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CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton lead in Pennsylvania, Indiana — By Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Sarah Dutton andJennifer De Pinto — Donald Trump heads into Tuesday's slate of primaries maintaining his large lead in Pennsylvania, and has a lead in Indiana, which holds its primary the following week.
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Washington Post:
Sanders says he has lost primaries to Clinton because 'poor people don't vote' — What is the GOP establishment? … State of the race 2016 — WILMINGTON, Del. — White House hopeful Bernie Sanders said Saturday that many of his losses to Hillary Clinton in Democratic primaries were because “poor people don't vote.”
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Clinton Hold Strong Leads in Pennsylvania, New Poll Shows — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hold double-digit leads in the April 26 primary contest of Pennsylvania, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. — In the Republican race …
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Talking Points Memo
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's ‘System Is Rigged’ Argument Is Working
Trump's ‘System Is Rigged’ Argument Is Working
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New York Times, Hullabaloo, THE MARSHALL REPORT and Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Never Trump’ groups collide with Kasich, Cruz
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Hillary Clinton Dishonest? — AFTER the New York primary, the betting websites are giving Hillary Clinton about a 94 percent chance of being the Democratic nominee, and Donald Trump a 66 percent chance of ending up as the Republican nominee. — But Clinton's big challenge is the trust issue …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
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Kristen East / Politico:
Charles Koch: 'It's possible' Clinton is preferable to a Republican for president — Billionaire businessman Charles Koch said in an interview airing Sunday that “it's possible” another Clinton in the White House could be better than having a Republican president.
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ABC News and The Daily Caller
Kristen East / Politico:
Rosario Dawson cites Monica Lewinsky at Sanders rally
Rosario Dawson cites Monica Lewinsky at Sanders rally
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Washington Free Beacon and The Week
Telegraph:
Why should we take advice from a president who has surrendered the world to chaos? — I wonder who in Downing Street briefed Barack Obama's team on the wording of his friendly warning to the British. Somebody obviously pointed out that the population of this country retained a quaint obsession …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Graham: GOP is at risk of breaking apart — (R-S.C.) warned on Sunday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — is putting the party at risk of breaking apart. — In a radio interview with John Catsimatidis, the former presidential candidate explained his reasoning for backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz crushes Trump in weekend delegate fight — Ted Cruz notched another delegate landslide Saturday, stretching his advantage in a competition that might never occur: the second ballot of a contested Republican National Convention in July. — Cruz won at least 65 of the 94 delegates up for grabs Saturday …
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David Wright / CNN:
Unity slate fight pits Cruz against Trump, Kasich in Maine
Unity slate fight pits Cruz against Trump, Kasich in Maine
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Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Rigged process? Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates
Rigged process? Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates
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RedState
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Reactionary Mind — OVER the last year, America's professional intelligentsia has been placed under the microscope in several interesting ways. — First, a group of prominent social psychologists released a paper quantifying and criticizing their field's overwhelming left-wing tilt.
New York Times:
Georgetown and the Sin of Slavery — The reparations movement, which calls for compensating the descendants of generations of enslaved Americans going back 250 years, has failed to gain traction in this country for a variety of reasons. — Most Americans see slavery as an artifact …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Arrests, violence at Stone Mountain as counter-protesters clash — Protests surrounding a rally at Stone Mountain erupted in violence Saturday as demonstrators trying to confront a white power group set a barricade on fire and hurled rocks and fireworks at police attempting to block them.
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Kimberly Richardson Updated / WSB-TV:
Police in riot gear as hundreds clash at Stone Mountain
Police in riot gear as hundreds clash at Stone Mountain
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Tools of Renewal
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Donald Trump's “magic” thinking: His campaign's insane general election optimism about states they can't possibly win — Can a broadly reviled candidate like Donald Trump win Maryland, Delaware, and Connecticut? Hah... no — If there's one quality the Donald Trump presidential campaign does not lack, its confidence.
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New York Times
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump aide accused of bullying Delaware GOP for delegates
Trump aide accused of bullying Delaware GOP for delegates
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RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Right Scoop
Courtney Yuen / WCMH-TV:
Rhoden family victims identified; family and friends seek justice — PIKE COUNTY, OH (WCMH) — Officials have identified the eight victims killed in multiple shootings in Pike County on Friday. — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader released the names …
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Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
Inshallah Is Good for Everyone — A COLLEGE student was recently escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight after a fellow passenger said she heard him making comments in Arabic that were “potentially threatening.” — In a statement, Southwest Airlines said that the student, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi …