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	Awful University of Michigan Frat Bro Berates Uber Driver: 'Minimum Wage Faot!' by J.D. Durkin** "Hail to the victors valliant, hail to the racist spewing frat bros harass Uber drivers." Read More »

	Prosecutor in Lewandowski's Battery Case is Prominent Hillary Clinton Supporter by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Conservative Blogger, Former Breitbart Writer Charged With Attempted Murder by Alex Griswold A prominent conservative blogger based out of Florida was charged with attempted murder after he fired a gun at his sister's boyfriend. Read More »

	Denying Basic Facts Makes You Seem Delusional: Chris Hayes Confronts Lewandowski's Lawyer by Ken Meyer Last night on MSNBC's All In, Chris Hayes got into a heated discussion with a lawyer representing Donald Trump's embattled campaign manager as he faces battery charges for allegedly grabbing and harming a reporter earlier this month. Read More »

	Hillary Claims New York City Legitimacy Over Trump With Powerful New Ad by J.D. Durkin But after her years representing the people of New York, she is claiming ownership of sorts over the Big Apple in a new ad aimed squarely at Donald Trump. Read More »

	WATCH: Donald Trump Speech in De Pere, Wisconsin by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will be holding a campaign rally today in St. Louis, Missouri at the Peabody Opera House. Read More »

	Trump: I Would Have Fired Lewandowski Immediately 'If He Threw Her to the Ground' by Josh Feldman During his appearance on Hannity tonight, Donald Trump revealed he actually does have standards when it comes to potential behavior from Corey Lewandowski. Read More »

	Trump Only Today Started Claiming That Michelle Fields ‘Grabbed’ Him by Josh Feldman Donald Trump and his people are claiming that it's Michelle Fields who changed her story after video emerged of Corey Lewandowski grabbing her. Yeah, no. Read More »

	Cooper Confronts Trump Over Heidi Cruz Attacks: 'That's the Argument of a 5-Year-Old' by Josh Feldman Anderson Cooper seemed to get a little frustrated with Donald Trump tonight over him deflecting from his nasty attacks on Heidi Cruz. Read More »

	Trump Does Mock Dramatic Reading of Michelle Fields Statement at CNN Town Hall by Josh Feldman Donald Trump seriously kicked off his appearance at CNN's GOP town hall tonight by––and I'm not kidding here––doing a mock dramatic reading of Michelle Fields' original statement on what happened when Corey Lewandowski grabbed her. Read More »

	'How Do You Decide What Neighborhoods?’: Cooper Grills Cruz on Muslim Patrols by Josh Feldman Anderson Cooper grilled Ted Cruz tonight over his proposal for police patrols in Muslim neighborhoods to prevent radicalization. Read More »

	Cruz: You Guys Give Trump Free Media; Cooper: You Don’t Agree to Interviews! by Josh Feldman During CNN's GOP town hall tonight, Ted Cruz called out CNN and other networks for giving Donald Trump a ton of free media, but Anderson Cooper said at least Trump agrees to interviews. Read More »

	CNN's Tapper Calls Out Obama's Hypocrisy in Saying the Press Should Get Tougher by Josh Feldman Last night, President Obama delivered a major address lamenting the current state of journalism and saying the press needs to push harder. But CNN's Jake Tapper showed today how he's not exactly the best messenger for that idea... Read More »

	Coulter Mocks Lewandowski Outrage: 'Deserves to Be Minimized,' Just 'Shoulders Brushing' by Josh Feldman Ann Coulter appeared on MSNBC tonight to mock the outrage over Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, saying that this "deserves to be minimized" and feels like "living in The Emperor's New Clothes." Read More »

	Federal Judge Slams State Dept. For ‘Shifting Admissions’ in Clinton Email Lawsuit by Christopher White Read More »

	Don of Justice: #TrumpSuperpowers Becomes Massive Twitter Trend by Josh Feldman Donald Trump wants to Make America Great Again™, but #TrumpSuperpowers became the #1 U.S. Twitter trend today to show just what else he's able to accomplish. Read More »

	Omraosa: If Trump Loses Wisconsin, He Will Probably Fire Lewandowski by Josh Feldman Omarosa, one of Donald Trump's biggest celebrity supporters, told Wolf Blitzer today that Trump will almost assuredly get rid of Corey Lewandowski if he loses Wisconsin. Read More »

	Tim Tebow: It Would Be ‘Intriguing’ To Run for Office by Lindsey Ellefson She asked if he'd ever be interested in going into politics and he said that anything he could do to help someone would be something he might be interested in one day. Read More »

	Fox Host: Obama's Like a Jock Who's Bitter One Cheerleader (Fox) Won't Sleep With Him by Josh Feldman During a discussion of President Obama's big speech on the state of the media last night, the hosts of Fox's The Five pointed out how he didn't seem to mind the fawning coverage he received when he ran for president in 2007 and 2008. Read More »

	Watch These Little Kids Panic When They Think the GPS Says There’s a Bear to the Right by Lindsey Ellefson The video was uploaded to YouTube on March 24 by Chip Golden, the pair's father. Read More »

	Limbaugh Outraged by Attack on 'Babe' in Lewandowski Story, But Not That One by Tommy Christopher The arrest-like event of Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for simple battery has dominated news coverage Tuesday, and while many are outraged by video that shows Lewandowski grabbing then-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh had a strong reaction of his own about a "babe" being attacked. What was so offensive to Limbaugh that he told his audience "It offends my sensibilities!", whatever those are? Read More »

