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5:15 AM ET, March 18, 2016

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio nears Cruz endorsement  —  Marco Rubio is close to endorsing Ted Cruz, but the two proud senators — and recent fierce rivals — have some details to work out first.  —  Cruz has to ask for the Rubio's endorsement, and both sides need to decide that it will make a difference …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Statement From Conservatives Against Trump  —  This morning I participated in a meeting of grassroots conservative activists from around the country who are committed to opposing Donald Trump.  We have agreed to release the statement below:  —  We are a group of grassroots conservative activists …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
Discussion: Political Wire
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ …
Discussion: Allen B. West
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
New York Times:
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton  —  In unusually candid remarks, President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Senator Bernie Sanders is nearing the point where his campaign against Hillary Clinton will come to an end …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Hillary, Bernie must unite to beat Trump  —  For purposes of this column, let's assume for today that Hillary Clinton  —  becomes the presidential nominee for Democrats and Donald Trump  —  the nominee for Republicans, and consider how the party of FDR and JFK can win an election …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:   Obama wading deeper into the 2016 presidential campaign
Ben Oldach / WHOTV:
Waitress Stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal-looking people’ … DES MOINES, Iowa — A popular waitress at a popular restaurant closed out one of her table's Tuesday night when she found a note from her patron.  —  “At first, I felt really upset, I felt attacked, I almost felt …
Discussion: abc13.com, Slantpoint, WWLP-TV and fox8.com
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Courtney Crowder / Des Moines Register:
D.M. waitress stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal looking people’  —  The server, Taelor May Beeck, whose Facebook photo shows her with pink hair and a nose piercing, posted a photo of the receipt to her profile and wrote: Shout out “to this girl for stiffing me cuz I look like a weirdo~hope she feels better about herself.”
Discussion: Eater, Raw Story and KWWL-TV
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan huddles with GOP donors  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the party's biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland  —  Hatch: SCOTUS vacancy last November would've made difference  — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he is willing to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland  — “If I can meet with a dictator in Uganda …
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Slate:   Why Democrats usually pick moderate-liberal justices and Republicans usually pick conservative ones.
Darcie Moran / MLive.com:
Convicted felon sings Adele-inspired ‘sorry’ to judge at sentencing  —  A convicted felon seemed to feel particularly soulful at his sentencing last week for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon.  —  Brian Earl Taylor, 21, surprised a courtroom of onlookers when he sang …
Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Construction Worker on 2nd Day of Job Dies in ‘Not Work-Related’ Fall From 53rd Floor in DTLA  —  A construction worker on his second day on the job died Thursday after falling from the 53rd floor of the Wilshire Grand Center tower and landing on a passing car in downtown L.A. in an incident …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Eric Bolling Kicks Michelle Fields to the Curb for His Buddy Donald Trump  —  The ex-Breitbart reporter is persona non grata on the conservative blowhard's weekly shoutfest now that she's been manhandled by a Trump staffer.  —  Michelle Fields used to appear weekly on Fox News weekend gabfest Cashin' In.
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump-loving NYC Sanitation workers trade fighting words with driver they blocked with their truck in Brooklyn  —  They're hauling for Trump — so let the trash talking begin!  —  A pair of crusty city Sanitation workers were caught on video Thursday morning screaming at a motorist …
Discussion: Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Bridge Scandal Trial May Prevent a Trump-Christie Ticket  —  One obvious theory behind Gov. Chris Christie's surprise endorsement of Donald J. Trump in the Republican presidential race is that he wants to be Mr. Trump's pick for vice president.  —  Mr. Christie says the two men have never talked about it.
Discussion: RedState
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist  —  SAN FRANCISCO — If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple's help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple's engineers.  —  Apple employees are already discussing …
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Primary Outcome Is in Kasich's Hands  —  If Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party nominee, the list of players who were indispensable to his rise will be lengthy: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, and the news media.  As one of my friends put it, the anti-Trump forces have always …
Discussion: Hot Air
Scott Adams Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog
Discussion: Salon
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Video Shows LaVoy Finicum's Last Moments: ‘Go Ahead And Shoot Me’  —  Cell phone footage taken from the backseat of Oregon standoff leader LaVoy Finicum's truck shows the final moments before he was fatally shot by state police and the immediate aftermath of the confrontation.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Williams / ABC News:
Alleged American ISIS Member: I Made a ‘Bad Decision’
Discussion: Washington Post and abc13.com
Melissa Click / Washington Post:
What would our world be like if no one ever took a chance?  —  Last fall, student protesters forced dramatic change at the University of Missouri after they demanded a better response from leaders to race and bias incidents on campus.  —  An assistant professor was caught on film during …
Bloomberg Business:
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat  —  Alphabet executives questioned path to marketable products  —  Toyota, Amazon are among possible acquirers of division  —  The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary.
 
 
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Bloomberg Politics:
Trudeau Says He Could Find Common Ground With Trump as President
Discussion: Mashable
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
If #NeverTrump Wants To Matter, Look To The Libertarians
WOOD-TV:
Satanic messages left behind after acid attack
Discussion: WNCN and WNCT-TV
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
WATCH: Elijah Cummings annihilates Michigan governor Rick Snyder during Flint hearing
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Daily Kos
Melissa Jeltsen / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Is Successfully Conning The Entire Country
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Simpsons’ Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: “It Was a Warning to America”
Discussion: Raw Story and Red Alert Politics
Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community
 

 
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New York Times:
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
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Financial Times:
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