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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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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Stephen Colbert offers Bernie Sanders advice on how to win South Carolina — A day after his 22-point victory over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, Bernie Sanders took a victory lap in New York City, which included a soul food summit with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a sit-down with the ladies of …
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Mother Jones:
Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders
Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders
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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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Kasie Hunt / NBC News:
Sanders: Obama Hasn't Closed ‘Presidential Leadership Gap’
Sanders: Obama Hasn't Closed ‘Presidential Leadership Gap’
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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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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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Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Asks Black Pastors for Salvation
Hillary Clinton Asks Black Pastors for Salvation
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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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Beth Anne Steele / FBI:
FBI Arrests All Remaining Occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge … At approximately 9:40 a.m. (Pacific) on Thursday, February 11, 2016, the FBI brought three of the remaining Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers into custody without incident.
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Washington Post:
Cliven Bundy arrested as Oregon refuge occupation nears possible ending
Cliven Bundy arrested as Oregon refuge occupation nears possible ending
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OPB:
Live Updates: Oregon Standoff Escalating
Live Updates: Oregon Standoff Escalating
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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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start
Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start
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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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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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders four more Hillary Clinton email releases
Judge orders four more Hillary Clinton email releases
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Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
A key reason young people don't support Hillary Clinton? They don't have daughters.
A key reason young people don't support Hillary Clinton? They don't have daughters.
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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 opts against independent bid for White House
Jim Webb opts against independent bid for White House
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
After Cracking Under Pressure, Marco Rubio's Molar Gets a Campaign Trail Fix — Twix bar is the culprit; S.C. dentist fills in until Florida senator can return home — OKATIE, S.C. — The fierce contest for the Republican presidential nomination has claimed its latest casualty: Marco Rubio's back tooth.
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Goes After Trump on Experience, Vulgarities
Marco Rubio Goes After Trump on Experience, Vulgarities
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RedState
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
SC Poll: Trump 32, Cruz 26, Rubio 20, Bush 10 — I've just heard from a political operative whom I've known a long time and whose integrity I trust. This person is working with an organization—not one of the campaigns—that was in the field (using a very reputable pollster) Wednesday night in South Carolina.
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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.”
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Alan Grayson's Double Life: Congressman and Hedge Fund Manager — WASHINGTON — The hedge fund manager boasted that he had traveled to “every country” in the world, studying overseas stock markets as he fine-tuned an investment strategy to capitalize on global companies' suffering because of economic or political turmoil.
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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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Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein's Theory
Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein's Theory
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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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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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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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Science:
Climate confusion among U.S. teachers — 1Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. — 2National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA 94609, USA. — 3Department of Political Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA.
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