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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It Comes From the Very Top — For months I'd thought and written that Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver was the key driver of toxicity in the the Democratic primary race. Weaver has been highly visible on television, far more than campaign manager's tend to be.
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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 …
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Come on, Bernie, Time to Level With Your Dreamers — He must stop indulging his people's fantasies, tell them the truth about the math—and get them to stop with all the nasty about Clinton. — Soon and very soon, Bernie Sanders is going to have to help his most ardent fans confront the fact of his defeat.
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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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Regrets, He Had a Few — NOTABLES —TRUMP SAYS HE'S HAD REGRETS SINCE FIRST EXCHANGE WITH MEGYN KELLY: Nine months after the feud between Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly first erupted, the hatchet, it seems, has been buried. The presumptive Republican nominee sat …
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 …
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.
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The Daily Beast:
Wounded Hillary Limps to Kentucky Win
Wounded Hillary Limps to Kentucky Win
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Bernie Sanders:
Sanders Statement on Nevada
Sanders Statement on Nevada
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Hillary Moves Within 100 Delegates of Nomination
Hillary Moves Within 100 Delegates of Nomination
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: ‘Anything but acceptable’
Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: ‘Anything but acceptable’
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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Grandiosity As Addictive As Smack
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
IT'S OFFICIAL: DONALD TRUMP Breaks Bush Record With Most Votes Ever for Republican Primary Candidate
IT'S OFFICIAL: DONALD TRUMP Breaks Bush Record With Most Votes Ever for Republican Primary Candidate
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton declares victory in Kentucky primary; Sanders wins in Oregon
Clinton declares victory in Kentucky primary; Sanders wins in Oregon
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
More Sanders staffers exit campaign
More Sanders staffers exit campaign
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Washington Free Beacon
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's viral nightmare: A video of her ‘lying for 13 minutes’ — You could say that it all depends on how you define “lie.” Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record. — Either way, Hillary Clinton's vast résumé of, shall we say, inconsistencies, is the dog that caught the car and won't let go.
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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 …
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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Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly's awkward primetime debut was a little too focused on Megyn Kelly — Greeting her viewers from what appeared to be the bridge of a spaceship made of nutrition-free marshmallow, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly made an awkward and unimpressive landing with her first hour-long interview special Tuesday night on the Fox network.
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CBS News:
Obama extends overtime pay to 4.2 million Americans — The Department of Labor on Wednesday will finalize a rule extending overtime protections to 4.2 million more Americans currently not eligible under federal law, boosting wages by $12 billion over the next 10 years, the White House said Tuesday evening.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House details sweeping measure to raise wages
White House details sweeping measure to raise wages
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Melanie Garunay / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
Email from President Obama: I've Got News For You on Overtime
Email from President Obama: I've Got News For You on Overtime
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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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Mtschnyder / CBS Dallas:
Shopper Upset Man Allowed To Use Women's Dressing Room In Ross — MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) - A Forney woman says a Ross department store in Mesquite let a man into the women's dressing room Monday. — “I was in the dressing room, when we heard a man's voice,” said Lisa Stickles, who says she quickly told a manager.
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.
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Fox News:
Woman marches through Target blasting transgender bathroom policy — A video of a woman parading around a Target store with a Bible protesting the retail company's transgender bathroom policy has gone viral. — Fox 8 Cleveland reported Tuesday the unidentified woman in the Youtube video …
Brad R. Torgersen:
Panel: how to protect science fiction awards from Bad People™ — MODERATOR: My friends, it is with deep regret that I must come before you — the Peoples Republic of Science Fiction — to announce that Bad People™ have come into our country, and they are seriously messing up our awards.
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Vox Popoli
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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