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1:10 PM ET, April 28, 2016

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Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
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 Speaker John Boehner's contempt for his former Capitol Hill colleague.  —  “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner told an audience at Stanford …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
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.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Boehner: Ted Cruz a ‘miserable son of a bitch’
Discussion: alan.com
CBS News:
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.
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
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 …
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Politico:
What Reporters Really Think of 2016
Discussion: Mediaite
Avik Roy / Forbes:
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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:   With Fiorina pick, Cruz's H-1B stance now in question
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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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Pete Williams / NBC News:
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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Evan Perez / CNN:
Source: Prince had opioid medication on him at time of death
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Will Ferrell to Play Former President Ronald Reagan in New Movie (EXCLUSIVE) … Having already famously portrayed former President George W. Bush in various comedy sketches, Will Ferrell is now setting his sights on another former commander in chief.  —  Sources tell Variety Ferrell …
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Rebecca Hawkes / Telegraph:   Will Ferrell's' Ronald Reagan dementia comedy is disrespectful to my father, says former president's son
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Will Ferrell to Play Ronald Reagan with Dementia in New Comedy
Discussion: Mediaite and Guardian
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
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 …
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
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 …
Discussion: Politico, LawNewz and The Week
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
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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Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Blames Atheists and LGBT Individuals for His Ethics Probe
Franklin Foer / Slate:
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 …
Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:
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 …
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders to Cut Hundreds of Staff Members and Turn to California  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
What Bernie Sanders wants
Discussion: Vox
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
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.
Discussion: DailySurge and TPNN
Molly Redden / Guardian:
Oklahoma court: oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking  —  Ruling is sparking outrage among critics who say the judicial system was engaged in victim-blaming and buying outdated notions about rape  —  An Oklahoma court has stunned local prosecutors with a declaration …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, AOL and LawNewz
Brian Hendrickson / NCAA.org:
Board of Governors approves anti-discrimination process for championships bids  —  Hosts must demonstrate environment will safeguard dignity of participants, spectators  —  The NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday took steps to protect participants and spectators from discrimination at NCAA events.
Noah Remnick / New York Times:
Yale Defies Calls to Rename Calhoun College  —  Despite fervent student protests, the president of Yale announced on Wednesday that the university would keep the name of a residential college named for the 19th-century politician and white supremacist John C. Calhoun.
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YaleNews Articles:
Yale retains Calhoun College's name, selects names for two new residential colleges …
Financial Times:
Daniel Loeb warns of hedge fund ‘killing field’  —  One of the most powerful US hedge fund managers believes that the industry is in “first innings of a washout” after a string of disastrous market calls inflicted steep losses on many funds.  —  Daniel Loeb's stark comments …
Discussion: Politico and naked capitalism
 
 
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Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Expands to 0.5% Pace, Weakest in Two Years
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Biden makes unannounced trip to Iraq, his first since 2011
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Wary of Trump Effect, Republicans Hope for Split Tickets
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ex-RNC chairman: Trump is the ‘presumptive nominee’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Coulter: Trump gave best foreign policy speech since George Washington
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Trump Wins Big Among Pennsylvania's Unbound Delegates
Discussion: NBC News and New York Magazine
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Hispanic voter registration spikes
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Bloomberg:
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Reuters:
Wealthy, educated voters fuel Trump's East Coast sweep
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Play the ‘woman card’ and reap these ‘rewards’!
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