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.

Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker  —  The retired wrestler Hulk Hogan was awarded $115 million in damages Friday by a Florida jury in an invasion of privacy case against Gawker.com over its publication of a sex tape.  —  The wrestler, known in court by his legal name …

Trump calls for boycott of Megyn Kelly's show  —  GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  is urging his supporters to stop watching Megyn Kelly's show on Fox News.  —  “Everybody should boycott the @megynkelly show,” he tweeted Friday, referencing “The Kelly File.”  “Never worth watching.

Garland selection proves that to Obama, DC doesn't count  —  President Obama, in an attempt to show Merrick Garland's “compassion” and devotion to the public good, pointed out that the Supreme Court nominee by “tutoring a young student at Northeast D.C. elementary school each year for the past 18 years.”

Mark Kirk is first Republican senator to call for vote on Garland  —  Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Friday became the first Republican senator to call for an up-or-down vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland, saying on a Chicago radio show that his colleagues ought to “just man up and cast a vote.”

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 …

Airliner crashes in Russia; 55 aboard reported dead  —  CNN Map  —  (CNN)A Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed as it was landing at the Rostov-on-Don airport in southern Russia, the country's Southern Regional Emergency Center said Saturday.  —  All people on board have died …

What Fabio Just Said About Immigration Will Stop Some People Dead In Their Tracks  —  Fabio said that he and his famous golden hair might hold elected office one day.  —  After the 57-year-old model, whose real name is Fabio Lanzoni, became a naturalized U.S. citizen Wednesday, he said he wouldn't rule out a future in politics.

Mississippi lawmaker to voter: ‘I could care less’  —  When a voter sent emails to state representatives over her concerns with the handling of the state's budget, one lawmaker wrote her back.  And his response has a lot of people hot under the collar.  Dustin Barnes/The Clarion-Ledger

Trump Advisor: A Vote for Ted Cruz is a Vote to Offshore American Jobs  —  Trump Campaign Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller addressed Friday why immigration and trade are key issues in the Republican frontrunner's campaign.  —  “Well, there is very little right about our trade deals …

CNN To Host Final Five Presidential Candidates in Primetime Event on the Eve of ‘Western Tuesday’ Primary Contests  —  Hosted by Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer on Monday, March 21 from 8 to 11pmET  —  CNN announced today that Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer will host a three-hour primetime event …

China Wants to Make ‘Minority Report’ a Reality  —  Beijing is working on data-collection efforts that will help them identify subversives—before they strike.  —  China has a new strategy in fighting crime, ripped from science fiction and hastily pasted at the top of the list of paranoia-inducing concepts.

How ‘ghost corporations’ are funding the 2016 election … Two days before Christmas, a trust called DE First Holdings was quietly formed in Delaware, where corporations are required to reveal little about their workings.  A day later, the entity dropped $1 million into a super PAC with ties to Jersey City …

Iran to build a statue of captured US sailors  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guard likely to cause outrage in US with plans to build a statue of 10 American Marines captured in January as a “tourist attraction”  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guard is planning to build a statue of the US sailors …

Right-wing extremist plotted bloody overthrow of West Virginia's state government: ‘We are at war’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A jury quickly convicted a man accused of attempting to overthrow the West Virginia state government, MetroNews reported.