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7:50 AM ET, April 8, 2016

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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Fire Bill Clinton  —  No one is doing more damage to Hillary's campaign than her husband.  —  I wonder if there's a part of Bill Clinton that doesn't really want Hillary Clinton to become president, particularly if she has to distance herself from his legacy to do so.
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Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Bill Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Are Defending Murders And Drug Dealers  —  On Thursday, while Bill Clinton was giving a speech to a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters, he was repeatedly interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters.  —  He responded to them, saying …
Sam Sanders / NPR:
Bill Clinton Gets Into Heated Exchange With Black Lives Matter Protester … In a prolonged exchange Thursday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton forcefully defended his 1994 crime bill to Black Lives Matter protesters in the crowd at a Hillary Clinton campaign event.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Bill Clinton Battles Black Lives Matter Protesters in Philly: 'They're Afraid of the Truth!'  —  Former president Bill Clinton got in a heated argument with Black Lives Matter protesters as he was campaigning for his wife Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, battling the protesters over his passage of criminal justice reform.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sanders Over the Edge  —  From the beginning, many and probably most liberal policy wonks were skeptical about Bernie Sanders.  On many major issues — including the signature issues of his campaign, especially financial reform — he seemed to go for easy slogans over hard thinking.
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James Kirchick / New York Daily News:   Is Bernie Sanders your stoner college roommate? …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:   Reading Between the Lines of Hillary and Bernie's Big Media Battle
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders's Successful Insurgency
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Peter King: New Yorkers Voting For Cruz “Should Have Their Head Examined”  —  “Look, I hope he gets the cold shoulder and other things from every New Yorker.  Send him back where he belongs.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Rep. Peter King of New York said in a radio interview on Thursday …
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Buchanan on Trump, Cruz Joining Forces: ‘That Ticket Would Set the Country on Fire’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Federalist
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz, Unwelcome In The Bronx, Gets A Taste Of ‘New York Values’
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama warns Dems against ‘Tea Party mentality’  —  President Obama on Thursday warned Democrats against adopting a “Tea Party mentality” that could lead to deep divisions within the party and harm its chances of winning national elections.  —  Following the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham to meet with Supreme Court nominee  —  (R-S.C.) will sit down with President Obama's Supreme Court pick even though he believes the seat should remain vacant until next year.  —  Kevin Bishop, Graham's spokesman, confirmed that the South Carolina Republican will have a “courtesy meeting” with nominee Merrick Garland.
Discussion: RedState
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Obama: Abandon all hope if GOP doesn't change
Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Americans overwhelmingly view Trump negatively  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Wisconsin Debacle a Major Warning to the GOP
David Pegg / Guardian:
David Cameron admits he profited from father's Panama offshore trust  —  PM sold stake in Blairmore investment fund, which featured in Panama Papers, for £31,500 four months before entering No 10  —  David Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.
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ITV:
Exclusive: David Cameron admits he did have a stake in his father's offshore trust
Discussion: NBC News, Guardian and The Atlantic
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:   Vladimir Putin Says Allegations in Panama Papers Are an American Plot
Katie Connor / Cosmopolitan:
Scarlett Johansson on Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood: “We're Moving Backward”  —  The May 2016 cover star talks Planned Parenthood, hitting rock bottom, and more.  —  On cutting the budget for Planned Parenthood: “There are countries at war, there's terrorism, global warming …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Have you had an abortion?  Missouri Republicans want to know. …
Jennifer Oldham / Bloomberg:
Wide-Open Colorado Convention Is a Republican Delegate Rodeo  —  Hopefuls get 10 seconds apiece to sell themselves to the party  —  Cruz swoops in as most haven't declared whom they'll support  —  For the first time in 40 years, a presidential candidate will appear at Colorado's Republican Assembly …
Richard Greene / CNN:
Pope Francis urges greater acceptance of homosexuals, non-traditional families  —  34 photos:  —  Pope Francis  —  Pope Francis tries on a traditional sombrero he received as a gift from a Mexican journalist on Friday, February 12, aboard a plane during his flight from Rome to Habana, Cuba.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Cruz won't apologize for calling McConnell a liar … for calling Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  a liar “ain't gonna happen,” the presidential hopeful said during a Thursday interview with CNN's Dana Bash.  —  “If the Washington lobbyists want to see that happen, they can hold their breath a long, long time,” Cruz said.
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Elise Labott / CNN:
In Bahrain, Kerry walks tightrope on human rights  —  Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions spread to other nations  —  Manama, Bahrain (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry treads carefully on the issue of human rights in Bahrain — a key Gulf ally in the fight against ISIS — but whose government …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Clinton campaign chair: ‘The American people can handle the truth’ on UFOs  —  Washington (CNN)There has long been an air of conspiracy surrounding theories of alien life, and the head of Hillary Clinton's campaign said Thursday it's time to do away with the secrecy.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Wants You to Post More About Yourself  —  Staff said to call lack of intimate sharing ‘context collapse’  —  Facebook tries prompting more personal types of posting  —  Facebook Inc. is working to combat a decline in people sharing original, personal content …
 
 
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Skip Foreman / BuzzFeed:
Feds “Ready” For Transgender Discrimination Complaints In North Carolina
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Eric Roston / Bloomberg:
Trying to Put a Price on Big Oil's ‘Climate Obstruction’ Efforts
Discussion: Grist and Common Dreams
USCIS:
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Politics these days, amirite?
Discussion: Breitbart
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Sessions: Don't bet on me being Trump's VP
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Mark Davis / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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CNNMoney:
FBI director: We bought ‘a tool’ to hack terrorist's iPhone
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren't Making Payments
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Dems on FEC target conservatives, vote to punish maker of anti-Obama movie
 

 
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