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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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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Sanders gaining on Clinton in California poll — Clinton leads Sanders 47 percent to 41 percent Sanders capitalizing on support of young voters, independents — Clinton leads among women, older voters and registered Democrats — Rallying a crush of young people and independent voters to his campaign …
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Washington Times and Hot Air
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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The Federalist, Power Line and Betsy's Page
Hillary Clinton / Salon:
Hillary's world collapsing around her: Wisconsin, Bernie's surge and FBI probe poised to derail her White House bid — Clinton isn't only facing a possible indictment, but also Sanders & millions of voters sick of status quo politics — Wisconsin represents more than just Bernie's sixth straight win …
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Washington Post
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.
Peter Finocchiaro / Salon:
Ted Cruz's terrifying reinvention: How America's most detestable senator is repackaging himself for November
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Hullabaloo, TIME, New York Magazine, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jim Nantz / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders: I attacked Hillary Clinton because she attacked me
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NY State of Politics, Talking Points Memo, AOL, Politico and New York Times
James Kirchick / New York Daily News:
Is Bernie Sanders your stoner college roommate? …
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Power Line and New York Times
Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Bill Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Are Defending Murders And Drug Dealers
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Slate, The American Mirror and Mediaite
John Follain / Bloomberg:
Vatican Academy Criticizes Sanders's ‘Monumental Discourtesy’ — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders reached out to obtain his invitation to the Vatican and showed “monumental discourtesy” in the process, a senior Vatican official said. — “Sanders made the first move …
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Politico and LifeNews.com
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders plans short hiatus from New York campaign trail to speak at the Vatican … NEW YORK — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, an enthusiastic fan of Pope Francis's work, plans to step off the campaign trail next week to speak at a conference hosted by the Vatican on social, economic and environmental issues.
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Mother Jones, New York Magazine, CBS New York, The Mahablog and Mediaite
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Will Travel To Vatican To Speak About ‘Moral Economy’ (VIDEO)
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The Atlantic
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Is an increasingly nasty Clinton-Sanders race doing lasting damage to Democrats?
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U.S. News, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Politico
Elizabeth Warren / BostonGlobe.com:
How the Republicans painted themselves into this corner — SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM recently appeared on “The Daily Show” to endorse Ted Cruz for president. During the interview, host Trevor Noah ran an earlier clip in which Graham said that the choice between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz was like picking between getting shot or poisoned.
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Talking Points Memo
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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.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Cruz apology to McConnell? 'Ain't gonna happen,' he says
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Scared Monkeys
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.
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The Daily Caller
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Called Coworker ‘F*cking B*tch,’ Yelled at Subordinate for Visiting Dying Grandma — Donald Trump's campaign manager is a legend among his former colleagues—for all the wrong reasons. — Corey Lewandowski, the embattled manager of Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Obama on Criticism of Lack of Diversity in SCOTUS Pick: I Didn't Say I Needed a ‘Black Lesbian from Skokie’ — Thursday at the University of Chicago Law School during a town hall meeting, President Barack Obama mocked the criticism that his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, did not add diversity to the bench.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama warns Dems against ‘Tea Party mentality’
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Movement to Draft General James Mattis for President — Gen. James Mattis doesn't necessarily want to be president—but that's not stopping a group of billionaire donors from hatching a plan to get him there. — An anonymous group of conservative billionaires is ready to place …
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Hot Air and Florida Politics
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
These 200 people could decide whether Donald Trump gets the GOP nomination … West Virginia looks perfect for Donald Trump: a struggling working-class state filled with the types of voters who have backed him elsewhere and could deliver one of his biggest victories. — But a sweep there might not matter.
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Washington Monthly, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
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.
Air Force Times:
Two dead in shooting at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio — Two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said Friday morning. — According to initial internal Pentagon communications obtained by Air Force Times …
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Veterans' Charities Await Funds Raised by Donald Trump — Beneficiaries say they have received a fraction of the total contributed at Republican presidential candidate's Iowa event — More than two months after Donald Trump skipped a Republican debate to hold a fundraiser for veterans …
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RedState, Fox News and The Right Scoop
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
'It was a children's soccer game. Of course he knew he was going to kill children.' — ASRIYA, Iraq — The suicide bomber who blew up a youth soccer match late last month left barely a dent in the hard, dry earth, a faint scorch on a concrete wall nearby.
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The Daily Caller
Calily Bien / KXAN-TV:
17-year-old faces murder charge in UT homicide — AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police say they have arrested a homeless 17-year-old they believe is connected in the death of University of Texas at Austin student Haruka Weiser. — The Austin Police Department says Meechaiel Khalil Criner …
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Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes — The Syrian regime has freed an American freelance photographer who was abducted after traveling to the country in 2012, according to two U.S. officials. — Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, from San Diego, was released following …
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