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6:50 PM ET, April 23, 2016

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T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Has Hillary Clinton Outstayed Her Welcome?  —  The presumptive nominee has an Al Gore problem.  —  At this point, even amid one of the most captivating political upheavals in recent memory, the election process of 2016 is starting to feel like an extended car ride with a group of people …
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Associated Press:
Trumps tells Connecticut voters he's “not toning it down”  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A confident Donald Trump told supporters on Saturday that he's not changing his pitch to voters, a day after his chief adviser assured Republican officials their party's front-runner would show more restraint while campaigning.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Ann Coulter Said She Hates The ‘New’ Donald Trump  —  Conservative pundit Ann Coulter expressed her distaste for the “new Donald Trump” on Twitter, following new leadership from his convention manager Paul Manafort.  —  Coulter crafted several tweets implying that Manafort …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans fret: Is Cruz crumbling?  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's wipeout in the New York primary, while expected, nevertheless rattled many Republican insiders and activists who did not foresee the magnitude of the defeat. … The Cruz campaign set itself up, sending the candidate to campaign …
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Rigged process?  Wait till Trump sees how Pennsylvania picks delegates  —  Voters admit they don't understand the way the Keystone State GOP chooses delegates  —  The campaigns seem adrift also in trying to explain a convoluted process  —  Which candidate do the people on the ballot favor?
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Trump Tells Connecticut Voters He's ‘Not Toning It Down’
Discussion: WCTX-TV
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:   The disciplined Donald: How Trump triumphed by toning things down
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Go ahead, Donald, get 1,237; it won't matter: RNC delegate  —  GOP Delegate: 1,237 number means nothing for Trump  —  Curly Haugland, RNC Rules Committee Member and unbound delegate, talks about delegate nominations at the Republican National Convention, including Donald Trump's chances of becoming the party's nominee.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
New Trump or Old Trump, GOP leaders remain conflicted ahead of Cleveland
Discussion: ABC News
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Donald Trump Tones Down the Bombast on the Campaign Trail
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Times
Kimberly Richardson Updated / WSB-TV:
Police in riot gear as hundreds clash at Stone Mountain  —  Stone Mountain State Park has closed due to hundreds of protesters currently clashing for competing rallies.  —  We'll take you LIVE inside the rallies and protests on Channel 2 Action News at 6.  —  The park released the following statement:
Discussion: Infowars
The Huffington Post:
Female Ted Cruz Lookalike Agrees To Do Porn For $10,000  —  Her boyfriend — and future costar — is proud: “She's more famous than Madonna!”  —  Last Sunday, Searcy Hayes was an unknown 21-year-old from Natchez, Mississippi.  —  By Monday night, she was a viral sensation after viewers …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Campaign, Cautious but Confident, Begins Considering Running Mates  —  Hillary Clinton's advisers and allies have begun extensive discussions about who should be her running mate, seeking to compile a list of 15 to 20 potential picks for her team to start vetting by late spring.
Ryan Felton / Guardian:
Speculation over Prince's death baffles those who say the artist led a clean life  —  Friends, colleagues and locals who interacted with him regularly attest to a man who was healthy in his habits, amid rumors about the cause of his death  —  Healthy in his habits, tireless at work …
Discussion: theGrio
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Pope Francis reneges on offer to take in Christian refugees  —  A Christian brother and sister from Syria felt blessed to have been among the dozen refugees selected to start a new life in Italy — but now say their savior, Pope Francis, abandoned them on a Greek island, according to a report.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - ‘Let down by the Pope on Lesbos’: Christian brother and sister told they would be rescued …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Daily Mail:
Obama infuriates the Brits as he threatens to send UK ‘to the back of the queue’ if they vote to leave the European Union  — President Obama sparked fury by pressuring UK to stay in the EU and telling its citizens their nation's stranding would be diminished if it leaves
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Alison Little / Daily Express:
Obama's amazing THREAT to Britain: UK would be at the ‘back of the queue’ after Brexit
Discussion: Hot Air
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump asks Kasich to change spelling of his name … Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump  —  wants rival John Kasich to change the spelling of his name.  —  At a campaign rally in Connecticut on Saturday, Trump was speaking about how many more votes he has than Ted Cruz  —  and Kasich.
CBS News:
Heavy teen marijuana use may cut life short by 60  —  Heavy marijuana use in the late teen years puts men at a higher risk for death by age 60, a new long-term study suggests.  —  Swedish researchers analyzed the records of more than 45,000 men beginning in 1969 and 1970.
Discussion: National Review
The Hill:
Five internet powerbrokers who could shape the election  —  The presidential election is increasingly being waged online, giving an outsized influence to Internet powerbrokers.  —  Social media has become one of the most powerful ways to reach voters, with candidates in both parties using …
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Donna Edwards Blasts The Media And Democrats Criticizing Her As “Difficult”  —  WASHINGTON — If you ask Rep. Donna Edwards, the polls and the newspapers — and even, on some level, people in the Democratic Party — have it wrong.  —  Days before the Maryland Democratic primary …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism  —  Authoritarianism, always latent in progressivism, is becoming explicit.  Progressivism's determination to regulate thought by regulating speech is apparent in the campaign by 16 states' attorneys general …
Discussion: Cafe HayekCafe Hayek
The Hill:
Republicans worry PC police taking over GOP  —  Conservative Republicans are worried that political correctness is creeping into their party.  —  They point to the decision by a House committee to replace 50 state flags — including Mississippi's, which is emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Last Tradition
Mjmontone / CBS New York:
Study: ‘Toxic Friendships’ Can Lead To Serious Health Problems  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It can happen to anyone, sometimes a friendship goes bad.  —  It can be unpleasant, and researchers claim there is a physical toll that comes from being with toxic friends.
Discussion: Infowars
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump aide accused of bullying Delaware GOP for delegates  —  When Donald Trump's campaign dispatched Joe Uddo, a former Ben Carson aide, to Delaware last week, he had a mission: twist a few arms to get Trump supporters into the state's delegation to the national convention.
 
 
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Marylanders Want Legislature to Go Further on Minimum Wage; Baltimore Voters Back Proposed $15/Hour Law
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump leads in California, Clinton-Sanders in close race
Discussion: Vox, Scared Monkeys and Politico
Agence France-Presse:
Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Friendly Atheist
Stacy Liberatore For / Daily Mail:
Meet Brad, the AI interrogator: Virtual persona taught to tell when people are REALLY telling the truth
Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them ‘state property’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Vlad Tepes
Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times:
Apple's iBooks, iTunes Movies mysteriously suspended in China; customers want refunds
Don Melvin / CNN:
North Korea launches missile from submarine, South Korea says
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama tackles a question on rights for those who claim no gender
Discussion: Politico and Washington Blade
Tampa Bay Times:
Supreme Court blocks 24-hour abortion waiting period
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Bethany Blankley / Townhall.com:
Jesus Christ Is Not on the Ballot in 2016, but Christians Pastors and Leaders Are
Discussion: RedState
Olivia Solon / Guardian:
How Facebook plans to take over the world
Ben Candea / ABC News:
President Obama Glad He Met ‘Adorable’ Prince George
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton doubling down on transcripts