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5:40 PM ET, April 4, 2016

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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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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs' Claim in Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case  —  A unanimous Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott (with two Justices (Thomas and Alito) concurring in the judgment) has rejected the argument that states must draw district lines …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’  —  Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states may satisfy “one person, one vote” rules by drawing legislative districts based …
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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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source  —  A major investor in the Republican Party sees a chance to snatch back the nomination.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan …
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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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 …
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Trump: Having to Get 1,237 Delegates For the Nomination Is ‘Very Unfair’  —  Yesterday, Donald Trump gave an interview during which he called on John Kasich to drop out of the presidential race.  He pointed out that Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush all dropped out when they failed to do well …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Acting more presidential would be ‘boring as hell’
Discussion: Political Wire
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
Discussion: Politico and abc7chicago.com
Nate Cohn / New York Times:   Donald Trump's Struggle in Wisconsin Is About Demographics, Not Momentum
Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
Discussion: ABC News
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Kasich labels Cruz a ‘smear artist’ over Wisconsin spot
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ABC News and CNN
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
Luke Harding / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: what you need to know
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
Bloomberg.com:
Bernie Sanders: I Don't Want to Get Hillary Clinton More Nervous Than She Already Is  —  At a campaign event in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders said he thinks he'll win the state's primary if there is a high voter turnout.  While not wanting to “get Hillary Clinton more nervous than she already is …
Discussion: Politico
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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 …
Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Governor Jerry Brown Set to Sign $15 Minimum Wage Law  —  Governor Jerry Brown is set to make California the first state in the nation to commit to a $15 per hour minimum wage Monday.  —  “This plan raises the minimum wage in a careful and responsible way and provides some flexibility …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KFOR-TV
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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.
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 …
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 …
FIRE:
FIRE Aims to Challenge Legality of Federal Sexual Misconduct Mandate  —  Five years ago today, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced sweeping new requirements for colleges and universities adjudicating allegations of sexual misconduct.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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.
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 …
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
The Daily Beast:
Intel Analysts: We Were Forced Out for Telling the Truth About Obama's ISIS War  —  The growing scandal over cooked ISIS intelligence just got much worse.  Now, analysts are saying they're being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration's line on the war.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Defense One
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 …
Ronald J. Sievert / USA Today:
Hillary's ‘classified’ smokescreen hides real crime: Column  —  Law makes clear DOJ should prosecute Clinton for mishandling ‘national defense information,’ classified or not.  —  Since the beginning of the Clinton email scandal, the nation has been subjected to a political and criminal defense generated smokescreen.
 
 
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CNN:
Could Republican Convention delegates be bought? Legally, maybe
Discussion: Hot Air
John Sides / Washington Post:
Why are so many Democrats and Republicans pretending to be independents?
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To Crowd: This Race Would Be ‘Boring As Hell’ If I Acted ‘Presidential!’
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Kirstie McCrum / Mirror.co.uk:
Annual PENIS FESTIVAL held to celebrate male genitals includes huge steel phallus being carried …
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
 Earlier Items: 
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump calls for federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Washington Post
Sara Vilkomerson / EW.com:
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER TAKES ON HAMILTON WITH ‘BETSY ROSS’ IN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW
Discussion: Mashable
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore / Newser:
8th-Grader Refuses to Share Her ‘Perfect’ BMI
Discussion: EurekAlert! and FOX31 Denver
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz primary challenger posts strong fundraising total
Carly Hoilman / TheBlaze.com:
Scottie Nell Hughes Responds to ‘SNL’ Skit Depicting Her as ‘Nutjob’ Trump Supporter
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and Mediaite
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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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Andy Edser / PC Gamer:
Microsoft partners with IBM to release the MS-DOS 4.0 source code under the MIT license on GitHub

 
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