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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want — Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want, Donald Trump said Thursday. — “Oh, I had a feeling that question was going to come up, I will tell you. North Carolina did something that was very strong.
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Aren't Taking The Harriet Tubman News Well — Hours after the Treasury Department announced its plans to revamp a number of U.S. paper bills with depictions of African American and female civil rights icons, conservatives started criticizing the move as “politically correct” and “unnecessary.”
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Leftists Lose Their Lunch Over the Tubman 20 — After years of complaining that America's paper money featured only dead white guys, a lot of folks on the Left are in a snit that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the twenty-dollar bill.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Guardian
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Harriet Tubman Is a Great Choice, Not a Politically Correct One
Harriet Tubman Is a Great Choice, Not a Politically Correct One
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New Urban Legends, The Resurgent, Guns.com, Mother Jones, New York Post, Betsy's Page, Mashable, Independent Journal … and Washington Post
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Greta: The Gov't Is Needlessly ‘Dividing the Country’ with Harriet Tubman $20
Greta: The Gov't Is Needlessly ‘Dividing the Country’ with Harriet Tubman $20
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Vox, Tennessean.com, Raw Story, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and Politico
Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump on Tubman: “pure political correctness.” Trump on Jackson: “tremendous success.”
Trump on Tubman: “pure political correctness.” Trump on Jackson: “tremendous success.”
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National Review, Hullabaloo, Right Wing Watch, Mediaite, Agence France-Presse, AOL, Little Green Footballs, Mashable and New York Times
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Greta Van Susteren: ‘Stupid’ to put Tubman on $20 bill
Greta Van Susteren: ‘Stupid’ to put Tubman on $20 bill
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Politico, Washington Monthly and National Review
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump was asked about anti-transgender bathroom bills. His answer was ... correct.
Donald Trump was asked about anti-transgender bathroom bills. His answer was ... correct.
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Althouse
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Harriet Tubman $20: ‘Pure political correctness’
Trump on Harriet Tubman $20: ‘Pure political correctness’
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump joins TODAY Show for live town hall, answers voters' questions
Donald Trump joins TODAY Show for live town hall, answers voters' questions
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TMZ.com:
Dead at 57 — The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57. — Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. — Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. We've obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.”
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Cole Premo / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Prince, Dead At 57, Was Found Unresponsive In Paisley Park Elevator — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Prince passed away Thursday morning at his Paisley Park recording studio. He was 57. — Prince's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, confirmed the pop music superstar's death early Thursday afternoon.
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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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New York Times:
Long Primary Carries Costs for Hillary Clinton: Money and Time — Hillary Clinton has burned through tens of millions of dollars to counter Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in states that are unlikely to be general election battlegrounds, delaying any pivot to the general election and shrinking …
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Political Wire and Common Dreams
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States
With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States
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Political Wire
Patricia Murphy / Roll Call:
Hillary Clinton Is Too Big to Fail
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What Is Sanders's Endgame? — Hillary Clinton's commanding victory …
What Is Sanders's Endgame? — Hillary Clinton's commanding victory …
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MSNBC, NBC News, Sky Dancing, Washington Post, Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Cruz Doubles Down On ‘Bathroom Bill’ Talking Points By Defending Curt Schilling to Glenn Beck — Today, Ted Cruz took his opponent Donald Trump to task for stating that he believes trans people should be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
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Louder With Crowder and Media Matters for America
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it
ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it
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Politicus USA, Sarah Palin and The Huffington Post
Justin Wm. Moyer / Washington Post:
The radicalization of Curt Schilling
The radicalization of Curt Schilling
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USA Today, CBS New York, Outsports, Boston Globe and American Power
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Palin Blasts ESPN, Posts Her Own Anti-Trans Meme After Schilling Firing
Palin Blasts ESPN, Posts Her Own Anti-Trans Meme After Schilling Firing
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Politico
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Poll: Trump winning big in California — Ted Cruz called California “the big enchilada” on Wednesday and said it would be the state that ultimately decides the Republican nomination. But a new poll from Capitol Weekly/Sextant Strategies shows Donald Trump in a dominant position across the state.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Private polls reveal a Trump-Cruz Indiana dogfight — No state in the coming weeks of the Republican presidential contest is viewed by the campaigns as more consequential than Indiana — and none has been a bigger black hole for polling, where not a single public survey of the state's electorate has been released.
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Political Wire, National Review, New York Times, neo-neocon and Hot Air
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Kasich on D.C. voting rights: 'That's just more votes in the Democratic Party.' — When asked his position on D.C. voting rights, Republican presidential contender John Kasich didn't pretend to draw on any constitutional clause or existing law to explain his stance against it.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
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electionlawblog.org and Washington Post
Emmett Rensin / Vox:
The smug style in American liberalism — There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really …
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Hot Air and The American Conservative
TMZ.com:
Chyna Dead — WWE Legend Dies ... ‘Possible Overdose’ (PHOTO UPDATE) — WWE legend Chyna — real name Joanie Laurer — has died ... and officials are investigating as a possible overdose, TMZ Sports has learned. — We've learned she was in her apartment in Redondo Beach, CA …
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Katherine Peralta / The Charlotte Observer:
NBA's Silver: LGBT law must change to keep 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed NC's House Bill 2 Thursday at the APSE commissioner meetings — On ESPN's ‘Mike & Mike’ morning radio show Thursday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed 2017 All-Star Game controversy
Mark Landler / New York Times:
How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk — Throughout her career she has displayed instincts on foreign policy that are more aggressive than those of President Obama — and most Democrats. — Hillary Clinton sat in the hideaway study off her ceremonial office in the State Department …
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, The American Conservative and The Week
Julia Edwards / Reuters:
FBI paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino iPhone — Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.
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The Verge
Angelina Chapin / Guardian:
Sober is the new drunk: why millennials are ditching bar crawls for juice crawls — Juice crawls are just one of many booze-free events in the US catering to millennials who are ditching the hooch in favor of clarity — On a Saturday afternoon in Manhattan, Rachel Floyd and her boyfriend Paul Isham …
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Hit & Run
Marie Mawad / Bloomberg:
Musk's Secret Plan to Curb City Traffic With Self-Driving ‘Bus’ — Tesla founder says he's exploring futuristic public transport — Vehicle would replace buses in cities, complement Hyperloop — Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is working on a self-driving vehicle …
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The Verge, Consumerist and The Daily Caller