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5:05 PM ET, March 18, 2016

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Mitt Romney / Facebook:
This week, in the Utah nominating caucus, I will vote for Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism.  Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Mitt Romney says he's voting for Ted Cruz
Discussion: Political Wire
NPR:
Transcript And Video: President Obama's Interview With NPR's Nina Totenberg  —  President Obama spoke with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Thursday about why he selected Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, why he thinks the judge deserves a hearing from the Senate …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Mark Kirk is first Republican senator to call for vote on Garland
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Conservative group targets Sens. Manchin, Heitkamp with big ad buy in SCOTUS fight
Discussion: Say Anything and Salon
Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
Discussion: Western Journalism
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
As Hillary Clinton Sweeps States, One Group Resists: White Men  —  White men narrowly backed Hillary Clinton in her 2008 race for president, but they are resisting her candidacy this time around in major battleground states, rattling some Democrats about her general-election strategy.
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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
How we now know that Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for anything
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
Discussion: Allen B. West, Weasel Zippers and WND
Joe Klein / TIME:
To Take out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician
The Cook Political Report:
2016 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR MARCH 18, 2016  —  Likely: These seats are not considered competitive at this point, but have the potential to become engaged.  —  Lean: These are considered competitive races, but one party has an advantage.  —  Toss-Up: These are the most competitive; either party has a good chance of winning.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:   House Republicans Staring Into the Abyss: 10 Ratings Changes Favor Democrats
Ari Melber / NBC News:
RNC Rules: Insiders Speak Out on Contested Convention  —  Brokered Convention?  Here are the Rules 1:46  —  If no presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates and Republicans face a contested convention this summer, a small group of party insiders will have huge sway over who wins …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention  —  In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates.  —  That's according to members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states …
Wall Street Journal:
A Trump Reality Check  —  He is the least commanding GOP front-runner since Ford.  —  Donald Trump won't debate his Republican rivals again but he will continue to argue on Twitter.  On Thursday the businessman demanded an apology after we—"the dummies at the @WSJ Editorial Board" …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Allies Launch Plan to Undercut Donald Trump Now
CBS News:
Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric  —  NEW YORK — The Secret Service, FBI and New York Police Department are investigating what sources tell CBS News is a threatening piece of mail sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump.  —  The mail, sent to Eric Trump at his posh Manhattan residence …
Daily Mail:
‘We got him!’:  Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks is shot in raid on Brussels hideout  —  The world's most wanted man, a prime suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks, has been wounded and captured in a dramatic police raid in Brussels.
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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl's Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa  —  Papaw made dinner for six grandkids, but only one showed up. :'(  —  This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma.  —  On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Editor of top US Jewish newspaper: Boycott Trump at AIPAC  —  The editor-in-chief of a top Jewish-American newspaper is calling for a boycott of Donald Trump  —  's speech at a major pro-Jewish conference next week.  —  Jane Eisner of The Forward published a list this week of suggestions …
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Sandy Rashty / thejc.com:
Donald Trump is more than my boss, he is a patriarch
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever  —  The voters have spoken.  —  In convincing fashion, Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee.  And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it.  Voters are rarely wise but are usually sensible.  They understand their own problems.
Discussion: Instapundit
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Says Donald Trump Didn't Mean ‘Literal Riots’  —  Gov. Chris Christie said that Donald Trump was speaking figuratively when he said earlier this week that there would be “riots” if he had the most delegates going into the Republican presidential convention but was denied the nomination.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Not Kidding: Senior Donald Trump Advisor Says Riots Aren't Violence
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Hillary Has an NSA Problem  —  The FBI has been investigating Clinton for months—but an even more secretive Federal agency has its own important beef with her  —  For a year now, Hillary Clinton's misuse of email during her tenure as Secretary of State has hung like a dark cloud over her presidential campaign.
Rebekah L. Sanders / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders to Sheriff Arpaio: ‘Watch out, Joe’  —  Bernie Sanders addressed supporters in Phoenix Tuesday as Hillary Clinton rolled up primary victories in several states.  Sanders remained optimistic, saying “we are doing something very radical in American politics _ we are telling the truth.”
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will  —  Staffers at the five major television networks are grappling with what role their organizations may have played in amplifying Donald Trump's successful campaign of insults, generalizations about minority groups, and at times flat lies.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is counting on an anti-trade backlash that doesn't appear to exist  —  Donald Trump offers largely orthodox conservative policy solutions on economic issues, with the important exception of trade.  On the question of trade deals, Trump is offering a right-wing nationalist spin …
Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Debriefing Mike Murphy  —  On a pleasant Super Tuesday afternoon — one of 10 or 11 Super Tuesdays we seem to be having this March — I am standing in the bloated carcass of that much-maligned beast known as The Establishment.  In the unmarked suite of a generic mid-Wilshire office building …
abc13.com:
Sex offender David Wilson sentenced to life in prison  —  A jury sentenced sex offender David Wilson to life in prison hours after they convicted him of child sex assault.  —  Wilson, a previous sex offender, was accused of molesting two young girls.  —  The jury deliberated about an hour.
IC3.gov News:
MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO REMOTE EXPLOITS  —  As previously reported by the media in and after July 2015, security researchers evaluating automotive cybersecurity were able to demonstrate remote exploits of motor vehicles.  The analysis demonstrated the researchers …
 
 
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Kate Royals / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi lawmaker to voter: ‘I could care less’
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USA Today:
Facebook is watching and tracking you more than you probably realize
Daily Mail:
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Chicago Sun Times:
Daughter of state rep. charged with stapling opponent's head
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Reuters:
SEC says Amazon should allow shareholder vote on gender pay
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Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
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Agence France-Presse:
Move over Che: Obama's the new poster in town
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Obama to pick first female four-star commander
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Henry Goldman / Bloomberg Business:
Stabbing Surge Stumps NYC Police, Sows Fear Among Residents
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Brian M. Rosenthal / Houston Chronicle:
‘Jesus Shot’ at center of Miller's controversial, taxpayer-funded trip
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Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
‘Earth Hour’ Blackout Cancelled Because Of Migrant Rape
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces contemplate the end
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