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2:45 PM ET, April 20, 2016

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Ben White / Politico:

Hamilton to stay on $10; Tubman replacing Jackson — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday will announce plans to both keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 bill and to knock Andrew Jackson off the front of the $20 in favor of Harriet Tubman, sources tell POLITICO.

Jackie Calmes / New York Times:

Move Over, Andrew Jackson. Harriet Tubman Is Coming to the $20 Bill. — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department will announce on Wednesday afternoon that Harriet Tubman, an African-American who ferried hundreds of slaves to freedom, will replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the center …

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Hit & Run, Consumerist and New Urban Legends

Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on $20 bill

Discussion: CNNMoney and Taylor Marsh

Cokie Roberts / New York Times:
The Hamilton I'd Put on the $10 Bill

Discussion: Constitution Daily

Q13 FOX News:

AP: Ted Cruz now mathematically eliminated from clinching GOP nomination before convention — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is now the only Republican candidate with any chance of clinching the nomination before the convention. — Ted Cruz was mathematically eliminated Tuesday after Trump's big win in the New York primary.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mediaite, The National Interest, Joe.My.God., FiveThirtyEight, National Review, Freedom's Lighthouse, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

The kinder, more disciplined Donald Trump should scare the hell out of the GOP establishment … Gone was “Lyin' Ted.” In its place was “Senator Cruz.” Gone was the long-winded speech that went nowhere. In its place was a succinct recitation of states and delegates won.

Pamela Engel / Business Insider:

'I'm getting sick of it': Sean Hannity blows up at Ted Cruz — Conservative radio host Sean Hannity and Sen. Ted Cruz had a testy back-and-forth on the host's Tuesday show, with Hannity telling the Texas senator at one point that he was “getting sick of” Cruz dodging “legitimate questions.”

Discussion: CNBC, AOL and The Gateway Pundit

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Internal campaign memo projects Trump will win 1,400 delegates at GOP convention … Donald Trump's campaign advisers believe the billionaire mogul is emerging as the “prohibitive favorite” in the Republican presidential race and project that he will accumulate more than 1,400 delegates …

Discussion: Center for Public Integrity, NPR, Daily Kos and The Hill

Tim Alberta / National Review:

Why Cruz Is Going All-In on Indiana — Ted Cruz's team knew that Donald Trump would run away with his native New York Tuesday. And they expect he'll win the lion's share of delegates at stake next week when a slate of northeastern states votes. So they've spent the last two weeks looking ahead …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics

Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The GOP Can't Legitimately Deny Trump the Nomination

Discussion: Associated Press and RealClearPolitics

Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump's New York Surrogate Uses Racial Slur To Describe Obama

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton won New York, but her image is underwater

Discussion: New York Magazine, Associated Press, naked capitalism, The Week, New York Times, Common Dreams, USA Today, Algemeiner.com, ABC News, Shakesville and Politico

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
New York blowout gives Donald Trump big boost in GOP race

Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The American Conservative and Hit & Run

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

How Bernie lost New York — NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders had just arrived at the rally, and missed the incendiary remark entirely. Many on the senator's campaign had never even heard of Dr. Paul Song, the speaker who had just commandeered news coverage of a massive Washington Square rally …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog, National Review, The Hill and Balloon Juice

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

5 takeaways from the New York primary — BROOKLYN — New York is supposed to be a magical city that extracts “authenticity” out of its presidential candidates - you know, the rubes who tote wallets in back pockets, can't quite swipe a MetroCard, or stand there like flap-hatted Vermont tourists fishing around …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, New York Times, Gawker, Hot Air, Heat Street, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, New Urban Legends, Taylor Marsh and Sky Dancing

Daniel Bice / JSOnline:
Walker says he would support Trump if he's GOP nominee

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Political Wire, ABC News and CNN

John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A sobering night for New Yorkers who fear Hillary vs. Trump

Discussion: The Week, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Power Line, neo-neocon, National Review and Real Clear Politics

