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10:05 AM ET, April 19, 2016

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump orders new campaign hierarchy, spending plan  —  In a shakeup that's roiling Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the GOP front-runner told senior staffers at a Saturday meeting that he wants his recent hires Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley to take the reins in upcoming states …
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CBS News:
Donald Trump reorganizes campaign just before big state primaries  —  Two senior Trump sources confirmed an extensive reorganization of the Trump campaign to CBS News on Monday.  —  Paul Manafort, hired last week to be the convention manager, will now run the Trump campaign …
New York Times:
Top Donald Trump Campaign Aide Quits in Shakeup  —  The national field director for Donald J. Trump's campaign — who is a loyalist to Corey Lewandowski, the embattled campaign manager — resigned in a letter to Mr. Trump on Monday afternoon.  —  “I want to express my deepest gratitude …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Invokes Memories of ... 7-Eleven?  —  BUFFALO — On the eve of New York's primary, Donald J. Trump told a crowd here that he wanted to talk about something close to his heart.  —  “I was down there, and I watched our police and our firemen, down on 7-Eleven, down at the World Trade Center …
Discussion: Boing Boing
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House signals veto on Saudi 9/11 bill
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’
Discussion: Business Insider, KTLA and Towleroad
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters  —  shouldn't expect his supporters to automatically back her should she win the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  “It's a two-way street, the Clinton people are also going to have to listen to what these people are fighting for,” …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Chris Jancelewicz / globalnews.ca:
David Furnish, Elton John sex scandal: British media forbidden from covering couple  —  The alleged story goes something like this: Elton John's partner and now-husband of 23 years, Canadian David Furnish, has been having a longtime affair with British businessman Daniel Laurence.  —  Story continues below
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump look to N.Y. primary to cement front-runner status … NEW YORK — Voting opened Tuesday in the most raucous nominating contest of an already wild campaign season, making New York the centerpiece for both delegates and bragging rights that were expected to strengthen the trajectory of the two front-runners.
Discussion: Hot Air and Prairie Weather
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump hope N.Y. primary cements their front-runner status
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy  —  Bernie Sanders released his 2014 tax return this weekend, revealing that he and his wife took $60,208 in deductions from their taxable income.  These deductions are all perfectly legal and permitted under the U.S. tax code, but they present a morally inconvenient …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Potential G.O.P. Convention Fight Puts Older Hands in Sudden Demand  —  The last time Stuart Spencer courted delegates at a Republican National Convention, in 1976, he kept a roll of quarters in his pocket for when he had to run to the pay phones and call in reports to President Gerald R. Ford's campaign headquarters.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
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CNN:
Romney: 3-man race throws Trump the nomination
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Oral argument in DAPA case highlights the need to block Merrick Garland  —  The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in United States v. Texas.  This is the case in which Texas and 25 other states challenge the Obama administration's deferred-action policy (DAPA), otherwise known as executive amnesty …
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New York Times:
Debunking Republican Health Care Myths  —  “Disaster.”  “Incredible economic burden.”  “The biggest job-killer in this country.”  —  Central to the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz has been the claim that the Affordable Care Act has been a complete failure …
Pearl Jam:
Pearl Jam Cancels 4/20 Raleigh, NC Concert in Opposition to HB2; Official Band Statement  —  PEARL JAM STATEMENT … Link to image of statement here.  —  What is HB2?  —  North Carolina's HB2 legislation targets the basic rights of transgender people and strips many nondiscrimination protections …
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Democracy in the crosshairs  —  In recent debates, both Hillary Clinton  —  boasted about the millions of votes they have received in the presidential primaries, with each touting the 8 million or 9 million votes they have won so far.  So, out of a country of about 321 million people …
Bernie Sanders:
Clinton-DNC Joint Fundraising Raises Serious Campaign Finance Concerns  —  NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign on Monday questioned “serious apparent violations” of campaign finance laws under a joint fundraising deal between Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
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Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:   Sanders Campaign Complains About Clinton's Joint Fundraising Committee
Steven Shepard / Politico:
How New York will be won  —  Two New Yorks are voting on Tuesday.  —  In the Democratic presidential primary, about half the vote will come from New York City's five boroughs — a percentage that increases to nearly three-quarters of the vote when the entire New York media market is included.
Discussion: New York Times
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Trump candidacy: Where some fear to tread others see a path to victory  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He's a successful businessman making his first foray into politics.  He wants to secure the southern border with Mexico and dump global trade deals.  And like Donald Trump, he wants to be the Republican establishment's worst nightmare.
Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S.  —  Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the blood-testing company misled investors about the state of its technology and operations  —  Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether Theranos Inc. misled investors …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz adviser claims ‘Islamic supremacism’ being pushed in Congress  —  's (R-Texas) office refused to meet with Muslim advocates on Monday, they claimed, after a controversial adviser for Cruz's presidential campaign accused the advocates of pushing “the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood.”
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
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Frank J. Gaffney Jr. / The Hill:
Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
How Liz Cheney Could Pick the Next President  —  Meet the 12th Amendment, my fellow patriots  —  No One Has Ever Been Beaten Up at a Cruz Rally Late to Discern the Bern Wisconsin Gave GOP Escape Route from Trump  —  NEW YORK — It's only April and already the 2016 campaign has treated us …
Discussion: Hot Air
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Kasich snaps at reporter who asks him about his single win  —  John Kasich apparently doesn't like being asked why he's only won a single state in the Republican presidential primary.  —  On Saturday, the Ohio governor — whose lone victory was in his home state — was talking up his chances …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
Joseph P. Laycock / The Conversation:
Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?  —  Robert Eggers' period horror film “The Witch” has been one of the surprise hits of 2016.  It's even gained a second wind since its February 23 release: the first weekend of April it played on 666 screens around the country, raking in an additional USD$465,000.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Rush Limbaugh:
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
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New York Post:
Iran demands new bribes — and Obama rushes to deliver
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder: At work, at home, I'll drink Flint water
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen / Guardian:
Boaty McBoatface wins poll to name polar research vessel
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Doyle Rice / USA Today:
4 dead as historic, 20-inch rain swamps Houston area
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Autumn Driscoll / Associated Press:
Sandy Hook Truther Gets Two Years Probation For Harassing Victim's Family
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
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