Ted Cruz Doesn't Want Any Transgender People In Any Bathroom Anywhere  —  Ted Cruz's tour de transphobia, launched last week to capitalize on Donald Trump's criticism of North Carolina's anti-transgender law, has embraced a new extreme position.  Speaking to reporters this weekend in Indiana …

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.

Harry Reid Says Sanders Has No Path to the Nomination  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he does not think Bernie Sanders has a path to winning the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  Responding to questions at his weekly news conference Reid declined to suggest Sanders …

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.

Hillary supporters take down Bernie FB pages in coordinated porn attack  —  Multiple Facebook pages supporting Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  were abruptly removed from the social media network late last night following an apparent coordinated cyberattack.

Pastor blasts Target for bathroom policy … MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. — A minister here has posted a video on his Facebook page challenging Target's new bathroom policy that allows customers to choose a restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.  —  It has had more than 12 million views since being shared Friday night.

‘Wild animals’: Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show  —  The following story contains offensive language and may not be suitable for all audiences.  —  (CNN)"I hate that beaner," one text reads, “but I think the nig is worse.”  —  “Indian ppl are disgusting,” proclaims another.

Samantha Bee slams Fox News for defending “genocidal” Andrew Jackson over Harriet Tubman  —  Many people saw something to celebrate when the Treasury Department announced it would replace ethnic cleanser and former President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

NY judge decides Trump University case going to trial  —  A New York judge decided Tuesday that a fraud case against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors will go to trial - raising the possibility that the Republican presidential primary front-runner could testify during campaign season.

Poll: Trump Reaches 50 Percent Support Nationally for the First Time  —  Trump: New Cruz-Kasich Alliance to Stop Him is ‘Pathetic’ and ‘Weak’ 2:47  —  Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|

A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows  —  In an apparent rejection of the basic principles of the U.S. economy, a new poll shows that most young people do not support capitalism.  —  The Harvard University survey, which polled young adults between ages 18 and 29 …

One of these Dem stars is about to suffer a crushing defeat  —  BALTIMORE — Democratic voters in Maryland head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the fate of two of the party's most promising stars.  —  Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards are vying to replace outgoing Sen. Barbara Mikulski

Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse  —  Sites charge $100 a year to access private photos and videos of non-porn stars in the nude, usually posted by spurned ex-lovers - but it doesn't end there  —  ix years ago, Rebekah Wells Googled her name to see what turned up.

SCIENTOLOGY LEADER DAVID MISCAVIGE THREATENS TO SUE FATHER OVER BOOK  —  [Ron Miscavige's book, with its US and UK covers, is due out a week from today]  —  London publisher Silvertail Books has received a letter from Scientology leader David Miscavige's attorneys threatening that it will be sued …

State Department Hid Key Clinton Benghazi Email from Judicial Watch  —  Email Info Could Have Exposed Clinton Server in 2014  —  (Washington, DC) - The Obama State Department last week admitted it withheld a key Benghazi email of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from Judicial Watch since at least September 2014.

Anger is a business  —  Many news outlets' business models now depend on stoking anger.  This exacerbates the political system's polarization and dysfunction.  —  Anger seems to define the 2016 election.  Donald Trump is riding Republican voters' rage to a possible nomination …

Nashville juror's objection on race leads to new trial  —  He stood up and told the judge he did not think it was right for two black men to face a jury with no black members on it.  —  The juror's words to Criminal Court Judge Cheryl Blackburn earlier this month — confirmed by attorneys …

Today Is Clinton's Chance To End The ‘Groundhog Day’ Campaign  —  The Democratic campaign has taken on the feel of “Groundhog Day,” repeating the same storyline over and over with only minor variation.  Hillary Clinton, in our view, has spent most of the year in the liminal space between “clear favorite” and “presumptive nominee.”

ISIS blows up Mosul's iconic Clock Church  —  Islamic State militants destroyed an iconic Iraqi church known for its soaring clock tower by blowing it up with explosives, media reports say. … The Clock Church in Mosul was built in the 1870s, The Telegraph reported Monday.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry, Heinz Family Have Millions Invested In Offshore Tax Havens  —  Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz have invested millions of U.S. dollars through family trusts in at least 11 offshore tax havens, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group.

Steven Crowder Delivers Most Epic Smackdown of Leftist Protestors Ever  —  Our own Steven Crowder headed to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) yesterday to co-panel an event called “The Triggering” with Christina Hoff Sommers and Milo Yiannopoulos.  Steven had hopes of telling a few jokes.