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4:15 PM ET, April 20, 2016

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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.”
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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
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
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Top Clinton Aide: If Sanders Doesn't Tone Down Rhetoric, ‘F*** Him’
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The GOP Can't Legitimately Deny Trump the Nomination
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump's New York Surrogate Uses Racial Slur To Describe Obama
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's real magic number is less than 1,237
Discussion: Bloomberg, Salon, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hannity blows up at Cruz: 'I'm getting sick of it'
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo and Townhall.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz's New York value: Zero delegates
Ben White / Politico:
Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared  —  Alexander Hamilton has been spared an ousting from the front of the $10 bill, and Andrew Jackson will instead be bumped from the $20 to make way for Harriet Tubman — a historic move that is helping quell a controversy over Hamilton's legacy.
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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 …
Cokie Roberts / New York Times:
The Hamilton I'd Put on the $10 Bill
Discussion: Constitution Daily
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on $20 bill
Discussion: CNNMoney and Taylor Marsh
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.
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 …
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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.
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
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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.
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USA Today:
Utah gov. to sign resolution making pornography a ‘public health crisis’
Daily Mail:
Fresh evidence links Saudi government to 9/11: Flight certificate of would-be bomber found in embassy envelope buried underground  —  Fresh information allegedly connecting the government of Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 terror attacks has been released.  —  Officials have revealed …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Campaign Bundler Is Directly Lobbying For Saudi Arabia
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.
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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Campaign chief to vulnerables: Stay away from GOP convention  —  The chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm is telling vulnerable colleagues in tough races to stay away from the GOP presidential convention this summer.  —  (R-Miss.), the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
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Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:
Will the Koch network skip the GOP convention?
Discussion: New York Magazine
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Reince Priebus On GOP Race: 'This Is Fun...I'm Not Pouring Baileys On My Cereal'  —  Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus attempted to dispel the notion he has the worst job in politics on Wednesday, saying he's not about to start pouring Baileys on his cereal out of despondency …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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