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	Poll Finds Americans Really Don't Trust Trump, Rubio, or Cruz to Fill SCOTUS Vacancy by Tommy Christopher As President Obama continues to mull replacements for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Senate Republicans continue to insist they won't even consider an Obama nominee (or "Obamanee™"), a new poll finds that the GOP is badly at odds with the American people on this issue. Read More »

	Watch Donald Trump Completely Crush Ted Cruz in Mere Seconds by Tommy Christopher There are only a few days left for Republican bed-wetters to stop Donald Trump from steamrolling his way to the presidential nomination via Florida and Ohio, and if Thursday night's CNN Republican Presidential Debate is any indication, it's not gonna happen. There was one moment that went largely unnoticed, though, and it perfectly demonstrates why he's winning. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Ben Carson Endorses Trump in Palm Beach, Florida by Ken Meyer Donald Trump will hold a press conference today, where he will be receiving Ben Carson's endorsement at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL. Read More »

	Jimmy Kimmel Makes the Ultimate Supercut of Trump Listing Off His Bloated List of Friends by J.D. Durkin The braggadocio of Donald Trump should not come as any surprise anymore; the man brags about the size of his hands, the steaks in his fridge, and as Jimmy Kimmel hilariously pointed out Thursday night, his lengthly, lengthly list of "friends". Read More »

	Daily Show Hits Donald Trump for Calling Poor People 'Morons' in 1999 by Tommy Christopher As the reality of a Donald Trump nomination gets close enough for people to say "That's no moon, it's a space station," the media must dig deeper and deeper into the billionaire candidate's past to try and find something, anything, that might put a dent in him. Read More »

	VIDEO: Hair-Pulling Women Brawl on Flight Over Volume of Boombox by Matt Strong A Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles took a turn for the insanely bizarre on Wednesday as a fight broke out among five women over music. Read More »

	Omarosa on Violence at Trump Rallies: 'You Get What's Coming to You' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump supporter Omarosa appeared on MSNBC tonight and engaged in a lot of excuse-making for the violence at Trump's rallies, literally saying, "You get what's coming to you." Read More »

	Trump Campaign Manager Tweets to Breitbart Reporter 'You Are Totally Delusional' by Josh Feldman After attacking her credibility on Twitter all day, Donald Trump's campaign manager tonight tweeted at the Breitbart reporter who accused him of assaulting her that she's "delusional." Read More »

	Debate Moderator Tapper: GOPers Were 'More Civil' Than We Prepared For by Josh Feldman CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper said after the debate tonight he and the other moderators were pleasantly surprised by how civil the debate was. Read More »

	Breitbart’s Shapiro on Fox: Lewandowski a Thug and ‘Trump Is a Thug for Backing Him’ by Josh Feldman Breitbart Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro joined Megyn Kelly tonight to continue trashing Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for allegedly assaulting Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. Read More »

	Trump Finally Addresses Allegations His Campaign Manager Assaulted a Reporter by Josh Feldman Donald Trump tonight was finally asked about allegations that his campaign manager assaulted a reporter. Read More »

	Trump Brushes Off Rally Violence at Debate: 'I Certainly Don't Condone That' by Josh Feldman In the final quarter of tonight's Republican debate, Donald Trump was finally forced to address the violence that seems to break out at a lot of his rallies, especially on the heels of one black protester being assaulted yesterday. Read More »

	Tapper Asks Trump at Debate About Him 'Praising Authoritarian Dictators' by Josh Feldman At tonight's CNN Republican debate, Jake Tapper confronted Donald Trump about the criticism that he has received for "praising authoritarian dictators." Read More »

	Rubio Confronts Trump: Not Insulting Islam Isn’t Politically Correct, It’s Just Correct! by Josh Feldman Donald Trump said on CNN last night that he thinks "Islam hates us," so naturally he was confronted on it at tonight's Republican debate. Read More »

	Trump Opens Debate With Message to GOP Establishment: Just 'Embrace What's Happening' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump's opening statement at tonight's CNN Republican debate was basically a warning to the GOP establishment to just accept him already. Read More »

	Former Jeb Campaign Official Snipes at Trump Supporter on CNN for Sitting in Booster Seat by Josh Feldman During a fierce CNN discussion on Donald Trump earlier today, Jeb Bush former communications director sniped at a Trump supporter for talking tough while sitting in a booster seat. Read More »

	'It Is Not Too Late': Beck Implores Limbaugh to Reconsider Joining Trump Fight by Josh Feldman Last night Glenn Beck implored Rush Limbaugh to reevaluate his decision to not join other conservatives in opposing Donald Trump. Read More »

	RNC's Priebus Hopes Tonight's Debate Will Be More PG-Rated Than the Last One by Josh Feldman RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said on CNN tonight he hopes tonight's Republican debate is more PG-reated than the last one. Read More »

	Here’s the Truth About the Confusing Ohio Ballot Supposedly ‘Rigged Against Trump’ by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Ben Carson Expected to Endorse Trump Tomorrow by Josh Feldman Ben Carson is going to be endorsing Donald Trump tomorrow, according to reports. Read More »

