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12:45 AM ET, April 21, 2016

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared  —  Harriet Tubman will bump Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill while Alexander Hamilton will stay put on the $10 — a historic move that gives a woman prime placement on U.S. currency and quells a controversy kicked up by Hamilton super-fans.
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Treasury Department:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM SECRETARY LEW:  —  When I announced last June that a newly redesigned $10 note would feature a woman, I hoped to encourage a national conversation about women in our democracy.  The response has been powerful.  You and your fellow citizens from across the country …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Change for a $20: Tubman Ousts Jackson  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman …
Cokie Roberts / New York Times:
The Hamilton I'd Put on the $10 Bill
Discussion: Constitution Daily
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
ESPN Fires Curt Schilling Over an Offensive Social Media Post  —  Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
The hunt to be offended...  This is likely the easiest way to address all of you out there who are just dying to be offended so you can create some sort of faux cause to rally behind.  —  Let's make one thing clear right up front.  If you get offended by ANYTHING in this post, that's your fault, all yours.
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
This is ESPN's Curt Schilling's disgusting view of transgender people  —  Curt Schilling demonstrated a disgusting view of trans people in a Facebook post yesterday.  Given ESPN's long largely positive history with the LGBT community, he has to be fired over this.
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Curt Schilling shares anti-transgender rights meme on Facebook, defends doing so in lengthy blog post  —  Once again, Curt Schilling is on the defensive over his social media behavior.  —  The former Red Sox pitcher and “for-now-anyway” ESPN analyst shared a controversial meme Monday …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Kasich: 'My Republican Party doesn't like ideas'  —  How Trump won NY, in 60 seconds … Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) criticized his party for a lack of ideas Wednesday in a wide-ranging and occasionally combative interview with The Washington Post's editorial board.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Donald Trump, After Difficult Stretch, Shows a Softer Side  —  It has been a rough few weeks for Donald J. Trump and his team: a bruising loss in Wisconsin, a public campaign shake-up, and some high-profile missteps and gaffes, including his reference to the attacks on the World Trade Center as occurring “on 7-11.”
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Republican establishment warms to Trump after big New York win
Discussion: Shakesville
Ben Norton / Salon:
Yes, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat — and Hillary represents the very worst of the party  —  Sanders has exposed just how reactionary and corrupt the Democratic Party is—while Clinton wants things to carry on  —  Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder/Jonathan Ernst/Photo montage by Salon)
Discussion: Power Line
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
A Lot of Hillary Clinton's New York Supporters Kept Quiet About Their Allegiances
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Clinton Leans on City; Trump Dominates Everywhere but Home
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The kinder, more disciplined Donald Trump should scare the hell out of the GOP establishment … Gone was “Lyin' Ted.”  In its place was “Senator Cruz.”  Gone was the long-winded speech that went nowhere.  In its place was a succinct recitation of states and delegates won.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Internal campaign memo projects Trump will win 1,400 delegates at GOP convention
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
What your first name says about whom you support for president
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Rails Against ‘Rigged System’ The Day After Reserved NY Victory Speech
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hannity blows up at Cruz: 'I'm getting sick of it'
CNN:
Saudis snub Obama on Riyadh arrival amid growing tensions  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama received a chilly reception from Saudi Arabia's leaders as he landed in Riyadh Wednesday, a clear sign of the cooling relations between once-close allies amid regional upheaval and dropping oil prices.
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Daily Mail:
Fresh evidence links Saudi government to 9/11: Flight certificate of would-be bomber found …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Campaign Bundler Is Directly Lobbying For Saudi Arabia
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Loophole That Could Cost Donald Trump the Nomination  —  Pennsylvania, which holds its primary next Tuesday, uses a nonbinding “loophole” primary — and that could cost Donald Trump the Republican nomination.  —  If the state adopted the delegate rules of any other primary …
Discussion: CBS News and Taylor Marsh
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals Awkward Fan Letter From Hillary and Her Panic on That ‘Last F—able Day’  —  As the Lucille Ball of this era takes on a bigger producing role in this season of HBO's ‘Veep,’ she opens up about the lack of films roles available for women ("I'm not interested …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Ted Talks, But It Doesn't Mean Anything  —  Ted Cruz has a problem.  Since he launched his campaign for president at Liberty University more than a year ago, he has aimed to consolidate the right.  He has largely succeeded.  He has vanquished Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:
Norway Violated Rights of Anders Behring Breivik, Mass Killer, Judge Rules  —  OSLO — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, lives in conditions that would seem luxurious by American incarceration standards …
Discussion: BBC, AOL, Hot Air and Althouse
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Life expectancy for white females in U.S. suffers rare decline  —  Life expectancy at birth for white, non-Hispanic females in the United States declined slightly from 2013 to 2014, a change that could be a statistical blip but still represents a rare drop for a major demographic group …
Discussion: AOL
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Xbox Wire:
Achievement Unlocked: 10 Years - Thank You, Xbox 360  —  Last November, we celebrated a major milestone, as the Xbox 360 console turned 10 years old.  —  The Xbox 360 helped redefine an entire generation of gaming at Microsoft.  I am incredibly proud of all of the work and dedication …
Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
New Elizabethkingia cluster found in Illinois  —  Elizabethkingia: A rare, deadly bacteria  —  (CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday.  —  Testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bernie: ‘I can still win’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders isn't ready to give up.  —  In a memo to supporters following his big loss to Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York, in fact, he said that “we still have a path to the nomination.”
Thomas Young / Gravis:
Delaware Polling  —  Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 1,038 likely Republican Primary voters and 1,026 likely Democratic Primary voters.  The poll has a margin of error of ± 3.0% for Republicans and ± 3.1% for Democrats, all at the 95% confidence level.
John Stossel / Fox News:
I have lung cancer.  My medical care is excellent but the customer service stinks  —  I write this from the hospital.  Seems I have lung cancer.  —  My doctors tell me my growth was caught early and I'll be fine.  Soon I will barely notice that a fifth of my lung is gone.  I believe them.
 
 
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