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Wall Street Journal:
Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes — Ted Cruz and John Kasich pin their fading hopes on Indiana's Republican presidential primary next week — ROCKVILLE, Md.—Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump on Kasich: ‘Never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’ — ridiculed John Kasich's “disgusting” eating during a rally in Rhode Island on Monday. — “Did you see him? He has a news conference, all the time when he's eating. I have never seen a human being eat …
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz-John Kasich Alliance Against Donald Trump Quickly Weakens — The temporary alliance between Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, was already in danger of fraying to the point of irrelevance on Monday …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! MUST-SEE VIDEO=> HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS Chase Down Trump's Caravan in Rhode Island — THIS WAS AMAZING! — Trump Supporters - Young, Old, Middle Aged, Men, Women, Children - Chase down the Trump caravan in Warwick, Rhode Island. — They were RUNNING ACROSS A FIELD …
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Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg View:
How to Be Presidential, Trump-Style — If in the early hours of a Saturday morning, there's a traffic jam in your neighborhood, it won't be because it's the opening day of the county fair. These days, it's more likely to be Donald Trump. — In Waterbury, Connecticut, this weekend …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee... Cruz-Kasich Backroom Deal is Devastating (Video) — Rudy Giuliani joined Sean Hannity tonight to discuss the Republican primary race. — Rudy says it's over and Trump is the nominee. … The post Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee …
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The Last Tradition
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Trump relentlessly mocks Kasich: ‘I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’
Trump relentlessly mocks Kasich: ‘I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’
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Associated Press:
Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo ID mandate — RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina's election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.
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New York Times:
Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina Voter Rules — RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republican-backed changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision, that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted African-Americans and other minorities.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week and New York Magazine
Office of Media Relations:
Americans Overwhelmingly Engaged in 2016 Election but Tone of Race Is Affecting Voters, New GW Battleground Poll Shows — Obama's Approval Rating Turns Positive for First Time in Three Years — MEDIA CONTACTS: — Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631 — John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Clinton leads Trump by just 3 points in new poll
Clinton leads Trump by just 3 points in new poll
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Jim VandeHei / Wall Street Journal:
Bring on a Third-Party Candidate — Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type. Here's how to do it. — I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble—the heart of Establishment America—covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics.
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Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Colorado County GOP Chair: Errors with Ted Cruz's Delegate Win, Might Need Do-Over — The chairwoman of the Boulder County GOP has admitted that grave errors affected the Colorado Republican caucus, in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won a clean sweep of 34 delegates without opening up the process to voting by everyday citizens.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Cruz Campaign Vetting Carly for VP — Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned. — According to a spokeswoman for Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time presidential candidate is being vetted by Cruz's campaign.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz considering Fiorina for VP
Cruz considering Fiorina for VP
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Daily Mail:
Jay-Z's not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission — I never like it when entertainers go all political. — The cynic in me believes it's rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.
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Mashable, Raw Story, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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Melissa Harris-Perry / ELLE:
A Call and Response with Melissa Harris-Perry: The Pain and the Power of ‘Lemonade’
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
You need to chill out, Tim Robbins … The last we heard from actor and Bernie Sanders mega-supporter Tim Robbins, he was disparaging Hillary Clinton's big wins in the South by pointing out that those states would vote for the Republican in November. (We pointed out that Sanders won a lot of red states …
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Business Insider and Little Green Footballs
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’
Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’
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The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Lena Dunham promises to move to Canada if Trump wins — Lena Dunham is the latest celebrity to say she'll hightail it out of the country if Donald Trump — is elected president. — “I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will,” Dunham told Andy Cohen at the Matrix Awards on Monday.
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Ashley Lee / Hollywood Reporter:
Lena Dunham, Nancy Dubuc, Janice Min Honored at Matrix Awards
Lena Dunham, Nancy Dubuc, Janice Min Honored at Matrix Awards
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Robin Wilson / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Roger Harrabin / BBC:
Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’ — Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants. — A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.
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Daily Mail, Power Line, AOL and Carbon Brief
Mother Jones:
Flint and America's Corroded Trust — It's been the subject of protests and debates, but if anything is improving in Flint, Michigan, it's hard for any of us on the ground to see. — One of the city's lead pipes has been replaced for the benefit of the press, but more than 8,000 additional service lines …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him ‘presidential’ — Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds, multiple sources close to the campaign tell POLITICO.
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NBC News:
Dennis Hastert's Accuser Sues Him for $1.8 Million — The accuser at the center of the Dennis Hastert hush-money case filed a $1.8 million lawsuit against him on Monday, two days before the former House Speaker's sentencing. — The man known only as Individual A — who says he was just 14 years old …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
This city embedded traffic lights in the sidewalks so that smartphone users don't have to look up — Few nations in the world take red traffic lights more seriously than Germany. — Foreign visitors frequently wonder why crowds of Germans wait for traffic lights to turn green when there are no cars in sight.
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Sputnik International, Daily Mail and Mashable
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey's Erdogan as an ape crushing free speech … After a Dutch journalist was arrested in Turkey this weekend for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most-read newspaper in the Netherlands on Monday published a front-page editorial cartoon …
Larry Downes / Washington Post:
The future of TV is arriving faster than anyone predicted — Late last week, Comcast announced a new program that allows makers of smart TVs and other Internet-based video services to have full access to your cable programming without the need for a set-top box.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bobby Knight to campaign for Trump in Indiana — Legendary Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight will appear with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Wednesday in Indianapolis. — Trump's campaign on Monday announced that Knight is joining the billionaire for a campaign rally.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politico and Washington Times