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4:15 PM ET, April 4, 2016

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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee  —  On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better  —  GOP insiders are fooling themselves into believing Paul Ryan is a viable alternative to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz  —  The enthusiasm bubbling around Ted Cruz's campaign to derail Donald Trump's surge …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates  —  Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight.  —  The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
Discussion: Politico and abc7chicago.com
MSNBC:
Carson warns of possible convention problems
Discussion: RedState and Members
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Path to Clinching GOP Nomination Narrows
Discussion: Guardian
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote.  Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held that total population …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’
Reuters:
World figures deny wrongdoing as ‘Panama Papers’ turn spotlight on tax evasion  —  Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
BBC:
Panama Papers: Leaks spur global investigations
Discussion: The Atlantic and ABC
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history.  —  On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics  —  Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Four arrested for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth  —  VERNAL, Utah — Four men were booked into jail on felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare  —  Republicans, already girding for their most tumultuous convention in decades, now have another fight brewing: a divisive battle over gay marriage on the party's official national platform.  —  It's an issue that drives intense passion …
NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge  —  Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco  —  California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign  —  The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers.  —  Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
NBC Connecticut:
2 Arrested After Dispute Over Crab Legs Turns Violent  —  A 21-year-old man was punched in the face and lost a tooth in the dispute  —  Police in Manchester, Connecticut arrested a husband and wife after an argument at Royal Buffet got out of hand on Saturday night.
Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Yes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists  —  Hey, lefties, we finally found your racists for you.  —  For as long as I can remember, people like me—by which I mean advocates of capitalism and free markets and freedom of speech—have been accused by the left of being secret racists …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Economic models predict GOP White House, even with Trump  —  Republicans are expected to win the White House under two economic models that have accurately forecast presidential elections for decades.  —  A third model run by Moody's Analytics predicts Democrats will win the White House …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP files Supreme Court brief against Obama's immigration actions  —  Senate Republicans are wading into the contentious court fight over President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration by filing a legal brief with the Supreme Court that declares Obama's controversial moves a “stark contravention to federal law.”
Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi RV park owner evicts interracial couple  —  TUPELO — A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin.  —  “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is Hispanic …
Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand  —  A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules - by raising her hand.  —  Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To Crowd: This Race Would Be ‘Boring As Hell’ If I Acted ‘Presidential!’  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told the crowd at a Monday campaign rally his events would be “boring as hell” if his onstage presence was less bombastic.  —  At an event in northern Wisconsin ahead …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Abby Wambach / Facebook:
Last night I was arrested for DUII in Portland after dinner at a friend's house.  —  Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence from myself.  I have let myself and others down.  —  I take full responsibility for my actions.  This is all on me.
Kirstie McCrum / Mirror.co.uk:
Annual PENIS FESTIVAL held to celebrate male genitals includes huge steel phallus being carried to ancient Japanese shrine  —  WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT The annual event to honour fertility has drawn thousands of visitors in the last 39 years  —  An annual festival held to celebrate PENISES has been held …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz primary challenger posts strong fundraising total  —  The Florida professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her congressional seat posted a strong first fundraising quarter, raising $550,000.
Sara Vilkomerson / EW.com:
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER TAKES ON HAMILTON WITH ‘BETSY ROSS’ IN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW  —  A hip-hopera about historical wig and knee sock people?  Consider us ready to invest  —  Sure, the hit Broadway musical Hamilton has many devoted fans, but maybe none quite as passionate as “Betsy Ross” writer and Inside Amy Schumer producer Kim Caramele.
Discussion: Mashable
Sandra A. Arnold / New York Times:
Why Slaves' Graves Matter  —  I GREW up in a small rural town in West Tennessee.  My family is rooted in that region, where my ancestors were once enslaved.  In the 1970s, when I was a teenager, we regularly attended an old country church that was located in the curve of a gravel road and surrounded by undeveloped Southern land.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore / Newser:
8th-Grader Refuses to Share Her ‘Perfect’ BMI  —  She instead pens an essay arguing the index is outdated  —  (NEWSER) - An Indiana 8th-grader's refusal to complete a school project as assigned is making headlines.  The unnamed girl was asked to calculate her body mass index and give …
Discussion: EurekAlert! and FOX31 Denver
 
 
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Ashley Rae / mrctv.org/videos:
Rapper Calls for Sarah Palin to be Gang Raped
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Gordon Corera / BBC:
Kim Philby, British double agent, reveals all in secret video
Discussion: National Review and NPR
Fox News:
US seizes thousands of Iranian weapons, including grenade launchers, in Arabian Sea
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Right Scoop
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump calls for federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanders leads Clinton by 8 points in Wisconsin
David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California
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Philip Cohen / Washington Post:
American policy fails at reducing child poverty because it aims to fix the poor
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Telegraph:
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Conor Lynch / Salon:
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Carly Hoilman / TheBlaze.com:
Scottie Nell Hughes Responds to ‘SNL’ Skit Depicting Her as ‘Nutjob’ Trump Supporter
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Republican Crisis May Deepen Even If Trump Loses Wisconsin
Eric Raymond / Armed and Dangerous:
This may be the week the SJWs lost it all...or, at least …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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