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Associated Press:
Rubio Eyes Brokered Convention After NH Setback — The best hope of the Republican establishment just a week ago, Marco Rubio suddenly faces a path to his party's presidential nomination that could require a brokered national convention. — That's according to Rubio's campaign manager …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start — In the run-up to their big presidential campaign moments, the big media players in Iowa and New Hampshire gave voters a useful online feature, an interactive calendar that let them track where candidates were appearing in person.
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Political Wire and New York Times
Austin Wright / Politico:
Bush: Trump would be worse than Obama — MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Donald Trump would be a worse president than Barack Obama, Jeb Bush told a crowd here Wednesday. — “We will be worse off than we are now” with Trump as president, Bush said. “And we are pretty bad off right now.”
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Political Wire, Mother Jones, New York Times, The Week, Rush Limbaugh, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Elites Land in South Carolina With No Plan to Stop Trump
Bloomberg Politics:
Cruz Interesting, Trump Inevitable in S.C. Focus Group
Cruz Interesting, Trump Inevitable in S.C. Focus Group
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Business Insider
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Carson staying in race, sees South Carolina victory
Carson staying in race, sees South Carolina victory
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Outside the Beltway, Political Wire and The Week
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush is not dead
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Donald Trump in Driver's Seat on Way to Presidential Nomination
Donald Trump in Driver's Seat on Way to Presidential Nomination
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Hot Air, Chicago Boyz, Politico and Washington Examiner
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Why Ted Cruz is now the Republican front-runner
Why Ted Cruz is now the Republican front-runner
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Washington Post, American Thinker, Da Tech Guy Blog and Hot Air
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested by FBI in Portland — Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who touched off one armed showdown with federal authorities and applauded another started in Oregon by his sons, was arrested late Wednesday at Portland International Airport and faces federal charges related to the 2014 standoff at his ranch.
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: FBI moves in on last refuge occupiers — UPDATE: 5 a.m. THURSDAY Franklin Graham, North Carolina evangelist, said on his Facebook page this morning that he was on his way to Oregon to help end the refuge standoff. He said he was on the phone with the remaining four last night as the FBI closed in.
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Los Angeles Times:
Holdouts at Oregon refuge say they will surrender—carrying American flags
Holdouts at Oregon refuge say they will surrender—carrying American flags
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Al Jazeera English
Beth Anne Steele / FBI:
FBI Surrounds Occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
FBI Surrounds Occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
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The Atlantic, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, RT, Business Insider and Mediaite
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested
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USA TODAY College and Washington Post
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Sanders now a threat — In what now seems a mandatory part of any Clinton campaign, panic has set in. Tied in the Iowa caucuses and decimated in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton's presidential juggernaut has once again veered into a ditch, just like it did eight years ago.
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ABC News:
The Note: Democratic Fight Night in Wisconsin — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will share a stage tonight at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for their sixth debate of the campaign. The two are meeting for the first time since the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses in a debate hosted by PBS News.
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NBC News and Political Wire
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big
How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big
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Concord Monitor, The Slot, CNN, The Daily Caller, The American Mirror, U.S. News and Associated Press
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Jay Carney: Obama supports Hillary Clinton
Jay Carney: Obama supports Hillary Clinton
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The National Memo, addictinginfo.org and Business Insider
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Stakes in Nevada Rise for Hillary Clinton as Caucuses Near
Stakes in Nevada Rise for Hillary Clinton as Caucuses Near
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Prairie Weather and The Week
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congressional Black Caucus to formally endorse Clinton on Thursday — The Congressional Black Caucus is rushing to defend Hillary Clinton, following what many black lawmakers said was an expected loss in New Hampshire but one that should not hurt her in the next round of voting.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Rep. Clyburn: On Clinton's firewall and McGovern's lessons — WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Clyburn, the most influential Democratic officeholder in South Carolina, says he'll “huddle” with his family to decide this weekend whether to make an endorsement in the presidential race …
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Political Wire
Camille Paglia / Salon:
“Sexism has nothing to do with it”: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem — and why New Hampshire women broke for Bernie Sanders — Camille Paglia's incisive and iconoclastic writing on politics and pop culture has been part of Salon's fabric from the beginning.
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Althouse
Allister Heath / Telegraph:
The world can't afford another financial crash - it could destroy capitalism as we know it — A new economic crisis would trigger a political backlash in Britain, Europe and the United States which could drag us all down into poverty — They bounce back after terrorist attacks …
CNBC:
Dow futures plunge nearly 300 as Europe tanks; 10-year breaks below 1.6% — Kristina Hooper, Allianz Global Investors, and Jack Caffrey, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, weigh in on plunging global markets and Janet Yellen's testimony on the Fed's monetary policy.
Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Department of Justice sues Ferguson over police practices — UPDATED at 4:40 p.m. with comment from attorney general. — The Department of Justice filed a 56-page lawsuit against the city of Ferguson on Wednesday afternoon, citing “a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives persons of rights …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. sues the city of Ferguson to force policing reform
Justice Dept. sues the city of Ferguson to force policing reform
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Vince Grzegorek / Scene and Heard:
The City of Cleveland Filed a Probate Court Creditor's Claim Against Tamir Rice's Estate for $500 — If you think that the city of Cleveland and its law department couldn't handle the Tamir Rice case any worse than it has, well, we have news for you. — The city filed a creditor's notice …
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Marcus Gilmer / Mashable:
Cleveland is trying to force Tamir Rice's family to pay for his ambulance
Cleveland is trying to force Tamir Rice's family to pay for his ambulance
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The Week and Slantpoint
James Pethokoukis / The Week:
When will financial markets start freaking out about Donald Trump? — A panicky Republican elite has finally awoken to the real possibility that Donald Trump will be their party's presidential candidate. Are investors here and abroad about to get the sweats, too? — How could they not?
Drew Altman / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Challenges to Universal Health Coverage — Drew Altman is president and chief executive officer of the Kaiser Family Foundation. He is on Twitter: @drewaltman. — Both Democratic presidential candidates are calling for universal health coverage, though they disagree sharply on how to get there.
Gary Ridley / MLive.com:
Snyder ordered DEQ to withhold Flint lead test results, emails claim — FLINT, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials allegedly withheld lead testing results from county health officials while they worked to find ways to present the information to the public, according to emails obtained by The Flint Journal.
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Detroit Metro Times and susiemadrak.com
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
St. John's University student threatens to smash woman's laptop featuring Donald Trump sticker if photo gets 7K retweets, then reportedly punches her — Donald Trump is making New York a swing state. — A confrontation over a Trump sticker erupted on the Queens campus of St. John's University Wednesday …
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Truth Revolt, LawNewz, The Jawa Report, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Mashable
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump retweets, then deletes, white nationalist account
Trump retweets, then deletes, white nationalist account
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Little Green Footballs