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7:25 AM ET, March 21, 2016

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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
In Cuba, Obama Will Legitimize the Corrupt and Ignore the Oppressed  —  Communist Havana has always been a magnet for the radical chic of the left, drawn like moths to the flame of this western outpost of totalitarian Communism.  Back in the 1960s, the visitors included Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael …
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Washington Post:
Obama lands in Cuba to begin historic visit
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Why President Obama Won't Meet With Fidel Castro
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats to Sanders: Time to wind it down  —  Democratic senators of all stripes are as impressed as they are surprised by Bernie Sanders' insurgent campaign.  —  But the time has come, they say, for Sanders to start winding things down.  —  After holding their fire on Sanders …
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Associated Press:
Gaffe Proof?  Trump Vs. Clinton Tests Political Pitfalls  —  When is a gaffe not a gaffe?  When Donald Trump says it.  —  Over a period of 72 hours earlier in the month, the Republican front-runner faced a campaign crisis after unrest at his events forced him to cancel a rally in Chicago.
Discussion: Political Wire
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
McConnell: GOP Senators Can Go Rogue If Trump Wins Nomination
Discussion: AOL and Slantpoint
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Can we please retire the notion that Donald Trump is hijacking someone else's party?  —  In mid-July of 2015, a month after Donald Trump announced his presidential run, I joined a gaggle of political junkies in a clubby bar four blocks from the White House to hear a legendary campaign strategist expound on the race ahead.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Will Hillary get charged, or what?  —  FBI chief James Comey and his investigators are increasingly certain presidential nominee Hillary Clinton violated laws in handling classified government information through her private e-mail server, career agents say.
John Kasich / Plain Dealer:
John Kasich's presidential campaign began March with $1.25 million, new filing shows  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at a town hall event at Utah Valley University, Friday, March 18, 2016, in Orem, Utah.  ( (Kim Raff, The Associated Press)  —  Henry J. Gomez, cleveland.com By Henry J. Gomez, cleveland.com
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump … SALT LAKE CITY — If Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party's nominee, Utahns would vote for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in more than 50 years, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Man charged with assault after Trump rally  —  A man who reportedly punched and kicked a protestor at a rally for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  was arrested and charged with assault with injury, ABC News reported Sunday.  —  Tony Pettway, who was allegedly seen …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Man who pulled protester revealed as Trump security
John Wagner / Washington Post:
A topless woman interrupts Bernie Sanders's rally. She was there to protest Donald Trump.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush pumped $400,000 into his campaign in final weeks to keep it afloat … This post has been updated.  —  In the last weeks of his flagging presidential bid, former Florida governor Jeb Bush loaned or gave his campaign nearly $407,000 as it struggled to pay its bills.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's personal investment in campaign climbs to nearly $25 million
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump plans AIPAC surprise  —  Over the nine months of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has yet to step to a podium and read from a script.  That changes Monday, when he is set to address more than 18,000 people attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
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ABC News:
Pro-Israel Policy Conference Nervously Awaits Trump Speech
Discussion: Politico
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Fear and Loathing: ‘Kazika the Mad Jap’ Could Not Be Reached for Comment  —  Here's a headline:  —  What Happens to Journalists When No One  —  Wants to Print Their Words Anymore?  —  As newsrooms disappear, veteran older reporters  —  are being forced from the profession.
Discussion: American Power and Vox Popoli
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media  —  Did you catch the Trump-Kelly bout Friday night?  What a show.  —  It had Donald J. Trump, The Likely Republican Presidential Nominee, throwing the first punch (of that day) at the star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by composing …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Man the Founders Feared  —  “I THINK you'd have riots.”  So said Donald J. Trump last week, when he was asked by CNN what he thought would happen if he arrived at the Republican Convention this summer a few delegates short of the 1,237 needed to win outright and didn't set forth from Cleveland as the party's nominee.
Discussion: alan.com and Talking Points Memo
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Glenn Beck Brings Fasting Child on Stage at Cruz Rally, Yells: “This is the Priesthood Rising!”  (VIDEO)  —  Glenn Beck brought a fasting child on stage yesterday during his campaign speech for Ted Cruz in Utah.  —  Beck declared to the Cruz crowd: “This is the priesthood rising.”
David Cohen / Politico:
McConnell: No lame-duck vote on Garland  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that he wouldn't consider holding a vote on Merrick Garland's nomination in a post-election congressional session even if a Democrat were to be elected president.  —  McConnell (R-Ky.) …
Discussion: Associated Press and RedState
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
McConnell: No New Supreme Court Justice Until The NRA Approves Of The Nominee
 
 
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Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project:
Disturbing Video Shows an Austin Cop Torture a Handcuffed Man With Pepper Spray
Discussion: Raw Story and Slantpoint
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Va. Republicans take redistricting fight to the Supreme Court
Post-Crescent Media:
Police: Naked man walking on State 441
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Soros Board Member Chairs Firm Running Online Voting for Tuesday's Utah Caucuses
 Earlier Items: 
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Here comes the opposition book: Clinton and her allies prepare for Trump
Susan Strongman / New Zealand Herald:
Cat burglar prefers to take underwear
Discussion: AOL, Slantpoint and KFOR-TV
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanders: The concept of superdelegates is ‘problematic’
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Travis M. Smith Managing / The Glen Rose Reporter:
Glen Rose mother arrested for burning two-year old daughter in family's oven
The Atlantic:
When It Comes to Politics, Do Millennials Care About Anything?
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