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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 …
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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.
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.
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Supporters Steal American Flag, Walk out of Georgia Convention After Losing Delegate Fight — Yesterday was a bloodbath for Trump and his supporters in Georgia, as Trump got about one third of the delegates up for grabs at conventions around the state, with the rest going to Ted Cruz.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Political Insider blog
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 …
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Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia
Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Politico, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN and Breitbart
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest
Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest
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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.
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Little Green Footballs, Talking Points Memo and Althouse
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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.
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Washington Post, Guardian, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
RNC chief: No changes to delegate requirement likely
RNC chief: No changes to delegate requirement likely
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The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says ‘Rigged’ Convention Should Not Be Met With Violence
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Priebus to Trump: “Delegates And Voters Choose The Nominee”; People Don't “Give A Darn” About Colorado
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Trump threatens a ‘rough time’ at the Republican National Convention if he isn't given the nomination
Trump threatens a ‘rough time’ at the Republican National Convention if he isn't given the nomination
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KCCI-TV and Syracuse Post-Standard
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump to RNC: Reform nomination system or ‘have a rough July at that convention’
Trump to RNC: Reform nomination system or ‘have a rough July at that convention’
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts
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.
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Daily Mail:
Victims of 9/11 families accuse Obama of ‘siding with Saudi Arabia’ by refusing to declassify 28 pages of report that ‘shows Gulf nation backed atrocity’ as they threaten to pull $750 billion in US assets — Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Juberi told Washington lawmakers the country …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal …, Hot Air and American Thinker
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.
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Hot Air and 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” …
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Boing Boing, Althouse and Red Alert Politics
Jerome R. Corsi / WND:
Another taxpayer-funded solar-energy company fails — Collapse of Spain's ‘Solyndra’ poses election-year embarrassment — Jerome R. Corsi, a Harvard Ph.D., is a WND senior staff writer. He has authored many books, including No. 1 N.Y. Times best-sellers “The Obama Nation” and “Unfit for Command.”
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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.
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Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
MERKEL CRITICIZED, LAUDED FOR ALLOWING COMIC'S PROSECUTION
MERKEL CRITICIZED, LAUDED FOR ALLOWING COMIC'S PROSECUTION
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