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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
After His Honeymoon, Ted Cruz Immediately Bought 100 Cans Of Soup — Thanks to CNN's town hall, America just got another glimpse into the waking hell that is Heidi Cruz's daily life. Tonight's entry into the Heidi Cruz catalogue of the macabre: A newlywed Ted Cruz celebrates by buying 100 cans of Campbell's Chunky soup.
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Washington Post:
Republicans like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The general public doesn't. — What is a super PAC? … State of the 2016 race — Strong headwinds of unpopularity continue to hobble leading Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz with the public at-large, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Donald Trump holds onto national lead — By Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Sarah Dutton andJennifer De Pinto — Where the Race Stands — Nationally, Donald Trump still has a double digit lead over his nearest competitor Ted Cruz, but his margin over Cruz has decreased.
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Political Wire, CBS New York and CBS Dallas
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Inside Ted Cruz's novel strategy for winning from behind — What is a super PAC? … State of the 2016 race — IRVINE, Calif. — Eight days before Republican voters in the state of New York would award a massive trove of 95 delegates, Ted Cruz stood three time zones away in a hotel ballroom packed …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Trump Wuz Robbed
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say — A Florida prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Donald Trump's campaign manager for battery after a March run-in with former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Free legal advice to Michelle Fields: don't bring a civil lawsuit — Anyone encouraging Michelle Fields to bring a civil law suit is not doing her a favor. She does not want to take the stand in a civil case, subject to rigorous cross examination, that is likely to be on television to discuss …
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Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Michelle Fields to Pursue Civil Action Against Trump and His Campaign Manager for Defamation — Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields said Wednesday night that she plans to pursue civil action against Donald Trump and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over an incident that occurred last month.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Michelle Fields slams Van Susteren as ‘Trump shill’
Michelle Fields slams Van Susteren as ‘Trump shill’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders: ‘No room’ for language about ‘corporate Democratic whores’ — Bernie Sanders on Thursday repudiated the remarks of a surrogate who used the phrase “corporate Democratic whores” on Wednesday night during the Vermont senator's rally in Washington Square Park, after Hillary Clinton's campaign demanded …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders Under Fire for Supporter's ‘Whores’ Remarks
Sanders Under Fire for Supporter's ‘Whores’ Remarks
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality’
Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality’
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Disavows Surrogate's ‘Corporate Democratic Whores’ Remark (VIDEO)
Sanders Disavows Surrogate's ‘Corporate Democratic Whores’ Remark (VIDEO)
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly: I Had Chance ‘To Clear The Air’ With Donald Trump — Megyn Kelly on Wednesday night confirmed that she met with Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, and said that she was able to “clear the air” with the Republican presidential frontrunner after he has repeatedly slammed the Fox News anchor.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump's insincere process arguments
Bloomberg.com:
Rapper Ice Cube: Donald Trump Is What Americans Love
Rapper Ice Cube: Donald Trump Is What Americans Love
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly Meets With Donald Trump
Megyn Kelly Meets With Donald Trump
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Asks Pittsburgh Crowd 'How's Joe Paterno?' (VIDEO)
Trump Asks Pittsburgh Crowd 'How's Joe Paterno?' (VIDEO)
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Andrew Joseph / USA Today:
Donald Trump apparently forgets Joe Paterno died, asks Pittsburgh crowd how he's doing
Donald Trump apparently forgets Joe Paterno died, asks Pittsburgh crowd how he's doing
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump asks Pittsburgh: How's Joe Paterno?
Trump asks Pittsburgh: How's Joe Paterno?
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Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Entertainment CEO Open to Allowing Texting in Some Theaters — Adam Aron has been head of AMC Entertainment for less than four months, but in that short time he's already orchestrated one of the most significant deals in the country's history. In February, AMC announced that it has an agreement …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump — Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton. — But privately, the super PAC conceived by Rove is suggesting to its donors …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Clinton Donor Confirms Presence of Static Noise Machine at Secretive Colorado Fundraiser
Clinton Donor Confirms Presence of Static Noise Machine at Secretive Colorado Fundraiser
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The Daily Caller and AOL
Sacramento Bee:
UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet — UC Davis sought to eliminate negative search results for school and chancellor — Strategic communications budget soared during Katehi's tenure — Students occupying area outside Katehi's office call for her resignation
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Meghann Myers / Navy Times:
This is why the Navy didn't shoot down Russian jets — Russian pilots rattled nerves aboard the destroyer Donald Cook, buzzing within yards of the ship in the Baltic Sea. Provocative, sure. But they weren't a credible threat. — So concludes a retired Navy commanding officer …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Misplaced Criticism of Clinton's Crime Bill — At a particularly precarious moment during the congressional maneuvering over the 1994 crime bill, President Bill Clinton received a powerful endorsement from an influential group on the debate's frontlines.
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Democratic Debate: Is Politeness Over? Here Are 4 Things To Watch
Democratic Debate: Is Politeness Over? Here Are 4 Things To Watch
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Daily Kos, New York Times and The Week
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen — More than a dozen rating changes, almost all favoring Democrats — Pennsylvania's Seventh Congressional District, which forms a misshapen U linking Greater Philadelphia in the east to the outskirts of Lancaster and Reading to its west and north …
Hillary Clinton / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump's dangerous, loose nuclear talk: Hillary Clinton blasts the Republican front-runner — Keeping America safe is the most solemn responsibility of any President. So when Donald Trump says “we need unpredictability” when it comes to nuclear weapons, when he talks casually …
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week and War on the Rocks
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
How to Fix the U.S. Supreme Court Impasse — Americans, like all humans, are trapped in history; thus we can't know now whether the American republic is on its deathbed or simply spiking one of its periodic fevers. The patient has recovered from near-fatal illness before …
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Los Angeles Times, SCOTUSblog, Empirical SCOTUS and Democracy in America