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2:45 PM ET, April 26, 2016

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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Doesn't Want Any Transgender People In Any Bathroom Anywhere  —  Ted Cruz's tour de transphobia, launched last week to capitalize on Donald Trump's criticism of North Carolina's anti-transgender law, has embraced a new extreme position.  Speaking to reporters this weekend in Indiana …
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Five states expected to help Trump and Clinton widen their leads … PHILADELPHIA — Five states vote in the “Amtrak Primary” on Tuesday in contests expected to help the two presidential front-runners, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, rack up ever wider leads in their parties' crucial delegates counts.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee... Cruz-Kasich Backroom Deal is Devastating (Video)
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg View:
How to Be Presidential, Trump-Style
Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Pat Toomey votes for Ted Cruz
Discussion: CNN, Trail Blazers Blog and Politico
Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Has Heated Exchange with Donald Trump Supporter
Discussion: TPNN, AOL and BizPac Review
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kasich: Media ‘too hung up on process’ over Cruz alliance
Discussion: Washington Post
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump: Cruz-Kasich alliance ‘pathetic’
Real Clear Politics:
Cracks in Cruz-Kasich Alliance
Discussion: New York Magazine
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him ‘presidential’  —  Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds, multiple sources close to the campaign tell POLITICO.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Americans will thank me when Lena Dunham flees to Canada  —  Not only would Donald Trump not mind if certain celebrities were to flee the United States if he is elected president, the Republican front-runner said Tuesday that their opposition to his candidacy only increases his will to win.
Discussion: Althouse, The Week and The Daily Caller
Jim VandeHei / Wall Street Journal:
Bring on a Third-Party Candidate  —  Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type.  Here's how to do it.  —  I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble—the heart of Establishment America—covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Politico CEO Courts Silicon Valley With Bizarre ‘Third Party’ Op-Ed  —  In a Monday newspaper column that borrows heavily from the language of Silicon Valley disruptors, former Politico CEO Jim VandeHei laid out a barely cogent “template” for usurping the order of “Establishment America.”
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
One of these Dem stars is about to suffer a crushing defeat  —  BALTIMORE — Democratic voters in Maryland head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the fate of two of the party's most promising stars.  —  Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards are vying to replace outgoing Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Emma Roller / New York Times:
Pennsylvania, Where Everyone Is ‘Furious’  —  Reading, Pa. — KEITH MANDICH had been to this theater before, to see John Mellencamp.  —  Now Mr. Mandich, a retired steelworker, was back in downtown Reading, Pa., to see another guy he thought of as a hero for working-class America: Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Alex Roarty / Roll Call:   The Emotional Life of Sanders Supporters
NBC News:
Poll: Trump Reaches 50 Percent Support Nationally for the First Time  —  Trump: New Cruz-Kasich Alliance to Stop Him is ‘Pathetic’ and ‘Weak’ 2:47  —  Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump breaks 50 percent mark in national poll
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Andy Humbles / USA Today:
Pastor blasts Target for bathroom policy … MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. — A minister here has posted a video on his Facebook page challenging Target's new bathroom policy that allows customers to choose a restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.  —  It has had more than 12 million views since being shared Friday night.
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Hadley Malcolm / USA Today:
More than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy
Dr. Ben Carson / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
Harriet Tubman Has A Legacy Worth Upholding  —  Retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson was a 2016 Republican candidate for President of the United States.  —  ShareTweetEmail  —  Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform and any opinions or information put forth by contributors …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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German Lopez / Vox:
Samantha Bee slams Fox News for defending “genocidal” Andrew Jackson over Harriet Tubman
Discussion: Towleroad
CNN:
‘Wild animals’: Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show  —  The following story contains offensive language and may not be suitable for all audiences.  —  (CNN)"I hate that beaner," one text reads, “but I think the nig is worse.”  —  “Indian ppl are disgusting,” proclaims another.
Dan Tynan / Guardian:
Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse  —  Sites charge $100 a year to access private photos and videos of non-porn stars in the nude, usually posted by spurned ex-lovers - but it doesn't end there  —  ix years ago, Rebekah Wells Googled her name to see what turned up.
New York Times:
Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina Voter Rules  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republican-backed changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision, that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted African-Americans and other minorities.
Jfarrell / Judicial Watch:
State Department Hid Key Clinton Benghazi Email from Judicial Watch  —  Email Info Could Have Exposed Clinton Server in 2014  —  (Washington, DC) - The Obama State Department last week admitted it withheld a key Benghazi email of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from Judicial Watch since at least September 2014.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Kerry, Heinz Family Have Millions Invested In Offshore Tax Havens  —  Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz have invested millions of U.S. dollars through family trusts in at least 11 offshore tax havens, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group.
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
The Guy Who Screwed America's Economy Hearts Hillary Clinton  —  The man behind Goldman Sachs's infamous bets on the housing collapse now buys foreclosed homes and rents them out—but not to anyone convicted of a financial crime.  He's also a big Clinton donor.  —  Wall Street is buying Main Street one foreclosed home at a time.
Discussion: Salon and The Week
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows  —  In an apparent rejection of the basic principles of the U.S. economy, a new poll shows that most young people do not support capitalism.  —  The Harvard University survey, which polled young adults between ages 18 and 29 …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Names Elizabeth Warren As Possible VP Pick  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday that it would be a “great idea” to have a woman as his running mate and, when pressed, suggested Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as a potential vice presidential pick.
Zack Guzman / CNBC:
Meet the company offering a chance at immortality for $200,000  —  More and more people are signing up to be frozen for a chance at life after death.  So the question is, would you?  —  This woman is freezing her brain so she can see the future  —  More and more people are signing …
Pablo Gorondi / Associated Press:
HUNGARY'S PM ORBAN: ‘ISLAMIZATION’ BANNED BY CONSTITUTION  —  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's constitution bans “Islamization” because the document aims to protect Hungarian language and culture, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday.  —  Orban also said the constitution forces …
 
 
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Courtney Kirchoff / Louder With Crowder:
Steven Crowder Delivers Most Epic Smackdown of Leftist Protestors Ever
Discussion: The Right Scoop and BizPac Review
Adam Boult / Telegraph:
Dog dies from exhaustion after rescuing seven people from earthquake
Discussion: National Review
Andy Kroll / Highline:
Trump at War  —  When Donald Trump launched his bid …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Andrew Stiles / Heat Street:
Video: While Obama plays, the Defense Sec holds sway ... Is Ash Carter picking up slack for the President?
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Where Jobs Are Squeezed by Chinese Trade, Voters Seek Extremes
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
AmeriCorps workers helped young women get abortions
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
NC GOP AG Candidate Tells HB2 Fans: ‘Keep Our State Straight!’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Citizen Times
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
When Was America Greatest?  —  Donald Trump's campaign slogan is …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton: If elected, women would make up half my Cabinet
Discussion: The Slot and The Week
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obamacare disaster will be Obama's enduring domestic legacy
Discussion: Forbes
Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Don't Suggest to Hillary She Could Ever Be Behind in Votes
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
The only campaign that would have even been legal eight years ago belongs to a 74-year-old socialist.
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Colorado County GOP Chair: Errors with Ted Cruz's Delegate Win, Might Need Do-Over
Sophia A. McClennen / Salon:
Maybe Donald Trump has really lost his mind: What if the GOP frontrunner isn't crazy, but simply not well?
 

 
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