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9:40 AM ET, April 24, 2016

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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.
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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
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Never Trump’ groups collide with Kasich, Cruz  —  The anti-Trump movement is at odds with Ted Cruz  —  and John Kasich over how to stop Donald Trump  —  In interviews and strategy memos, operatives aligned with the anti-Trump movement have outlined a roadmap for how to block Trump …
Associated Press:
Trumps tells Connecticut voters he's “not toning it down”
Discussion: CNN
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Donald Trump's “magic” thinking: His campaign's insane general election optimism about states they can't possibly win
Discussion: New York Times and Balloon Juice
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Rigged process? Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates
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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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:   Charles Koch: 'It's possible' Clinton would be better president than a Republican
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.”
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Sally Bronston / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders: 'Poor People Don't Vote...That's Just a Fact'
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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.
Kimberly Richardson Updated / WSB-TV:
Police in riot gear as hundreds clash at Stone Mountain  —  Stone Mountain State Park has closed due to hundreds of protesters currently clashing for competing rallies.  —  We'll take you LIVE inside the rallies and protests on Channel 2 Action News at 6.  —  The park released the following statement:
Discussion: Tools of Renewal
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Arrests, violence at Stone Mountain as counter-protesters clash
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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
Harris Wofford / New York Times:
Finding Love Again, This Time With a Man  —  AT age 70, I did not imagine that I would fall in love again and remarry.  But the past 20 years have made my life a story of two great loves.  —  On Jan. 3, 1996, the telephone rang just before midnight, interrupting the silence of the hospital room.
Discussion: Towleroad
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
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 …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
In College Roommate David Panton, Ted Cruz Finds Unwavering Support  —  On a break during a business trip to Washington last year, David Panton hailed a cab to take him to the Capitol.  He told the driver he was going to see the Texas senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz.
 
 
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