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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Donald Trump's ‘kinder, gentler’ version: Kirsten Powers — The Donald explains why politics is ‘a crazy business’ and why he never cries anymore. — CONNECT — Is Donald Trump about to make a pivot toward presidential? — In an hour-long interview Thursday in his New York office …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: I'd Be Never Trump Too If Election Stakes Weren't So High — “For me, it's about the children and the grandchildren.” — w.soundcloud.com — Ben Carson said in a radio interview last week that his support for Donald Trump is purely pragmatic, adding that he wouldn't support Trump …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Carson: ‘If it was just me’ I'd be team #NeverTrump too
Carson: ‘If it was just me’ I'd be team #NeverTrump too
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The Right Scoop
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: “The Drudge Report Has Become The Attack Site For The Trump Campaign” — “By all appearances, Roger Stone now decides what's on Drudge.” — Ted Cruz says the Drudge Report has become propaganda for Donald Trump's campaign. — “Drudge Report over the years has done …
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Josefa Velasquez / Politico:
Trump extols his ‘love’ for New York during Albany rally
Trump extols his ‘love’ for New York during Albany rally
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NY State of Politics
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Says Cruz Got His ‘A— Kicked’ in Louisiana, But Took Delegates
Trump Says Cruz Got His ‘A— Kicked’ in Louisiana, But Took Delegates
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Politico and abc7news.com
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
What Trump can learn from Reagan and the '76 delegate fight
What Trump can learn from Reagan and the '76 delegate fight
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Newsweek, RedState and Associated Press
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Racially Charged Joke by Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio Leaves Some Cringing — In less than three minutes, a comedy routine between Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York managed to cause a storm of controversy over a racially charged joke.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Messy, Very Human Politics of Bill Clinton's Crime Bill — The activists who denounce the bill now have much in common with the activists who supported it in 1994. — Twenty-two years ago, President Bill Clinton shepherded a comprehensive crime bill through Congress in the midst …
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CANNONFIRE, Guardian and The Daily Caller
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio set off cringing with painful joke about ‘colored people time’
Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio set off cringing with painful joke about ‘colored people time’
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New York Magazine, Liberal Values, Gawker and Fusion
David Moye / The Huffington Post:
Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Due To State's Anti-LGBT Laws — “I think that porn has the power to do what Bruce Springsteen can't.” — There's a new kink in North Carolina's LGBT controversy: A popular porn website is banning all computers from “The Tar Heel State.”
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Joe Otterson / The Wrap:
Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Over Anti-LGBT Law
WND:
Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes — ‘Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump erupted on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning after a weekend that saw Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sweep all of Colorado's 34 delegates without …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
After Loss in Colorado, Donald Trump Supporters Give State Chairman an Earful — It has been two days since Senator Ted Cruz of Texas swept Colorado's delegates, and Steve House, the chairman of the state's Republican Party, is feeling the wrath of Donald J. Trump's supporters.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Colorado GOP Leader to Disgruntled Trump Supporter: Go Ahead and Burn the Party Down — This came in the email today from “James” a disgruntled Colorado Republican voter after the party elites gave all of the state delegates to Senator Ted Cruz. — On Saturday Ted Cruz supporters took …
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NBC News
Grace Rauh / NY1 News:
NY1/Baruch College Poll: Trump Leads Rivals by 43 Percentage Points — Donald Trump has a commanding 43-point lead in the New York Republican presidential primary, and Hillary Clinton has a 13-point advantage in the Democratic primary, according to a NY1/Baruch College poll released Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Sanders lags in delegates but leads in likability
Sanders lags in delegates but leads in likability
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The Week and Washington Free Beacon
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC Poll: Trump, Clinton Hold Sizable Leads in New York
NBC Poll: Trump, Clinton Hold Sizable Leads in New York
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Washington Post and Vox
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Billionaires fund anti-Trump delegate push — First they spent tens of millions trying to boost their favorite presidential candidates, then they poured cash into ads attacking Donald Trump, and now some of the biggest donors on the right are turning their attention to the delegate fight.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Colorado Trump delegate burns GOP registration after being turned away from state convention
Video: Colorado Trump delegate burns GOP registration after being turned away from state convention
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The Federalist, The Hill and RedState
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Colorado Proves Donald Trump Can't Handle The Rigors Of A Campaign
Colorado Proves Donald Trump Can't Handle The Rigors Of A Campaign
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The Hill, Daily Kos, NBC News, LawNewz, Mediaite, Independent Journal …, FiveThirtyEight, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, There seems … and Talking Points Memo
Hillary Clinton / New York Daily News:
TRANSCRIPT: Hillary Clinton meets with the Daily News Editorial Board, April 9, 2016 — The Daily Editorial Board interviewed Hillary Clinton, Democratic candidate for President, on April 9 in the offices of the newspaper in downtown Manhattan. — Daily News: Welcome.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: New Jersey Judge to Decide if Cruz Is Eligible to Run in Primary #MakeCruzCanadianAgain — This won't please the GOP party elites one bit! — A New Jersey judge heard arguments today on behalf of law professor Victor Williams and a group of concerned citizens regarding Senator …
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New York's PIX11 and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Peter Overby / NPR:
Hundreds Protesting Political System Arrested On Capitol's Steps — Police needed most of Monday afternoon to arrest all of the sit-down protesters outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington at a demonstration in favor of changing the rules on political money, voting rights and redistricting.
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CBS News:
Meet the “Trump Bros” — Jack Rowe, an 18-year-old high school student from St. Paul, Minnesota, sat in the front row of a Donald Trump rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin last weekend, sandwiched between two friends. — He had caucused for Trump in Minnesota for the very first time a few weeks earlier.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Phyllis Schlafly Faces Ouster Attempt Following Trump Endorsement — This post has been updated. — Over the weekend, Eagle Forum president Ed Martin emailed the group's members about a recently uncovered “scheme to push Phyllis Schlafly out of Eagle Forum.”
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Jarrett Bell / USA Today:
Sean Payton rails against guns after Will Smith's death — Listen to Sean Payton. Carefully. He's mad. Sad. Frustrated. Passionate. — “If this opinion in Louisiana is super unpopular,” Payton told USA TODAY Sports in a 33-minute phone conversation on Monday, his first interview since Will Smith's death, “so be it.”
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