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9:55 AM ET, April 24, 2016

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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.”
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.
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
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   ‘Never Trump’ groups collide with Kasich, Cruz
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.
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 …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:   It's ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP Pick, Charles Koch Says
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:   Charles Koch: 'It's possible' Clinton would be better president than a Republican
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 and Balloon Juice
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump aide accused of bullying Delaware GOP for delegates
Associated Press:
Trumps tells Connecticut voters he's “not toning it down”
Discussion: CNN
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:   Ann Coulter Said She Hates The ‘New’ Donald Trump
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.
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
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Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Rigged process? Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates
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: Raw Story and AOL
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Kimberly Richardson Updated / WSB-TV:
Police in riot gear as hundreds clash at Stone Mountain
Discussion: Tools of Renewal
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 …
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
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Prince's former drug dealer tells how the legend spent $40,000 at a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches - highly addictive opioid pain killers - for 25 years  — Prince's former drug dealer, who asked to be named only as Doctor D …
Discussion: AOL
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
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
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USA Today:   Ohio killings: 8 bodies, 4 crime scenes, 1 mystery
 
 
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Sally Bronston / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders: 'Poor People Don't Vote...That's Just a Fact'
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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Tom DeLay, ex-CIA chief, pols write judge praising Dennis Hastert
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
In College Roommate David Panton, Ted Cruz Finds Unwavering Support
Harris Wofford / New York Times:
Finding Love Again, This Time With a Man
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Obama tells young activists: Be willing to compromise
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Heavy teen marijuana use may cut life short by 60
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The Huffington Post:
Female Ted Cruz Lookalike Agrees To Do Porn For $10,000
Agence France-Presse:
Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
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Ryan Felton / Guardian:
Prince cremated as death baffles those who witnessed a clean life
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Donna Edwards Blasts The Media And Democrats Criticizing Her As “Difficult”
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