memeorandum: Boston Globe to publish fake front page on Trump presidency (Hadas Gold/Politico)

8:40 PM ET, April 9, 2016

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The GOP must stop Trump — DONALD J. TRUMP'S VISION for the future of our nation is as deeply disturbing as it is profoundly un-American. — It is easy to find historical antecedents. The rise of demagogic strongmen is an all too common phenomenon on our small planet.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Boston Globe to publish fake front page on Trump presidency — The Boston Globe on Sunday will publish a satirical front page predicting headlines about a Donald Trump presidency alongside a “Stop Trump” editorial. — The fake front page will be the lead of the Globe's Sunday Ideas section and …

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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:

Trump's Convention Strategy: “The Fix Is In” — More than three months before any ballots have been cast at the Republican convention, Roger Stone, Donald Trump's on-again, off-again consigliere, has delivered the campaign equivalent of a severed horse head to delegates who might consider denying Trump the nomination.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Trump's getting trounced in Indiana — Indiana hasn't cast its ballots for president yet, but Donald Trump is already losing. — Republican Party insiders in the state will select 27 delegates to the national convention on Saturday, and Trump is assured to be nearly shut out of support …

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Chris Kahn / Reuters:

Exclusive: Blocking Trump could hurt Republicans in election - Reuters/Ipsos poll — A third of Republican voters who support Donald Trump could turn their backs on their party in November's presidential election if he is denied the nomination in a contested convention, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Everything Awful About Donald Trump's Campaign In One Tweet

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo: President Obama: ‘Mr. Trump Is Not Succeeding Me’

Associated Press:
Ted Cruz Adds 21 Delegates With Colorado Sweep

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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Sanders extends win streak with Wyoming victory — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — is projected to win the Wyoming caucuses, giving him eight wins in the last nine contests. — The state awards just 14 delegates on a proportional basis, but the win is another jolt …

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New York Times:

Bernie Sanders Wins Wyoming Democratic Caucuses — Continuing a string of victories across the West, Senator Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's delegate lead before a major primary in New York next week.

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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Declared Winner of Wyoming Democratic Caucuses: AP

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Dan Balz / Washington Post: Why New York is pivotal for Sanders and for Clinton

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Sanders was right, Clinton is unqualified

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Wyoming Democratic caucuses: Bernie Sanders looks for another win

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Bruce Springsteen / Facebook:

A Statement from Bruce Springsteen on North Carolina — As you, my fans, know I'm scheduled to play in Greensboro, North Carolina this Sunday. As we also know, North Carolina has just passed HB2, which the media are referring to as the “bathroom” law. HB2 — known officially …

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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
North Carolina Congressman: Bruce Springsteen Is a “Bully” for Canceling Concert

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Trump team vows to win delegate majority as rivals prepare for open convention … NEW YORK — Leaders of Donald Trump's new campaign team said they have revised targets that would make the real estate mogul the presumptive Republican presidential nominee by mid-May and that would win …

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: As Campaigns Seek Delegates, Ordinary Voters Feel Sidelined

ABC News:

Census Finds Least Diverse Part of Nation — America, the melting pot. — Most of it, anyway. — According to the Census Bureau, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire all have mostly white populations — in fact, at least 96 percent of the population of each state is white.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Donald Trump brags about a million mysterious postcards that were addressed to a parking lot … This guy Donald Trump just sort of tweets things sometimes. As you are probably aware, those things are not necessarily always true. It just matters that they cast Trump in a good light.

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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

Bill Maher Defends Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, Rips Michelle Fields — The host of HBO's ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ supported Lewandowski, and claimed that “nothing happened” in his alleged simple assault of ex-Breitbart reporter Fields. — At a rally in Jupiter, Florida …

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Eli Stokols / Politico: Political ‘Hunger Games’ roils Trump's inner circle

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Report: Hillary Clinton Used Static Noise Machine to Prevent Reporters from Hearing Fundraising Speech — On Thursday, Hillary Clinton delivered a fundraising speech at the private residence of Colorado's governor, John Hickenlooper, in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood.

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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:

How the feds uncovered Dennis Hastert's sordid past — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert through the years. — Approached by federal agents last year about dozens of large cash bank withdrawals, Dennis Hastert claimed he was being extorted by a former student who said Hastert …

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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds say Hastert sexually abused five boys

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Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:

Donald Trump visits Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum for first time despite invoking the tragedy often during debates — and he's never donated to any 9/11 charities — Lifelong New Yorker Donald Trump visited the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan Saturday for the first time.

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Jamie Grierson / Guardian:

David Cameron: blame me for mishandling Panama Papers news — Prime minister tells Tory forum he should have handled offshore fund revelations better as protesters call for resignation — David Cameron has said he must take the blame for the way Downing Street handled revelations …

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