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JOHN HODGMAN:
Hillary Clinton for President — This is going to disappoint some of my friends, and maybe that's why I've been quiet about this until now. — Also, who cares what I think? — But here is what I think: Hillary Clinton for President. — I think Sen. Bernie Sanders has been an inspiring …
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Boing Boing and Politico
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New York Post:
Nervous Hillary downplays potential of New York landslide — Less than 24 hours before the polls open in New York, Hillary Clinton's campaign tried to downgrade expectations of a huge victory by predicting a less-than-overwhelming margin in Tuesday's presidential primary.
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The Nation, Guardian, NY State of Politics, Political Insider blog, New York Times and Washington Post
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
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Democracy Now, Vox, Infowars, dcclothesline.com, naked capitalism, Mediaite and USA Today
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
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Vox, Washington Monthly and Shakesville
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch
New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch
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FOX News Radio
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Despite Polls, Republicans See Sanders as an Easier Opponent
Despite Polls, Republicans See Sanders as an Easier Opponent
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The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times, CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rep. Pete King: ‘I hate Ted Cruz’ — New York Rep. Pete King (R) on Tuesday offered his harshest words yet for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz — , slamming the Texas senator on the day of his state's primary. — “Well, first of all, in case anybody gets confused …
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Washington Monthly
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Peter King: I hate Ted Cruz and I voted for John Kasich — Peter King hates Ted Cruz and thinks Donald Trump will win big in New York's Republican primary Tuesday, but he cast his ballot for John Kasich. — “I hate Ted Cruz, and I think I'll take cyanide if he ever got the nomination,” …
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Washington Post and ABC News
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz shows up Trump in Missouri delegate fight
Cruz shows up Trump in Missouri delegate fight
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RedState
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
New York primary: Clinton and Trump look to cement front-runner status
New York primary: Clinton and Trump look to cement front-runner status
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ABC News, Politico, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather and Hot Air
Susanne Craig / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Jet, a Regular on the Campaign Trail, Isn't Registered to Fly — Over the past several months, Donald J. Trump has crisscrossed the country making dozens of campaign stops in places like Sioux City, Iowa, and Jackson, Miss., often in his sleek Cessna jet.
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Talking Points Memo, faa.gov, The Hill, RedState and The Resurgent
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CBS News:
Donald Trump reorganizes campaign just before big state primaries — Two senior Trump sources confirmed an extensive reorganization of the Trump campaign to CBS News on Monday. — Paul Manafort, hired last week to be the convention manager, will now run the Trump campaign …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Donald Trump hires top GOP lawyer for delegate fight
Donald Trump hires top GOP lawyer for delegate fight
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Salon, Above the Law and electionlawblog.org
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
No, Bernie's Taxes Don't Show That He's a Hypocrite — This argument was tiresome a decade ago, and it's still tiresome: … This isn't even close to hypocrisy. If you don't like the designated hitter rule in baseball, does that mean you should send your pitcher to the plate just to prove how sincere you are?
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts
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New York Magazine and The Bob and Chez Show
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy
Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward — A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boy's bathroom is discriminatory.
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Raleigh News & Observer, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Towleroad
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the Department of Education's interpretation of existing federal civil rights laws to protect transgender people against discrimination in education.
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Vox and Joe.My.God.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Biden to critics: We had 8 atom bombs land on our desk — Vice President Joe Biden says politicians need to stop questioning each other's motives and question their judgments and decisions instead. — ABOARD AMTRAK ACELA #2166 — Joe Biden, 73, has been an influential figure in American politics for more than four decades.
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I ‘helped a little bit’ with clearing rubble at Ground Zero … Donald Trump has gotten a lot of attention over the past 12 hours for referring to the Sept. 11 terror attacks as “7/11” during a speech in Buffalo. It's an awkward, amusing slip-up — but it's just a slip-up.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Hullabaloo
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’
Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’
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USA Today, The San Diego Union …, KTLA, AOL, Business Insider, Towleroad, FOX40 and Washington Times
New York Times:
Debunking Republican Health Care Myths — “Disaster.” “Incredible economic burden.” “The biggest job-killer in this country.” — Central to the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz has been the claim that the Affordable Care Act has been a complete failure …
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Daily Kos, Media Matters for America and Washington Monthly
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Cynthia Cox / kff.org:
Analysis of UnitedHealth Group's Premiums and Participation in ACA Marketplaces
Analysis of UnitedHealth Group's Premiums and Participation in ACA Marketplaces
Tom Murphy / Associated Press:
UNITEDHEALTH TO TRIM ACA EXCHANGES TO ‘HANDFUL’ OF STATES
UNITEDHEALTH TO TRIM ACA EXCHANGES TO ‘HANDFUL’ OF STATES
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
benjerry.com:
Why Ben and Jerry Just Got Arrested — Earlier today, our cofounders, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, along with hundreds of other activists, were arrested as part of Democracy Awakening's direct action on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building. — JUST BEFORE THEY WERE ARRESTED
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CNN, The Daily Caller, AOL, Guardian, Red Alert Politics, Mashable, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, Eater and New York Times
New York Post:
54,000 Brooklyn voters ‘vanish’ ahead of primary day — More On: — In a pre-primary bombshell, the city's Board of Elections was pummeled with questions Monday about how 54,000 Democratic voters vanished from the rolls in Brooklyn. — The voter rolls on April 1 showed the borough …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Gothamist and WNYC News
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Brigid Bergin / WNYC News:
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
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Washington Free Beacon, New York Daily News, Common Dreams and Gothamist
Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign — I was the restaurant critic. I could have carried on writing about crudités and borscht. But taking money from a shill for Trump implicated me in his hate — or the last three years, I've been the restaurant critic …
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Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Paid A Breitbart Editor For Consulting Work — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $8,000 for “policy consulting” last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. — The filings show that the payment to Gorka was made in October.
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Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Little Green Footballs, more at Mediagazer »
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Are You Planning A Cake Hoax? These 5 Tips Will Make Sure It's A Success — Social Justice Warrior hoaxing is having a heyday. Whether you're a multi-racial family surreptitiously spray-painting your own home with racist graffiti, a lesbian waitress writing fake anti-gay notes on receipts …
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Power Line, Austin Business Journal, KXAN-TV, Hot Air, FOX2now.com, Independent Journal …, Friendly Atheist and New Urban Legends
Anchorage Daily News:
Man fatally shot while photographing people firing guns in Sutton — An Anchorage man was shot and killed Saturday while filming or photographing people firing guns in Sutton, according to Alaska State Troopers. — Troopers said in a Monday dispatch that they were informed …
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KTVA-TV, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New York's Primary Isn't Going Smoothly So Far — NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Less than halfway though primary election day in New York, a main voter protection hotline has already received “hundreds” of phone calls from people with complaints, issues, and questions about their voter registrations and polling sites.
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New York Post, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Pat Boone Accuses ‘SNL’ of Anti-Christian Bias After 'God's Not Dead 2' Parody — EMAIL ME — “This skit was outright sacrilege. They know if they did this to Muslims they'd have to be put into the witness protection program,” the singer-actor said. — Pat Boone is calling out NBC …
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite and PinkNews