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Top Clinton Aide: If Sanders Doesn't Tone Down Rhetoric, ‘F*** Him’

Discussion: Politico

Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz's New York value: Zero delegates

Discussion: NBC News, Daily Kos, NPR, Washington Monthly and The Hill

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hannity blows up at Cruz: 'I'm getting sick of it'

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo and Townhall.com

New York Times:
Sanders and Kasich Should Ignore Any Pressure to Quit

Discussion: Boing Boing

Gary Ridley / MLive.com:

Flint water crisis: Criminal charges against three state and city workers — FLINT, MI - Felony and misdemeanor charges have been issued against three state and city employees in connection to the city's water crisis. — Genesee District Court Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges …

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, ThinkProgress, Common Dreams, Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, The Verge, Associated Press, Washington Post and Legalectric

Detroit Free Press:

Complete coverage: Flint water crisis — Schuette's investigation is ongoing and more charges are expected, sources said. — “We encouraged the investigations and we've been cooperating,” Gov. Rick Snyder told reporters at the Capitol this morning. “Let's wait to hear what the attorney general has to say.”

Discussion: Politico, CNN, CityLab, Grist, New Urban Legends, Associated Press, The Bob and Chez Show, Refinery29 and The Week

Detroit Free Press:
Criminal charges today in Flint water crisis

Discussion: The Atlantic, Guardian, Common Dreams, NPR, Shakesville, Washington Post and Grist

corporate.target.com:

Continuing to Stand for Inclusivity — Recent debate around proposed laws in several states has reignited a national conversation around inclusivity. So earlier this week, we reiterated with our team members where Target stands and how our beliefs are brought to life in how we serve our guests.

Discussion: Daily Kos, AOL, Metro Weekly, Fox News Insider, Infowars, LGBTQ Nation and Consumerist

Robert Mclean / CNNMoney:
Target takes stand on transgender bathroom controversy

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Mashable

Kavita Kumar / Star Tribune:
Target says transgender people can use bathroom that aligns with their identity

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Trump retweets another apparent white supremacist — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Tuesday retweeted an apparent white supremacist, something he's done multiple times this election. … The user, who goes by the name Jason Bergkamp, writes for an online publication called Vanguard 14.

Discussion: Mediaite

Adele M. Stan / American Prospect:
As GOP Reconsiders Trump as Standard-Bearer, Candidate Retweets White Supremacist

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, CNN and The Slot

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's real magic number is less than 1,237

Discussion: Hit & Run, Salon, Hullabaloo and Bloomberg

Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:

‘Damaged masculinity’ may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings — Wednesday marks the 17th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre — the terrible day in 1999 when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 and wounded dozens more before killing themselves in Colorado.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Shakesville

Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:

Will the Koch network skip the GOP convention? — The grassroots empire of billionaire businessmen Charles and David Koch may be notably absent when Republicans gather to pick the party's presidential nominee in Cleveland this summer. — Sources with knowledge of the plans told …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Campaign chief to vulnerables: Stay away from GOP convention

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN

Thomas Young / Gravis:

Delaware Polling — Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 1,038 likely Republican Primary voters and 1,026 likely Democratic Primary voters. The poll has a margin of error of ± 3.0% for Republicans and ± 3.1% for Democrats, all at the 95% confidence level.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:

The hunt to be offended... This is likely the easiest way to address all of you out there who are just dying to be offended so you can create some sort of faux cause to rally behind. — Let's make one thing clear right up front. If you get offended by ANYTHING in this post, that's your fault, all yours.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Outsports, FOX 61, The Big Lead, CBS Boston, New York Times and Towleroad

Andrew Blake / Washington Times:

Hustler responds to Utah's anti-porn resolution by sending free magazines to state legislature — Utah on Tuesday became the first state in the country to adopt a resolution declaring pornography to be a “public health hazard,” but one of the industry's biggest names is hardly about to help lawmakers tackle the X-rated problem.