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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court appears deadlocked over Obama's immigration plan  —  Supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washingtonon Monday.  —  The Supreme Court appeared deadlocked Monday over President Obama's plan to offer work permits to as many as 4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration  —  The Supreme Court appeared divided during oral arguments Monday in a crucial case challenging the executive actions on immigration that President Obama took in 2014.  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is typically the court's swing voter …
Wall Street Journal:
‘I Am President.  I Am Not King’  —  The Supreme Court turns to Obama's lawless immigration order.  —  One reason American politics is so polarized is that President Obama has been so cavalier about his constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws he dislikes.
Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side
Discussion: Hit & Run
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Initial prognosis poor for Obama's immigration program at Supreme Court
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Right Wing Watch and Hot Air
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Unreal. ILLEGAL ALIENS Protest with Mariachi Band Outside Supreme Court - for Amnesty (Video)
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.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders on New York: So what if I lose?
Discussion: ABC News
Daily Mail:
Cruz claims he's won ‘landslides over and over’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
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Ali Meyer / Washington Free Beacon:
Americans Earning Six Figures Or More Pay Nearly 80% of Individual Income Taxes  —  Americans earning six figures or more paid 79.5 percent of the nation's share in individual income taxes in 2014, according to the latest preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
GOP ‘King of Dirty Tricks’ on RNC's Plan to Stop Trump  —  What Roger Stone knows about Trump's strategy (he's winging it), and the efforts to take the candidate down  —  Depending on whom you talk to, Roger Stone, the veteran GOP strategist and consigliere to a long line of Republicans …
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
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 …
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Eric Trump: My Dad Is Going to Go After Hillary in a Way That No One Has Ever Gone After Her Before … Monday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, weighed in on Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's decision …
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 …
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.
Mike McPhate / New York Times:
Teenager Is Accused of Live-Streaming a Friend's Rape on Periscope  —  When an Ohio teenager witnessed her 17-year-old friend being raped, according to officials, she not only failed to help the victim, she pointed her phone and streamed a live video of it on the Periscope app.
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 …
Discussion: The Federalist and Mediaite
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
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
Defaults hit highest level since '09 bust  —  Get ready to step over some landmines, investors.  The number of companies defaulting on their debt is hitting levels not seen since the financial crisis, and it's not just a problem for bondholders.  —  So far this year, 46 companies have defaulted …
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 …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Sanders's Practically Unprecedented Success  —  NEW YORK—By steadily increasing his support in national polls to the point where it now essentially equals Hillary Clinton's, Bernie Sanders has crossed a threshold that few other challengers to a heavily favored front-runner have ever reached.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Texas GOPers Vote To Debate Secession At State Convention  —  A group that advocates for Texas seceding from the United States says at least 22 local Republican conventions passed resolutions last month that called for a vote on secession at the state convention, The Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Gillibrand's tearful plea to Bernie: Give up your guns  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Bernie Sanders is known for sticking to his guns — literally — and that might be his undoing in big, bullet-strafed states like New York.  —  Sanders, a paragon of political consistency who has almost never flip-flopped …
 
 
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Justin Moore on Trump: He has to ‘tone down some things’
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Silicon Valley's Legendary ‘Coach’ Bill Campbell Has Died
Jayne O'Donnell / USA Today:
More than 900 ‘Democracy Spring’ protesters arrested in D.C. - so far
Discussion: Vox
Sarkis Zeronian / Breitbart:
Belgian Govt Confirms: Muslims DID ‘Dance On Streets’ In Support Of Brussels Attacks
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alyse Whitney / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Once Upon a Time’ Reveals Gay Storyline; Creators Say “Love Is Love”
Discussion: Washington Blade and Towleroad
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Dow briefly tops 18K for first time since July '15
Michael Pearson / CNN:
Houston largely shut down amid rain, flooding
Discussion: The Atlantic and USA Today
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Two despised frontrunners, two dying parties and a deeply broken system: How did we get here?
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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C. Eugene Emery Jr / @politifact:
George Clooney: Bulk of the money collected at Clinton fundraiser will go to down-ballot Democrats
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
A new Obama emissions play
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michelle Innis / New York Times:
Amber Heard Won't Be Jailed Over Bringing 2 Dogs to Australia
Discussion: Mediaite
The Independent:
Meet the man who is setting up a new country in the middle of Europe
Discussion: Sputnik International
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
11 Year-Old ‘Dancing Trumps’ Banned From School Talent Show After Complaints (Video)
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