Trump Praises The ‘Spirit’ Of Campaign Manager Who Grabbed A Protester

Donald Trump praised his campaign manager’s “spirit” for grabbing a protester at his rally in Tucson on Saturday. “I give him credit for having spirit. He wanted to take down those horrible, profanity-laced signs,” Trump told ABC News....

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/20/3761911/trump-tuscan/

Milwaukee Students Wait More Than Two Hours To Cast A Ballot

As the polls officially closed in Wisconsin’s presidential primary, students at the private Catholic school Marquette University faced two-hour voter registration lines at their polling site in the basement of the student union.


In a record turnout election, the wait times were exacerbated by a newly-implemented and poorly-publicized voter ID law and cuts to early voting hours — both signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Students in the massive line and impartial election observers told ThinkProgress they found the experience “ridiculous.” ...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/05/3766887/marquette-voting-problems/

What No One in the Media Has Asked the Candidates About War

We've even made it easy with this helpful questionnaire....
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/what-no-one-media-has-asked-candidates-about-war

The unseen side of Bernie Sanders's young voter revolution (+video)

The appeal of Bernie Sanders's policy to young liberals is well-known. The appeal of his 'spiritual' outlook is less discussed, but potent...
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0302/The-unseen-side-of-Bernie-Sanders-s-young-voter-revolution-video

Led by a New Generation, Muslim Americans Are Making Their Presence Felt in the Presidential Campaign

...Led by a new generation that came of age after 9/11, Muslims have shifted their support to the Democratic presidential candidates seeking the outsized voting power of political minorities to help defeat an increasingly white, male and overwhelmingly evangelical Christian Republican party...
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/led-new-generation-muslim-americans-are-making-their-presence-felt-presidential

Stephen Fry for president!

2 Reasons Paul Ryan Would Be A Hard Sell To Republican Voters

...Politico's Republican source said Ryan makes sense because he's "the most conservative, least establishment member of the establishment." But there are two issues for Republican voters where Ryan is less conservative than Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the leading contenders for the GOP nomination who between them have already received more than 13 million votes this primary season....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/04/3766138/paul-ryan-republican-nomination-trump-cruz/

Could Citizens United Help Foreign Billionaires Buy This Election? An FEC Commissioner Speaks Out

The release of the Panama Papers comes amid growing concern about undisclosed campaign contributions here in the United States, so-called dark money. Now, some members of the Federal Election Commission are calling for greater enforcement of campaign finance regulations and a narrower interpretation of the Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns...

Trump threatens a third-party bid: Why the GOP must take him seriously (+video)

In yet another taunt to the Republican Party, Donald Trump is, once again, dangling the threat of a third-party run. The businessman-turned-GOP frontrunner said Thursday he is being treated unfairly by the Republican establishment and is considering running as an independent. “I am watching television, and I am seeing ad, after ad, after ad put in by the establishment, knocking the hell out of me, and it’s really unfair,” Mr. Trump said...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2016/0303/Trump-threatens-a-third-party-bid-Why-the-GOP-must-take-him-seriously-video

Wisconsin Students Push Back Against ‘Attacks’ On Their Voting Rights

Tuesday’s presidential primary will the first in Wisconsin’s history to require voters to present photo identification at the polls, and an estimated 300,000 people in the state do not have one....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/04/3766032/wisconsin-voter-id-students/

After Brussels Attack, Cruz Calls For Police To ‘Patrol And Secure’ Muslim American Neighborhoods

Just hours after attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) extremists in Brussels, Belgium, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) seized the opportunity to call for more intense police surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/22/3762362/after-brussels-attack-cruz-calls-for-police-to-patrol-and-secure-muslim-american-neighborhoods/

5 Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Things Get Even Weirder on Team Trump

Sadly, as many a comedian noted on Friday, Donald Trump did not come out and announce that his whole campaign has been a giant April Fools’ joke gone badly and dangerously astray. Trump did attempt to declare his call for a ban on abortion, and his statement that women should be punished for having illegal abortions, a kind of April Fools’ prank. Just kidding, he seemed to say. I was misquoted. I mispoke. The media has it in for me. It’s very unfair.

It may be April, and Donald Trump may be a fool, but this campaign is no joke, as it is becoming frighteningly more clear with each passing day. Still, here are some knee-slapping moments offered up by Trump proxies and other assorted right-wingers this week....
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/5-right-wing-lunacies-week-things-get-even-weirder-team-trump

Sanders Visits US-Mexico Border, Talks Immigration Reform

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he will fight for immigration reform while standing yards from a border fence that divides Arizona and Mexico.....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sanders-visits-us-mexico-border

Trump’s Recent Behavior Is Even More Terrifying Than You Think

The violence at Trump’s rallies has boiled over in recent days. Trump himself canceled his rally on Friday in Chicago, citing safety concerns. He continues to rile up his supporters, however, calling protesters “bad dudes” and encouraging his fans to “punch back” to defend themselves. The spectical has generated Trump some negative press, chastising him for inciting violence at his events. But the full scope of Trump’s conduct is more extreme and much darker...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/13/3759636/trumps-recent-behavior-is-even-more-terrifying-than-you-think/

Ex-Mexican President Says Trump 'Reminds Me Of Hitler'

Former Mexican President Vincente Fox slammed Donald Trump again on Friday, telling CNN that the Republican presidential candidate reminds him of Adolf Hitler.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/vincente-fox-trump-hitler

Fact-Check: Donald Trump Can't Release His Taxes While Being Audited?

Like other presidential candidates before him, Donald Trump is under pressure to release his tax returns. Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (who faced tax disclosure issues of his own) even suggested this week that Trump was refusing to do so because they contain a "bombshell." At Thursday's Republican debate in Houston, Trump explained that he cannot release his returns because he is being audited by the Internal Revenue Service...
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468278769/fact-check-donald-trump-cant-release-his-taxes-while-being-audited?sc=tw

Flint Polling Places Ran Out Of Ballots, Turned Voters Away

At least one Flint, Michigan polling location ran out of Democratic ballots on Tuesday, forcing voters to either wait over an hour for city clerks to deliver new ones or to leave their phones numbers to be called when more ballots arrived.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/08/3757998/michigan-ballots-shortage/

More Than Half Of Ted Cruz’s Super PAC Money Comes From Fossil Fuel Sources

These fossil funders have made denying climate change and ignoring scientists a prerequisite for being a Republican candidate....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/07/3757233/presidential-candidates-fossil-fuels/

Yes, Mitt Romney Could Actually Become The Republican Presidential Nominee

Even in the increasingly expectation-breaking election cycle of Donald Trump, the idea that someone who isn’t actually running for president could be the Republican presidential nominee is, at best, perplexing. But it is possible, according to Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State University. “Yes, it is absolutely possible that Mitt Romney could be the Republican nominee,” he told ThinkProgress on Friday. “I don’t know how likely it is, but it’s possible.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/07/3756777/could-mitt-romney-actually-be-the-2016-republican-presidential-nominee/