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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Does It His Way — WASHINGTON — YOU could hear how hard it was for Donald Trump to say the words. — “Yeah, it was a mistake,” he said, sounding a bit chastened. “If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have sent it.” — I was telling him he lost my sister's vote when he retweeted …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Republicans' Gay Freakout — OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.
Katha Pollitt / New York Times:
Abortion and Punishment — DONALD J. TRUMP gave his primary opponents a gift when he said this week that if abortion is outlawed, “there has to be some form of punishment” for the woman. He let them look as if they cared about women. — Gov. John Kasich of Ohio responded to Mr. Trump's comments …
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
In a revealing interview, Trump predicts a ‘massive recession’ but intends to eliminate the national debt in 8 years — Here's what's at stake in the Wisconsin GOP primary … Donald Trump said in an interview that economic conditions are so perilous that the country is headed for a …
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Tennessean.com:
Trump camp accuses Tennessee GOP of stealing delegates — Donald Trump's campaign for president is accusing the Tennessee Republican Party of “doing the bidding” of the national GOP establishment in a calculated attempt to “steal” pro-Trump delegates and stop them from being a part of Tennessee's GOP delegation.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump campaign shrinks Lewandowski's role
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tennessee GOP delegate fight erupts ahead of party meeting
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How the North Dakota GOP is freezing out Trump
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former Defense secretary: Obama ‘double-crossed’ me — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he felt President Obama “double-crossed” him during his tenure over budget cuts to the Pentagon. — In a Fox News report Friday that explored the president's approach to the military …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Deranged Anti-Semite Accuses Me of Libel — I wrote earlier this week about a 9/11 Truther named Kevin Barrett. Barrett once taught at the University of Wisconsin, where his belief that the United States government, in conjunction with Israel, carried out the September 11 attacks made him controversial.
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Air France stewardesses mutiny over order to wear headscarves — Air France stewardesses, furious at being ordered to wear headscarves in Tehran, say they will refuse to fly to the Iranian capital when the airline resumes the service later this month. — Female members of flight crews …
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Margot Kidder / CounterPunch:
How Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties … Collusion between the Clinton campaign and the DNC allowed Hillary Clinton to buy the loyalty of 33 state Democratic parties last summer. Montana was one of those states. It sold itself for $64,100.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Wikileaks Reveals IMF Plan To “Cause A Credit Event In Greece And Destabilize Europe” — One of the recurring concerns involving Europe's seemingly perpetual economic, financial and social crises, is that these have been largely predetermined, “scripted” and deliberate acts.
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Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Family upset after teacher allegedly calls student ‘a terrorist’ … FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas - A family is Fort Bend County is demanding that a First Colony Middle School teacher be fired after they say she called a 7th grade student a terrorist. — 12-year-old Waleed Abushaaban …
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Peter Jamison / Los Angeles Times:
Homophobia, drugs and mental illness may have led to gay man's killing and father's arrest — Next door neighbor Maria Gomez holds her phone displaying the photo a man allegedly killed by his father. The shooting occurred on Tuesday at the family's North Hills home.
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Reuters:
Islamic State planted thousands of mines in Palmyra: Syrian army — Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of mines that they planned to set off simultaneously as the army moved in, a Syrian officer told Reuters in the ancient city after its recapture from the jihadist fighters.
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Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Video provided of Jefferson County Election Commission gun incident — Here's video of a confrontation at a Jefferson County Election Commission meeting last week at which Republican Commissioner Stu Soffer pulled a derringer from his pocket because he felt threatened by former Democratic commissioner Ted Davis.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Donald Trump's Bid — Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy has stunned the Republican Party. But if he survives a late revolt by his rivals and other leaders to become the party's standard-bearer in the general election, the electoral map now coming into view is positively forbidding.
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Los Angeles Times
New York Daily News:
Hillary Clinton wears leather, talks trash and blows a stop light — Hillary Clinton showed her wild side at an LGBT event at SoHo's Capitale, where the presidential wannabe sported a leather jacket, boasted about her Democratic-leading campaign and ran a red light on her way out.
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New York Daily News
NBC News:
Obama Nixed CIA Plan That Could Have Stopped ISIS: Officials — The CIA in 2012 proposed a detailed covert action plan designed to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but President Obama declined to approve it, current and former U.S. officials tell NBC News.
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Power Line
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation — PRINCETON, N.J. — Forty-six percent of Americans now identify politically as Democrats or say they lean Democratic, while 40% identify as Republican or lean Republican. As recently as October, the parties had equal levels of support.
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