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Sanders Statement on Nevada — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement: — “It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Clinton, Democrats Confronting Dangerous Divisions Within Party — Split decision in Kentucky, Oregon shows unity elusive — Eruption by Sanders supporters adds to rancor in campaign — Hillary Clinton's claim of a narrow victory in Kentucky and Bernie Sanders' win in Oregon illustrated …
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll Finds It'd Be A Close Clinton-Trump Contest In New Hampshire — If the presidential election were held today between the apparent Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, the outcome would be very close. That's according to a new WBUR poll …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders sticks it to the Democratic Party — In the wake of a chaotic state convention that resulted in death threats for party officials and vandalism to party headquarters, the Democratic establishment asked Bernie Sanders for his help Tuesday in getting some of his overzealous supporters to stand down.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Amid Democratic infighting, polls are improving for Trump — appears to be making rapid progress in unifying Republican voters behind his presidential bid even as Democratic discord between backers of Hillary Clinton — reaches new highs. — An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention — (CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before. — Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Grandiosity As Addictive As Smack — With this new blow-up over whatever happened over the weekend in Nevada we see the pretty real and even dire consequences of lying to your supporters. The Sanders campaign, especially campaign manager Jeff Weaver, has been saying for weeks that Sanders …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: ‘Anything but acceptable’ — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz panned Bernie Sanders' response to reports of violence at the Nevada Democratic state convention over the weekend, calling it “anything but acceptable.”
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
More Sanders staffers exit campaign — A handful of high-level staffers have left Bernie Sanders' campaign in recent days, including his director of technology and three of the four members of his original senior leadership team in California — a state his team has said is critical to his bid for the Democratic nomination.
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Washington Free Beacon
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton declares victory in Kentucky primary; Sanders wins in Oregon
Clinton declares victory in Kentucky primary; Sanders wins in Oregon
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman chides Sanders
DNC chairwoman chides Sanders
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Bill Clinton earned $5 million from speeches last year
Bill Clinton earned $5 million from speeches last year
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It Comes From the Very Top — For months I'd thought and written …
It Comes From the Very Top — For months I'd thought and written …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos
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Steven Yaccino / Bloomberg:
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't
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Mickey Rapkin / DuJour:
Lady and the Trump — Donald and Melania Trump live in a 30,000-square-foot triplex at the top of his namesake tower on Fifth Avenue, and as the race toward the presidency gets shorter and more frenzied, the ratings-hungry cable news networks have started coming to them.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Melania Trump: ‘Unbelievable’ Chris Matthews commented on me
Melania Trump: ‘Unbelievable’ Chris Matthews commented on me
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Hillary Moves Within 100 Delegates of Nomination — Sanders: ‘We Are In Until the Last Ballot is Cast’ 2:08 — Hillary Clinton is the apparent winner of the Kentucky Democratic primary Tuesday night and rival Sen. Bernie Sanders will win in Oregon, NBC News projects.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Clinton should drop out if she loses Kentucky
Trump: Clinton should drop out if she loses Kentucky
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Fox News:
Megyn Kelly Special: Trump defends tone, says bid will be ‘complete waste’ if he doesn't win — Donald Trump, in an extensive interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, responded to critics of his barbed campaign style by saying he never would have been successful in the primary race if he had acted …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, Republicans Finalize Joint Fundraising Deal
Donald Trump, Republicans Finalize Joint Fundraising Deal
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Donald Trump Wins Oregon GOP Primary, AP Reports
Donald Trump Wins Oregon GOP Primary, AP Reports
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Politico and Media Matters for America
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Hillary Might Have Just Made Her Worst Mistake Ever — At a campaign stop in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton told the crowd that if she were president, she would put her husband Bill “in charge of revitalizing the economy.” The impulse is understandable. The economy of the 1990s was good …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump would talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
George Zimmerman Taunts Trayvon Martin's Parents: 'They Didn't Raise Their Son Right' — The man who killed the teenager and ignited the Black Lives Matter movement explains why he's selling the gun, what he thinks of Hillary and Trump, and why he's the real victim.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
New Jersey voters don't want Christie to be Trump's VP — An overwhelming majority of New Jersey voters don't want to see Gov. Chris Christie on Donald Trump's ticket, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. — Seventy-two percent of voters in the state are opposed …
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Political Wire
Gary Taxali / Mother Jones:
Can This Genius Strategy Stop Big Ag from Dumping Fertilizer Into Drinking Water? — One Iowa utility is sick of sky-high nitrate levels in tap water—so it's taking action. — Corn is to Iowa what oil is to Texas—so it's not every day that an Iowa official takes on the state's biggest industry.
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Telegraph:
Move over, organic: the Hemsleys say it's all about ‘astrological food’ now — Could astrological eating be the next big food fad? According to the Hemsley sisters, it might be. — On their Channel 4 show, ‘Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley’, health food gurus Melissa …
Paul Gowder:
SSRN has been captured by the enemy of open knowledge. — Elsevier just bought SSRN. Here's why you should be upset, and what we can do about it. — For those of you who aren't familiar with the academic publishing racket, SSRN is (was?) a huge repository of open-access preprint papers …
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