Updated first with an additional story on the immunity granted in the Clinton email investigation and with election results, then second with a revised version of the New York Times story on the election results and a Politico story which assumes Bernie Sanders is no longer in the race to win.
The ever broader definition of terrorism
Paranoia knows no limits.
Sarah Lazare, “The FBI Has a New Plan to Spy on High School Students Across the Country,” Truthdig, March 4, 2016, http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_fbi_has_a_new_plan_to_spy_on_high_school_students_20160304
Donald Trump
Last-ditch attempts to stop Trump are backfiring badly. That includes Marco Rubio’s suggestion that Trump has small hands (and therefore . . .).
Stephen Dinan, “Donald Trump endorsers derided as ‘sellouts,’ ‘traitors’ and worse — by fellow Republicans,” Washington Times, March 3, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/3/donald-trump-endorsers-derided-as-sellouts-traitor/
Michael Barbaro, Ashley Parker, and Jonathan Martin, “Rank and File Republicans Tell Party Elites: We’re Sticking With Donald Trump,” New York Times, March 4, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party.html
Bill Berkowitz, “Are Right-Wing Evangelicals True Christians or Just Another White Identity Cult?” Truthout, March 4, 2016, http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/are-evangelicals-true-christians-or-just-another-white-identity-cult
James Poniewozik, “A National Descent Into Trump’s Pants,” New York Times, March 4, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/arts/television/a-national-descent-into-trumps-pants.html
Ben Fountain, “American crossroads: Reagan, Trump and the devil down south,” Guardian, March 5, 2016, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/05/trump-reagan-nixon-republican-party-racism
Ben Kamisar, “How the GOP could stop Trump at the convention,” Hill, March 5, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/271877-how-the-gop-could-stop-trump-at-the-convention
Hillary Clinton
Max Lewontin, “Clinton staffer given immunity in e-mail inquiry: sign of charges to come?” Christian Science Monitor, March 3, 2016, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0303/Clinton-staffer-given-immunity-in-e-mail-inquiry-sign-of-charges-to-come-video
Valerie Richardson, “Pagliano’s immunity deal could indicate grand jury probe into Clinton email server,” Washington Times, March 3, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/3/brian-paglianos-immunity-deal-could-indicate-hilla/
Katie Bo Williams and Cory Bennett, “Immunity deal raises stakes in Clinton email investigation,” Hill, March 3, 2016, http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/271718-immunity-deal-raises-stakes-in-clinton-email-investigation
The Horse Race
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, “No One Here Can Save the G.O.P.,” New Yorker, March 4, 2016, http://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/no-one-here-can-save-the-g-o-p
David Smith, “Hillary Clinton v Donald Trump: the looming battle for the soul of America,” Guardian, March 5, 2016, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/05/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gereral-election-battle-american-future
Annie Karni, “Bernie bogs down Hillary,” Politico, March 5, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-220314
Jonathan Martin, “Cruz Keeps Up Pressure on Trump; Sanders Takes 2 on ‘Super Saturday,’” New York Times, March 5, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/us/politics/primary-elections.html