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9:35 AM ET, March 17, 2016

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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
Associated Press:
Analysis: Obama Dares GOP to Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice
Discussion: Politico, abc13.com and ABC News
Sarah Almukhtar / New York Times:
Why Obama Nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court
Chuck Grassley:
Grassley Statement on the President's Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court
Rose Garden / The White House:
Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court
Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
6 Quotes From Senate Republicans About Merrick Garland That Are Really Awkward Now
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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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Wild card for Trump: Who gets to be a convention delegate?  —  Why Trump isn't a sure bet to win the nomination … With the increasingly loud talk of a contested Republican convention, the obscure process of picking who actually gets to be a delegate is about to get underway in states across the country …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Paul Watson / Infowars:   How the GOP Elite Plan To Rob Donald Trump
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Republicans Enter a Shadow Campaign to Sew Up Delegates
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Harper Neidig / The Hill:   GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager Denies Blacklisting Reporters
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Warns of ‘Riots’ if Party Blocks Him at Convention
Discussion: AOL and American Prospect
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.
Discussion: RedState
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Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
How Kasich became National Republican Grownup
Gavin Jackson / Post and Courier:
Gov. Nikki Haley siding with Ted Cruz in GOP race
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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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary slams the door on Bernie
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.
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.”
Danielle Kreutter / KKTV-TV:
Facebook Post Leads To Police Ticket  —  An important lesson to be careful about what you post on Facebook and other public sites.  One local man ended up getting a ticket after a video he posted on Facebook was viewed by police.  —  Michael Dalton told 11 News he loves making Facebook videos in his free time.
Discussion: WNEP-TV
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 …
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 …
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 …
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
What We Missed About Rubio  —  In February 2013, Senator Marco Rubio let me sit in on the politics course he taught part time at Florida International University.  He knew I was writing a cover story about him for Time magazine, but he still gave his students a master class in self-promotion in my presence …
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 …
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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Daniel Woodruff / KUTV-TV:
New book details LDS teen's ‘humiliating’ gay conversion therapy in Utah
Discussion: Towleroad and Raw Story
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
How Trump Can Be Stopped  —  With Donald Trump's defeat in Ohio …
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
To defend our democracy against Trump, the GOP must aim for a brokered convention
Donald Trump / Syracuse Post-Standard:
A 2nd New York congressman endorses Donald Trump for president
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
China, Russia Planning Space Attacks on U.S. Satellites
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Sheldon Adelson on supporting Trump: ‘Why not?’
Andrew Rosati / Bloomberg Business:
Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
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