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Robby Mook:
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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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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Bloomberg.com:
Bernie Sanders: I Don't Want to Get Hillary Clinton More Nervous Than She Already Is — At a campaign event in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders said he thinks he'll win the state's primary if there is a high voter turnout. While not wanting to “get Hillary Clinton more nervous than she already is …
New York Times:
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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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs' Claim in Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case — A unanimous Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott (with two Justices (Thomas and Alito) concurring in the judgment) has rejected the argument that states must draw district lines …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote
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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
One Person, One Vote, Eight Justices
One Person, One Vote, Eight Justices
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’
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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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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
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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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Paul Ryan running out of ways to say he's not a presidential candidate — 1.1k Shares — How many times does saying ‘no’ actually mean ‘no’? — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has said dozens of times that he won't seek or accept the GOP presidential nomination, but Republicans unhappy …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better
The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Acting more presidential would be ‘boring as hell’ — Donald Trump could be a more presidential candidate as the leader in the Republican primary. But that Trump “would be boring as hell,” he said Monday. — “I can be presidential, but if I was presidential I would only have …
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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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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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Kasich labels Cruz a ‘smear artist’ over Wisconsin spot
Kasich labels Cruz a ‘smear artist’ over Wisconsin spot
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Fox News town hall with Ted Cruz airs on MSNBC before Fox
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
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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Ronald J. Sievert / USA Today:
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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WATE-TV:
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 …
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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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Panama Papers Leaker: ‘I Want to Make These Crimes Public’
Panama Papers Leaker: ‘I Want to Make These Crimes Public’
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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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Associated Press:
Huge Rolling Stones exhibition offers satisfaction for fans — The music business is about commerce as well as entertainment, and the Rolling Stones are one of its biggest multinational firms. — There's plenty of both art and business in “Exhibitionism,” a vast exhibition that covers 20,000 square feet …
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Associated Press:
DATA OF NEARLY 50 MILLION TURKS ALLEGEDLY LEAKED ONLINE — ISTANBUL (AP) — Hackers have posted a database online that seems to contain the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens in what is one of the largest public leaks of its kind. — The Associated Press on Monday …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
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:
Lisa Graves / PR Watch:
Breaking—New materials provided to the Center for Media and Democracy/PRWatch reveal that a top GOP polling firm instructed state Chamber of Commerce lobbyists how to try to defeat popular measures like increasing the minimum wage, despite polling data from business leaders that shows overwhelming support …
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The White House:
An update for your petition on Donald J. Trump: — Thank you for signing this We the People petition. — We decline to comment on the specific request raised in the petition, which falls outside the scope of the We the People Terms of Participation. You can read the full Terms …
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Katherine Peralta / The Charlotte Observer:
NC LGBT law prompts Lionsgate to pull production of new Hulu show from Charlotte — The studio had intended to shoot the pilot in the Charlotte area of a new TV show called ‘Crushed’ — Lionsgate has called the new LGBT law ‘deplorable and discriminatory’
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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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JSOnline:
White nationalist group robocall backs Donald Trump — From Milwaukee, Madison and beyond, a daily dose of political news and glimpses behind the scenes — Madison - A self-proclaimed white nationalist group flooded Wisconsin with robocalls supporting real estate mogul Donald Trump leading up to Tuesday's primary.
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