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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
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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 …
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, ThinkProgress and Democracy Now
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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Salon, Right Wing Watch, madison.com, Mother Jones, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
New York Times:
Wisconsin Goes to Cruz, Raising Chance of Fight at Convention
Wisconsin Goes to Cruz, Raising Chance of Fight at Convention
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NBC News, New York Magazine, US News, Washington Post, Hot Air, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain, The Big Lead, Politico and Prairie Weather
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Quieted Donald Trump Quickly Turns on ‘Lyin’ Ted'
A Quieted Donald Trump Quickly Turns on ‘Lyin’ Ted'
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Washington Post, TheBlaze.com, Fox News and Hot Air
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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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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Washington Post and NBC News
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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Associated Press, Investor's Business Daily and Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders wins in Wisconsin, keeping alive his improbable bid for the nomination
Sanders wins in Wisconsin, keeping alive his improbable bid for the nomination
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NewsBusters, Politico, CANNONFIRE, Hot Air, New York Times, ABC News and Common Dreams
Shawnmcginnis / KTLA:
Chauffeur Allegedly Attacks Motorist With Tire Iron in Caught-on-Video Road-Rage Incident in Van Nuys … A Northridge man told KTLA on Tuesday that he was rear-ended by the driver of an SUV belonging to a car service who then came after him with a tire iron.
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WGN-TV and FOX31 Denver
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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Washington Post, Democracy Now, Guardian, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Hot Air, Mediaite and Liberty Unyielding
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Did Bernie Sanders Botch An Interview With The Daily News? It's Not That Simple. — The interview exposes as much about the media as it does about Bernie Sanders. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — A notion is rapidly crystallizing among the national media …
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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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New York Daily News:
Bernie Sanders gets slammed over Sandy Hook gun lawsuit comments
Bernie Sanders gets slammed over Sandy Hook gun lawsuit comments
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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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Shakesville
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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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ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal and Common Dreams
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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
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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Little Green Footballs, Fox News, Vox, Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller, LawNewz, Hot Air, The New Civil Rights Movement, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Republicans Are Threatening A Planned Parenthood Employee With Jail Time
Missouri Republicans Are Threatening A Planned Parenthood Employee With Jail Time
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Los Angeles Times and Guardian
Kara Irvingherald / Herald Sun:
Dashcam footage: Truck jackknife after hitting fallen tree at Carlisle River in Victoria … A HORRIFYING truck crash in Victoria's west has been caught on tape. — The dash cam footage in Carlisle River shows a semi-trailer hurtling around a corner, narrowly avoiding a head on with a parked truck and crashing into a car.
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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mrctv.org/videos and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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New York Times, NBC News, Above the Law and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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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fox13now.com, USA Today, LGBTQ Nation, AOL and WCTX-TV
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.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Steve King: ‘Good Chunk’ Of Remittances To Mexico Are ‘Laundered Drug Money’ (VIDEO) — Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Tuesday applauded Donald Trump's suggestion that the United States force Mexico to pay for a wall along its border by threatening to block remittances sent by undocumented immigrants to their families back home.
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Vox, Washington Post, Salon and Fusion
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 …
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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Mother Jones, ValueWalk and Political Insider blog
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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Independent Journal …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders aide: Don't destroy Dem party to satisfy Clinton's ‘ambitions’ … A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — warned late Tuesday that rival Hillary Clinton — is running a divisive campaign that is hurting party unity. — “Don't destroy the Democratic Party …
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Common Dreams and The Daily Caller
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Post:
Prosecutors have too much power. Juries should rein them in. — Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week, we're talking about jury nullification. Need a primer? Catch up here. — Glenn Harlan Reynolds …
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Hit & Run and University of Tennessee …