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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
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
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, Infowars, dcclothesline.com, Vox, naked capitalism, Mediaite and USA Today
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
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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RedState, Talking Points Memo, faa.gov, The Hill, The Resurgent and Washington Free Beacon
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
So, Uh, Donald Trump's Plane Is Not Registered To Fly
So, Uh, Donald Trump's Plane Is Not Registered To Fly
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Political Wire
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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Austin American-Statesman:
Whole Foods taking legal action against cake accuser, releases video — Austin-based Whole Foods Market said it is taking legal action against an Austin man who claims he purchased a cake from the retailer that included a slur against gay people. — Whole Foods also released …
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All Ablog Austin, The Last Refuge, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mike Cernovich Presents … and Infowars
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: I hate Ted Cruz and I voted for John Kasich
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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
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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Talking Points Memo, Raleigh News & Observer, ACLU of North Carolina, Towleroad and Daily Kos
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling
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Vox and Joe.My.God.
John Hanna / Associated Press:
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed personal income taxes on the promise that the deep cuts would trigger a furious wave of hiring and expansion by businesses.
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and The Bob and Chez Show
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
The Huffington Post:
Sanders And Trump Have Something In Common, Bloomberg Says — “I'm not trying to knock Donald Trump, but...” — NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg says there's a connection between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. — The two presidential candidates elude facts and attract voters with rhetoric …
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New York Post, NY State of Politics and Salon
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Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign
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Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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
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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Politico, New York Daily News, Washington Free Beacon, Common Dreams and Gothamist
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
House Republican on health care plan: ‘Give us a little time’ — One of the best running jokes in American politics is the one about Republicans releasing their own alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Any day now, GOP leaders have been saying for many years, they're going to have a plan that rivals …
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ACASignups.net, Daily Kos and The Hill
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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, Little Green Footballs and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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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
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, CNN, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and Towleroad
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain to skip GOP convention — (R-Ariz.), who is facing perhaps the toughest reelection race of his career, will skip the Republican presidential nominating convention in Cleveland in July. — McCain says he will be focusing instead on his own race against Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
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Talking Points Memo
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
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
Tom Murphy / Associated Press:
UNITEDHEALTH TO TRIM ACA EXCHANGES TO ‘HANDFUL’ OF STATES — UnitedHealth, the nation's biggest health insurer, will cut its participation in public health insurance exchanges to only a handful of states next year after expanding to nearly three dozen for this year.
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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