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11:45 PM ET, March 14, 2016

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Supreme Court Seat Sits Empty, and Calls to Fill It Dog Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — As Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah addressed the conservative Federalist Society luncheon on Friday at a Chinatown restaurant, young protesters from the liberal group Generation Progress suddenly broke into loud chants of …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Final preparations for court war  —  President Obama and his Republican opponents are making the final preparations for a public relations war over the vacancy on the Supreme Court.  —  It is likely to be one of the most heated confirmation fights in recent memory, with both sides expected …
Discussion: Hot Air and Associated Press
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Hill Democrats getting antsy waiting for Supreme Court pick
Los Angeles Times:
Southern California's Paul J. Watford is among Obama's top choices for Supreme Court
Discussion: Associated Press
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
N.C. sheriff's office won't file ‘inciting a riot’ charge against Trump  —  What's at stake in the Ohio GOP primary? … Catch up on the 2016 race  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump will not face charges of inciting a riot after a raucous rally in North Carolina last week …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz campaign doubles down in Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
NC Sheriff Not Considering Charging Trump for ‘Inciting Riot’
Discussion: NPR, Infowars, LawNewz and RedState
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg Business:
Romney Touches Down for Kasich in Ohio to Help Block Trump  —  Mitt Romney came to Ohio on Monday to help Governor John Kasich beat Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, part of the 2012 nominee's effort to prevent the billionaire from becoming the party's standard-bearer in 2016.
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Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
CNN Anchor Taken Aback When GOP Guest Ties Clinton Camp to Birtherism
Discussion: BizPac Review
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Inside Cruz's state-by-state plan to defeat Trump
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Romney: Kasich has ‘the kind of record that you want in Washington’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Associated Press:
TODD PALIN EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM SNOWMOBILE ACCIDENT  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An associate of Todd Palin says Sarah Palin's husband is expected to recover from a snowmobile accident in Alaska that left him hospitalized.  —  Scott Davis, Todd Palin's former snowmobile racing partner …
Discussion: Mediaite and Orlando Sentinel
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NBC News:
Palin's Husband Injured in ‘Serious’ Snowmobile Crash  —  Sarah Palin cancelled a campaign stop for Donald Trump in Florida Monday after her husband Todd was injured in a snow machine crash.  —  A source told NBC News that Todd Palin was in “a very serious” crash Sunday night and is currently hospitalized in intensive care.
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
REPORT: Soros Money Funding John Kasich's Presidential Bid  —  As new reports break that a George Soros-linked group is taking credit for efforts to violently disrupt GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's campaign rallies, the Center for Responsive Politics reveals that another George Soros-linked group …
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USA Today:
Poll shows that millennials would flock to Clinton against Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has expanded his double-digit lead among millennials in the Democratic presidential race, but a new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote poll finds a way for Hillary Clinton to solve her generation gap: Donald Trump.
Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Two more staffers resign from Breitbart  —  Two more staffers for Breitbart have resigned from the company, citing the website's pro-Donald Trump stance.  —  National security correspondent Jordan Schachtel and associate editor Jarrett Stepman sent their resignations to management on Monday afternoon.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart piece mocking editor who resigned was written under father's pseudonym
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Two More Breitbart Staffers Resign Over Site's ‘Propaganda’ For Trump
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and RT
Bill Hoffmann / Newsmax:
Ben Carson to Newsmax: I'm Promised a Spot in Trump Administration  —  Dr. Ben Carson revealed on Newsmax TV Monday that he will work in Donald Trump's administration — at least in an “advisory capacity” — if the Republican presidential front-runner is elected to the White House.
