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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump widens lead in GOP race, Clinton-Sanders tightens — Donald Trump jumps to an 18-point lead over Ted Cruz this week with record high support for the Republican nomination. — Trump tops Cruz by 45-27 percent among GOP primary voters in a new Fox News national poll on the 2016 election.
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Politico, Hot Air, The Last Refuge and Mediaite
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Clinton's Image Among Democrats at New Low — Recent activity in the presidential election campaign is clearly taking a toll on the images of the leading presidential candidates, as Hillary Clinton drops to her lowest net favorable rating among Democrats since Gallup began tracking her in July …
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Washington Post and JustOneMinute
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Trump more unpopular than anyone but David Duke in last 30 years of presidential elections — Donald Trump is the most unpopular top-tier presidential candidate over more than three decades of ABC News/Washington Post polls, except for former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.
New York Post:
The Post endorses Donald Trump — Donald Trump is a rookie candidate — a potential superstar of vast promise, but making rookie mistakes. The nominee Republicans need for the fall campaign is often hard to make out amid his improvisations and too-harsh replies to his critics. — New Yorkers vote Tuesday.
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Has ‘Phone Call’ With Donald Trump During ‘Tonight Show’ Skit
Ted Cruz Has ‘Phone Call’ With Donald Trump During ‘Tonight Show’ Skit
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abc7news.com, Associated Press and WND
Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit
How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit
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Hullabaloo and Hit & Run
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Suspends Jewish Outreach Coordinator After Reports of Her Criticisms of Israel — Join us for live analysis of the Democratic debate. — Two days after the announcement of her hiring, the Sanders presidential campaign suspended its national Jewish outreach coordinator …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Lewandowski: Battery case became ‘huge distraction’ for Trump campaign
Lewandowski: Battery case became ‘huge distraction’ for Trump campaign
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ABC News
Josh Nathan-Kazis / The Forward:
Donald Trump Doesn't Know What To Call the West Bank
Donald Trump Doesn't Know What To Call the West Bank
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New York Times, Politico and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Trump Could Lose Delegates in States That Have Yet to Vote
Trump Could Lose Delegates in States That Have Yet to Vote
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Politico, BizPac Review, ABC News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Atlantic
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Ryan's long game
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Palin: Bill Nye ‘as much a scientist as I am’ — Sarah Palin tore into Bill Nye's scientific qualifications on Thursday, saying he has no authority to say climate skeptics are wrong. — Palin, the former governor of Alaska and the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz's Senate Outreach Isn't Going Well — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has decided he may want some help from Washington after all to stop Trump. — But alas, his entreaties to his Senate colleagues aren't going very well. — Cruz is facing varied and dynamic obstacles in his quest to build support on the Hill.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz: Yes, Mitch McConnell Lied To Me And I Don't Regret Saying It
Ted Cruz: Yes, Mitch McConnell Lied To Me And I Don't Regret Saying It
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RedState
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Even Ken Starr Thinks Mitch McConnell Should Allow A Vote On SCOTUS Nominee
Even Ken Starr Thinks Mitch McConnell Should Allow A Vote On SCOTUS Nominee
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Washington Monthly and Trail Blazers Blog
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Time magazine's new cover trolls economically literate people with absurd scare tactics — Time magazine decided to troll economically literate Americans this week with an alarmist cover story about the national debt: … The good news is there's a lot wrong with this analysis. — Ignoring inequality
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Slate and Mother Jones
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump's Favorite Bible Teaching Is “Eye For An Eye” — “We can learn a lot from the Bible, that I can tell you.” — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Thursday that his favorite teaching in the Bible is the Old Testament punishment of an “eye for eye.”
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RedState, Hot Air, The Federalist and The Week
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump's favorite Bible verse: ‘Eye for an eye’
Michele Gorman / Newsweek:
SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT: JUDGE RULES AGAINST GUN COMPANIES — In a major blow to gun companies, a judge in Connecticut on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 10 families affected by the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School against the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting.
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Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
Let Me Ask America a Question — How has the ‘system’ been working out for you and your family? No wonder voters demand change. — On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado …
Tennessean.com:
Gov. Bill Haslam vetoes Bible bill — Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed the controversial bill that would have made the Bible the official book of Tennessee. — Haslam cited an opinion issued in 2015 by Attorney General Herbert Slatery that said the bill could violate the state and federal constitutions.
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Advocate, Friendly Atheist, Washington Post, ABC News and Politico
Laura Reiley / Tampa Bay Times:
you're being fed fiction — The restaurant's chalkboard makes claims as you enter from the valet parking lot. At the hostess stand, a cheery board reads, “Welcome to local, farm-fresh Boca.” — Brown butcher paper tops tables and lettuces grow along a wooden wall.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders brawl in Brooklyn — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders engaged in their most vicious debate yet, delivering a two-hour shouting match on the Democratic debate stage Thursday night as they brawled over Wall Street, guns, racism, the minimum wage and each other's fitness for the White House.
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ABC News and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Apple Pursues New Search Features for a Crowded App Store — Company explores adding Google-like ‘paid search’ feature — Effort follows last year's App Store leadership change — Apple Inc. has constructed a secret team to explore changes to the App Store, including a new strategy …
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Engadget, The Next Web, Investor's Business Daily, Mashable, The Verge and Business Insider
CBS News:
Who's behind the new LGBT bathroom laws? — ORLANDO — Lawmakers in state after state are passing bills to protect those who cite religious beliefs for refusing to serve or employ gay or transgender people. — CBS News wondered why so many of these laws — including some that limit access …
Sean Gregory / TIME:
How Obamacare Is Fueling America's Opioid Epidemic — Sean Gregory is a TIME senior writer who has covered sports extensively over the last decade. — Some doctors say a quirk in the program is a dangerous incentive to prescribe potentially dangerous painkillers
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Investor's Business Daily
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Democratic Party, Clinton and Sanders campaigns to sue Arizona over voting rights — What is a super PAC? … State of the 2016 race — The Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign will sue the state of Arizona over voter access to the polls after the state's presidential primary …
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, Guardian, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, The BRAD BLOG, Talking Points Memo and The Week
Scottishmentat / SoundCloud:
Comment by Sven Sønberg — Wow try your ‘mute’ button next time the other guy is talking — @scottishmentat: So- is there a counter to this effect, or a caveat that needs to be stated? — Hi James- I wanted to say it was a true joy listening to you both debate, absolutely fascinating stuff!
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Vox Popoli
Ryan Felton / Guardian:
Court rules warrantless collection of cellphone location data constitutional — A federal court of appeals rejected a constitutional challenge from two convicted robbers making it more likely that the US supreme court will consider the issue — A federal appellate panel on Wednesday rejected …
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The Atlantic, Common Dreams and Electronic Frontier Foundation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Nathan Deal on religious liberty: 'I see what's happening in North Carolina, Mississippi' — Gov. Nathan Deal said the uproar in North Carolina and Mississippi over new laws that critics say curb gay rights should give supporters of the “religious liberty” measure in Georgia second thoughts …
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Gay Star News, Daily Kos, Towleroad, Advocate, Independent Journal … and Political Insider blog