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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: 25 percent of Sanders voters would shun Clinton — Only 14 percent of Clinton supporters would not back Sanders — Clinton remains vulnerable with younger voters, independents, liberals — Sanders holds a slight advantage over Clinton among Democrats nationally — WASHINGTON
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gingrich: Trump has made Ted Cruz look normal — Newt Gingrich on Wednesday marveled at one of Donald Trump's biggest accomplishments in the 2016 race — making Ted Cruz appear normal. — The former House speaker predicted that Cruz could be boosted at a contested convention by establishment support …
TMJ4:
Grothman: Voter ID law will help eventual GOP nominee win Wisconsin — MILWAUKEE — In comments made to TODAY'S TMJ4's Charles Benson on election night, U.S. congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Campbellsport) said he thinks Wisconsin's new voter ID law will help the eventual GOP nominee win in the state.
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Independent Journal … and electionlawblog.org
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin's Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night — Students waited hours to vote and longtime voters were turned away by the state's new photo ID law. — By , — Milwaukee—Dennis Hatten voted in Wisconsin yesterday, but it wasn't easy for him, or thousands of other voters.
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Common Dreams, Democracy Now and ThinkProgress
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Wisconsin Loser Donald Trump Issues Loser Statement On Losing — Here is the magic, you guys. Trump's statement on his big loss in Wisconsin. … So his argument is that this is bs because all of the institutions of conservative and Republican thought that could possibly be against him were …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz and Pastors Smite Donald Trump in Wisconsin
Ted Cruz and Pastors Smite Donald Trump in Wisconsin
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NBC News:
First Read: Map And Math About to Get Tougher for Cruz, Sanders
First Read: Map And Math About to Get Tougher for Cruz, Sanders
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New York Times, Washington Post and NBC News
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Cruz Pivots to General: ‘Hillary, Get Ready’
Cruz Pivots to General: ‘Hillary, Get Ready’
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Washington Post and FiveThirtyEight
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep.: Wisconsin Voter ID Law Will Help Republicans In General Election
GOP Rep.: Wisconsin Voter ID Law Will Help Republicans In General Election
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Went Wrong For Trump and Clinton in Wisconsin
The Note: What Went Wrong For Trump and Clinton in Wisconsin
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abc7chicago.com, USA Today and Associated Press
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Hillary Clinton has had enough of Bernie Sanders — SYRACUSE, N.Y. — There's an unmistakable Groundhog Day quality to this spring campaign swing by Hillary Clinton: the chain-chugged Diet Dr Peppers, the pained rasp and crisp pantsuits — and the once-commanding lead undercut by an underdog near enough to nip at her sensible heels.
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Mike Konczal / Roosevelt Institute:
Let's Dispel Once and for All With This Fiction that Sanders Doesn't Know How to Break Up Banks — Bernie Sanders gave some fairly normal answers on financial reform to the New York Daily News editorial board. Someone sent it to me, and as I read it I thought “yes, these are answers …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Did Bernie Sanders Botch An Interview With The Daily News? It's Not That Simple.
Did Bernie Sanders Botch An Interview With The Daily News? It's Not That Simple.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Clinton slams Sanders's ‘unimaginable’ position on guns
Clinton slams Sanders's ‘unimaginable’ position on guns
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Dylan Byers / CNN:
Sanders feeling media heat after new interview
Sanders feeling media heat after new interview
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Describing 1-Year-Old Daughter Leaves Trevor Noah Speechless (VIDEO) — A 1994 clip of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump describing his 1-year-old daughter left “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah speechless Tuesday night. — The clip is from an episode of “Lifestyle of The Rich And Famous” …
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
California authorities raid home of anti-Planned Parenthood videographer — Investigators with the California Department of Justice on Tuesday raided the home of David Daleiden, the anti-abortion activist behind a series of undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood, the activist said.
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Hartford Courant:
Newtown Teacher Charged With Bringing Gun To School — Newtown middle school teacher Jason M. Adams was arrested for having a firearm on school grounds, police said. … NEWTOWN — A middle school teacher was charged Wednesday after he was found carrying a gun at school, police said.
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Samantha Schoenfeld / FOX 61:
Newtown Middle School teacher arrested for having gun at school
Newtown Middle School teacher arrested for having gun at school
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Donald Blankenship Sentenced to a Year in Prison in Mine Safety Case — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Donald L. Blankenship, whose leadership of Massey Energy Company transformed him into one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Appalachia, was sentenced on Wednesday to a year in prison …
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Ken Ward Jr. / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Blankenship sentenced to a year in prison, one more year on supervised release
Blankenship sentenced to a year in prison, one more year on supervised release
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Common Dreams and Raw Story
WFTS:
VIDEO: Woman confronts Gov. Rick Scott in Starbucks — GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A video captured a woman confronting Gov. Rick Scott as he stopped for coffee Tuesday in Gainesville. — “You cut Medicaid, so I couldn't get Obamacare,” said the woman, Cara Jennings, who then called him a derogatory word.
Tara Golshan / Vox:
George Mason University learned how hard it is to name a law school after Antonin Scalia — George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law does not make for the nicest acronyms, especially when intending to honor a late Supreme Court justice. — Give it a second. Yup, “ASSoL” or “ASSLaw.”
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
GMU law school renaming after Antonin Scalia hits snag
GMU law school renaming after Antonin Scalia hits snag
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Hazel Torres / Christian News on Christian Today:
‘Demonic’ arches rising in New York and London on April 19: ‘Welcome signs’ for the Antichrist? — The ruins at the Temple of Baal in Palmyra, Syria are seen in this still image from an undated video taken from a social media website on March 24, 2016. — Christians should watch …
Erwin Chemerinsky / The Atlantic:
What if the Supreme Court Were Liberal? — What might it mean to have five justices on the Supreme Court who were appointed by Democratic presidents? Since 1970, the year Harry Blackmun received Senate confirmation, there always have been at least five justices appointed by a Republican president on the Court.
The Tab:
Everyone mistook a priest for a KKK member last night — He was spotted at Red Mango — Rumors of a klansman on campus have proven false after a priest innocently made his way through Bloomington. — Last night around 9:15 PM, social media became a furious storm of confusion regarding …
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Jimmy Carter / WSMV-TV:
Country music legend Merle Haggard dies at 79 — Country music legend Merle Haggard has died, his manager confirmed. He turned 79 on Wednesday. — Haggard's manager said he died at 9:20 a.m. in California. — Haggard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Azerbaijan Blasts Kim Kardashian — Kim Kardashian may have 66 million followers on Instagram, but that doesn't make her an expert on the frozen conflict in the mountainous Caucasus enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. — That, at least, is the view of the Azerbaijani ambassador to the United States …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Unveils Retirement-Savings Revamp, but With a Few Concessions to Industry — About $14 trillion in retirement savings could be affected by the rule — WASHINGTON—The Obama administration Wednesday rolled out a long-anticipated new rule aimed at transforming the way the financial …
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ValueWalk, Mother Jones and Political Insider blog
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Secrets of the Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveal Financial Meltdown and Big Bet on Mobile Voice Search — According to some pages from the “book” that Yahoo bankers have given out to prospective buyers, the financial situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant is becoming increasingly dire.
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New York Magazine and Business Insider
Mark Pernice / BuzzFeed:
America is being watched from above. Government surveillance planes routinely circle over most major cities — but usually take the weekends off. — Each weekday, dozens — of U.S. government aircraft take to the skies and slowly circle over American cities.
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