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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Focus on Chief Justice as Supreme Court Hears Immigration Challenge — WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. twice voted to save President Obama's health care law, infuriating his usual allies on the right. Now, conservatives are nervous that the chief justice will disappoint …
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Washington Post and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side — THE legal controversy surrounding the Obama administration's immigration enforcement policies will soon come to a head when the Supreme Court justices hear the case United States v. Texas on Monday. Texas claims that the president's executive …
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Hit & Run
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Revealed: Colorado Lawmakers Who Voted to Scrap Election Are Ted Cruz Delegates — Social media posts, along with Cruz's campaign website, reveal that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) supporters in the Colorado Republican Party were responsible for crushing an effort to give Colorado the ability to vote in a state primary.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:
Live Updates: Ted Cruz on ‘Good Morning America’
Live Updates: Ted Cruz on ‘Good Morning America’
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Washington Post and Business Insider
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cruz Talks Trump, ‘New York Values’ in ‘GMA’ Town Hall
Cruz Talks Trump, ‘New York Values’ in ‘GMA’ Town Hall
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Talking Points Memo
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders on New York: So what if I lose? — Bernie Sanders' path to the nomination has narrowed to a sliver, and Tuesday's primary in New York looks like it will squeeze it further. But the Vermont senator was defiant as he made the TV rounds on the eve of the crucial contest. His message: So what if I lose?
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ABC News
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Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention — Republicans have been struggling for months in the shadow of Donald Trump to get corporate sponsors to pony up for their convention. Now Democratic fundraisers are feeling their pain, too.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
While the GOP worries about convention chaos, Trump pushes for ‘showbiz’ feel
While the GOP worries about convention chaos, Trump pushes for ‘showbiz’ feel
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and Daily Kos
Stuart Taylor Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas — I covered the confirmation hearings in 1991. HBO's movie heavily edits history to favor Anita Hill. — By — The current battle over President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland is child's play compared with the lurid brawl …
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The Federalist and Mediaite
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Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
My threesome with Clarence Thomas
Catey Hill / MarketWatch:
45% of Americans pay no federal income tax — Many Americans don't have to worry about giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned cash for their income taxes this year. — An estimated 45.3% of American households — roughly 77.5 million — will pay no federal individual income tax …
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Clayton Cramer
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement — Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency. Bernie's isn't anything new. But it can be. — He'd just been declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and now Bernie Sanders, speaking from a stage in Laramie …
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Washington Monthly, US News and Washington Post
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Dictatorship Of The Dimwits — Below, an extraordinary short video making the rounds. A 5'9″ white guy goes onto the University of Washington campus and asks students to explain why he isn't a 6'5″ Chinese female child in first grade. They can't do it.
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Power Line and Hot Air
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Robber Baron Recessions — When Verizon workers went on strike last week, they were mainly protesting efforts to outsource work to low-wage, non-union contractors. But they were also angry about the company's unwillingness to invest in its own business. In particular, Verizon has shown …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and bradford-delong.com
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular — Hillary Clinton shows steep decline in past month; Donald Trump is candidate in either party viewed most negatively — Both parties' presidential front-runners are growing increasingly unpopular, a new Wall Street Journal …
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RedState, Mediaite, Consortiumnews.com, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP group promises ObamaCare replacement plan — soon — A group of senior House Republicans is promising to deliver proof that the party is making headway in its six-year struggle to replace ObamaCare. — “Give us a little time, another month or so,” House Energy and Commerce Committee …
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Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
C. Eugene Emery Jr / @politifact:
George Clooney: Bulk of the money collected at Clinton fundraiser will go to down-ballot Democrats — You had to pay — or collect — as much as $353,000 per couple to attend last week's fundraisers for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, including one hosted at the home of actor George Clooney.
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The Resurgent and AOL
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New York Times:
Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act — LOS ANGELES — The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found.
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Washington Monthly and AddictingInfo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders keeps saying his average donation is $27, but his own numbers contradict that … By the time Larry David appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to spoof Bernie Sanders in early February, his talking point about his campaign's average donation being $27 was already well known enough to be a punchline.
Discussion:
Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not' — Former GOP presidential hopeful George Pataki said Monday that Republicans could nominate someone at their convention this summer who didn't run in the 2016 primary. — “I don't think it has to be someone who was a candidate …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Liam Stack / New York Times:
College Student Is Removed From Flight After Speaking Arabic on Plane — A college student who came to the United States as an Iraqi refugee was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in California earlier this month after another passenger became alarmed when she heard him speaking Arabic.
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Washington Post, Fox News, Business Insider, KQED News, Blogcritics, Associated Press, Media Matters for America and AOL
John Herrman / New York Times:
Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic — The business of online news has never been forgiving. But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic. — This month, Mashable, a site that had just raised $15 million, laid off 30 people.
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