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7:25 PM ET, March 17, 2016

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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 …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid  —  (CNN)In a sign of just how much the Republican presidential primary has turned the party on its head, Sen. Lindsey Graham will host a fundraiser on Monday in support of Sen. Ted Cruz.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP operatives, conservative leaders meet to thwart Trump … A secretive group of Republican operatives and conservative leaders convened Thursday morning for more than three hours to discuss ways to unite the right against Donald Trump, with a presentation about the feasibility of mounting …
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
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.
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ to Erick Erickson's Third-Party Overtures, Would Be ‘Functionally Supporting Hillary Clinton’  —  Thursday on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said conservative blogger Erick Erickson, who has recently said the Republicans …
Discussion: Allen B. West
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
If #NeverTrump Wants To Matter, Look To The Libertarians
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio: I won't be anyone's VP
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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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:   Obama is increasingly involved in the 2016 presidential campaign
Sean Illing / Salon:
I'm with Hillary in November: Listen up, fellow Bernie supporters — you must get behind Clinton to stop 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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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court Fight Enters New Phase as Garland Meets Senators  —  Some Republicans willing to meet with Obama's nominee  —  Democrats seek to pressure Republicans and break opposition  —  U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will head to Capitol Hill Thursday for the first day of what will probably …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cornyn: Supreme Court nominee in lame duck is ‘a terrible idea’
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Peggy Lee / WNEP-TV:
Religious Sister Charged with Shoplifting Coffee, Soap … BRIAR CREEK — State police in Columbia County say they nabbed a very unlikely thief: a religious sister.  —  Troopers tracked the woman to her convent in Danville after she allegedly shoplifted from a store.
Eli Lake / BloombergView.com:
Cruz Assembles an Unlikely Team of Foreign-Policy Rivals  —  In a year when the Republican Party is breaking apart because of Donald Trump, the only man left with a chance to beat him is trying to build a big tent — by GOP standards — when it comes to foreign affairs.
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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
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.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Laura Bush: 'Don't ask' if I'm voting for Trump  —  Laura Bush shot down an interviewer asking whether she would vote for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  “I'm not going to answer,” the former first lady told Susan Page on USA Today's “Capital Download” in an interview published Thursday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Michael J. Gerson / Facebook:
I feel bad, on one hand, to be so focused on (some would say, obsessed by) the Trump phenomenon.  And it is my intention to write my next column or two on different topics.  There is, in fact, a world outside of the GOP primaries.  Two Republican friends I talked with yesterday told …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Sean Hannity: If GOP Elites Steal Nomination from Trump or Cruz, “I'm Walking” (VIDEO)
Discussion: TPNN and BizPac Review
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.
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Simpsons’ Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: “It Was a Warning to America”  —  It “just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom,” Dan Greaney recalls.  —  It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and Raw Story
Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community  —  Last week, the president of Virginia Tech, Tim Sands, published an “open letter to the Virginia Tech community” defending lectures delivered by deplorable people like me (I'm speaking on the themes of Coming Apart on March 25).
Tanya Somanader / The White House:
Asked and Answered: Sending Direct Mail to Cuba for the First Time in 50 Years  —  Summary: A letter from the President is making its way to a 76-year-old letter writer in Cuba via direct mail for the first time in 50 years.  —  An American president has not traveled to Cuba in almost 90 years.
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
FOX5 San Diego:
Navy finds dog thought to be lost at sea for 5 weeks  —  CORONADO, Calif. - A German Shepard puppy thought to be lost at sea after she fell overboard was found on San Clemente Island by the US Navy.  —  Luna, an 18-month-old dog, had been on a fishing boat when she went overboard, U.S. Navy officials said.
Discussion: Althouse, KTLA, AOL and WGN-TV
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Faces National Security Establishment ‘Uprising’ Over Emails  —  Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing an “uprising” in the national security establishment prompted by long-standing anger about her cavalier handling of classified materials and government secrets.
Discussion: LawNewz, Mashable, Judicial Watch and TPNN
FOX5 San Diego:
Bumble Bee tuna recalled because of possible deadly bacteria in cans  —  SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Bumble Bee Foods announced Wednesday a recall of more than 31,500 cases of canned chunk light tuna because the tuna may have been contaminated during processing.
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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Verge
 
 
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim
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Tim Darragh / New Jersey Online:
Dept. of Justice to investigate denial of mosque in Bernards Township
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Tammy Mutasa / WLWT-TV:
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 Earlier Items: 
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
Zoë Heller / The New York Review of Books:
Hillary & Women  —  Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Black Lives Matter And Progressives Are Trying To Organize Against Donald Trump
Discussion: Fayetteville Observer and Vox
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Hamilton May Stay on the $10 Bill, Thanks to Help From Broadway
Sky News:
An election video from Republican front runner Donald Trump has hit a sour note in Russia …
Discussion: Western Journalism and The Hill