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2:55 AM ET, February 9, 2016

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Annie Karni / Politico:

Clinton weighs staff shake-up after New Hampshire — Hillary and Bill Clinton are so dissatisfied with their campaign's messaging and digital operations they are considering staffing and strategy changes after what's expected to be a loss in Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire …

Discussion: Telegraph, The Daily Caller, New Republic, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, The Week, RedState, Washington Free Beacon, America Rising and NPR

Jonathan Allen / Reuters:

Woman who accused Bill Clinton of assault to campaign against Hillary presidential run — One of the women who has accused former U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual assault says she has agreed to work for an anti-Clinton political group being formed by a former advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Atlantic, Washington Free Beacon, The Slot and RealClearPolitics

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Clinton responds to rumors about a staff shake-up

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week and Washington Post

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Just How Cozy Is Hillary Clinton With Wall Street?

Discussion: Salon, Balloon Juice, Washington Post and American Prospect

Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
It was Clinton who required transcripts of her speeches

Discussion: RedState, The Mahablog, The Huffington Post, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, America Rising, Viking Pundit, New York Post and JustOneMinute

CNN:
Bill Clinton rips Sanders backers' ‘sexist,’ ‘profane’ attacks

Discussion: Mother Jones, RT, Washington Free Beacon, Gothamist, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, American Spectator and Washington Post

Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, says young women support Bernie Sanders to meet ‘boys’ — then apologizes

Discussion: Slantpoint, Washington Post, RedState and Washington Free Beacon

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Pressure on Lynch to step aside in Clinton email probe

Discussion: Politico, Instapundit and Hot Air

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Trump calls Cruz a ‘pussy’ — Donald Trump echoed a supporter during a rally on the eve of the New Hampshire primary Monday night who called his Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) a “pussy.” — Trump was touting his hardline stance against terrorists from the Middle East …

Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo Politics and RedState

CNN:

Poll: Trump leads ahead of New Hampshire's vote — Washington (CNN)The final CNN/WMUR tracking poll finds Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican race in New Hampshire on the eve of the vote. — The field of candidates vying for a second place finish behind him is finally beginning to separate, according to the survey.

Discussion: NPR, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and The Right Scoop

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
A Woman Called Ted Cruz A “Pussy” And Then Donald Trump Repeated It Onstage

Discussion: The Atlantic and Trail Blazers Blog

Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Urging Voters in NH to Brave Snow

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio Is In A Precarious Spot In New Hampshire

Discussion: Power Line, WKBN-TV, Politico, Vox, Mother Jones and Raw Story

Financial Times:

Bloomberg says he is eyeing 2016 run for the White House — Oliver Ralph in London, Demetri Sevastopulo in New Hampshire and Matthew Garrahan in New York — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media owner and former New York mayor, has stated for the first time that he is considering a run …

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

Gay Voter to Marco Rubio: ‘Why Do You Want to Put Me Back in the Closet?’ — MANCHESTER, N.H. - A middle-age gay man confronted Senator Marco Rubio here on Monday over his opposition to same-sex marriage, pointedly asking, “Why do you want to put me back in the closet?” — “I don't,” Mr. Rubio replied.

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Blade, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Slantpoint

New York Times:
Ego, Envy or Airtime? Joe Scarborough's Unusual Spat With Marco Rubio

Discussion: Hot Air, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, The Slot, Washington Post, Yahoo Politics and Politico

Kevin Williamson / National Review:
The Uses of Marco Rubio

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Power Line

CNN:

Jeb Bush would ‘eliminate’ Citizens United — Washington (CNN)Despite being backed by the monumental Right to Rise super PAC, Jeb Bush said Monday he would “eliminate” the Supreme Court decision that paved the way for super PACs. — “If I could do it all again I'd eliminate the Supreme Court ruling” …

Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, RedState, Politico, Talking Points Memo and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …

Franklin Foer / Slate:
The Return of Jeb Bush

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush says he'd ‘eliminate’ Citizens United

Discussion: Washington Post and Politico

Jim Geraghty / National Review:

The RNC's 2012 Autopsy Was Wrong

Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:

EXCLUSIVE: NH Voters Receive Shady, Potentially Illegal ‘Voter Shaming’ Letters — New Hampshire voters are now also being targeted by shady ‘voter shaming’ mailers ahead of tomorrow's critical primary election. What is particularly troubling to some about these letters is that they purport …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, New York Times and Slantpoint

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Ted Cruz's Latest Dirty Trick Is Almost Too Much To Be Believed — Check out this mailer. — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is out with a deceptive new mailer that masquerades as official government business and promises people there's a …

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Ezra Levant / Videos - The Rebel:

EXCLUSIVE: Liberals plan to build refugee camps on seven Canadian military bases — Taxpayers will fund mosques, Korans — The Canadian military has been ordered by Justin Trudeau's Liberals to draft plans to house more than 6,000 Muslim migrants on a long-term basis at military bases …

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Hacker Plans to Dump Alleged Details of 20,000 FBI, 9,000 DHS Employees — A hacker, who wishes to remain anonymous, plans to dump the apparent names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers of over 20,000 supposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees, as well as over 9,000 alleged Department …

Discussion: Telegraph, New York Times, Hot Air, Engadget, Mashable, RT and The Bob and Chez Show

Heather Mac Donald / The Marshall Project:

Black and Unarmed: Behind the Numbers — For the last year or so, the Washington Post has been gathering data on fatal police shootings of civilians. Its database for 2015 is now complete. Commentators have taken the Post's data as evidence that the police are gunning down unarmed blacks out of implicit bias.

Discussion: National Review, Power Line and Vox

CNBC:

Mexico won't pay a cent for Trump's ‘stupid wall’ — What does Mexico think of Donald Trump? — CNBC's Hadley Gamble speaks to Mexico's former president Felipe Calderón about Donald Trump's plan to build a wall across the Mexican border. — Donald Trump may want to build …

Discussion: Investor's Business Daily, The Slot, RedState, The Week, Mock Paper Scissors, Little Green Footballs, NBC News and Politico

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:

Christie Keeps Hitting Rubio: Clinton Would ‘Eat Him Alive’ On Debate Stage — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton would eat his rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) alive if the two were to go head-to-head in the general election.