	'Aren't You Ashamed?' Tapper Gets Really Testy With Trump Spox by Josh Feldman CNN's Jake Tapper got pretty testy with a Donald Trump spokeswoman this afternoon over a direct smear on one of CNN's own contributors from the Trump campaign and the Michelle Fields incident. Read More »

	Maybe Donald Trump's Eyesight Is Failing by Alex Griswold Donald Trump defended his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski Tuesday after he was arrested for assaulting reporter Michelle Fields. Trump claimed the video showed there was "nothing there" and even went a step further, saying that Fields grabbed him, saying that maybe he should be the one filing charges. Read More »

	Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski’s Strongest Possible Defenses to The Simple Battery Charge by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Trump on Michelle Fields: 'How Do You Know Those Bruises Weren't There Before?' by Sam Reisman Speaking to reporters from his plane Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump stood by his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who stands charged of assaulting reporter Michelle Fields. Read More »

	Trump: Lewandowski Has Been 'Seriously Maligned' and I'm Sticking by Him by Josh Feldman Donald Trump took some questions from reporters on his plane in Wisconsin this afternoon, and he took a few minutes to affirm he's absolutely standing by Corey Lewandowski after his battery charges. Read More »

	Cruz Rips 'Abusive Culture' of Trump's Campaign Over Lewandowski Battery Charge by Ken Meyer Reporters caught up with Ted Cruz in Wisconsin earlier today, and he opened fire on Donald Trump again over the battery charges that have been leveled against his campaign manager. Read More »

	Harrison Ford Is Auctioning a Jacket From Star Wars In Honor of His Epileptic Daughter by Lindsey Ellefson At an event for NYU Langone Medical Center's Find a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures (FACES), he revealed that his daughter Georgia Ford is epileptic and his auction was for her. Read More »

	An Emotional Amanda Carpenter Responds to Cruz Affair 'Smears' from Trump Advisor by Josh Feldman CNN's Amanda Carpenter has been the subject of nasty allegations that she had an affair with Ted Cruz, and during an emotional appearance with Jake Tapper today, she expressed her disgust with the "smears" being pushed by one Donald Trump advisor. Read More »

	'Say Hello to Uncle Elton': Elton John Faces Sexual Harassment Lawsuit from Former Bodyguard by Ken Meyer A former Los Angeles police captain is suing Elton John over allegations that he was fondled and sexually harassed during his time on the British singer's entourage. Read More »

	CNN Interviews Group of Women Trump Fans Basically Willing to Excuse Any Behavior by Sam Reisman CNN's Martin Savidge interviewed a circle of Arizona conservative women Trump fans, who were not only undeterred in their support of the GOP frontrunner by his several, coarse remarks — they were willing to make increasingly absurd excuses to justify them. Read More »

	WATCH: Trump Holds Campaign Rally in Janesville, Wisconsin by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will hold a campaign event today at the Holiday Inn Express Conference Center in Janesville, WI. Read More »

	Here's a Comprehensive Timeline of the Entire Corey Lewandowski Scandal by Alex Griswold Here is a definitive timeline of every new development in the ongoing Michelle Fields-Lewinsky battle, from its genesis to Lewandowski's arrest. Read More »

	Trump-Bashing Editorial Encourages Wisconsinites to 'Reject This Un-American Candidate' by Sam Reisman The editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a blistering takedown of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, calling the onetime reality TV star an "un-American candidate" who is utterly "unfit to be president." Read More »

	Fox and CNN Boast Historic Quarter; Fox Leads Basic Cable in Primetime and Total Day Viewership by Mediaite Staff Fox News beat out every other basic cable network for the highest primetime and total day viewership of the first quarter of 2016. Read More »

	GOP Sen. Slams Colleagues for Being 'Too Close-Minded' to Even Meet with Merrick Garland by Josh Feldman Mark Kirk is one of a select few Republican senators even willing to meet with Merrick Garland, the man President Obama nominated for the Supreme Court, and today he scolded his colleagues for being so obstinate. Read More »

	‘How Do You Know?!’: Fox’s Carlson Clashes with Guest Downplaying Lewandowski Incident by Josh Feldman Fox News' Gretchen Carlson got a little incredulous this afternoon with guest Kevin Jackson as he downplayed the significance of Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbing Michelle Fields. Read More »

	Trump Asks If He Can 'Press Charges' Against Michelle Fields for Asking Him Questions by Josh Feldman If there was any doubt left in your mind about what Donald Trump thinks of the press, behold. Read More »

	Obama Scolds the Press: You Should Care More About Deep Reporting Than Retweets by Josh Feldman President Obama last night delivered a major address on the state of journalism in the United States, expressing certain frustrations with the way the 2016 campaign has been covered. Read More »

	Susan Sarandon's Bernie or Bust Rant Too 'Peculiar' Even For Hillary Clinton Campaign to Attack by Tommy Christopher Oscar-winning actress and Bernie Sanders surrogate Susan Sarandon raised more eyebrows than $27 donations Monday night when she told MSNBC host Chris Hayes that she might be willing to see Donald Trump win the presidency rather than vote for Hillary Clinton in a general election. Given the chance to respond, the Clinton campaign essentially could not even. Read More »