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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Won't Self-Fund General-Election Campaign  —  Presumptive Republican nominee plans to create ‘world-class finance organization’ to back campaign  —  Donald Trump won't self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” …
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Seth Masket / Vox:
We are witnessing the most massive failure of a political party in generations  —  The recent withdrawal of Ted Cruz and John Kasich from the Republican presidential nomination race makes Donald Trump the party's assured nominee for 2016.  This represents the most colossal failure of an American political party in modern history.
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Spoiler: They can't.  —  Suppose the Republican Party's elites could go a year back in time and act with perfect foresight and perfect coordination.  (At the risk of making this hypothetical even more outlandish, let's also grant them functioning strategic brains.)  What would they do to avoid their current predicament?
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Politico
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
RIP, GOP  —  On Tuesday night the Republican voters of Indiana delivered the final verdict on the Republican primary race, giving Donald Trump a crushing 15-point victory over Ted Cruz.  Two hours after the polls closed, Cruz acknowledged the writing on the wall and dropped out of the race.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'm open to Cruz as VP
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump Isn't Going to Be President
Schuyler Kropf / Post and Courier:
Haley won't be Trump's running mate
Bloomberg:
In Reversal, Donald Trump to Seek Donations to Fund Campaign
Discussion: Hot Air and ABC News
CBS News:
What Donald Trump is looking for in vice presidential pick
Discussion: Western Journalism
Katie Van-Syckle / Variety:
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Caught on Hot Mic Ogling Melania Trump … ‘Hardball’ anchor has long history of sexist comments  —  During the network's coverage of Donald Trump's Indiana primary victory speech, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was caught on a live microphone commenting on the appearance of Melania Trump, the Republican nominee's wife.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Chris Matthews' Melania Trump remarks caught on hot mic  —  MSNBC's Chris Matthews was caught on a hot mic commenting on Melania Trump's “runway walk” during the network's Indiana primary coverage.  —  “Did you see her walk?  Runway walk.  My God is that good,” Matthews could be heard saying …
Rush Limbaugh:
My Gut: Trump Beats Hillary in Landslide  —  RUSH: Hold your horses, Trump supporters.  Hold your horses.  When I say, “We'll examine what went wrong,” come on.  You know exactly what I'm talking about, from the standpoint of Cruz supporters.  They're the ones trying to figure out what went wrong today.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Blames Hillary for Birtherism, Wolf Blitzer Summarily Fact-Checks Him  —  Original birther Donald Trump today tried to push birtherism on Hillary Clinton, but Wolf Blitzer didn't go to commercial break without fact-checking that little claim.  —  Blitzer brought up a clip of Clinton bringing …
Discussion: Guardian and Raw Story
Mark Krikorian / National Review:
NeverHillary  —  Donald Trump is unfit to be president.
Discussion: alicublog and Vox
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Calls on Press to Toughen Up on Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Clinton says ‘whole world’ wants her to beat Trump
Fox News:
Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’  —  Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, is escorted by masked policemen in Bucharest, after being arrested in Arad, 337 miles west of Bucharest.  (Reuters) (REUTERS/Mediafax/Silviu Matei)  —  EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as …
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NBC News:
Hacker ‘Guccifer’: I Got Inside Hillary Clinton's Server  —  The Romanian hacker who first exposed Hillary Clinton's private email address is making a bombshell new claim — that he also gained access to the former Secretary of State's “completely unsecured” server.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Federal judge opens the door to Clinton deposition in email case
Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump … For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well.  —  Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Reaches Out, Quietly, to Republican Establishment
Discussion: Political Wire and Salon
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
US Justice Department: HB2 violates federal Civil Rights Act  —  Ruling could ultimately lead to the loss of millions in federal education money  —  RALEIGH  —  U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday notified Gov. Pat McCrory that House Bill 2 violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
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Associated Press:
North Carolina Leaders Denounce Federal Threat on LGBT Law
Discussion: Towleroad and ABC News
Ben Sasse / Facebook:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MAJORITY AMERICA  —  TO: Those who think both leading presidential candidates are dishonest and have little chance of leading America forward:  —  (...or, stated more simply)  —  TO: The majority of America:  —  Note: If you are one of those rare souls …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
FOX Carolina 21:
Tow truck owner said he refused service to woman because she supports Bernie Sanders  —  A local tow truck driver said he refused to tow a woman's car after he saw Bernie Sanders stickers on the vehicle.  —  Kenneth Shupe said he was called to pick up a woman stranded on I-26 in Asheville on Monday.
Discussion: Slantpoint
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Trump-loving tow truck driver says God told him to leave disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes  —  Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection.  But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Los Angeles Times:
San Andreas fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big earthquake, expert says  —  This simulation by the Southern California Earthquake Center shows the shaking that could be felt by Los Angeles during a possible magnitude 8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Republican Horse Race Is Over, and Journalism Lost  —  Wrong, wrong, wrong — to the very end, we got it wrong.  —  Just a couple of weeks ago, political prognosticators in television and print media were describing Indiana as the “most important test” for Donald J. Trump and a “firewall” where Ted Cruz “should do well.”
Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Trump's deportation plan could slice 2 percent off U.S. GDP: study  —  Donald Trump's vow to round up and deport all of America's undocumented immigrants if he is elected president could shrink the economy by around 2 percent, according to a study to be released on Thursday by conservative think tank the American Action Forum.
Discussion: The Week
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Trump is the Nominee, What Now?  Legal Insurrection Authors Debate  —  #NeverTrump, #FineWithTrump, and everything in between  —  Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.  Presumably he will face off against Hillary Clinton.  —  Given the intense feelings and turmoil resulting …
Breitbart:
Exclusive: President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico  —  SANTA MONICA, California — During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's proposal …
Discussion: Hot Air and BizPac Review
 
 
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Nick Gass / Politico:
The 9 worst predictions about Trump's rise to the top
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Public Uncertain, Divided Over America's Place in the World
Discussion: Pew Research Center
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Discussion: Mashable and The Verge
TIME:
Rolling Stones Ask Donald Trump to Stop Using Their Music
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of ‘Shield’ actor, documents show
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NC man among some joining groups in US to patrol border with Mexico
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