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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Clinton would crush Trump in November — In the swing states that matter most in the presidential race, Donald Trump doesn't have a prayer against Hillary Clinton in the general election. — That's according to top operatives, strategists and activists in 10 battleground states …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP elites are now resigned to Donald Trump as their nominee … Throughout the Republican Party, from New Hampshire to Florida to California, many leaders, operatives, donors and activists arrived this week at the conclusion they had been hoping to thwart or at least delay: Donald Trump will be their presidential nominee.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ted Cruz, Attacking Donald Trump, Uses Transgender Bathroom Access as Cudgel — As Senator Ted Cruz of Texas seeks every possible edge to stop Donald J. Trump, he has seized on a once-obscure issue with a proven power to inflame conservatives: letting transgender women use women's bathrooms.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump's new target: Bernie Sanders supporters — (CNN)With the Republican presidential nomination within his grasp, Donald Trump is courting an unlikely group of voters: Bernie Sanders supporters. — The GOP front-runner has ratcheted up his rhetoric against presumptive Democratic …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Save the Republican Party — Donald Trump's big victories in the Mid-Atlantic primaries don't represent quite the end of the ballgame—but they come damn close. — And now Donald Trump's many and fierce opponents in the Republican Party and the conservative movement face the hour of decision.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump presents himself as a scourge of the elites. That won't last.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama makes joke at Cruz's expense — President Obama took a crack a Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz — on Thursday during an impromptu news conference with college journalists at the White House. — A student from Indiana, where Cruz is campaigning ahead of next week's primary …
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Charles Hurt / The Hill:
The problem with Ted Cruz — has run an outsider's juggernaut campaign, the likes of which nobody has seen in modern politics. — Democrats publicly say they are thrilled to face him in the general election. But, privately, they fret that the master marketer and media maestro …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz's latest fight with fellow Republicans is a reminder: Many don't like the guy … FORT WAYNE, Ind. — In the space of just 7 minutes here on Thursday, Ted Cruz reminded fellow Republicans that he has few friends in the party. — First he tangled with former House speaker John A. Boehner …
Indianapolis Star:
Although flawed, Kasich, Clinton offer best choices
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Internal Poll Numbers Show Cruz Collapsing In Indiana...
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Talks About His Failed White House Bid: ‘I Ran Into A Storm’
Jeff Mapes OPB / OPB:
Poll: Donald Trump Holds Big Lead Ahead Of Oregon's Republican Primary
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Ruben Vives / Los Angeles Times:
Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed — Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring …
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Army retains decorated Green Beret it planned to kick out over confronting Afghan child rapist — EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused …
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Patti Davis:
AN OPEN LETTER TO WILL FERRELL — I saw the news bulletin — as did everyone — that you intend to portray my father in the throes of Alzheimer's for a comedy that you are also producing. Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer's and other versions of dementia.
The Huffington Post:
Is Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer In The Flesh’? We Asked A Satanist. — He says Ted Cruz is God's problem, not Satan's. — A campaign dominated by big and difficult debates witnessed, perhaps, its most perplexing and certainly its most spiritual one yet on Thursday morning. — Is Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) actually Lucifer?
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Satanists are furious that Boehner compared Ted Cruz to the Dark Lord
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Mark Alesia / Indianapolis Star:
Trump touts Mike Tyson's support in city where he committed rape — 608 Shares … During one of his abrupt verbal asides on the political stump Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Donald Trump proudly noted another endorsement from the sports world. — Mike Tyson.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz to trounce Trump in Virginia delegate election — Ted Cruz got crushed in Virginia on primary day, but even Donald Trump's forces believe he's about to stuff the state's national convention delegation full of supporters anyway. — Virginia GOP insiders with knowledge …
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John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Hays eagles' feline meal disturbing for some viewers — It was inevitable, from the moment video cameras went up over Pittsburgh bald eagle nests, that viewers would eventually see something disturbing. — On Tuesday, eagles at the Hays nest site brought a young cat into the nest to feed their two eaglets.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump opens Calif. rally with families of people killed by illegal immigrants — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — underscored his hard stance on illegal immigration during a rally Thursday night by bringing several people on stage whose family members had been killed by illegal immigrants.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
GOP's Favorability Rating Edges Lower — A quarter of the public views both parties unfavorably — The Republican Party's image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall. Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view.
WSBT-TV:
VIDEO: Man hands Ted Cruz Communist Manifesto - watch what happens — Some young man gave Cruz something to sign during his Elkhart visit - turned out to be the Communist Manifesto. — Full coverage of Cruz's Michiana visit coming up at 4, 5 and 6 on WSBT 22 News.
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New York Times:
In Israel, Iraqi Jews Reflect on Baghdad Heritage — GIVATAYIM, Israel — During a boisterous Passover Seder with her extended family, Sabiha Ziluf, 75, paused and said softly that she could still see the Baghdad streets of her childhood. “I would love to visit Bab al-Sharji,” she said …
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