memeorandum: The hunt to be offended... (Curt Schilling/38 Pitches)

11:50 PM ET, April 20, 2016

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared — Harriet Tubman will bump Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill while Alexander Hamilton will stay put on the $10 — a historic move that gives a woman prime placement on U.S. currency and quells a controversy kicked up by Hamilton super-fans.

Treasury Department:

AN OPEN LETTER FROM SECRETARY LEW: — When I announced last June that a newly redesigned $10 note would feature a woman, I hoped to encourage a national conversation about women in our democracy. The response has been powerful. You and your fellow citizens from across the country …

Discussion: NPR, DCist, TheStreet.com, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Mediaite and NOLA River

Jackie Calmes / New York Times:

Change for a $20: Tubman Ousts Jackson — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman …

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Consumerist, Hit & Run, SiriusXM Blog, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Refinery29, CityLab, AOL, Outside the Beltway, CBS New York, The San Diego Union …, New Urban Legends and Mother Jones

Dara Lind / Vox:
Harriet Tubman once staged a sit-in to get $20. The Treasury just gave her all of them.

Discussion: docsouth.unc.edu, The Huffington Post, Mashable and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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

Discussion: Constitution Daily

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

ESPN Fires Curt Schilling Over an Offensive Social Media Post — Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Friendly Atheist, Joe.My.God., Towleroad, Gothamist and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

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: TheBlaze.com, Talking Points Memo, AOL, Mediaite, myfox8.com, The Big Lead, CBS Boston, FOX 61 and Outsports

Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:

This is ESPN's Curt Schilling's disgusting view of transgender people — Curt Schilling demonstrated a disgusting view of trans people in a Facebook post yesterday. Given ESPN's long largely positive history with the LGBT community, he has to be fired over this.

Discussion: Washington Post, NBCSports.com, CBS New York, NPR, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, New York Times, Towleroad and USA Today

New York Times:

Donald Trump, After Difficult Stretch, Shows a Softer Side — It has been a rough few weeks for Donald J. Trump and his team: a bruising loss in Wisconsin, a public campaign shake-up, and some high-profile missteps and gaffes, including his reference to the attacks on the World Trade Center as occurring “on 7-11.”

Discussion: AOL, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Politico and Business Insider

David Weigel / Washington Post:

Kasich: 'My Republican Party doesn't like ideas' — How Trump won NY, in 60 seconds … Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) criticized his party for a lack of ideas Wednesday in a wide-ranging and occasionally combative interview with The Washington Post's editorial board.

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

The Loophole That Could Cost Donald Trump the Nomination — Pennsylvania, which holds its primary next Tuesday, uses a nonbinding “loophole” primary — and that could cost Donald Trump the Republican nomination. — If the state adopted the delegate rules of any other primary …

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.

Discussion: Business Insider, Hullabaloo, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Internal campaign memo projects Trump will win 1,400 delegates at GOP convention

Discussion: The Hill, Independent Journal …, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Politico, Hot Air, Center for Public Integrity, Washington Times, Guardian and Outside the Beltway

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Rails Against ‘Rigged System’ The Day After Reserved NY Victory Speech

Discussion: Washington Post, Political Wire and The Daily Caller

Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
What your first name says about whom you support for president

Discussion: Independent Journal …, The Atlantic, The Week, AOL and National Review

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

Discussion: Balloon Juice, NBC News, BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo and Townhall.com

Ben Norton / Salon:

Yes, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat — and Hillary represents the very worst of the party — Sanders has exposed just how reactionary and corrupt the Democratic Party is—while Clinton wants things to carry on — Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder/Jonathan Ernst/Photo montage by Salon)

Discussion: Power Line

Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
A Lot of Hillary Clinton's New York Supporters Kept Quiet About Their Allegiances

Discussion: New York Times

William Saletan / Slate:
The Primaries Aren't Democratic? They're Not Supposed to Be Democratic.

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, The Daily Caller, Trail Blazers Blog, Real Clear Politics and RedState

Associated Press:
Clinton Leans on City; Trump Dominates Everywhere but Home

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

CNN:

Saudis snub Obama on Riyadh arrival amid growing tensions — (CNN)President Barack Obama received a chilly reception from Saudi Arabia's leaders as he landed in Riyadh Wednesday, a clear sign of the cooling relations between once-close allies amid regional upheaval and dropping oil prices.

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, The White House, Guardian, Vox, AOL, ThinkProgress, Sputnik International, Common Dreams, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times

Daily Mail:
Fresh evidence links Saudi government to 9/11: Flight certificate of would-be bomber found …

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Obama, Saudi king discuss strained alliance, Middle East conflicts

Discussion: The Atlantic and The Week

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Campaign Bundler Is Directly Lobbying For Saudi Arabia

Steve Holland / Reuters:

Republican establishment warms to Trump after big New York win — U.S. Republican officials began meeting on Wednesday, a day after Donald Trump's crushing victory in a New York presidential nominating contest, and said he has been winning growing acceptance within their ranks …

Discussion: Shakesville

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

Discussion: Associated Press, RealClearPolitics and Hit & Run

Q13 FOX News:
AP: Ted Cruz now mathematically eliminated from clinching GOP nomination before convention

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

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals Awkward Fan Letter From Hillary and Her Panic on That ‘Last F—able Day’ — As the Lucille Ball of this era takes on a bigger producing role in this season of HBO's ‘Veep,’ she opens up about the lack of films roles available for women ("I'm not interested …

Discussion: Hot Air and The Week

Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:

Ted Talks, But It Doesn't Mean Anything — Ted Cruz has a problem. Since he launched his campaign for president at Liberty University more than a year ago, he has aimed to consolidate the right. He has largely succeeded. He has vanquished Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:

Norway Violated Rights of Anders Behring Breivik, Mass Killer, Judge Rules — OSLO — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, lives in conditions that would seem luxurious by American incarceration standards …

Discussion: BBC, Hot Air, AOL and Althouse

Xbox Wire:

Achievement Unlocked: 10 Years - Thank You, Xbox 360 — Last November, we celebrated a major milestone, as the Xbox 360 console turned 10 years old. — The Xbox 360 helped redefine an entire generation of gaming at Microsoft. I am incredibly proud of all of the work and dedication …

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Magazine, Reuters, Mashable, FOX31 Denver, Consumerist and Engadget

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 and The Last Refuge

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: Booman Tribune and Shakesville

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Bernie: ‘I can still win’ — Sen. Bernie Sanders isn't ready to give up. — In a memo to supporters following his big loss to Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York, in fact, he said that “we still have a path to the nomination.”

John Stossel / Fox News:

I have lung cancer. My medical care is excellent but the customer service stinks — I write this from the hospital. Seems I have lung cancer. — My doctors tell me my growth was caught early and I'll be fine. Soon I will barely notice that a fifth of my lung is gone. I believe them.

Discussion: Independent Journal …, Mediaite and TVNewser

Sam Hananel / Associated Press:

High court upholds Arizona redistricting plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court says an Arizona commission did not violate the principle of one-person, one-vote when it redrew the state's legislative districts in a way that created some with more residents than others.

Discussion: electionlawblog.org, SCOTUSblog, Washington Post, USA Today, New York Times and Daily Kos