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Wednesday while campaigning in Hershey PA, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)said his rival Donald Trump was “afraid of a debate” with him because he lacked “substantive solutions” on policy. Cruz said, “What I agree is that the Democratic process works, and Donald whines and complains when the voters reject him. The voters are going to decide. We’ve won five states in a row. Donald won his home state, which surprised nobody. And it’s the people — we are seeing Republicans uniting behind our campaign. Because if Donald is the nominee, Hillary wins and she wins by double digits....

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was handed a stinging loss in the New York primary Tuesday, getting shut out of delegates by Donald Trump and John Kasich. And in at least one congressional district, the Texas senator lost to someone who has long since dropped out of the race: Ben Carson.

Photo of Ted Cruz on Maury Povich (or perhaps a mystery sister lost at birth).

I am Scott Adams, a trained hypnotist and creator of the Dilbert cartoons, and I predicted that Donald Trump will win the presidency in a landslide. Ask me anything! You might like to learn more about my Moist Robot hypothesis (the idea behind my Trump predictions) in my book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: http://amzn.to/1oTGu8x Trump has several ways to win. Server scandal leads to Clinton's indictment. Or worse, it gets blocked for political reasons. Rehashing the Clinton scandals of the past makes everyone hate her and not want to go back to that. Trump's...

Ted Cruz: "America has always been best when she is lying down with her back on the mat." http://abcnews.go.com/politics/election-polls-primary-caucus-results/New_York …

April 19, 2016, 10:20 am Biden: I'm not 'Goofy Uncle Joe' By Jordan Fabian Vice President Biden is not a fan of being labeled “Goofy Uncle Joe.” “No, I'm not comfortable with Goofy Uncle Joe,” he said in an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood. Biden said voters took him seriously when he considered running for president last summer. “And, by the way, the so-called Goofy Uncle Joe — if you notice, I beat every Republican in every poll when they thought I was running,” he said. “You notice that my favorability was higher than anybody that's running for office in...

The Donald Trump campaign released the ‘Trump Train” video highlighting Donald Trump’s enthusiastic minority support.

GOP party insider Cheri Jacobus has been trashing Donald Trump for several months. Just do a quick search on YouTube.Her vitriol against Donald Trump is so obvious that there’s even a Cheri Jacobus hates Donald Trump spoof video. Cheri Jacobus interviewed for a position with the Trump campaign but was never hired.Now she’s suing Donald Trump and Corey Lewandowski for $4 million for so-called defamation of character. It looks like this female reporter want her 15 minutes of fame, too.Politico reported: A veteran Republican operative filed a defamation suit against Donald Trump and his campaign manager in New York on...

Beverly Hills to Develop Autonomous Vehicles 12:19 PM PDT 4/15/2016 by Michael Walker (Illustration by: Peter Arkle) The driverless municipal shuttles are part of larger program to upgrade the city's tech infrastructure. The Beverly Hills City Council voted unanimously this week to adopt a resolution to develop driverless vehicles that will provide public transportation throughout the city. The program is part of Beverly Hills mayor John Mirisch's plan for a municipally owned fleet of autonomous vehicles that would function as an on-demand car shuttle service to and from any address in the city. Because it comprises only 5.7 square miles,...

47 second video: Hillary Clinton dances on stage with NY officials Hillary Clinton felt the music at a block party in New York on Sunday. After giving a brief speech in Washington Heights with Rep. Charlie Rangel, Clinton danced to Latin music with a group of local politicians, according to CNN. “Imagine an America where we are unified again,” Clinton said. “Where we stand against the hate rhetoric coming from the Republicans, where we say to Donald Trump, ‘Basta!’” The Democratic presidential front-runner waved her hands in the air before being spun by New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat. She...

Carol's boyfriend is a mercurial figure -- a potentially nice guy, but unreliable, dangerous, and married to someone else. Exactly who he is can be hard to make out amid his capriciousness, his lying, and his occasional descents into violence... But he can change. What else to expect from someone who reflects the baser passions? It'll be different when Carol fixes him. It'll be different when he leaves his wife. It'll be different when he kicks the habit. It'll be different when he gets back on his feet again. The therapy will change him. And Carol can learn to stop...

