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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over 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.
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it — Curt Schilling's firing has been a work in progress for many months. — ESPN could have gotten rid of him at the end of the 2015 baseball season for his tweet equating “Muslim extremists” with the Nazi regime in Germany …
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.
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics — GOP front-runner says his campaign is evolving; coming soon are policy addresses, teleprompters and a speechwriter — Donald Trump, after notching a big win in New York, is planning to roll out significant changes in his campaign …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump, After Difficult Stretch, Shows a Softer Side
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William Saletan / Slate:
The Primaries Aren't Democratic? They're Not Supposed to Be Democratic.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Internal campaign memo projects Trump will win 1,400 delegates at GOP convention
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The kinder, more disciplined Donald Trump should scare the hell out of the GOP establishment
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Rails Against ‘Rigged System’ The Day After Reserved NY Victory Speech
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Women will be on Hillary Clinton's vice president list — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's short list of vice presidential options will include a woman, a top campaign official said in an interview — creating the possibility of an all-female ticket emerging from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
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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)
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What Is Sanders's Endgame? — Hillary Clinton's commanding victory in New York on Tuesday put yet another nail in the coffin of Bernie Sanders's candidacy. — As The Upshot's Nate Cohn put it: — “New York, like every contest at this stage, was a state he needed to win.
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
A Lot of Hillary Clinton's New York Supporters Kept Quiet About Their Allegiances
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Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
What your first name says about whom you support for president
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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.
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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 …
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Samantha Masunaga / Los Angeles Times:
Harriet Tubman chosen as new face of $20 bill, replacing Andrew Jackson
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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 …
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.
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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 …
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Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
New Elizabethkingia cluster found in Illinois — Elizabethkingia: A rare, deadly bacteria — (CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday. — Testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control …
New York Times:
Transgender Students Win on Restroom Rights — A federal appellate ruling on Tuesday protecting the right of transgender students to use restrooms according to their gender identity is an important marker in a national debate that has prompted battles in courtrooms and legislatures across the country.
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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 …
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Target Stores Open Women's Bathrooms, Changing Rooms to Men — The Target department store chain has jumped into the transgender bathroom debate by declaring that men who claim to be women may use whatever bathroom or changing room they choose. — “Inclusivity is a core belief at Target,” a new company statement reads.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Messenger launches Group Calling to become your phone — Jump on the party line or hear the voices of your whole family with Facebook Messenger's latest feature. Rolling out globally over the next 24 hours on Android and iOS for free, users can start a group VoIP audio call from any group chat.
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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 …
JSOnline:
Milwaukee police see promise in high-tech ‘GPS bullets’ — The latest technology in use by the Milwaukee Police Department seems like something from a comic book or spy novel. — Devices mounted on squad cars fire GPS units onto fleeing vehicles to track them without engaging in high-speed chases.
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