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6:15 PM ET, April 15, 2016

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Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
New York Republicans Ignore Ted Cruz at GOP Gala  —  NEW YORK — A stunningly distracted crowd of hundreds of Republicans almost entirely ignored Ted Cruz's speech at the New York City GOP gala on Thursday night, instead chattering at their dinner tables, standing and taking selfies.
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Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
Let Me Ask America a Question  —  How has the ‘system’ been working out for you and your family?  No wonder voters demand change.  —  On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters.  Delegates were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Republican leaders consider rewriting convention rules  —  The Republican National Committee is expected to debate a proposal next week that would dramatically shift the balance of power at this summer's convention — and impose a new rulebook for selecting the party's nominee.
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Palin says voters won't stand for it if Republican “power brokers” try to take the presidential nomination away from Trump or Cruz  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters will “rise up” in opposition if Republican power brokers try to take the presidential nomination away from Donald Trump or Ted Cruz …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Pastrami Principle  —  A couple of months ago, Jeb Bush (remember him?) posted a photo of his monogrammed handgun to Twitter, with the caption “America.”  Bill de Blasio, New York's mayor, responded with a picture of an immense pastrami sandwich, also captioned “America.”  Advantage de Blasio, if you ask me.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Study: Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, gets the most negative media coverage  —  The biggest news outlets have published more negative stories about Hillary Clinton than any other presidential candidate — including Donald Trump — since January 2015, according to a new analysis of hundreds …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Single Most Important Thing That Hillary Clinton Did Not Say Last Night
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Brooklyn Debate Takeaways: Sarcasm, Snideness and Smackdowns
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Contest Is Getting Nasty
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders to release full 2014 tax returns, showing just more than $200,000 in income
Discussion: Washington Post
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Cassie Spodak / CNN:
Kasich to female college student: 'Don't go to parties where there's a lot of alcohol'  —  Watertown, New York (CNN)Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday told a young female college student, who said she was worried about sexual harassment and violence, that she should avoid parties with a lot of alcohol.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Kasich: Don't Go To Boozy Parties If You're Worried About Sexual Assault
Discussion: Daily Kos and ABC News
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kasich advises female college student: Don't go to alcohol-fueled parties
Discussion: ABC News
Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
This is the worst argument about the national debt you'll ever find  —  The United States government has $13 trillion in debt, and I feel fine.  —  You should too.  That's because, despite what Jim Grant tells us on the cover of Time magazine, this doesn't mean that every man, woman, and child has to pay $42,998.12 themselves.
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Thinking Outside the Cable Box: How More Competition Gets You a Better Deal  —  Today, building on efforts over the last seven years, the President is launching a new initiative to stoke competition across our economy, so that no corporation can unfairly squeeze their competitors, their workers, or their customers at everyone's expense.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why I Haven't Felt The Bern  —  Today's column offers an opportunity to say, for the record, why I haven't been the Bernie booster a lot of people apparently expected me to be.  For the business about discounting Clinton support as coming from “conservative states” in the “Deep South” …
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Jokes About Erdogan Aren't Funny in Germany  —  Chancellor Angela Merkel gave German authorities the go-ahead to pursue action—if they choose to do so—against the satirist on charges of personal defamation and insulting a foreign head of state—both illegal under German law.
Discussion: NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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New York Post:
The Post endorses Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is a rookie candidate — a potential superstar of vast promise, but making rookie mistakes.  The nominee Republicans need for the fall campaign is often hard to make out amid his improvisations and too-harsh replies to his critics.  —  New Yorkers vote Tuesday.
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency  —  This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared to publicly denounce the political positions of Donald Trump's presidential campaign during the keynote speech of the company's annual F8 developer conference.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Here's What Happened When A Group Of Scientists Went To Confront Their Congressional Tormentors  —  It turns out their “wasteful” research serves a purpose.  —  The worlds of science and politics came together twice on Wednesday afternoon, and the collisions couldn't have been more diametrically at odds.
Discussion: Shakesville
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Billions of cicadas will descend upon the northeastern United States as another 17-year cycle concludes  —  The eighth biblical plague that tortured Egypt was a plague of locusts.  —  As described in Exodus 10:5, “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth …
Discussion: Fusion and Fox News
Ju-Min Park / Reuters:
Failed North Korea missile launch prompts Chinese ‘saber-rattling’ jibe  —  North Korea attempted and failed to launch what experts believe was an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday in defiance of U.N. sanctions and in an embarrassing setback for leader Kim Jong Un, drawing criticism from major ally China.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Sharon Stone on Trump's “Hubris” and Bernie: “How Much Acid Has This Guy Taken?”  —  EMAIL ME  —  “We have leaders and people who are trying to be leaders who are running campaigns based on fear, and that's a contagion,” said the actress.  “Holocausts have occurred when that fire catches loose.”
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Lewandowski: I Tried to Call Fields; She Just Wanted to Inject Herself Into Story (UPDATED)  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski appeared on New Day to address the final decision by Florida prosecutors to drop the charges being brought against him by a former Breitbart reporter.
Discussion: LawNewz
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Christian parents angry that Bible verse was taken off district website dress kids in ‘Our God is bigger’ shirts  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Texas parents are upset that a public school district has taken a Bible verse off its website after atheists complained, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
House passes bill barring FCC from regulating internet rates  —  The House on Friday passed a bill to ban the Federal Communications Commission from setting or reviewing the rates that companies charge for internet service.  —  The largely party-line vote is a win for Republicans …
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. mayor calls for citywide vote to make nation's capital the 51st state  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Friday called for a citywide vote in November to make the nation's capital the 51st state, resurrecting a decades-old plan to put the issue before Congress and to raise awareness across …
Washington Post:
How Brazil, the darling of the developing world, came undone  —  BRASILIA — It was called the “Brazil model,” or simply “the Lula model,” back when this country's economy was roaring and its president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was a superstar of the developing world.
CNN:
Full transcript: CNN Democratic debate  —  (CNN)The full transcript from the CNN Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn, New York, on April 14, 2016.  —  BLITZER: Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders, you can now move to your lecterns while I explain a few ground rules.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Insurers warn losses from ObamaCare are unsustainable  —  Health insurance companies are amplifying their warnings about the financial sustainability of the ObamaCare marketplaces as they seek approval for premium increases next year.  —  Insurers say they are losing money on their ObamaCare plans …
Discussion: AOL, Hot Air and New York Times
Nick Gass / Politico:
Mississippi governor signs law allowing guns in churches  —  Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday signed into law a bill that will allow members of some churches in the state to undergo training to carry guns inside houses of worship for protection, in response to last year's massacre at a South Carolina church.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
GOP foreign policy elites don't know whether they'll serve if Trump is president
Discussion: The Slot, The Week and The Atlantic
David Dayen / New Republic:
The Verizon Strike Signals a Larger Economic Battle
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Black Progressive Group Leaves Coalition That Ripped Julian Castro
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Louisiana delegates lash out at media: We're not with Cruz
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
March temperature smashes 100-year global record
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Documents confirm Eric Holder's role in Fast and Furious cover-up
Discussion: Hot Air
Sophie Eastaugh / CNN:
Racehorse named Horsey McHorseFace because ‘hey, why not?’
Discussion: USA Today, Mashable and WCMH-TV
Surya Yalamanchili / Politico:
My Night at the Playboy Mansion With Donald Trump
Discussion: The Week
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Bill Nye, the science guy, is open to criminal charges and jail time for climate change dissenters
 

 
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James Pomfret / Reuters:
US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau, citing concerns over staff safety after a stricter national security law came into effect on March 23

Frank Landymore / Futurism:
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