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
This Election Is 1968 All Over Again, And That's Not A Good Thing  —  Trump is George Wallace on steroids.  Cleveland resembles the Chicago of long ago.  And the bottom line back then was Richard Nixon.  —  Global Editorial Director, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — It was the spring …
Discussion: Slantpoint
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James S. Robbins / USA Today:   If anti-Trump protests grow, they could hand Donald the election: James Robbins
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Is No Accident  —  Establishment Republicans who are horrified by the rise of Donald Trump might want to take a minute to remember the glitch heard round the world — the talking point Marco Rubio couldn't stop repeating in a crucial debate, exposing him to devastating ridicule and sending his campaign into a death spiral.
Discussion: Mashable and Washington Post
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Gawker owner explains difference between a Miley and an Obama sex tape  —  Nick Denton, Miley Cyrus and Michelle and Barack Obama Photo: Patrick McMullan ; Getty Images ; AP  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gawker publisher Nick Denton wouldn't hesitate to post a Miley Cyrus sex tape online …
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
White House Appoints First Transgender Person As Primary LGBT Liaison  —  Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is now the White House's main point of contact for LGBT groups on all issues.  —  President Barack Obama has appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as the White House's primary LGBT liaison …
globaltimes.cn:
Trump opens Pandora's box in US  —  Donald Trump, front-runner to be the GOP's candidate for the upcoming US presidential election, encountered a major protest at his campaign event in Chicago on Friday evening.  Over a thousand people, both his supporters and opponents engaged in a physical confrontation …
The Intercept:
The Rise of Trump Shows the Danger and Sham of Compelled Journalistic “Neutrality”  —  As Donald Trump's campaign predictably moves from toxic rhetoric targeting the most marginalized minorities to threats and use of violence, there is a growing sense that American institutions have been too lax about resisting it.
Discussion: Featured stories
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Clarifies Cokie Roberts' Role After Anti-Trump Column
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Christie skips N.J. trooper funeral to campaign for Trump  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will not attend the Monday funeral of the New Jersey State Trooper who was killed in the line duty last week, and will instead spend the day campaigning out of state for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
KFOR-TV:
Watch: Dashcam video shows why you should never tailgate drivers  —  LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. - Police are investigating a crash that was caught on camera and posted to YouTube.  —  The video shows an SUV closely following a car on I-41 on Thursday morning, according to WBAY.
Discussion: KTLA, WGN-TV and WFLA-TV
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Anti-Trump Ad Quotes Trump Saying 'Women, You Gotta Treat ‘Em Like Sh**’ (VIDEO)  —  An anti-Trump super PAC on Monday released a new TV ad highlighting some of the Republican presidential frontrunner's most offensive comments about women through the years.
Discussion: The Week
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Sounding valedictory, Rubio blames ‘disintegration of our culture’ for nasty politics … WEST PALM BEACH — Giving what sounded like a valedictory address, Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday cited “the disintegration of our culture” for the increasingly nasty nature of American politics.
Discussion: Political Wire
South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Mayo: My choice at Trump rally - Leave or go to jail  —  Sun Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo on his experience of being thrown out of Tramp rally in Boca Raton for videotaping and tweeting from inside the Sunset Cove Amphitheater Sunday night. … Privacy Policy
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
 
 
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Sen. David Perdue / The Daily Signal:
Why Washington's Political Class Is Losing Control
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Denis Dyomkin / Reuters:
Putin orders start of Russian forces' withdrawal from Syria
Lee Bergquist / JSOnline:
Wisconsin bill would create ban on plastic bag bans
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan condemns violence at Trump rallies
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Chapman / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: City schools to offer free feminine hygiene products
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Great Divide
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Stop blaming Trump supporters for campaign violence
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Elise Young / Bloomberg Business:
Orthodox Jews Set Sights on N.J. Town and Angry Residents Resist
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Updated: 134 cars involved in hours-long interstate pile-up
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
A Message to Those Protesting at Trump Rallies
Lucas Combos / Q13 FOX News:
Hatchet-swinging attacker shot and killed by customer at 7-11
William Lee / Chicago Tribune:
Northwestern University students charged with hate crime, vandalism to chapel