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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia KKK Leader Endorses Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In’ (VIDEO) — In a sit-down interview with a Richmond news station, the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is his candidate for President.
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New York Times:
Mocking Critics, Donald Trump Says He Can Win Without Republican Unity — BURLINGAME, Calif. — Donald J. Trump got a taste on Friday of what his next month of campaigning in California could be like. He was forced to exit his motorcade and walk through a field, climbing an embankment …
Chris Thomas / WWBT-TV:
KKK leader disavows violent past, declares Trump ‘best’ for president
KKK leader disavows violent past, declares Trump ‘best’ for president
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Will Rioters Hand the Election to Trump?
Will Rioters Hand the Election to Trump?
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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad — BAGHDAD — Protesters stormed Iraq's parliament on Saturday, bursting into the capital's fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, are located. — Live footage on Iraqi television showed swarms of protesters …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House — Donald Trump's damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has barely begun. Republican quislings will multiply, slinking into support of the most anti-conservative presidential aspirant in their party's history.
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Breitbart:
Exclusive — CLINTON CRASH: Hillary Has Received Hundreds of Thousands Fewer Votes in 2016 vs. 2008 — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has badly underperformed in 2016 compared with her first run for president in 2008, a new data analysis done exclusively by Breitbart News shows.
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Clinton shifting staff to general election swing states
Clinton shifting staff to general election swing states
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton to take hard line with Sanders, say allies
Clinton to take hard line with Sanders, say allies
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Tom Schaller / American Prospect:
I�M THE A—HOLE? — IM THE A—HOLE? At the lobby at the Washington Hilton at the DNC winter meetings, I headed over to a conversation between political columnist Roger Simon and former DNC Chairman Don Fowler of South Carolina. (Not to be confused with Donnie Fowler, his son, who ran for DNC chair in 2004.)
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Cassie Spodak / CNN:
Kasich: People are ‘probably’ born gay — San Francisco (CNN)John Kasich told an audience here Friday that some people are “probably” born gay after being pressed on the issue by an audience member who said he was gay. — San Francisco resident Kelly Bryan, 62, asked Kasich the question …
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Racist Trump Fan Arrested With Stockpile Of Pipe Bombs After Threatening Obama — John Martin Roos, 61, repeatedly threatened to kill President Barack Obama in regular racist rants on Twitter and Facebook. — Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON — A fanatical …
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Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Trump supporter attacks Muslim woman with ‘unknown liquid’ after cops fail to act: activists — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR) is calling for police in Washington D.C. to preserve video of what was described as an attack …
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Matt Forney:
Indiana Campaign Dispatch Part 2: Ted and Carly Sittin' in a Tree... My next stop on the Hoosier State campaign trail was South Bend, where Ted Cruz and his fellow pervert Carly Fiorina were holding a rally at the Century Center. If I had any doubt about the Cruz campaign being in panic mode, the rally would have crushed it.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton: I can handle men who go ‘off the reservation’ … Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton — says she has experience dealing with men who “get off the reservation” like GOP front-runner Donald Trump — “I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Behind Mike Pence's Agonizing Decision to Endorse Ted Cruz — Ted Cruz probably wanted more than a half-hearted endorsement, but that was what he got from Indiana governor Mike Pence on Friday. “I'm not against anybody, but I will be voting for Ted Cruz in the upcoming Republican primary,” Pence told Indianapolis's WCIB radio.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
New poll finds Cruz with double-digit lead in Indiana
New poll finds Cruz with double-digit lead in Indiana
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
African-American Leader: Trump's Message “Resonates” With Black Voters (VIDEO) — African-American Attorney Nikki Johnson-Huston defended Donald J. Trump and his supporters this week in an article at The Huffington Post titled “Trump 2016: In Defense of the White Working Class Voter.”
John Sides / Washington Post:
The most underappreciated fact of the election: Americans feel good about the economy … In an election season about voter anger, one important thing is underappreciated: voter optimism. And in particular, optimism about the economy. — “Wait, what?” you may be thinking.
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Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
Insults and Ads: How Gender Hurts Trump but Doesn't Lift Clinton — Donald Trump thinks Hillary Clinton is playing “the women's card.” But evidence suggests that if anything is making gender a potent issue in this campaign, it's Mr. Trump's words, not Mrs. Clinton's. — How do we know?