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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee — On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better — GOP insiders are fooling themselves into believing Paul Ryan is a viable alternative to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — The enthusiasm bubbling around Ted Cruz's campaign to derail Donald Trump's surge …
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Politico and Balloon Juice
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates — Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight. — The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
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RedState, New York Times, The Resurgent, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Vox Popoli and The Right Scoop
Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Trump: Having to Get 1,237 Delegates For the Nomination Is ‘Very Unfair’
Trump: Having to Get 1,237 Delegates For the Nomination Is ‘Very Unfair’
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New York Post, Washington Post, Slate and BostonGlobe.com
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source
Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source
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Washington Post, The Hugh Hewitt ShowThe …, The Times of Israel and Members
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
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Politico and abc7chicago.com
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Path to Clinching GOP Nomination Narrows
Donald Trump's Path to Clinching GOP Nomination Narrows
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Guardian
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote. Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held that total population …
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Mother Jones, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and ACS Blog
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’
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Yahoo Politics, The Texas Tribune, Politico and Prairie Weather
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
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The Atlantic, New York Times, Outside the Beltway and ImmigrationProf Blog
Reuters:
World figures deny wrongdoing as ‘Panama Papers’ turn spotlight on tax evasion — Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.
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Guardian, Fusion, Yahoo, ThinkProgress and The Panama Papers
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
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Guardian, Raw Story, The Intercept, Shadowproof, fox4kc.com, Taylor Marsh, Mashable, The Atlantic, Business Insider, The Panama Papers and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
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McClatchy Washington Bureau, Hit & Run and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history. — On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
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Yahoo Politics, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Moe Lane, Politico and New York Magazine
Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Four arrested for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth — VERNAL, Utah — Four men were booked into jail on felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare — Republicans, already girding for their most tumultuous convention in decades, now have another fight brewing: a divisive battle over gay marriage on the party's official national platform. — It's an issue that drives intense passion …
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Rush Limbaugh, PinkNews, Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and Washington Post
NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge — Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco — California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
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New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign — The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers. — Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
NBC Connecticut:
2 Arrested After Dispute Over Crab Legs Turns Violent — A 21-year-old man was punched in the face and lost a tooth in the dispute — Police in Manchester, Connecticut arrested a husband and wife after an argument at Royal Buffet got out of hand on Saturday night.
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FOX 61, AOL, mrctv.org/videos, WREG-TV and Associated Press
Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Yes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists — Hey, lefties, we finally found your racists for you. — For as long as I can remember, people like me—by which I mean advocates of capitalism and free markets and freedom of speech—have been accused by the left of being secret racists …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Economic models predict GOP White House, even with Trump — Republicans are expected to win the White House under two economic models that have accurately forecast presidential elections for decades. — A third model run by Moody's Analytics predicts Democrats will win the White House …
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The Gateway Pundit
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP files Supreme Court brief against Obama's immigration actions — Senate Republicans are wading into the contentious court fight over President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration by filing a legal brief with the Supreme Court that declares Obama's controversial moves a “stark contravention to federal law.”
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Talking Points Memo and Independent Journal …
Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi RV park owner evicts interracial couple — TUPELO — A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin. — “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is Hispanic …
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WREG-TV, Raw Story, myfox8.com, Friendly Atheist and FOX2now.com
Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand — A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules - by raising her hand. — Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs …
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Hit & Run, Liberty Unyielding and Front Page Magazine
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To Crowd: This Race Would Be ‘Boring As Hell’ If I Acted ‘Presidential!’ — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told the crowd at a Monday campaign rally his events would be “boring as hell” if his onstage presence was less bombastic. — At an event in northern Wisconsin ahead …
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The Right Scoop
The Daily Beast:
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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The Daily Caller and Defense One
Abby Wambach / Facebook:
Last night I was arrested for DUII in Portland after dinner at a friend's house. — Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence from myself. I have let myself and others down. — I take full responsibility for my actions. This is all on me.
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Kirstie McCrum / Mirror.co.uk:
Annual PENIS FESTIVAL held to celebrate male genitals includes huge steel phallus being carried to ancient Japanese shrine — WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT The annual event to honour fertility has drawn thousands of visitors in the last 39 years — An annual festival held to celebrate PENISES has been held …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz primary challenger posts strong fundraising total — The Florida professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her congressional seat posted a strong first fundraising quarter, raising $550,000.
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mrctv.org/videos, Bloomberg.com, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review
David Horovitz / The Times of Israel:
Israel ‘our indispensable ally’ in war on Islamic terror, says Paul Ryan on visit to Jerusalem — House Speaker calls for ‘generational strategy’ to win over hearts and minds in the Muslim world; warns Iran will make supporters ‘rue the day’ they backed the nuclear deal …
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Washington Free Beacon and Independent Journal …