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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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Politico and Boing Boing
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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, Political Insider blog, Guardian, NY State of Politics, New York Times and Washington Post


New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch — New York is one of the most diverse states to vote so far in 2016, a complicated mix of races and occupations spread across a state that holds big cities and farmlands - from New York City to Niagara Falls. Here's a cheat sheet for what and where to watch Tuesday night.
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FOX News Radio


Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
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Washington Monthly and Shakesville

Despite Polls, Republicans See Sanders as an Easier Opponent
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The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine and Washington Post

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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JustOneMinute, The Atlantic, RedState, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Mediaite, New York Magazine and The Resurgent
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Donald Trump hires top GOP lawyer for delegate fight
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Salon, Above the Law and electionlawblog.org

Top Donald Trump Campaign Aide Quits in Shakeup
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Guardian, Politico, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times

Trump Jr. On Delegate System: “I Feel Like We're Living In Communist China”
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Talking Points Memo and Hot Air


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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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



Clinton and Trump look to N.Y. primary to cement front-runner status
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Politico, CNN, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather


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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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


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 and Mediaite
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Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’
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USA Today, The San Diego Union …, AOL, KTLA, Business Insider and Towleroad


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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UNITEDHEALTH TO TRIM ACA EXCHANGES TO ‘HANDFUL’ OF STATES
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon


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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Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


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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Vox, CNN, Mediaite, Red Alert Politics, Guardian, The Daily Caller, AOL, Mashable, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Eater and New York Times


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.

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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PinkNews, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

How New York will be won — Two New Yorks are voting on Tuesday. — In the Democratic presidential primary, about half the vote will come from New York City's five boroughs — a percentage that increases to nearly three-quarters of the vote when the entire New York media market is included.
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All Ablog Austin and New York Times
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A New Yorker's Guide To The GOP Primary — District By District
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Vox, The Atlantic and The Resurgent


Better Call Saul and the Edge of Boredom — “We want to make a show that stands on its own,” Better Call Saul's co-creator Peter Gould has said about his and Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad spinoff. Two seasons in, Saul has achieved many things, but this particular goal isn't one of them.
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Scripting News and Slate


Biden slams Netanyahu hours after Jerusalem attack — Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) — Vice President Joe Biden said Monday night that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was leading the country “in the wrong direction” …
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Jihad Watch and John Hawkins' Right Wing News


The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans — Since 2013, the Federal Reserve Board has conducted a survey to “monitor the financial and economic status of American consumers.” Most of the data in the latest survey, frankly, are less than earth-shattering: 49 percent of part-time workers …
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Talking Points Memo and The American Conservative