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12:45 PM ET, April 19, 2016

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Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign  —  I was the restaurant critic.  I could have carried on writing about crudités and borscht.  But taking money from a shill for Trump implicated me in his hate  —  or the last three years, I've been the restaurant critic …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I ‘helped a little bit’ with clearing rubble at Ground Zero
Discussion: Mediaite
James Oliphant / Reuters:   Trump candidacy: Where some fear to tread others see a path to victory
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Giuliani explains why he won't endorse Trump
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and Raw Story
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’
Discussion: Business Insider, KTLA and Towleroad
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House signals veto on Saudi 9/11 bill
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Invokes Memories of ... 7-Eleven?
Discussion: RedState and Boing Boing
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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Top Donald Trump Campaign Aide Quits in Shakeup
New York Post:
Nervous Hillary downplays potential of New York landslide  —  Less than 24 hours before the polls open in New York, Hillary Clinton's campaign tried to downgrade expectations of a huge victory by predicting a less-than-overwhelming margin in Tuesday's presidential primary.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump look to N.Y. primary to cement front-runner status
benjerry.com:
Why Ben and Jerry Just Got Arrested  —  Earlier today, our cofounders, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, along with hundreds of other activists, were arrested as part of Democracy Awakening's direct action on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building.  —  JUST BEFORE THEY WERE ARRESTED
John Harwood / CNBC:
Biden to critics: We had 8 atom bombs land on our desk  —  Vice President Joe Biden says politicians need to stop questioning each other's motives and question their judgments and decisions instead.  —  ABOARD AMTRAK ACELA #2166 — Joe Biden, 73, has been an influential figure in American politics for more than four decades.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr. On Delegate System: “I Feel Like We're Living In Communist China”  —  “They've been wining and dining these people for years.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Donald Trump Jr., in a radio interview on Monday, likened the Republican delegate system that determines who wins …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
A New Yorker's Guide To The GOP Primary — District By District
Discussion: Vox, The Resurgent and The Atlantic
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 …
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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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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
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
Better Call Saul and the Edge of Boredom  —  “We want to make a show that stands on its own,” Better Call Saul's co-creator Peter Gould has said about his and Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad spinoff.  Two seasons in, Saul has achieved many things, but this particular goal isn't one of them.
Discussion: Scripting News and Slate
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 …
New York Post:
54,000 Brooklyn voters ‘vanish’ ahead of primary day  —  More On:  —  In a pre-primary bombshell, the city's Board of Elections was pummeled with questions Monday about how 54,000 Democratic voters vanished from the rolls in Brooklyn.  —  The voter rolls on April 1 showed the borough …
Discussion: WNYC News and Gothamist
Josh Lowe / Newsweek:
MINISTER POURS COLD WATER ON ‘BOATY MCBOATFACE’ PLAN  —  The British government has been accused of “riding roughshod over democracy” after it suggested it would not endorse naming a £200 million ($283 million) polar research vessel Boaty McBoatface.  The unseemly title was the winner …
Anchorage Daily News:
Man fatally shot while photographing people firing guns in Sutton  —  An Anchorage man was shot and killed Saturday while filming or photographing people firing guns in Sutton, according to Alaska State Troopers.  —  Troopers said in a Monday dispatch that they were informed …
 
 
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Neal Gabler / The Atlantic:
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
GOP Rep Peter King on Ted Cruz: 'I'll Take Cyanide If He Got the Nomination'
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Leading Philippine presidential contender: Gang rape victim ‘so beautiful’ he wishes he had ‘been first’
Discussion: Althouse, Sydney Morning Herald and NPR
Joseph P. Laycock / The Conversation:
Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?
Discussion: Raw Story
Rush Limbaugh:
Explaining the Rules to Trumpists and the Narratives to Cruzers
Discussion: Hot Air and Infowars
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
How Liz Cheney Could Pick the Next President
Discussion: Hot Air
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Kasich snaps at reporter who asks him about his single win
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
The Case of the Gay Pastor Cake Hoax
Discussion: Infowars
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Democracy in the crosshairs  —  In recent debates, both Hillary Clinton
Pearl Jam:
Pearl Jam Cancels 4/20 Raleigh, NC Concert in Opposition to HB2; Official Band Statement
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Potential G.O.P. Convention Fight Puts Older Hands in Sudden Demand
Discussion: Washington Post and Crooked Timber
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Obama Crime Wave Comes to Minnesota
Justin Holcomb / Townhall.com:
UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike
 

 
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