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2:15 PM ET, April 16, 2016

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MSNBC:
Bill Clinton jabs at Bernie Sanders, cracks joke at Wall Street's expense  —  Bernie Sanders surrogates have made headlines lately with a number of off-message gaffes, but on Friday, former President Bill Clinton — arguably Hillary Clinton's top surrogate — cracked a jaw-dropping joke of his own while stumping in the Bronx.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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Eli Watkins / CNN:   Jill Stein: The Democratic Party ‘fakes left,’ marches right
Perry Bacon Jr / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s
Discussion: Power Line
Collier Meyerson / New Yorker:   Clinton, Sanders, and the Myth of a Monolithic “Black Vote”
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
HOW TRUMP CAN LOCK UP GOP NOMINATION BEFORE THE CONVENTION  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — To all the political junkies yearning for a contested Republican convention this summer: not so fast.  —  It's still possible for Donald Trump to clinch the nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump likely to win West Virginia but lose delegates  —  Donald Trump has a new enemy in the fight for national convention delegates: the alphabet.  —  Trump is well-positioned for a resounding victory in West Virginia's May 10 primary, but his win will be accompanied by a delegate selection process stacked …
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow …
Chris Collins / New York Times:
The Case for Donald Trump  —  Clarence, N.Y. — AMERICANS are angry.  I hear it from the former factory workers who lost their jobs to other countries because of bad trade deals, the veterans who wait months to see a doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital and the small-business owners …
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Rosie O'Donnell: Trump is like Voldemort
Discussion: BizPac Review
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie Sanders secures five minutes with Pope Francis  —  The US presidential hopeful managed to sit down with pontiff after all.  —  ROME — Bernie Sanders privately met with Pope Francis at the pontiff's residence in Vatican City on Saturday morning before the pope left on a trip for Greece.
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
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Jon Ronson / Guardian:
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’  —  Now she's turned that dark time into a force for good  —  ne night in London in 2005, a woman said a surprisingly eerie thing to Monica Lewinsky.  Lewinsky had moved from New York a few days earlier to take a master's in social psychology at the London School of Economics.
Discussion: The Week
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Is A Fiercely Loyal Boss Right Up Until He Fires You  —  For a man who once tried to trademark the phrase “You're fired,” Donald Trump seems awfully eager these days to cast himself as a loyal boss.  —  With his campaign reeling from tactical blunders and his inner circle gripped by infighting …
Discussion: The Week
San Francisco Chronicle:
Iraqi seeks apology after being removed from Oakland-bound plane  —  A UC Berkeley student who was removed from a Southwest Airlines plane after a fellow passenger heard him speaking in Arabic on his mobile phone is still waiting for an explanation and an apology from somebody.
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Maya Eliahou / The Daily Californian:
UC Berkeley student questioned, refused service after speaking Arabic on flight
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Fusion
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Court Arraignment Of Bundy Brothers Goes Off The Rails  —  The arraignment of Ammon and Ryan Bundy grew tense Friday as both brothers scoffed when asked to enter pleas in a case regarding their involvement in the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff in Nevada.  —  Brian Cavalier …
Javier E. David / CNBC:
Corporate tax dodging costing US billions in annual income  —  Big multinational companies that shelter overseas profit from federal taxation cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion a year by withholding more than $1 trillion collectively, according to a new study that may inflame the debate over tax fairness.
Parag Khanna / New York Times:
Gulf Coast  —  THESE days, in the thick of the American presidential primaries, it's easy to see how the 50 states continue to drive the political system.  But increasingly, that's all they drive — socially and economically, America is reorganizing itself around regional infrastructure lines …
Sean Martin / Daily Express:
END OF HUMANITY?  Artificial Intelligence could destroy us ‘WITHIN DECADES’ warns expert  —  A LEADING scientist involved in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has warned that it could rise up against us and end humanity within decades.  —  GETTY  —  AI could destroy humanity ‘within decades’
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Says He Won't Ban Dildos If He Becomes President  —  “What people do in their own private time with themselves is their own business and it's none of government's business.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Ted Cruz says he will not ban dildos and other sexual toys if he becomes president.
Discussion: The Hill and New York Magazine
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Chicago police release video of cop standing on neck of suspect who died during arrest  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Two Chicago police officers have been placed on desk duty after authorities finally released dashcam video showing one of them standing on the neck …
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Milo Yiannopoulos Leads Emory Students on ‘Chalkening’ Crusade Around Campus  —  On Wednesday night, in front of a packed auditorium at Emory University, Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos spoke about feminism, political correctness, and perhaps the most significant campus free speech controversy of the year.
Discussion: Da Tech Guy Blog
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo / Christian Science Monitor:
Racially diverse ‘new majority’ set to reshape US public schools  —  Modes of thought For the first time, classrooms in public schools are filled mostly by nonwhite students.  The concerns of minority parents could change American schools and education policies.
 
 
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iran bars female MP for ‘shaking hands with unrelated man’
National Security Archive / Times of India:
Pakistan's ISI funded deadly attack on CIA camp in Afghanistan: US National Security Archive
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama immigration actions face critical day at high court
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Fight to Impeach Brazil's Leader Tears at Fabric of Daily Life
Michael Walker / Hollywood Reporter:
Beverly Hills to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
'Fight for 15′ Protesters Invade Fast Food Restaurant, Invite Worker to Go on ‘Strike’ …
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James Piereson / Weekly Standard:
A Not-So-Great Society  —  The failure, and success, of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Discussion: Instapundit
Jim Miller / Sacramento Bee:
The tax man cometh, and California rich - getting richer - pay most
Jim Michaels / USA Today:
Exclusive: Army approves first 22 female officers for ground combat jobs
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
White House Sides with Paul Ryan: Puerto Rico Bill ‘Not a Bailout’
Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Mountain Lion Tranquilized in Granada Hills Home's Yard After Roaming High School Campus
Discussion: LAist, KFOR-TV, Mashable and FOX5 San Diego
Los Angeles Times:
Coachella promoters look to book Dylan, Stones, McCartney and Young for mega-concert
Discussion: LAist and FOX5 San Diego
Dylan Baddour / Houston Chronicle:
In Texas, some local GOPs call for statewide vote on secession
Discussion: WND
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Chief Discourages Rule Changes That Seem to Block Donald Trump
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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