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9:35 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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Matt Higgins / CBS New York:
Obama Lands In Havana To Kick Off Historic Cuba Trip
Discussion: PunditGuy
Washington Post:
Obama lands in Cuba to begin historic visit
Discussion: TalkLeft
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
Discussion: Political Wire
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
McConnell: GOP Senators Can Go Rogue If Trump Wins Nomination
Discussion: AOL and Slantpoint
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: RedState and The Resurgent
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump
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
Jessie Hellman / The Hill:
Former UN ambassador: Putin is ‘up to something’  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin pulled his military out of Syria for economic reasons, former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson said during an interview with John Catsimatidis Sunday.  —  “I think he's up to something again,” Richardson said.
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.
BloombergView.com:
How to Rob a Central Bank  —  As brazen heists go, it was a quiet one.  Over a single weekend in February, hackers managed to extract tens of millions of dollars from Bangladesh's central bank before anyone noticed.  Now the bank is in turmoil, its governor has resigned and much of the cash is missing.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Priebus: ‘You let the process play out’ … Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in an interview Sunday dismissed the notion that presidential candidates who fall just short of the necessary number of delegates should receive the Republican nomination.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
León Krauze / New Yorker:
Me Gusta Trump: Portrait of a Hispanic Trump Voter  —  John Castillo grew up in Lincoln Heights, the heart of Hispanic Los Angeles, in a tight-knit Mexican-American family.  His father's name was Juan, but his mother decided to name their son John.  He attended Cathedral High School …
New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Finally Uniting Top Republican Donors — Against Him  —  The prospect of a Donald J. Trump nomination is accomplishing what a diverse and talented field of Republican presidential contenders could not: uniting the party's big-money donor establishment.
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
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 …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption  —  Apple's growing arsenal of encryption techniques — shielding data on devices as well as real-time video calls and instant messages — has spurred the U.S. government to sound the alarm that such tools are putting the communications …
Discussion: Engadget
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's personal investment in campaign climbs to nearly $25 million … Donald Trump put $6.9 million more of his personal money into his presidential campaign in February, significantly increasing his investment as he began racking up wins in the Republican presidential primary contest, new filings show.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:   Jeb Bush pumped $400,000 into his campaign in final weeks to keep it afloat
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
John Roberts Criticized Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Before There Was a Vacancy  —  WASHINGTON — Last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered some blunt remarks about the Supreme Court confirmation process.  The Senate should ensure that nominees are qualified, he said, and leave politics out of it.
 
 
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
US sends more support troops to Iraq after ISIS rocket kills Marine
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John Fund / National Review:
Could Early Voting Elect Donald Trump and Skew the System?
CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba ties
Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Politico
Ed Whelan / National Review:
George Will's Misguided Attack on Senate Republicans
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Learning Lessons From Outrage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Guardian:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets China propaganda chief in Beijing
Discussion: Slantpoint and Infowars
Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project:
Disturbing Video Shows an Austin Cop Torture a Handcuffed Man With Pepper Spray
Discussion: Raw Story and Slantpoint
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Va. Republicans take redistricting fight to the Supreme Court
Post-Crescent Media:
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Glenn Beck Brings Fasting Child on Stage at Cruz Rally, Yells: “This is the Priesthood Rising!”  (VIDEO)
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Here comes the opposition book: Clinton and her allies prepare for Trump
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Man the Founders Feared
Discussion: alan.com and Talking Points Memo