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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, Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Outside the Beltway and Shakesville
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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Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and Political Wire
Jim Nantz / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders: I attacked Hillary Clinton because she attacked me — As the Democratic presidential candidates took to the sidewalks of New York, the tenor of the campaign was approaching the gutter — with each side raising questions about the other's qualifications for the highest office in the land.
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Talking Points Memo, NY State of Politics, AOL, Politico and New York Times
Hillary Clinton / Salon:
Hillary's world collapsing around her: Wisconsin, Bernie's surge and FBI probe poised to derail her White House bid
Hillary's world collapsing around her: Wisconsin, Bernie's surge and FBI probe poised to derail her White House bid
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Washington Post
James Kirchick / New York Daily News:
Is Bernie Sanders your stoner college roommate? …
Is Bernie Sanders your stoner college roommate? …
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Power Line and New York Times
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Is an increasingly nasty Clinton-Sanders race doing lasting damage to Democrats?
Is an increasingly nasty Clinton-Sanders race doing lasting damage to Democrats?
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U.S. News, New York Times and Politico
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders's Successful Insurgency
Bernie Sanders's Successful Insurgency
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The Moderate Voice and naked capitalism
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Reading Between the Lines of Hillary and Bernie's Big Media Battle
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
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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.
Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Bill Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Are Defending Murders And Drug Dealers
Bill Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Are Defending Murders And Drug Dealers
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Breitbart, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Slate and The American Mirror
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Bill Clinton Battles Black Lives Matter Protesters in Philly: 'They're Afraid of the Truth!'
Bill Clinton Battles Black Lives Matter Protesters in Philly: 'They're Afraid of the Truth!'
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The Daily Caller
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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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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: Abandon all hope if GOP doesn't change
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Jim Risch on endorsement of Ted Cruz: ‘I guess’
Jim Risch on endorsement of Ted Cruz: ‘I guess’
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air and The Hill
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.
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
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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Washington Post, Vox, CNN, Political Wire, New York Post, Mediaite, Power Line, RedState, Hot Air, The Right Scoop and Guardian
Winston Shi / Stanford Daily:
On Gabriel Knight and what anti-Semitism really means — “'Jews controlling the media, economy, government and other societal institutions' [is] a fixture of anti-Semitism that we [inaudible] theoretically shouldn't challenge. I think that that's kind of irresponsibly foraying into another politically contentious conversation.
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Michelle Obama To Give Commencement Address in School System Ripe With Anti-Semitism — At schools within the City University of New York system, a group called Students for Justice of Palestine has been intimidating Jewish students with anti-Semitism. At Brooklyn College, for instance …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Brutalized For You’ — The reporter from the Washington Post didn't ask Donald Trump about nuclear weapons, but he wanted to talk about them anyway. “Some people have an ability to negotiate,” Trump said, of facing the Soviet Union. “You either have it or you don't.”
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.
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CNN and Political Wire
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Buchanan on Trump, Cruz Joining Forces: ‘That Ticket Would Set the Country on Fire’ — Wednesday on Fox News Channel's “Hannity,” conservative commentator weighed in Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)'s (R-TX) win in the GOP presidential primary in Wisconsin a night earlier …
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The Federalist and Hot Air
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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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Telegraph, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Panama Papers, Politico, Common Dreams, Reuters, The Atlantic, Mother Jones and Al Jazeera English
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