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9:35 PM ET, April 9, 2016

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BostonGlobe.com:
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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Blue Nation Review
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 …
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.
Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Everything Awful About Donald Trump's Campaign In One Tweet
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   President Obama: ‘Mr. Trump Is Not Succeeding Me’
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Why New York is pivotal for Sanders and for Clinton … NEW YORK — The Democratic presidential nominating contest has become a discussion about momentum, not mathematics, and that's become a major problem for front-runner Hillary Clinton in her battle against Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Declared Winner of Wyoming Democratic Caucuses: AP
Discussion: New York Magazine and abc7news.com
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Sanders was right, Clinton is unqualified
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Wyoming Democratic caucuses: Bernie Sanders looks for another win
Discussion: Common Dreams
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 …
Discussion: USA Today, Hot Air and The Last Refuge
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   As Campaigns Seek Delegates, Ordinary Voters Feel Sidelined
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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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.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Adario Strange / Mashable:
Google's bipedal robot reveals the future of manual labor  —  Google recently put up its Boston Dynamics robotics unit up for sale, but that doesn't mean that the company is getting out of the automaton business  —  A new bipedal robot from Google's Schaft robotics was shown off on Friday …
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Eli Stokols / Politico:   Political ‘Hunger Games’ roils Trump's inner circle
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.
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
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Politico
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.
Discussion: Slantpoint and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio's Campaign Fund-Raising Scrutinized in U.S. Corruption Inquiry  —  A wide-ranging federal corruption investigation centered on two businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio is also examining some aspects of his campaign fund-raising, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gothamist
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New York Post:
FBI probing Mayor de Blasio's fundraising activities
Discussion: CBS New York and BizPac Review
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider and Common Dreams
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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:   David Cameron dramatic tax mea culpa: ‘I should have done better’
 
 
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Lindsey Graham wants his jacket back
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Clintons wrestle with a black generation gap
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Gregory L. Diskant / Washington Post:
Obama can appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court if the Senate does nothing
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