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12:55 AM ET, April 2, 2016

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Simon Maloy / Salon:
Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump  —  Donald Trump's cratering popularity could help Ted Cruz snag the nomination, but he has glaring weaknesses too  —  It seems like it wouldn't be possible, but Donald Trump is somehow getting more unpopular.
Discussion: Gallup, Washington Post, Hullabaloo and AOL
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Ted Cruz's evangelical problem
Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’  —  The White House website has censored a video of French Pres. Francois Hollande saying that “Islamist terrorism” is at the “roots of terrorism.”  —  The White House briefly pulled video of a press event on terrorism with Pres. Obama …
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Jack Fink / CBS Dallas:
Police: Mother Admits To Doing Drugs, Hitting 4-Year-Old Daughter Before Child's Death  —  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBS11) - Grand Prairie Police have released graphic details in the hours leading up to the death of four-year-old Leiliana Wright.  —  The arrest warrant affidavit against her mother …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.
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Eva Resnick-Day / Greenpeace USA:
I'm the Greenpeace Activist Who Asked Hillary Clinton to Pledge to Reject Fossil Fuel Contributions …
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The looming Trump disaster, in three charts  —  Veteran Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg just released a new national poll that will put Republicans on high (or even higher) alert: It sheds new light on just how awful the gender gap could get if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee.
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Nancy Zdunkewicz / Democracy Corps:
Edging toward an earthquake election
Discussion: The National Memo and Mother Jones
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now
Gmail Blog:
Introducing Gmail Mic Drop  —  UPDATE April 1 2pm: We heard feedback that some of you were negatively impacted by this feature, so we quickly turned it off late last night.  In addition, we are working to bring back Mic-Dropped messages that had subsequent replies to your inbox, so you can read those.
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Jessica Elgot / Guardian:
April Fools' Day 2016: the best (and worst) jokes - live
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
No joke. April Fools' Day has been banned in China.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OVER 100,000 DEMOCRAT VOTERS SWITCH PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA — To Vote Trump  —  Over 100,000 Democrat voters switched parties this year to vote for Donald Trump according to party officials.  —  Over 200,000 have switched parties in the state before the April 26 primary.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
2 political scientists have found a key reason Republicans and Democrats see politics so differently
Discussion: Honest Graft and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More for Me  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels has been supportive when she was attacked by Donald Trump, and colleague Bill O'Reilly and CNN are both on her list.
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Patti Domm / CNBC:
The 30-year-old prince who is changing the world  —  A 30-year-old you may have never heard of is trying to build a company worth four Apples — and a Nike to spare.  —  Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a fast riser in the Saudi hierarchy and member of the new generation …
Patrick Clark / FOX2now.com:
78-year-old grandmother goes viral after powerlifting 245lbs  —  WOOD RIVER, IL (KTVI) - “I don't want any Grandma jokes in this story,” says Shirley Webb, the Weightlifting Grandma.  —  You heard the woman, which means no lines about the 78 year old grams who can dead-lift one hundred eleven thousand one hundred thirty grams.
Discussion: fox8.com
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Woman Sends Nude Photo Of Mississippi Mayor To City Officials  —  Hernando, Mississippi mayor Chip Johnson confirmed Friday that a woman he was romantically involved with sent a naked photo of him to city aldermen, local media reported.  —  The photo, which shows Johnson nude in the shower …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on nuclear talk: ‘Europe is a big place’  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  on Thursday doubled down on his promise to not rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe.  —  “I don't want to take cards off the table; I'd never do that,” …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump's Comments on Nuclear Weapons
Discussion: The Atlantic and Associated Press
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Clinton aides unite on FBI legal strategy  —  Four of Hillary Clinton's closest aides appear to have adopted an unusual legal strategy, hiring the same ex-Justice Department attorney to represent them in the FBI's investigation of Clinton's private email server.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Says He's Planning “Days Of Rage” At The Convention  —  Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and current ally of Donald Trump, says he's trying to organize protests at the Republican convention in Cleveland this summer to disrupt any effort by the party to …
Discussion: National Review
CBS News:
Donald Trump: Don't change abortion laws  —  Update:Trump campaign communications manager Hope Hicks released a statement to CBS News late Friday clarifying the candidate's comments.  —  “Mr. Trump gave an accurate account of the law as it is today and made clear it must stay that way now —until he is President,” Hicks said.
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Victim filming when shot, video posted to social media  —  Share Update: … CHICAGO — Video posted to social media appears to show a brazen Chicago shooting that left a man in critical condition.  —  The 31-year-old victim was recording himself, apparently on his phone, when someone opened fire on him.
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Calls For National Law To Cripple Unions  —  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said during a radio interview Thursday that he supports national “right-to-work” legislation, a type of anti-labor law that Wisconsin passed last year in an effort to cripple the state's unions.
Los Angeles Times:
Crash of whale-watching ship into San Diego pier caught on video  —  A tourist's video posted online shows the confused, then panic-filled moments when a whale-watching ship rammed into its dock at San Diego's Embarcadero, injuring seven passengers, Thursday afternoon.
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Lauren Starke / New York Magazine:
Andrew Sullivan Joins New York Magazine As Contributing Editor  —  New York Magazine editor-in-chief Adam Moss announced today that writer Andrew Sullivan is joining the magazine as a contributing editor covering politics and the larger culture.  He will write features throughout the year …
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Does Trumpism Have Any Shelf Life?  —  In one sense, I fear that Jeet Heer is correct.  Once you open up Pandora's Box, it's not so easy to put its contents back in the container.  This is a theme I've hit on repeatedly over the years, but it's usually been in the context of breaking norms …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Republic of Fear  —  Donald Trump has already transformed American culture.
Discussion: Boing Boing
 
 
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Mess Has Become His Message
Discussion: Daily Wire, New Yorker and CBS Philly
Andrew Shain / The State:
SC Secessionist Party to raise Confederate flag at State House in July
Discussion: WJHL and WSAV-TV
Rosanna Xia / Los Angeles Times:
On campuses across the country, students are standing up for Donald Trump
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America's 1 million-doctor shortage is right upon us
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David Greenberg / Politico:
Lessons from 1912: Why Trumpmania Probably Won't Last
Koch News:
Clinton Confirms She's on the Koch Payroll
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Post:
Mom and son ‘stoners’ are ruining our Central Park West pad
Discussion: Gothamist and CBS New York
Ben Benton / timesfreepress.com:
Marion County mother charged with neglect for making children walk to school
Discussion: Associated Press
Sean Martin / Daily Express:
What is it like to be dead? Patient who ‘died’ says there is NOTHING after death
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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