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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP doubts grow about Rubio — Congressional Republicans are re-evaluating Marco Rubio's presidential campaign in the wake of his dismal showing in New Hampshire and disastrous debate performance over the weekend. — The GOP establishment rallied around the freshman Florida senator last week …
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Politico, Washington Post, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start
Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start
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The Resurgent, Mock Paper Scissors and New York Times
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Elites Land in South Carolina With No Plan to Stop Trump
Republican Elites Land in South Carolina With No Plan to Stop Trump
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CNN and Washington Post
Bloomberg Politics:
Cruz Interesting, Trump Inevitable in S.C. Focus Group
Cruz Interesting, Trump Inevitable in S.C. Focus Group
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twitchy.com and Business Insider
Austin Wright / Politico:
Bush: Trump would be worse than Obama
Bush: Trump would be worse than Obama
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Kasich Says He Doesn't ‘Expect To Win’ In South Carolina
Kasich Says He Doesn't ‘Expect To Win’ In South Carolina
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The Week
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush is not dead
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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Politico, NBC News and Political Wire
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Stephen Colbert offers Bernie Sanders advice on how to win South Carolina
Stephen Colbert offers Bernie Sanders advice on how to win South Carolina
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Politico and Washington Post
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters
Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Rep. Clyburn: On Clinton's firewall and McGovern's lessons
Rep. Clyburn: On Clinton's firewall and McGovern's lessons
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Washington Post, NPR and Politico
Dan Merica / CNN:
Sanders campaign touts another endorsement that didn't happen
Sanders campaign touts another endorsement that didn't happen
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Shakesville
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Intrigues a South Carolina Town That Loves Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders Intrigues a South Carolina Town That Loves Hillary Clinton
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congressional Black Caucus to formally endorse Clinton on Thursday
Congressional Black Caucus to formally endorse Clinton on Thursday
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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.
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested
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Ktvtdeborah / CBS Dallas:
Sources: Jim Webb May Announce Presidential Candidacy Again — DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Is he ready to run, again? Former presidential candidate Jim Webb may be ready to get back in the race. He's expected to discuss the possibility right here in North Texas today.
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Trail Blazers Blog:
Jim Webb expected to say in Dallas today whether he's running for president as an independent
Jim Webb expected to say in Dallas today whether he's running for president as an independent
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Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Team Clinton tries to lower Nevada expectations with incredible (i.e. false) claims — After setting up an impressive team of Nevada veterans, including some noteworthy Hispanic operatives, Hillary Clinton arrived in May to lay down a marker on immigration reform. — She met with DREAMERs, who endorsed her last week.
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Associated Press:
Berlin Film Festival jury questioned over diversity — BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin International Film Festival became embroiled in the debate about diversity in the movie industry Thursday, with jury president Meryl Streep dismissing questions about the all-white panel by telling reporters that “we're all Africans really.”
Adam Howard / MSNBC:
Trump retweets apparent neo-Nazi for the second time this year — For the second time this year, Donald Trump has retweeted a message from an apparent neo-Nazi, raising troubling questions about his judgment and the ideology of some of his supporters.
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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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Matthew Francis / The Atlantic:
The Dawn of a New Era in Science — More than a billion years ago, in a galaxy that sits more than a billion light-years away, two black holes spiraled together and collided. We can't see this collision, but we know it happened because, as Albert Einstein predicted a century ago …
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Guardian, Washington Post and The Daily Banter
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Clinton Foundation received subpoena from State Department investigators — Investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation last fall seeking documents about the charity's projects that may have required approval …
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The Right Scoop
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Obama interview: ‘Maybe I could have done ... a little better’ — President Barack Obama speaks about partisanship and race Feb. 10, 2016, with colleagues from his time in the Illinois Senate. (Brian Nguyen and Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune) — He had just given an hourlong speech calling …
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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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Eric Cortellessa / The Times of Israel:
Jewish groups press Cruz to explain controversial backer — Republican hopeful touts endorsement of Mike Bickle, who seeks to convert the Jews and says God sent Hitler to hunt them — WASHINGTON — American Jewish groups have demanded that presidential hopeful Ted Cruz clarify his position …
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Trail Blazers Blog, Right Wing Watch and The Gateway Pundit
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 …