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11:30 AM ET, April 18, 2016

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Focus on Chief Justice as Supreme Court Hears Immigration Challenge  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. twice voted to save President Obama's health care law, infuriating his usual allies on the right.  Now, conservatives are nervous that the chief justice will disappoint …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court meets to decide future of Obama's immigration actions  —  Supreme Court to take up Obama immigration actions  —  Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday will take on a case that could torpedo the Obama administration's controversial executive actions on immigration that have become a flashpoint in the 2016 race.
Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:   On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear case regarding Obama's action on immigration
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:   Obama amnesty Supreme Court case to test limits of presidential power
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Revealed: Colorado Lawmakers Who Voted to Scrap Election Are Ted Cruz Delegates  —  Social media posts, along with Cruz's campaign website, reveal that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) supporters in the Colorado Republican Party were responsible for crushing an effort to give Colorado the ability to vote in a state primary.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:
Live Updates: Ted Cruz on ‘Good Morning America’
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cruz Talks Trump, New York Values in ‘GMA’ Town Hall
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Florida offers reminder of Cruz's tough slog ahead
Discussion: RedState
Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention  —  Republicans have been struggling for months in the shadow of Donald Trump to get corporate sponsors to pony up for their convention.  Now Democratic fundraisers are feeling their pain, too.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
While the GOP worries about convention chaos, Trump pushes for ‘showbiz’ feel
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   RNC rules clash erupts
Stuart Taylor Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas  —  I covered the confirmation hearings in 1991.  HBO's movie heavily edits history to favor Anita Hill.  —  By  —  The current battle over President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland is child's play compared with the lurid brawl …
Discussion: The Federalist and Mediaite
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Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
My threesome with Clarence Thomas  —  A former gal pal of Clarence Thomas said the future Supreme Court justice was a manscaping maven with an impeccable scent during their ménage-à-trois days.  —  “He mostly always smelled like soap and just naturally had a wonderful odor to his body …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement  —  Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency.  Bernie's isn't anything new.  But it can be.  —  He'd just been declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and now Bernie Sanders, speaking from a stage in Laramie …
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Alan Dershowitz / New York Daily News:
Bernie Sanders' illiberal supporters: Do they expect safe spaces everywhere?
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP group promises ObamaCare replacement plan — soon  —  A group of senior House Republicans is promising to deliver proof that the party is making headway in its six-year struggle to replace ObamaCare.  —  “Give us a little time, another month or so,” House Energy and Commerce Committee …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Catey Hill / MarketWatch:
45% of Americans pay no federal income tax  —  Many Americans don't have to worry about giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned cash for their income taxes this year.  —  An estimated 45.3% of American households — roughly 77.5 million — will pay no federal individual income tax …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails ‘Rigged’ Delegate System, Saying He Chooses Not to Exploit It  —  Insisting that the delegate selection process is “corrupt and crooked,” Donald J. Trump offered a vivid example on Sunday to prove his point.  —  Imagine being wooed by Mr. Trump.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Robber Baron Recessions  —  When Verizon workers went on strike last week, they were mainly protesting efforts to outsource work to low-wage, non-union contractors.  But they were also angry about the company's unwillingness to invest in its own business.  In particular, Verizon has shown …
New York Times:
Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act  —  LOS ANGELES — The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found.
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Dictatorship Of The Dimwits  —  Below, an extraordinary short video making the rounds.  A 5'9″ white guy goes onto the University of Washington campus and asks students to explain why he isn't a 6'5″ Chinese female child in first grade.  They can't do it.
Discussion: Power Line
John Herrman / New York Times:
Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic  —  The business of online news has never been forgiving.  But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic.  —  This month, Mashable, a site that had just raised $15 million, laid off 30 people.
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular  —  Hillary Clinton shows steep decline in past month; Donald Trump is candidate in either party viewed most negatively  —  Both parties' presidential front-runners are growing increasingly unpopular, a new Wall Street Journal …
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Brazil's Lower House of Congress Votes for Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff  —  BRASÍLIA — Brazilian legislators voted on Sunday night to approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the nation's first female president, whose tenure has been buffeted by a dizzying corruption scandal, a shrinking economy and spreading disillusionment.
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
Brazilian congress votes to impeach president Dilma Rousseff
 
 
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Voters angry about big money in politics take their complaints to City Hall
Discussion: Common Dreams
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump's vile New York values
Discussion: twitchy.com
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's super PAC planning multimillion-dollar online ad buy
Discussion: Political Wire
Reuven Blau / New York Daily News:
Clinton, Sanders turn on Obama by supporting bill to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post
The Independent:
Meet the man who is setting up a new country in the middle of Europe
Discussion: Sputnik International
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
11 Year-Old ‘Dancing Trumps’ Banned From School Talent Show After Complaints (Video)
Discussion: BizPac Review
 Earlier Items: 
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Clooney: Sanders is right about ‘obscene’ amount of money in politics
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Donald Trump, two outrage-free weeks
Discussion: Hot Air
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Hacking Your Phone  —  Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how cellphones …
Discussion: RCR Wireless News and The Hill
Bloomberg:
Mexico Won't Be ‘Bullied’ by Trump's Threat to Fund Border Wall
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
The pageant of Donald Trump's dreams
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Texas man brings real gun to water gun fight — and shoots 15-year-old girl
Discussion: AOL and Click2Houston.com