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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Why Would Obama Nominate an Old White Guy to the Supreme Court? — There are a few reasons. Political calculation isn't one of them. — President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Merrick Garland, a 63-year-old white moderate and perennial short-lister, to the Supreme Court …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
No hearing for Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says
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New York Times:
A Supreme Court With Merrick Garland Would Be the Most Liberal in Decades
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators split with leadership on SCOTUS
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Sarah Almukhtar / New York Times:
Why Obama Nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court
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Chuck Grassley:
Grassley Statement on the President's Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
Merrick Garland Is a Great Pick; That May Not Matter
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Rose Garden / The White House:
Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Garland's lack of standout opinions a boon in confirmation fight
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
6 Quotes From Senate Republicans About Merrick Garland That Are Really Awkward Now
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
GOP reality check: Trump or convention fight — In a crushing rout in the Florida primary Tuesday, Donald Trump — , the candidate who once symbolized the future of the GOP. Trump notched wins in five of six states voting that night, securing a more direct path to the nomination …
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Paul Watson / Infowars:
How the GOP Elite Plan To Rob Donald Trump — Cleveland, ladies and gentlemen, won't be for the faint of heart — Shhhh. I've just come from a meeting of the Republican Establishment. You know, those guys who want to replace what the voters want with what they want. That Republican Establishment.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Republicans Enter a Shadow Campaign to Sew Up Delegates
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Wild card for Trump: Who gets to be a convention delegate?
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump taps campaign manager as GOP convention delegate: report
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager Denies Blacklisting Reporters
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Warns of ‘Riots’ if Party Blocks Him at Convention
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David Montgomery / Twin Cities:
Candid Marco Rubio blasts Trump and media, calls Cruz ‘only conservative left in the race’ — Former presidential candidate Marco Rubio told a group of Minnesota supporters Wednesday he is hoping one of the remaining candidates for president will stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination.
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Why Rubio Lost
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Gavin Jackson / Post and Courier:
Gov. Nikki Haley siding with Ted Cruz in GOP race
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David French / National Review:
Keep Fighting — There Is No Other Choice
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
‘You Son of a B***h’: Glenn Beck Slams ‘Delusional’ Kasich for Staying in the Race — After winning the Republican primary in his home state of Ohio Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich announced that he plans to stay the course. Glenn Beck had a few choice words for him.
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New York Times:
With Marco Rubio Out, Ted Cruz Confronts a New Foe in John Kasich — HOUSTON — After months squaring off against Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, presuming him to be the chief obstacle to a one-on-one showdown with Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday emerged from the latest Republican primaries …
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Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
How Kasich became National Republican Grownup — Normally, it wouldn't be a very big deal for a popular two-term governor to win a presidential primary in his own state, especially if it's the first of 29 states (and a couple of territories) he's actually won.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats sound alarm against Trump — PHOENIX — Leading liberals and progressive groups are turning their gaze away from the Democratic primary and toward efforts to unite the left against Donald Trump, framing him as a dangerous and unprecedented candidate who poses an existential threat to the progressive movement and the nation.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Economist rates Trump presidency among its top 10 global risks — A Donald Trump presidency poses a top-10 risk event that could disrupt the world economy, lead to political chaos in the U.S. and heighten security risks for the United States, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary slams the door on Bernie
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Joel Manby / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed SeaWorld CEO: We're ending our orca breeding program. Here's why. — A killer whale raises its head out of the water during the first show since an orca killed a trainer at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 27, 2010. — Americans' attitudes about orcas have changed dramatically.
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news.nike.com:
NIKE HYPERADAPT 1.0 MANIFESTS THE UNIMAGINABLE — “Innovation at Nike is not about dreaming of tomorrow. It's about accelerating toward it,” says Tinker Hatfield. “We're able to anticipate the needs of athletes because we know them better than anybody. Sometimes, we deliver a reality before others have even begun to imagine it.”
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Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
PBS News Story on First-Time Trump Voters Prominently Displays Longtime White Power Tattoos — Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Outspoken Trump Supporter: 'Riots Aren't Necessarily a Bad Thing' — Scottie Nell Hughes, an adamant Donald Trump supporter, defended the GOP frontrunner's comments (warnings?) about riots at the convention by saying that riots aren't necessarily that bad. — Trump warned of riots …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Stop “helping” Hillary: Sorry, guys, but Clinton doesn't need to smile, whisper, or have John Kasich as her running mate — Instructions to Clinton to smile more or pick Kasich as her VP are just sexism disguised as advice — Tuesday night, those who were lucky enough to be watching …
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Trump Appears To Have Heavily Plagiarized Op-Ed From Carson — An op-ed penned this month by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and published online appears to be blatantly plagiarized from an article written days earlier under former rival Ben Carson's name, The Daily Caller has determined.
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Michael R. Bloomberg / BloombergView.com:
Canada's New Hope — The value of the Canadian dollar and the price of oil, one of the nation's top exports, have both tumbled to near record lows. But those details — and the apparent demise of the Keystone XL pipeline — don't begin to tell the story of what lies ahead for the economy of Canada …
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