memeorandum: Hillary Clinton Says ‘I Really Could Care Less’ About Donald Trump Calling Her ‘Crooked Hillary’ (Liz Kreutz/ABC News)

4:00 PM ET, April 17, 2016

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Trump massacred in delegate fights once more — It was another delegate bloodbath for Donald Trump. — In Georgia. In Wyoming. In South Carolina. In Kansas. In Florida. Ted Cruz put on a clinic, mobilizing his GOP activist base to capture at least 50 delegates on Saturday …

Discussion: CNN, Newsmax, RedState, Oklahoma Grassroots, The Charlotte Observer, Debbie Dooley and Fox News

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Donald Trump Is Outperforming Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders AND Hillary Clinton — Donald Trump is not only outperforming Ted Cruz in the election to date, he also outperforms Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as well. — The election results to date (as of Sunday April 17th) show that Trump outshines all the candidates.

Kevin McCullough / Townhall.com:

Why Trump Loses — When Donald Trump looks back at the wasted time and money he put forward in producing the biggest flame-out in Presidential nominating history, he's going to easily be able to point to exactly where he lost it. — I've long thought of elections as similar to prize fights or NFL football match-ups.

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:

EXCLUSIVE — Trump Campaign: Cruz Staged ‘Attack’ In Georgia To Steal Delegates...'Not Grassroots Activism' — The Donald Trump campaign is accusing the Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) campaign of staging a coordinated “attack” in Georgia that led to pro-Trump delegate candidates being challenged …

CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump keeps large lead in New York; ahead in California

Discussion: Hot Air and RedState

Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Supporters Steal American Flag, Walk out of Georgia Convention After Losing Delegate Fight

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Raw Story, Politico, ABC News and Washington Examiner

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest

Discussion: AOL

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Trump Supporters Walk Out of Georgia Delegate Fight After Party Picks Cruz Supporter...'Uproar in the Hall'

Discussion: Political Insider blog, BizPac Review, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Resurgent

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: 62% Say Republican with Most Votes Should Be Nominee — More than six in 10 Republican voters believe that, if no GOP presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates before the convention, the one with the most votes should be the party's nominee, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Guardian and The Daily Caller

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

RNC chief: No changes to delegate requirement likely — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday the GOP likely won't change a rule that requires candidates to have 1,237 delegates to clinch the GOP presidential nomination. — “Having a plurality of the delegates means the field has the majority.

Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:

Trump on contested convention: 'I hope it doesn't involve violence' … STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he hopes a contested Republican convention in July “doesn't involve violence” if he is denied the nomination during second-ballot voting.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics: Priebus to Trump: “Delegates And Voters Choose The Nominee”; People Don't “Give A Darn” About Colorado

Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump to RNC: Reform nomination system or ‘have a rough July at that convention’

Discussion: Politico and RedState

Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Trump threatens a ‘rough time’ at the Republican National Convention if he isn't given the nomination

Discussion: KCCI-TV and Syracuse Post-Standard

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11 — In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America's delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom.

Discussion: Breitbart and alan.com

Laura Bult / New York Daily News:

Hundreds of New York state voters to file suit calling the closed primary ‘a threat to our democratic system’ after claiming their party affiliation mysteriously changed — More than 200 outraged New York voters have joined a lawsuit claiming the party affiliation on their voter registration changed without their consent.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:

Sanders Lawyers Do Not Like These “Bernie Is My Comrade” T-Shirts One Bit — The Bernie Sanders campaign has asked a company to stop selling merchandise with the tagline “Bernie is my comrade.” — An online merchant has accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of “trademark bullying” …

Discussion: Boing Boing, Red Alert Politics and Althouse

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Clinton up by double digits in NY, Calif. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — is holding on to her lead in New York, leading rival Sen. Bernie Sanders — (I-Vt.) by 10 points in a new poll released just days ahead of the state's critical primary Tuesday.

Liz Kreutz / ABC News:

Hillary Clinton Says ‘I Really Could Care Less’ About Donald Trump Calling Her ‘Crooked Hillary’

Discussion: AOL, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Magazine, Business Insider, New York Times, BizPac Review, Fox News Insider and Associated Press

Denver Post:

Obama should visit Ground Zero — but without apologies — Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry did something that no predecessor had ventured to do. He attended a memorial service in Hiroshima and toured the Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum, which commemorates the devastation wrought by the bomb Little Boy in 1945.

Alison Smale / New York Times:

German Comic Who Lampooned Erdogan to Extend Break From TV Show — BERLIN — The satirist whose crude lampoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey touched off a furor over free speech in Germany announced Saturday that he and his team would take a break from their satirical TV show until May 12.