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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb — GREENVILLE, S.C. — The 2016 campaign has bewildered and captivated George W. Bush. At home in Dallas, the 43rd president rises before dawn and reads political news online. He fires off emails to his old advisers …
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Opinion Savvy Poll Conducted for Augusta Chronicle, Morris News and FOX 5 Atlanta: Trumps Holds Substantial Lead in South Carolina; Battle for Second is Tight — An Opinion Savvy poll of likely South Carolina voters in next Saturday's Republican Primary there continues to show Donald Trump leading by a relatively wide margin.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration — Some of the biggest Republican donors, who collectively have contributed tens of millions of dollars to shape the presidential race, are tightening their purse strings out of frustration with their inability to boost their favored candidates, or to slow Donald Trump.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bruised Marco Rubio Gets Personal and Aggressive
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Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Leads GOP Field In South Carolina By 16 Points After NH Win
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Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police — CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said. — Police say the 17-year-old boy connected …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists — The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.
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Gary J. Bass / Politico:
Henry Kissinger Feels the Bern — Of all the dastardly deeds for which Henry Kissinger can be blamed, here's an especially odd one: he made Hillary Clinton lose a foreign policy debate with Bernie Sanders. Last night at the Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee …
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The Intercept:
Henry Kissinger's War Crimes Are Central to the Divide Between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
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Lawrence Korb / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is More Serious on Foreign Policy Than You Think
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court — Donald Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of one of his primary rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to run for president. — The lawsuit, filed Feb. 3 at a district court in Alabama …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough-Donald Trump friendship increasing source of discomfort at NBC — Last November, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough sat on stage at the 92nd Street Y in New York and recounted the various times he had given Donald Trump political advice. — “I've actually called him up and said …
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Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
First Nevada Poll In Weeks Shows Sanders Tied With Clinton — A Washington Free Beacon/TargetPoint Consulting poll released Friday shows between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sander (I-VT) in Nevada. It's the first poll conducted in the state this year.
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Scot Lehigh / BostonGlobe.com:
Slow and steady won Clinton the debate
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Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Young blacks more open to Bernie Sanders' White House bid
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Washington Free Beacon
Madeleine Albright / New York Times:
My Undiplomatic Moment — I HAVE spent much of my career as a diplomat. It is an occupation in which words and context matter a great deal. So one might assume I know better than to tell a large number of women to go to hell. — But last Saturday, in the excitement of a campaign event …
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Kate Taylor / New York Times:
At Success Academy School, a Stumble in Math and a Teacher's Anger on Video — In the video, a first-grade class sits cross-legged in a circle on a brightly colored rug. One of the girls has been asked to explain to the class how she solved a math problem, but she has gotten confused.
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Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
Moskowitz defends another widely criticized ‘anomaly’ in her schools
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Kevin Tucker / WTKR-TV:
A Newport News woman wins big off of a scratch off that her friend didn't want — Newport News Va., — Lucille Harrelson won $100,000 off of a scratch off that her friend rejected. — Harrelson and some of her friends went to the store to buy some scratch offs.
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The Columbus Dispatch:
911 calls detail horrific scene of machete attack at restaurant — Calls to 911 in a restaurant where a man wielding a machete injured four people described a chaotic scene. Kids were dragged to safety. Injuries to some victims were severe. — There were also stories of heroism from the incident.
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Jim Gilmore ends campaign for president — Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced he is suspending his campaign for president. — “My campaign was intended to offer the gubernatorial experience, with the track record of a true conservative, experienced in national security, to unite the party.”
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Cooper Allen / USA Today:
Jim Gilmore drops out of GOP presidential race
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Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
John Bel Edwards says budget crisis threatens all of Louisiana — even LSU football — Gov. John Bel Edwards laid out a bleak scenario during a statewide television address Thursday night (Feb. 11). … Gov. John Bel Edwards laid out an absolute worst case scenario Thursday night (Feb. 11) …
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Harry Reid calls on Alan Grayson to drop out — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday pressed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) to drop his Senate bid amid scrutiny surrounding his hedge fund, according to a statement provided to The Hill. — Reid challenged Grayson's progressive credentials …
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Gary Ridley / MLive.com:
Flint water switch approved despite DEQ health warnings a year earlier — FLINT, MI - State officials warned of potential health problems if Flint were to switch to the Flint River as its drinking water source, but the move went ahead with the state's blessing despite the concerns …
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Little Green Footballs and The National Memo
Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
No Joke: Trump Can Win Plenty of Latinos — A new poll of Latino GOPers puts Trump ahead. Way ahead. And yes, there's an explanation, in the fault lines within the Latino community. — Latinos for Trump? Oh yeah, that's a thing. — Keep in mind three points.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive) — ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama (featuring at least one orgy scene). — Apple is making its first original television show.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Philippe Reines rips Beltway media, Erik Wemple Blog for ‘hypocrisy’ — Earlier this week, Gawker reporter J.K. Trotter highlighted a new set of documents exposing the inner workings of Beltway journalism. Using documents procured through FOIA, Trotter showed how then-Atlantic contributing …
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Kathryn Watson / The Daily Caller:
An Entire Agency Poisoned By Clinton's Disregard For Security — Watch What Happens When 1,400 People Are Told Their Jobs Are Going To Mexico — Cruz Spokeswoman Praises ‘Ted Trump’ — ‘He is conservative. He is a man of faith. He is a man of conviction’ — Ted Cruz's Latest Ad Features A Porn Star
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Lauren French / Politico:
Black caucus PAC shuns endorsement of Donna Edwards — The political action committee behind the Congressional Black Caucus passed on endorsing Rep. Donna Edwards in her Maryland Senate primary — a public snub of the African-American lawmaker who has a contentious relationship with many of her colleagues.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Thwarted By The Courts, Kris Kobach Finds Yet Another Way To Restrict Voting — Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state with a long history of pushing a stridently conservative agenda on voting rights and immigration, is back in the news again — this time, for the actions of one of his former underlings.
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