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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich lashes out: ‘What has happened to the conservative movement?’ — <p>Ohio Gov. John Kasich's first real foray into attacking his Republican rivals centered on him ticking off a list of critiques he has with the 2016 Republican presidential field. </p><p>Kasich, at a rally …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Best Lines and Zingers From the Third Republican Debate — The third Republican debate hosted in Boulder, Colorado was not short on drama and memorable moments. — Here are some of the best lines and zingers said by some of the 10 candidates on stage:
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
We Have Our Final Six — Tonight's debate showed that the GOP field is smaller than it looks. Technically, there are still fourteen people running, but the winnowing is far along. We probably have a final six and possibly a final four. — The three winners of the night were pretty obvious …
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Trump leads GOP nationally ahead of third debate
Trump leads GOP nationally ahead of third debate
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: CNBC debate will be ‘unfair’
Donald Trump: CNBC debate will be ‘unfair’
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Surprise! John Harwood Lied About Marco Rubio's Tax Plan — As The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway predicted, CNBC's management of Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate was a complete disaster. The night's biggest loser, aside from everyone who suffered through watching the debate debacle …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Some Initial Thoughts on the Debate — As I said in my previous post, this was a pretty poorly run debate. But that's media criticism. The real question is how it will affect the race. Jeb Bush needed to get back into this campaign. And he absolutely didn't do that.
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
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David French / National Review:
The Spring Valley Arrest Video Isn't Disturbing: Here's Why — The latest viral video of alleged “police brutality” is remarkably short and devoid of context. According to cell-phone video - apparently shot by students at Columbia, S.C.'s Spring Valley High School - a “student resource officer …
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Sheriff Says ‘Third Video’ Shows South Carolina Student Punching Officer in Classroom
Sheriff Says ‘Third Video’ Shows South Carolina Student Punching Officer in Classroom
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CNN:
Arrest video fallout: Spring Valley High Officer Ben Fields fired
Arrest video fallout: Spring Valley High Officer Ben Fields fired
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Craig Melvin / NBC News:
S.C. Deputy Who Slammed Student to Be Fired: Sources
S.C. Deputy Who Slammed Student to Be Fired: Sources
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Austin Wright / Politico:
How the Army's $3 billion spy blimp went from boondoggle to laughingstock — <p>The Army made clear last year that its pair of massive spy blimps designed to float at 10,000 feet and scan the skies for air and missile threats would “be tethered to the ground at all times.” …
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Baltimore Sun:
JLENS blimp has come free of its tether at APG, now floating over Pennsylvania; fighter jets monitoring … One of the two military surveillance blimps that has been watching the East Coast from Maryland has broken free of its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Ground and is now drifting over Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
GOP Piles on Hillary Clinton Over VA Remark — Hillary Clinton's campaign today defended her recent characterization of the Veterans Affairs hospital controversy, accusing Republicans of trying to “exploit the scandal” by going after the Democratic presidential front-runner for comments …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders proposes nixing marijuana from federal list of dangerous drugs — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his support Wednesday for removing marijuana from a list of the most dangerous drugs outlawed by the federal government — a move that would free states to legalize it without impediments from Washington.
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race — FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA — Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) town hall, held at George Mason University at the same time as the third GOP debate on Wednesday, mainly focused on the presidential candidate's favorite topics …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush campaign manager confronts CNBC producer — Jeb Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz got into a heated confrontation with a CNBC producer outside the debate as it was happening, according to two sources familiar with the incident. — One of the sources said Diaz was complaining about speaking time allotments.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry and her ‘hard work’ history — a snowstorm was crippling Ohio. On her eponymous MSNBC show, host Melissa Harris-Perry provided some coverage of the weather event, tossing to NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders on location. “Yes, it's been coming down since early this morning.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan says he will support budget deal — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), widely expected to be elected House speaker this week, said Wednesday he will support a two-year debt and budget deal that is deeply unpopular among many of the the House Republicans he hopes to lead.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House GOP nominates Ryan for speaker
House GOP nominates Ryan for speaker
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Is the GOP now Paul Ryan's party? Or is it still K Street's party?
Is the GOP now Paul Ryan's party? Or is it still K Street's party?
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Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
A Simple Flat Tax for Economic Growth — A 10% income tax and a 16% business tax would put an end to the Eight Lean Years of Obama. — Imagine 4.9 million new jobs. Imagine, instead of President Obama's income stagnation, average wages rising 12.2% over the next decade. Capital investment rising 43.9%.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
ESPN's Tony Kornheiser asks whether Tea Party is like ISIS — ESPN personality Tony Kornheiser drew a connection between the Tea Party and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) during his radio show on Friday. — The “Pardon the Interruption” co-host was speaking …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Agency won't give GOP internal docs on climate research — The federal government's chief climate research agency is refusing to give House Republicans the detailed information they want on a controversial study on climate change. — Citing confidentiality concerns and the integrity …
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Emily Kirschenheuter / KRON4.com:
Man shoots self in foot, bullet also hits 9-year-old neighbor — UPDATE: Forty-year-old Eric Smith will be arrested for negligent discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition, San Jose police said. — Smith and the boy were both taken …