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For all intents and purposes, Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday with a resounding double-digit win over Bernie Sanders in New York’s primary. From here on, the upcoming Democratic contests will have the air of a coronation procession for Clinton, and a death march for Sanders. The septuagenarian may continue to gripe about superdelegates, but his 280,000-vote loss in New York was a reminder that not everyone was feeling the Bern.

Syrian Election Result Puts The Lie To Washington’s Claim That Syrians Desire Regime Change

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44505.htm

In the USA the Democratic Party Rigs New York Primary for Hilary Win

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160419/clinton-hill/confusion-affidavits-frustrate-some-voters-at-polls

http://gothamist.com/2016/04/18/voter_registration_lawsuit.php

Putting much of the recent doubts about his slowing momentum to the side, Donald Trump roared to a major victory in New York last night, collecting over 60% of the vote which will see him come away with a huge haul of delegates that moves him closer to the GOP presidential nomination.

The biggest catalyst for overnight markets, first reported on this site, was the announcement by Kuwait that its oil workers had ended their strike which disrupted oil production in the 4th largest OPEC producer for 3 days cutting it by as much as 1.7 mmb/d, and had served to offset the negative news from the Doha debacle. Kuwait Petroleum also added that it would boost output to 3m b/d within 3 days, which in turn has pressured the price of oil overnight, and the May WTI contract was back to just over $40 at last check, sliding 2%.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Last week, I wrote a post titled, Hillary Clinton Will Win New York, Because New York is Running a Banana Republic Primary. Here’s an excerpt: