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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

First Exit Poll Info From Super Duper Tuesday Is In, And On The Delegate Process ... Uh Oh, GOP  —  Bad news in the exits.  Remember there are a lot* delegates up for grabs today.  And on that topic ...  DELEGATES:  —  CNN reports that 68% of voters in Connecticut say that if nobody gets 1,237 …

Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist resigns  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigned from the paper on Tuesday, after the paper prevented him from writing about casino owners Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, whose family owns the Review-Journal.

Harriet Tubman Has A Legacy Worth Upholding  —  Retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson was a 2016 Republican candidate for President of the United States.  —  ShareTweetEmail  —  Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform and any opinions or information put forth by contributors …

Kasich campaign fails to get him included in Oregon's voters' pamphlet  —  John Kasich, one of only three still-standing GOP presidential candidates, isn't featured in Oregon's voters' pamphlet for the May primary election — an embarrassing blunder for any major campaign.

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 …

‘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.

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 …

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.

Peak town hall: Man confronts Hillary Clinton on crime bill at two separate television events  —  The proliferation of town halls has reached the point that one man asked essentially the same question of a single candidate at two separate events.  —  Here's William Cobb at last week's …

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 …

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.”

US unions plan attack on Donald Trump in attempt to derail presidential bid  —  Concerned labor group leaders are organizing ad campaigns and phone banks as Trump's populist message on trade and jobs draws in union voters  —  he prospect of a Donald Trump nomination has labor leaders scrambling …

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 …

Study: Cost of U.S. Regulations Larger Than Germany's Economy  —  The cost of U.S. regulations is now larger than Germany's economy, amounting to a $4 trillion loss to the American economy, according to a new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Dog dies from exhaustion after rescuing seven people from earthquake  —  A four-year-old white Labrador called Dayko has been hailed as a hero after rescuing seven people from the aftermath of the Ecuador earthquake - before dying from exhaustion.  —  Dayko, a rescue dog for the Ibara fire service …