memeorandum: Why should we take advice from a president who has surrendered the world to chaos? (Telegraph)

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.

Discussion: YouGov US Opinion Center News and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Trump's ‘System Is Rigged’ Argument Is Working — Donald Trump has had a good run of numbers lately. While his victory in New York this week was expected, he got 60 percent of the vote, more than the roughly 55 percent projected by the polls. He appears headed for victories in Maryland and Pennsylvania, which vote on Tuesday.

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:

It's ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP Pick, Charles Koch Says

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Political Wire and The Week

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.

Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller

Jonathan Karl / ABC News: It's ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP Pick, Charles Koch Says

Kristen East / Politico:
Rosario Dawson cites Monica Lewinsky at Sanders rally

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Week

Evelyn Rupert / The Hill: Charles Koch: 'It's possible' Clinton would be better president than a Republican

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire and The Week

David Wright / CNN:
Unity slate fight pits Cruz against Trump, Kasich in Maine

Discussion: WLBZ, The Hill, RedState, The Last Refuge and The Portland Press Herald

Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Rigged process? Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: AOL and Raw Story

Discussion: Tools of Renewal

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 …

Discussion: WATE-TV and WISH-TV

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.

Discussion: New York Times

Discussion: RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Right Scoop

Associated Press:
Trumps tells Connecticut voters he's “not toning it down”

Discussion: CNN

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 …