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The Daily 202: Why blocking Obama's pick to replace Scalia could cost Republicans their Senate majority — THE BIG IDEA: — Mitch McConnell has decided to wager the Republican majority in the Senate on blocking Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. — It's a bold and understandable …
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Cibolo Creek Ranch owner recalls Scalia's last hours in Texas — MARFA — A first-time guest to the Cibolo Creek Creek Ranch, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was animated and engaged during dinner Friday night, as one of three dozen invitees to an event that had nothing to do with law or politics …
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The GOP's Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee — Tino Cuellar. California judge. Mexican-American. Harvard. Yale. Stanford. How many Latino votes you think the GOP'd get if they block him? — Here's a name you need to get to know: Tino Cuellar. Who is Tino Cuellar?
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The battle over replacing Justice Scalia is just the start of a war over the Supreme Court — Richard L. Hasen, a professor of law and political science at University of California, Irvine, is the author of Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections.
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How America Was Lost — Once upon a time, the death of a Supreme Court justice wouldn't have brought America to the edge of constitutional crisis. But that was a different country, with a very different Republican Party. In today's America, with today's G.O.P., the passing of Antonin Scalia has opened the doors to chaos.
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The Moderate Voice and Hullabaloo


Mitch McConnell's Stance in Confirmation Fight Could Help and Hurt G.O.P.
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Scalia's Body Being Flown Back; He Died of Natural Causes
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Ayotte opposes Supreme Court nomination as Dems pounce
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Code Pink praises Donald Trump after debate — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is being praised by Code Pink, a group working to end U.S. wars and militarism that has protested the Iraq War. — Trump garnered support from the organization during the GOP debate Saturday night …
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Debate rips open GOP wounds, and party risks tearing itself apart — GREENVILLE, S.C. — In an election that Republicans have long seen as a chance to put forward new stars with a fresh and broadly appealing conservative vision, the GOP is instead at risk of tearing itself apart over its past …
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Graham calls Trump the GOP's ‘Michael Moore candidate’
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Donald Trump, Republican Front-Runner, Wins Applause From Code Pink
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Trump forces GOP to take uncomfortable look at Iraq War
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Harry Reid allies to Team Clinton: Don't slam Nevada's caucus — With five days to go until the Nevada caucuses — once viewed as Hillary Clinton's Western firewall — Sen. Harry Reid and his allies are incensed at the wounded Democratic front-runner. — The reason: the Clinton campaign's attempt …
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Clinton has superdelegate edge in Nevada and South Carolina
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Foreclosure crisis snarls Clinton, Sanders' efforts to reach Nevada voters
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Mizzou's Melissa Click told police ‘get your f**king hand off me’ at previous racial protest — New revelations will factor into her employment review, chancellor says — The University of Missouri professor who called for “some muscle” to remove a student journalist from a racial protest …
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New video shows MU professor Click allegedly cursing at, confronting officers — A video of University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click confronting police officers during the school's homecoming parade has surfaced. — In the video, Click is allegedly seen confronting …
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The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller

Melissa Click says she'll fight to restore her reputation, keep job
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Fired for Cursing on the Job, Testing the Limits of Labor Law — Little did the managers of a Hooters restaurant realize that a bikini contest they sponsored in 2013 would end up testing the limits of labor law. — When a group of waitresses participated in the contest, held at a Hooters in Ontario …
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Eater

Ted Cruz Preaches at South Carolina Church: “There Is a Spirit of Awakening, A Spirit of Revival... Sweeping This Country” — Ted Cruz preached at the Community Bible Church in Beaufort, South Carolina on Sunday. … Senator Cruz spoke for an hour from the pulpit. — News Channel 6 reported on the senator's visit.
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The ‘You Lie’ Debate: Republicans Running Out of Time to Stop Trump in South Carolina
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Politico, BloombergView.com, The Moderate Voice, TIME and The Hill

Jeb Bush Adds a Weapon (His Brother) Despite Worries It Could Misfire
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Washington Post


Upstate New York mountain reaches minus 114 wind chill at its summit — While New York City had its coldest start to Valentine's Day in 100 years on Sunday, it would seem balmy compared with the wicked wind chill at upstate Whiteface Mountain. — As temperatures dropped across the Northeast …
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AOL


The Post wins two Polk Awards, for series on ‘settlements’ industry and police shootings — Washington Post reporter Terrence McCoy was looking into the troubled life and premature death of Freddie Gray last year when he noticed something curious: Before his death, Gray …
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New York Times, Associated Press and NPR, more at Mediagazer »


Father of Son Murdered by Illegal Immigrant: Trump Was “Sent From God” — Donald Trump released a 30 second ad on Illegal Immigration on Friday. — The ad includes photos of Jas Shaw, a 17 year-old football star, who was gunned down outside his home by an illegal gang member who just got out of prison.
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