memeorandum: Paul Ryan Rules Out Run for President (Jennifer Steinhauer/New York Times)

4:30 AM ET, April 13, 2016

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Daily News Editorial Board says Vote Hillary Clinton: Her plans to give working- and middle-class Americans a fighting chance at rising incomes are far superior to Bernie Sanders' — A ritual that plays out at 8:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month highlights the urgency …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, CBS New York, Daily News Bin, Politico, The Week and Guardian

Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:

Hillary Clinton Responds to Bernie Sanders' Remark That She's “Condescending” to Young People — “I'm excited that so many young people are involved in this campaign.” — While on the campaign trail in Las Vegas, a young girl asked Hillary Clinton, “If you're elected the girl president …

Discussion: Gawker, New York Times, Politico, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, MSNBC, Patterico's Pontifications and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Annie Karni / Politico:

Bill Clinton can't stop talking about himself — NEW YORK — Since hitting the campaign trail in January, Bill Clinton has tried on different suits: supportive spouse hailing his wife as a “changemaker” in Iowa; Bernie Sanders attack dog in New Hampshire; redemption seeker in South Carolina.

Discussion: CBS New York

New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio, Hillary Clinton ripped for racist joke at Inner Circle show

Discussion: Guardian, NBC News, American Spectator, ABC News, CNN, Vox, Instapundit, Washington Free Beacon, Mother Jones, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
WH defends Clinton and de Blasio after ‘CP time’ joke flops

Discussion: Booman Tribune

New York Times:

Donald Trump, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame the System — WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump and his allies are engaged in an aggressive effort to undermine the Republican nominating process by framing it as rigged and corrupt, hoping to compensate for organizational deficiencies that have left …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Bob Cusack / The Hill:

Trump slams RNC chairman, calls 2016 process ‘a disgrace’ — on Tuesday slammed the chairman of the Republican National Committee, claiming the party's system for selecting its presidential nominee is a “scam” and a “disgrace.” — During an exclusive interview with The Hill at Trump Tower, Trump said, “It's a disgrace for the party.

Discussion: CNN, Denver Post, Guardian and Politico

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Colorado Republicans Passed Around “Resolution to Deny Trump Delegates” Back on March 22

Discussion: Ari Armstrong, NBC News, The Week and myfox8.com

Mark Hensch / The Hill: Registration-burning GOP voter: ‘I was disenfranchised’

Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Trump supporters turn rage on Indiana delegates

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Right Scoop, Hullabaloo, Fox News Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, New York Times and The Daily Caller

CNN:

First on CNN: Top Republicans may skip GOP convention — Washington (CNN)A number of high-profile Republicans, fearful of a potential melee in Cleveland this summer, are considering skipping the Republican National Convention and campaigning back home instead.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NY State of Politics, Washington Monthly, The Last Refuge and The Week

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan delivers Shermanesque rejection of running for president

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, TalkLeft and Mother Jones

Joshua Green / BostonGlobe.com: Don't underestimate Ted Cruz

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan To GOP: I Know I'm Awesome, But I Can't Be Your President

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Paul Ryan: I won't be GOP nominee, ‘end of story’

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, American Spectator, Team Ryan and Business Insider

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Rules Out Run for President

Discussion: Forbes, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Paul A. Specht / Raleigh News & Observer:

Raleigh visitors bureau says HB2 is affecting Wake economy — Four groups have canceled events — 16 other groups, potentially bringing $24M, are rethinking plans in Wake County — State reps Dollar and Stam: lost rooms can be filled — RALEIGH — A report released …

Discussion: The Charlotte Observer, The Atlantic, Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats, governor.nc.gov, PinkNews, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, NBC News and Advocate

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Senators: NBA should move All-Star Game out of North Carolina

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Billy Richardson / Fayetteville Observer:
N.C. Rep. Billy Richardson: I was wrong to vote for HB2

Discussion: Fusion, Talking Points Memo and Towleroad

The New York Observer:

In the Republican Primary: Donald Trump for President — Donald Trump is the father-in-law of the Observer's publisher. That is not a reason to endorse him. Giving millions of disillusioned Americans a renewed sense of purpose and opportunity is. — Explaining the phenomenon …

Discussion: Gawker, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, Independent Journal …, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Politico, Guardian and The Week

Marcel Harmon / Salon:

Sam Brownback declares war on Kansas: This is how extremists gut a state — and democracy — The ultraconservatives take control, with an assist to ALEC and no concern for the people — It's not uncommon to see developments named after what they displace or sometimes destroy.

USA Today:

Zuckerberg unveils 10-year plan to expand Facebook empire, with political tones — Facebook announced that businesses would be able to start using their messenger platform to buy and sell products and offer customers support. Jefferson Graham reports from the F8 Developer conference in San Francisco.

Discussion: Towleroad

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Zuckerberg criticizes ‘fearful voices calling for building walls’

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Verge

Media Matters for America:

Trump Ally Roger Stone Writing Entire Book Alleging That The Clintons Secretly Murdered JFK Jr. — Roger Stone is writing a book based on his conspiracy theory that the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy Jr. Stone is an longtime ally and friend of Donald Trump, who has previously used …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

KCBY-TV:

After mayor refuses trip to Mississippi, Navy will bring USS Portland to PDX — After Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced he refuses to travel to Mississippi next month to commission the USS Portland over the state's anti-gay laws, the Navy has announced the commissioning will take place in Portland.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad

John Frank / Denver Post:

Denver Post uncovers that Democratic Party told Hillary Clinton's campaign about caucus counting mistake, but kept public and Bernie Sanders camp in the dark — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to supporters during a campaign rally Tuesday evening in the Arts …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Common Dreams, Politico, Hit & Run, Guardian and The Mahablog

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Time to Reform Big Sanders?

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Progressive groups target Julián Castro — The veepstakes oppo war has begun. — With Bernie Sanders' durability exciting progressives at their potential to shape the Democratic race, a coalition of groups — many of them backers of the Vermont senator — are launching a preemptive strike …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Free Beacon and Towleroad

Media Matters for America:

VIDEO: Here's The Truth About The Anti-LGBT “Bathroom Predator” Myth — North Carolina is the first state in the country to pass a law aimed at broadly controlling transgender people's access to public restrooms. Proponents of the law claim it's needed to prevent sexual predators from sneaking …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, Towleroad, Advocate and Gay Star News

German Lopez / Vox:
North Carolina's governor just tweaked his anti-LGBTQ law. He basically changed nothing.

Discussion: governor.nc.gov, NBC News, Advocate and Balloon Juice

Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:

White versus White America

Discussion: alicublog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Maggie's Farm

Deanreddington / CBS Boston:

Zika Survivor Says ‘I Could Feel My Skin Shrinking’ — BOSTON (CBS) - A 46-year-old landscaper, who does not want to be identified, says last month he went to Brazil to visit his 90-year-old ailing father. — While he was there he was bitten by several mosquitoes.

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Obama envisions a day when female presidents are common — President Obama said Tuesday that people will someday be amazed a woman had not served as president for so long in comments that came close to publicly backing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Washington Post

Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:

Top Trump Aide Paul Manafort Lobbied for Saudis Against Embassy Move To Jerusalem — Donald Trump's new top aide Paul Manafort once lobbied against moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, putting him at odds with a key pro-Israel position and his boss.

Discussion: RedState