memeorandum: Boehner: Ted Cruz a ‘miserable son of a bitch’ (Ben Kamisar/The Hill)

12:05 PM ET, April 28, 2016

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Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:

John Boehner talks election, time in office — “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” said former Speaker of the House John Boehner as he took the stage at CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Boehner joined David M. Kennedy, faculty director …

Nick Gass / Politico:

Boehner: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ — When it comes to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, even a few months' time out of Congress has done little to lessen former Speaker John Boehner's contempt for his former Capitol Hill colleague. — “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner told an audience at Stanford …

Discussion: Vox, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Boehner: Ted Cruz a ‘miserable son of a bitch’ — as “Lucifer in the flesh” during comments at an event Wednesday night at Stanford University. — “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone,” Boehner — (R-Ohio) said, according to The Stanford Daily.

Ezra Klein / Vox:

John Boehner just confirmed everything liberals suspected about the Republican Party — Speaking at Stanford University, former House Speaker John Boehner went the full Bulworth. — “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” he said.

Carrie Dann / NBC News: Former Speaker Boehner Calls Cruz ‘Lucifer in the Flesh’

CBS News:

Commentary: Yes, Donald Trump can beat Hillary Clinton — How would Donald Trump fare in a general election against Hillary Clinton? The conventional wisdom is that he wouldn't stand a chance. The GOP is divided. His campaign, despite a recent spate of landslide primary wins, appears to have its own civil war going on.

Discussion: Hot Air

Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:

How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way — Hillary Clinton seems poised to win the Democratic nomination, and polls suggest she has an excellent chance of securing the White House in November. For Clinton, it may be less a question of whether she'll win in November, than of how—and what she'll do next.

Discussion: New York Times

Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
‘Clinton Cash’ Has Been Made Into a Movie

Discussion: Breitbart, LawNewz and Media Matters for America

Avik Roy / Forbes:

Ted Cruz's Carly Fiorina VP Pick Could Backfire—Badly — On Tuesday, Donald Trump crushed the opposition, winning 110 of the 119 bound delegates available in the “Acela primary” of northeastern states. Ted Cruz tried to bounce back by naming former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his Vice Presidential pick.

Discussion: Washington Post

Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:

With Fiorina pick, Cruz's H-1B stance now in question — In 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emerged as one of the Senate's top H-1B visa supporters, and argued for a 500% H-1B visa cap increase. But during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Cruz had a conversion.

Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Cruz, Carly Come Together

Discussion: Politico, TPNN and The San Diego Union …

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump mocks Cruz for VP pick, but doesn't attack Fiorina in Indiana speech

Discussion: National Review, RedState, ABC News and Hit & Run

Justin Kroll / Variety:

Will Ferrell to Play Former President Ronald Reagan in New Movie (EXCLUSIVE) … Having already famously portrayed former President George W. Bush in various comedy sketches, Will Ferrell is now setting his sights on another former commander in chief. — Sources tell Variety Ferrell …

Discussion: Mediaite, Betsy's Page, Hot Air, The Week, Consequence of Sound, The Daily Caller and Business Insider

Rebecca Hawkes / Telegraph: Will Ferrell's' Ronald Reagan dementia comedy is disrespectful to my father, says former president's son

Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Will Ferrell to Play Ronald Reagan with Dementia in New Comedy

Discussion: Guardian

Pete Williams / NBC News:

Prince's Death: Local Investigators Ask for DEA's Help on Case — The county sheriff investigating the death of Prince is asking for help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Wednesday. — The officials say prescription painkillers …

Discussion: People.com, Guardian, TMZ.com and The Daily Caller

Evan Perez / CNN:
Source: Prince had opioid medication on him at time of death

Discussion: Independent Journal …, The Week and KRON4.com

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

ICE releases 19,723 criminal illegals, 208 convicted of murder, 900 of sex crimes — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2015 decided not to deport but release 19,723 criminal illegal immigrants, including 208 convicted of murder, over 900 convicted of sex crimes and 12,307 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Scared Monkeys

Jessica Vaughan / Center for Immigration Studies:
ICE Released 19,723 Criminal Aliens in 2015

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller

Michael Crowley / Politico:

Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts — In his address to an elite, invitation-only Washington foreign policy audience Wednesday, Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would restore a “coherent” vision to America's role in the world. — But across the ideological spectrum …

Discussion: Washington Post, Algemeiner.com, Media Matters for America and New York Times

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill: Coulter: Trump gave best foreign policy speech since George Washington

Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH

Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:

Bernie Sanders to Cut Hundreds of Staff Members and Turn to California — WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
What Bernie Sanders wants

Discussion: Vox and Political Wire

Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:

Secret Service Plans to Raise White House Fence by 5 Feet — Secret Service: ‘Current fence simply is not adequate for a modern era’ — The U.S. Secret Service plans to raise the height of the White House security fence by 5 feet and add a new concrete foundation to reduce the risk of fence-jumpers …

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:

Defense bill would require women to register for draft — Women would have to register for the draft under an amendment added to an annual defense bill Wednesday. — “If we want equality in this country, if we want women to be treated precisely like men are treated and that they should not be discriminated …

Discussion: Politico, LawNewz and The Week

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Are women headed for the draft? One House committee says yes

Discussion: MilitaryTimes, Associated Press and The Slot

Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:

Democratic Strategist: Trump Will Beat Hillary Like ‘A Baby Seal’ — Democratic strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders believes Donald Trump will beat Hillary like a “baby seal,” and that working class whites who haven't already left the Democratic Party for cultural reasons will due so now for economic ones.

Discussion: DailySurge and TPNN

Franklin Foer / Slate:

The Quiet American — Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world's nastiest tyrants as noble defenders of freedom. Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch. — Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's palace, is impressive by the standards of Palm Beach …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and Guardian

Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:

President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy — Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory. — Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory …

Discussion: Politico, JustOneMinute and The Week

Noah Remnick / New York Times:

Yale Defies Calls to Rename Calhoun College — Despite fervent student protests, the president of Yale announced on Wednesday that the university would keep the name of a residential college named for the 19th-century politician and white supremacist John C. Calhoun.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Power Line, Washington Post and New York Magazine

YaleNews Articles:
Yale retains Calhoun College's name, selects names for two new residential colleges …

Discussion: The TickerThe Ticker and NBC News

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Biden makes surprise trip to Baghdad — Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Thursday, in an unannounced trip designed to address the political turmoil in Iraq. — Biden plans to meet with a number of senior Iraqi officials, according to two senior administration officials …

Discussion: Washington Post and The Week