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5:05 PM ET, March 23, 2016

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Politico:
Paul Ryan sounds alarm about disheartening state of politics  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday warned against getting “disheartened” about the current state of politics, saying that Americans can't lose faith in their government.  —  In a sweeping speech, the Wisconsin Republican implicitly rebuked …
Discussion: ABC News, The Week and WND
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Trump is winning: His supporters think America is screwing over whites  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Donald Trump continued stomping towards the GOP nomination with a big win in Arizona last night, which will stir more anxiety among GOP elites who worry that his strategy of courting white backlash …
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor ‘Takers’  —  In a Capitol Hill speech billed as a repudiation of the tone of the 2016 election, House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his own past rhetoric about poor people of color.  —  “There was a time when I would talk about a difference between 'makers …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Whites ‘Losing Out’ To Minorities, Majority Of Trump Backers Say
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Ryan: ‘Disheartening’ politics risks distrust of government
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for president  —  Washington (CNN)Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz on Wednesday morning, calling his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination a “principled conservative” and urging fellow Republicans to reject Donald Trump as the next GOP nominee.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Reid: ‘Never, ever, ever underestimate Trump’
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Most Republicans want the GOP to unite behind Trump
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Cruz stole my policies, Michael Douglas' line
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
A Look at What Tuesday Night Means for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Associated Press and abc13.com
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz  —  In a surprise announcement, Jeb Bush will endorse Ted Cruz on Wednesday as an antidote to the “divisiveness and vulgarity” of Donald Trump, providing a badly needed boost to the Texas senator - but it's one that comes dangerously late in a game that Trump is dominating.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
AIPAC's apology for Trump speech is unprecedented … This morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced something that American politicians have become all too familiar with — being overshadowed by Donald Trump.  —  The prime minister's video-linked speech …
Donald J. Trump / Salon:
These guys are utterly terrifying: The GOP primary marches on, but yesterday proved that both of the options are horrible  —  Both Trump & Cruz made clear by their responses to Brussels that they're both spectacularly ill-suited to lead  —  Last night's Republican primaries were always considered …
Discussion: US News and Hullabaloo
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker: “Ted Cruz Is The Only One Who's Got A Chance” To Beat Donald Trump
Discussion: The Resurgent
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Disney, Marvel to Boycott Georgia if Religious Liberty Bill Is Passed  —  The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Studios indicated opposition to a Georgia religious liberty bill pending before Gov. Nathan Deal, saying that they will take their business elsewhere “should any legislation allowing …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR starts ‘Trump Training’ to deal with threats  —  Donald Trump's campaign events have apparently become such a minefield for reporters that one major news organization has taken the extraordinary step of offering its correspondents a version of training for dealing with real minefields.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
At Emory University, Writing ‘Trump 2016’ on Sidewalk Is a Racist Microaggression, Unsafe  —  As anyone who has spent five seconds at a college can attest, sidewalks covered in chalk messages are a pretty common fixture of the campus scene.  But Emory University students had their delicate worldview shaken …
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Sam Budnyk / The Emory Wheel:
Emory Students Express Discontent With Administrative Response to Trump Chalkings
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Donald Trump?  —  The night before Super Tuesday I was on a plane from Oklahoma City to Cleveland, my hometown, when a thought struck me: I truly had no idea what was going on in America.  —  I'd been traveling a fair bit during the rush of primary season, and you start to feel unstuck when you do that.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg Dead at 45  —  Malik Taylor's distinct voice and nimble flow helped anchor landmark hip-hop albums  —  Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg whose nimble, clever rhymes helped launch A Tribe Called Quest to both commercial and critical success, died Wednesday at the age of 45.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Does Obama Have This Right?  —  Sulaimaniya, Iraq — As one could see from President Obama's recent interview in The Atlantic, he pretty much hates all the Middle East's leaders including those of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Iran and the Palestinians.
Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Obama administration official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: Maybe God Uses Terrorist Attacks To Humiliate Obama  —  Michele Bachmann, the former congresswoman turned End Times prophet, took to WorldNetDaily today to blast President Obama for his approach to fighting the terrorist group ISIS.  —  As Bachmann sees it, ISIS strikes whenever …
Discussion: WND, Mediaite and Raw Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Divided Supreme Court hears Obamacare birth control challenge  —  A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether Obamacare's birth control coverage requirement violated the rights of religious institutions, with Justice Anthony Kennedy — the likely swing vote …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Reminder: Liberalism Is Working, and Marxism Has Always Failed  —  <span>Never too early to start planning the counterrevolution.</span>  —  Yesterday, President Obama visited Cuba at a moment when his presidency is at an apogee, and international communism is mired in a long, terminal decline.
The Huffington Post:
Terms and Conditions  —  Welcome to The Huffington Post.  Please read these Terms and Conditions before using, or submitting content in any form or medium for publication on, The Huffington Post.  By continuing to use us, or by submitting content for publication on The Huffington Post …
Washington Post:
Belgian authorities capture suspect in Brussels attacks … BRUSSELS — Authorities captured a suspect linked to the Brussels bloodshed Wednesday following a massive manhunt, as details emerged of the suicide attackers: two brothers who brought chaos and bloodshed to the city at the heart of European unity …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Newt Gingrich Is Bullish on Donald Trump  —  A spirited debate with the former speaker on the merits of the mogul.  —  Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House and onetime presidential candidate, has always been considered a man of ideas.  After leading his party to power …
 
 
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Border Patrol Union Chief Says Arrests Of Afghans And Pakistanis Have Skyrocketed This Year
Discussion: WND
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Admin Engaged in Secret Talks to Pay Iran Nearly $2 Billion
Discussion: The PolitiStick
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama goes after Cruz for urging patrols of Muslim neighborhoods
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Is Retaking the House a Democratic Pipe Dream?
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama: I'm not underplaying terror threats
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Foreign policy adviser downplays Trump's ‘torture’ talk
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Four GOP lawmakers reject bills to promote women in science
Discussion: Raw Story
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