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3:45 PM ET, February 9, 2016

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Monica Alba / NBC News:

Bill Stumping for Hillary Clinton: 'Sometimes ... I Wish We Weren't Married' — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton embrace during a campaign stop Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Hudson, N.H. Matt Rourke / AP — HUDSON, N.H. — In his last appearance …

Discussion: NBC News, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, AOL, MichelleMalkin.com, Politico and Althouse

Pete Williams / MSNBC:

FBI formally confirms its investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server — In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the world's worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. — Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true?

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Week, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Scared Monkeys, The Resurgent, Marco Rubio and Politico

Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is Still a Revolutionary Candidate, Even If Her Surrogates Keep Screwing Up Her Message

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, TIME, Hit & Run, Guardian, New York Times, ThinkProgress and The National Memo

New York Times:
Winnowing Out in New Hampshire

Discussion: Salon, The Slot, Telegraph and The Daily Beast

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton's ‘Bimbos’ Flock to Team Trump

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Week, New York Times, Washington Post, The PolitiStick, Washington Free Beacon, NPR and MichelleMalkin.com

Tim Stanley / Telegraph:
While Trump and Sanders smell victory, Hillary Clinton contemplates humilation

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, NBC News, Allen B. West, Townhall.com, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, CNN, Hot Air and JustOneMinute

CBS News:

CBS News announces Republican debate criteria — CBS News is announcing the criteria for the ninth Republican presidential debate, which will take place at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 13. — In order to qualify for this debate, candidates will have to meet one of the following criteria:

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Washington Post and Mediaite

Politico:

Fox News accidentally reports Donald Trump as the winner in New Hampshire — Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday — according to a premature Fox News report. — Citing every precinct reporting, Fox News' website accidentally published election results declaring Trump …

Discussion: TVNewser and Mediaite

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Whoops! Fox News Accidentally Declares Trump The Winner In NH

Discussion: The PolitiStick, Political Wire and The Week

Financial Times:

Michael 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 — You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Prevails and G.O.P. Has 3-Way Tie as 3 New Hampshire Towns Vote

Discussion: Vox, Politico and Outside the Beltway

Bloomberg Business:
Home-Field Advantage Is Only Part of Sanders's Appeal in New Hampshire

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Burlington Free Press and naked capitalism

Nate Cohn / New York Times:
New Hampshire Should Bring Clarity to Republican Race

Discussion: NBC News and Taylor Marsh

Michelle Hackman / Vox:

Donald Trump called Ted Cruz a “pussy” — and the media won't repeat it — There's no way to skirt the word used to describe Ted Cruz at a Donald Trump rally last night: pussy. — Trump was criticizing the Texas senator's unwillingness to support widespread uses of torture when a woman …

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump calls Cruz a ‘pussy’

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Washington Post:
Donald Trump defends repeating that vulgar word: ‘It was like a retweet.’

Discussion: Political Wire

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz seeks to raise expectations for Rubio

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and Lawyers, Guns & Money

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

The Anxiety Of Being Marco Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Millions of people watched Marco Rubio's televised tailspin in the opening minutes of last weekend's Republican presidential debate — but what, exactly, they saw depended on the viewer. — To rivals, Rubio's reflexive retreat …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mother Jones, New York Times and Daily Kos

Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

The Marco Rubio Robot Bull — Much of the political press leans left and has zero experience in politics. Perhaps they graduated Ivy League, did a tour or two at Salon or some lefty blog, then got in on the ground floor at a national media outlet covering politics.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post

Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Marco Rubio Raises Expectations, Predicts Victory in New Hampshire

Discussion: RedState and WCVB

David Brooks / New York Times:

I Miss Barack Obama — As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama's policy decisions. I've been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the next presidency is a philosophic departure.

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and National Review

Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:

David Brooks: Early Adopter — A few weeks ago I noted that, leading up to the 2012 election, all of the sudden Republicans fell in love with Bill Clinton...as compared to Barack Obama. At the time, there was a lot of talk about how the former president was so much more reasonable than the usurper who was running for re-election.

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants — Hillary Clinton's supporters often argue that mainstream political reporters are incapable of covering her positively—or even fairly. While it may be true that the political press doesn't always write exactly what Clinton would like …

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Ben White / Politico:

What Clinton said in her paid speeches — NEW YORK — When Hillary Clinton spoke to Goldman Sachs executives and technology titans at a summit in Arizona in October of 2013, she spoke glowingly of the work the bank was doing raising capital and helping create jobs, according to people who saw her remarks.

Discussion: Slate, Vox, The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Slot, Washington Post, Power Line, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Week and New York Times

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton, Wall Street shill? Here are a few facts.

Discussion: Shakesville, Mother Jones and Real Clear Politics

WPTV:

Man accused of tossing gator into Wendy's drive-thru window — Tory Dunnan, WPTV Webteam — Gator wasn't on the menu but one did make an appearance inside a Wendy's just east of Loxahatchee in Royal Palm Beach. And it wasn't by choice. — A Jupiter man threw it through …

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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:

Trump's Son Says Waterboarding ‘No Different’ Than ‘What Happens in Frat Houses Every Day’ — Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, appeared on Fox's On the Record Monday night to explain that waterboarding not only wasn't torture — it was basically tantamount to frat house shenanigans.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, addictinginfo.org and The Daily Caller

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Jr.: 'I Can't Even Have An Opinion' As ‘Son Of A Billionaire’

Discussion: BuzzFeed and Daily Kos

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Bernie Sanders is the future of the Democratic Party — Whether or not Bernie Sanders wins in New Hampshire, or wins the Democratic nomination outright, he's already won in another, perhaps more important way: His brand of politics is the future of the Democratic Party.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wonk Wire and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nirmala George / Associated Press:

INDIAN SCIENTISTS STUDY CHUNK THAT FELL FROM SKY, KILLED MAN — NEW DELHI (AP) — Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India, after authorities said it was a meteorite. — The object slammed into the ground at an engineering college …

Discussion: Althouse

Ted Nugent / Facebook:

Know these punks. They hate freedom, they hate good over evil, they would deny us the basic human right to self defense & to KEEP & BEAR ARMS while many of them have tax paid hired ARMED security! Know them well. Tell every1 you know how evil they are. Let us raise maximum hell to shut them down!

Discussion: Mother Jones, Right Wing Watch, TIME, Bearing Arms, Politicus USA, Hit & Run, Mediaite and twitchy.com

Mark Thoma / The Fiscal Times:

Why the Working Class Is Choosing Trump and Sanders — Donald Trump recently defended Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid: — “Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security, they want to do it on Medicare, they want to do it on Medicaid. And we can't do that.

National Review:

Only a Barbaric Nation Drafts Its Mothers and Daughters into Combat — The most disappointing moment of Saturday night's debate came when Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio each embraced the idea that women should register with the selective service, making it possible for America to draft women into ground combat.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Althouse and RedState