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John Boehner talks election, time in office — “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” said former Speaker of the House John Boehner as he took the stage at CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Boehner joined David M. Kennedy, faculty director …
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Boehner: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ — When it comes to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, even a few months' time out of Congress has done little to lessen former House Speaker John Boehner's contempt for his former Capitol Hill colleague. — “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner told an audience …
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John Boehner just confirmed everything liberals suspected about the Republican Party — Speaking at Stanford University, former House Speaker John Boehner went the full Bulworth. — “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” he said.
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Boehner Uncorks on ‘Lucifer’ Cruz, Says He Wouldn't Back Him in Fall
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The Atlantic and CBS Dallas

Commentary: Yes, Donald Trump can beat Hillary Clinton — How would Donald Trump fare in a general election against Hillary Clinton? The conventional wisdom is that he wouldn't stand a chance. The GOP is divided. His campaign, despite a recent spate of landslide primary wins, appears to have its own civil war going on.
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New York Times, Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
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Trump's 'woman's card' comment escalates the campaign's gender wars — Cruz's big announcement, in 3 minutes … Donald Trump's accusation that Hillary Clinton is playing the “woman's card” and would be a failed candidate if she were a man touched off a contentious debate about gender politics …
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How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way
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‘Clinton Cash’ Has Been Made Into a Movie
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Democratic Strategist: Trump Will Beat Hillary Like ‘A Baby Seal’ — Democratic strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders believes Donald Trump will beat Hillary like a “baby seal,” and that working class whites who haven't already left the Democratic Party for cultural reasons will due so now for economic ones.
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GOP's Favorability Rating Edges Lower
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Political Wire and Politico

What Bernie Sanders wants
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President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy — Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory. — Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory …
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The Quiet American — Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world's nastiest tyrants as noble defenders of freedom. Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch. — Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's palace, is impressive by the standards of Palm Beach …
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Ted Cruz's Carly Fiorina VP Pick Could Backfire—Badly — On Tuesday, Donald Trump crushed the opposition, winning 110 of the 119 bound delegates available in the “Acela primary” of northeastern states. Ted Cruz tried to bounce back by naming former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his Vice Presidential pick.
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The Note: Cruz, Carly Come Together
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SIMPLY THE WORST=> Obama is First President Ever to Not See Single Year of 3% GDP Growth — Obama's just like Reagan... Except when he isn't. — The rate of real economic growth is the single greatest determinate of both America's strength as a nation and the well-being of the American people.
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U.S. Economy Expands to 0.5% Pace, Weakest in Two Years — Business investment slumps most in since second quarter 2009 — GDP figures mark third straight sluggish start to a year — The U.S. economy expanded in the first quarter at the slowest pace in two years as American consumers reined …
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New York Magazine


Defense bill would require women to register for draft — Women would have to register for the draft under an amendment added to an annual defense bill Wednesday. — “If we want equality in this country, if we want women to be treated precisely like men are treated and that they should not be discriminated …
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Are women headed for the draft? One House committee says yes.
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Vox, MilitaryTimes, Associated Press, Independent Journal … and The Slot


ICE releases 19,723 criminal illegals, 208 convicted of murder, 900 of sex crimes — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2015 decided not to deport but release 19,723 criminal illegal immigrants, including 208 convicted of murder, over 900 convicted of sex crimes and 12,307 …
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ICE Released 19,723 Criminal Aliens in 2015
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FBI arrests brother of San Bernardino terrorist and 2 others on marriage fraud charges — The FBI has served another warrant at the home of Syed Raheel Farook, the elder brother of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook. The FBI also served a warrant at the home in February, as seen in this file photo.
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Secret Service Plans to Raise White House Fence by 5 Feet — Secret Service: ‘Current fence simply is not adequate for a modern era’ — The U.S. Secret Service plans to raise the height of the White House security fence by 5 feet and add a new concrete foundation to reduce the risk of fence-jumpers …
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Prince's Death: Local Investigators Ask for DEA's Help on Case — The county sheriff investigating the death of Prince is asking for help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Wednesday. — The officials say prescription painkillers …
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Roy Moore says complaint on gay marriage order politically motivated — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore responds to complaints over Marriage Protection Acts — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore on Wednesday accused several groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and …
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Will Ferrell's' Ronald Reagan dementia comedy is disrespectful to my father, says former president's son — Michael Reagan, son of former US President Ronald Reagan, has attacked actor Will Ferrell, who is set to star in and produce a new comedy about Reagan's second term in office …
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