Against Michelle Fields — Listen to the Chilling Audio — Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields contacted authorities Friday after an individual made multiple death threats against her. — In audio obtained by TheBlaze …
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Panama Papers Leaker: ‘I Want to Make These Crimes Public’ — An anonymous source began to expose the finances of the world's most feared and powerful men like Vladimir Putin with a single question: ‘Interested in data?’ — LONDON — When an encrypted message first flashed …
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Pigeon Forge Police Chief: 5 dead in helicopter crash — PIGEON FORGE (WATE) - The Pigeon Forge Chief of Police Jack H. Baldwin confirms to WATE 6 On Your Side that five people were killed in a sightseeing helicopter that crashed. — “Apparently this helicopter came out some time around 3:30 p.m …


Hillary's ‘classified’ smokescreen hides real crime: Column — Law makes clear DOJ should prosecute Clinton for mishandling ‘national defense information,’ classified or not. — Since the beginning of the Clinton email scandal, the nation has been subjected to a political and criminal defense generated smokescreen.
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Hot Air and Investor's Business Daily

Republicans are plotting economic disaster for 2016 — Our free email newsletters … Since George W. Bush's presidency, Republican economic ideas have become drastically more conservative. Instead of massive tax cuts for the rich coupled with a general tolerance of the rest of government …
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Chalk and Awe — The new Free Speech Movement. — If you find Donald Trump's presidential campaign a source of pure despair, allow us to offer some mitigation. The campaign is having at least one salutary effect, as reported by the New York Times:

The TSA Randomizer iPad App Cost $1.4 Million — You may have seen the TSA Randomizer on your last flight. A TSA agent holds an iPad. The agent taps the iPad, a large arrow points right or left, and you follow it into a given lane. — How much does the TSA pay for an app that a beginner could build in a day?
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Intel Analysts: We Were Forced Out for Telling the Truth About Obama's ISIS War — The growing scandal over cooked ISIS intelligence just got much worse. Now, analysts are saying they're being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration's line on the war.
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Progressives Today, The Daily Caller and Defense One