Merkel allows prosecution of German comedian who mocked Turkish president By Rick Noack April 15 at 9:30 AM German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cleared the way for the prosecution of German comedian Jan Böhmermann, whose poem mocking Turkey's president has become the centerpiece of a clash between Germany's free-speech traditions and the government's efforts to safeguard its important relations with Turkey. In a news conference Friday, Merkel emphasized that it will now be up to German courts to decide whether Böhmermann is guilty of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But critics — including members of her own government —...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Vice Chairman Charles Munger criticized leading candidates from both major U.S. political parties. At a meeting with investors of his Daily Journal Corp. in Los Angeles Wednesday, Munger, 92, was asked whether a person who couldn’t make money in the gaming industry would be a good fit for the top office in the U.S. “Well, he did make money for quite a while,” Munger said of Republican Donald Trump. “My attitude is that anybody who makes money running a casino is not morally qualified.”

Majorities of American voters think Republican front-runner Donald Trump lacks the knowledge, temperament, and the likeability to be an effective president. On the other hand, majorities feel Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Ted Cruz do possess those traits. Most voters believe Clinton (63 percent), Sanders (58 percent), and Cruz (55 percent) have the “knowledge” to serve effectively, according to a new Fox News national poll. In contrast, 60 percent say Trump doesn’t.

Subway riders in London are outraged at Match.com ads calling freckles and different-colored eyes "imperfections." "If you don't like your imperfections, someone else will," the ads read. Angry Underground riders started posting photos of the ads on Twitter, calling out the dating website for "bullying." "Lowest form of advertising @match_UK claiming freckles & eye colour make a person imperfect? profiting by bullying," writes one user.

WASHINGTON - It was only a matter of time before kids started picking up the aggressive, divisive language that’s become a hallmark of the 2016 presidential campaign. According to a new report by the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center titled “The Trump Effect: The Impact of the Presidential Campaign on our Nation’s Schools,” the race is stoking fears and racial tensions in America’s classrooms. “My students are terrified of Donald Trump. They think that if he’s elected, all black people will get sent back to Africa,” one middle school teacher told the SPLC. The teacher was one of more than...

(WASHINGTON) — An unlikely pair of former presidential candidates paid a joint visit to Washington, D.C., Wednesday: Former Govs. Martin O’Malley and Mike Huckabee. Standing before a bus draped in red, white and blue flanked with bayonet-carrying American Revolution soldiers and Red Coats, the two discussed the third season of AMC’s Revolutionary War drama TURN: Washington’s Spies during their first joint appearance. The two former governors and 2016 primary candidates may hail from opposing political parties, but they have something else in common: both are amateur musicians with an affinity for the guitar. Both have played in bands — O’Malley...

A year ago today, Hillary Clinton officially launched her presidential campaign. To commemorate the birthday of Hillary’s second presidential campaign, the good folks over at National Review have put together a highlight reel, chock full of many of our favorite moments from the campaign. Happy One Year Campaign Anniversary, Hillary Enjoy.

I share this only for discussion purposes of cuteness. Whether you like Cruz or not, it's a great human interest story. With Wisconsin’s Republican primary swiftly approaching, GOP candidates are hitting the pavement to seal the deal with voters young and old alike.Among the teenage supporters of Ted Cruz was a boy by the name of Alex Canney who needed some help asking a girl to prom.In the video below, (Video at site) he hands Cruz a piece of paper with a message for Sarah Beaver. Cruz smiles, puts his arm around Alex and says: “Sarah Beaver, would you Cruz...

First they spent tens of millions trying to boost their favorite presidential candidates, then they poured cash into ads attacking Donald Trump, and now some of the biggest donors on the right are turning their attention to the delegate fight. Anti-Trump billionaires are funding ground operations in an increasing number of states to try to ensure the selection of national convention delegates who oppose Trump. The strategy is being executed by the anti-Trump Our Principles PAC, which has a stated goal of blocking the bombastic billionaire from clinching the GOP presidential nomination before the party’s convention in July. But the...