	New Ad Features Former Trump University Salesman: 'I Was Ashamed to Work There' by Sam Reisman A new anti-Trump ad intended to impugn Donald Trump's business prowess and trustworthiness, features a former salesman for Trump University, discussing how hawking the mogul's dubious educational products and fielding calls from irate customers, made him "ashamed to work there." Read More »

	Michelle Fields Speaks Out About Alleged Assault: Trump Should ‘Put Himself in My Shoes’ by Josh Feldman Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields appeared on ABC World News Tonight earlier tonight for her first interview since Donald Trump's campaign manager allegedly assaulted her. Read More »

	Trump Spox: No Way Lewandowski Grabbed Michelle Fields, Maybe It Was Another Reporter by Josh Feldman Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson insisted during a Fox Business Network interview earlier tonight that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski absolutely did not assault a Breitbart reporter. Read More »

	Hillary: I'm Distraught and 'Appalled' by Violence at Trump Events by Josh Feldman Hillary Clinton sat down with Rachel Maddow for an interview set to air tonight, and at one point the Democratic frontrunner talked about the violence at Donald Trump events. Read More »

	MSNBC's Kerry Sanders Addresses Michelle Fields Shake-Up in Segment on Trump Rally Violence by Lindsey Ellefson When contacted, Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks simply said that the campaign has nothing to do with the violence that takes place. Read More »

	Politico Posts Transcript of Audio from Lewandowski Allegedly Assaulting Reporter by Josh Feldman Politico today exclusively obtained audio from the incident two nights ago when Donald Trump's campaign manager allegedly assaulted a Breitbart reporter. Read More »

	Holy Spirit Did Not Save 'Prophet' From Having His Buttocks Pawed Off by Lion by Sam Reisman Alec Ndiwane, a self-proclaimed prophet with the Zion Christian Church, believing that "the Lord wanted to use me to show his power over animals," attempted to challenge a pride of lions. The Holy Spirit failed to intervene, however, and Ndiwane sustained "major damage to his toilet sitting tool," according to GhanaWeb. Read More »

	Benghazi Victim's Mother Rips Hillary for Saying She's Wrong: 'Special Place in Hell' for Her by Josh Feldman Pat Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, has accused Hillary Clinton of lying to her face. Clinton said at last night's debate she's "absolutely wrong." And so, of course, Smith responded today. Read More »

	Man Attacked at Trump Rally Responds to Assailant: ‘Bless His Heart’ by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Trump Trashes Fox for Umpteenth Time Over 'Biased and Disgusting Reporting' by Josh Feldman We've honestly just kind of lost track of how many times Donald Trump has picked fights with Fox News, but he's at it again. Read More »

	Rep. Alan Grayson: 'Fact-Free' Trump Would be 'Deeply, Deeply Incompetent' President by Sam Reisman Talking to The Young Turks' Jordan Chariton, Florida Congressman Alan Grayson made his case for Bernie Sanders and explained why he thought Donald Trump would be a "deeply, deeply incompetent" president. Read More »

	Trump Rallygoer Who Assaulted Protester: ‘Next Time, We Might Have to Kill Him’ by Josh Feldman Inside Edition spoke to the Donald Trump supporter who assaulted a protester at a rally yesterday, and boy, was he talkative... Read More »

	S.E. Cupp: Disgusting, Embarrassing That People Trying to Defend Violence at Trump Events by Josh Feldman CNN's S.E. Cupp today bemoaned the "disgusting" way people seem to keep getting assaulted at Donald Trump events and other people seem to make excuses for it. Read More »

	Trump Campaign Manager Doubles Down, Accuses Reporter of Fabricating Sexual Harassment by Alex Griswold Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbed a shovel and began digging Thursday afternoon, accusing the Breitbart reporter who accused him of assault of lying about being... Read More »

	Activist Students Demand Power to Fire Police Who Display Microaggressions by Rachel Stockman Student activists at Western Washington University have published a rather breathtaking list of demands aimed at the administration, including the power to fire faculty and to create a new library just for them. Read More »

	Cable News Has Been Eerily Silent About Alleged Assault of Breitbart Reporter by Josh Feldman Would someone like to explain to me why cable news has been eerily silent about allegations that Donald Trump's campaign manager forcibly grabbed Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields? Read More »

	Mid-Flight Mayhem: Loud Music Leads to Major Passenger Brawl on a Plane by Ken Meyer There was quite a bit of turbulence on a flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles yesterday, and the air conditions had nothing to do with it. Read More »

	Heavily Disliked Senator Running For President Finally Gets Another Senator Endorsement by J.D. Durkin Senator Lee is expected to make his endorsement Thursday afternoon, four days in advance of the next block of key primary voting conventions in Florida, Illinois, and other states. Read More »

	Raven-Symoné Says That Clinton's Untrustworthy Reputation Stems From the Biblical Eve by Lindsey Ellefson I feel like there’s this stigma since the beginning of [the] human race that a woman is untrustworthy. It starts in the Bible," she said. Read More »

	Tantaros Blasts Obama for Not Identifying ISIS as a ‘Perversion of Islamic Faith’ Even Though He Has by Sam Reisman Fox's Andrea Tantaros aired the perennial conservative complaint that President Obama has failed to string together the correct sequence of words in his descriptions of the terrorist group ISIS — specifically, she said, the president refuses to identify the group as a perversion of the Islamic faith. Except that that's exactly what he has done. Read More »