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7:40 PM ET, April 19, 2016

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Susanne Craig / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Jet, a Regular on the Campaign Trail, Isn't Registered to Fly  —  Over the past several months, Donald J. Trump has crisscrossed the country making dozens of campaign stops in places like Sioux City, Iowa, and Jackson, Miss., often in his sleek Cessna jet.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:   So, Uh, Donald Trump's Plane Is Not Registered To Fly
JOHN HODGMAN:
Hillary Clinton for President  —  This is going to disappoint some of my friends, and maybe that's why I've been quiet about this until now.  —  Also, who cares what I think?  —  But here is what I think: Hillary Clinton for President.  —  I think Sen. Bernie Sanders has been an inspiring …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Politico
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Mike Zapler / Politico:
Sanders needs New York shocker vs. Clinton
Discussion: ABC News and USA Today
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
Discussion: Vox, Washington Monthly and Shakesville
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Are You Planning A Cake Hoax?  These 5 Tips Will Make Sure It's A Success  —  Social Justice Warrior hoaxing is having a heyday.  Whether you're a multi-racial family surreptitiously spray-painting your own home with racist graffiti, a lesbian waitress writing fake anti-gay notes on receipts …
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Austin American-Statesman:
Whole Foods taking legal action against cake accuser, releases video  —  Austin-based Whole Foods Market said it is taking legal action against an Austin man who claims he purchased a cake from the retailer that included a slur against gay people.  —  Whole Foods also released …
Brigid Bergin / WNYC News:
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered Democrats were dropped from the voting rolls since last fall.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   NYC Board Of Elections To Be Audited After Reports Of Voting ‘Irregularities’
Jillian Jorgensen / The New York Observer:
Comptroller Will Audit New York City Board of Elections
Meaghancorzine / CBS New York:
New York City Comptroller To Audit Board Of Election Due To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Polling Problems
Discussion: DNAinfo New York
ABC News:
LIVE: Republican Primary Exit Poll Analysis  —  Editor's note: These are preliminary exit poll results and may change significantly after 9 p.m. See details at the bottom of this story.  —  Who turned out in Tuesday's New York primary and what motivated their votes?
Discussion: The Hill and The Right Scoop
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New York's Primary Isn't Going Smoothly So Far
Leah Libresco / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Far Harder To Change Parties In New York Than In Any Other State
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward  —  A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boy's bathroom is discriminatory.
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Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
Court Overturns Virginia School's Transgender Bathroom Rule
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Paid A Breitbart Editor For Consulting Work  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $8,000 for “policy consulting” last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.  —  The filings show that the payment to Gorka was made in October.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed personal income taxes on the promise that the deep cuts would trigger a furious wave of hiring and expansion by businesses.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain to skip GOP convention  —  (R-Ariz.), who is facing perhaps the toughest reelection race of his career, will skip the Republican presidential nominating convention in Cleveland in July.  —  McCain says he will be focusing instead on his own race against Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McCain skipping convention to campaign for own Senate seat
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rep. Pete King: ‘I hate Ted Cruz’  —  New York Rep. Pete King (R) on Tuesday offered his harshest words yet for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz  —  , slamming the Texas senator on the day of his state's primary.  —  “Well, first of all, in case anybody gets confused …
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.
Blake Seitz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Sanders Was Asked to Leave Hippie Commune for Shirking, Book Claims  —  Bernie Sanders was asked to leave a hippie commune in 1971 for “sitting around and talking” about politics instead of working, according to a forthcoming book.  —  We Are As Gods by Kate Daloz, scheduled for release April 26 …
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
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
House Republican on health care plan: ‘Give us a little time’  —  One of the best running jokes in American politics is the one about Republicans releasing their own alternative to the Affordable Care Act.  Any day now, GOP leaders have been saying for many years, they're going to have a plan that rivals …
The Huffington Post:
Sanders And Trump Have Something In Common, Bloomberg Says  —  “I'm not trying to knock Donald Trump, but...”  —  NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg says there's a connection between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.  —  The two presidential candidates elude facts and attract voters with rhetoric …
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Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign
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 …
Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press:
Fidel Castro Gives Rare Speech Saying He Will Soon Die  —  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he will soon die and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.
 
 
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Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
White House Responds to House GOP Calls to Impeach IRS Commissioner
Discussion: Instapundit
Sophia Rosenbaum / New York Post:
It's NYC's first relevant primary in decades, and nobody can vote
Discussion: Common Dreams and Rush Limbaugh
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Obama officials warn states about cutting Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Federalist
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Cops Taunted Black Veteran as He Died
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Black women booted from Napa Valley wine train settle $11M discrimination lawsuit
Discussion: Shakesville
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
No, Bernie's Taxes Don't Show That He's a Hypocrite
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Scarborough Compares Trump to Johnny Manziel: 'He's Kind of a Turd'
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Neal Gabler / The Atlantic:
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
Better Call Saul and the Edge of Boredom
Discussion: Scripting News and Slate
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I ‘helped a little bit’ with clearing rubble at Ground Zero