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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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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, The Grumpy Economist and Hullabaloo


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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Washington Monthly, Feministing and Politico

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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AOL, The Daily Caller, Off the Kuff, NPR, Joanne Jacobs, New York Times and Daily Kos


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 …


Mitch McConnell's Stance in Confirmation Fight Could Help and Hurt G.O.P.
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Yahoo Politics, emptywheel, Crooked Timber, Common Dreams, ThinkProgress, Althouse, Politicus USA, CBS News and Corey Robin

Bush: 'There shouldn't be deference' on nominee
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Politico and Washington Post

How the politics of the next nomination will play out
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USA Today, Mediaite, The Week, NBC News, Slantpoint, Raw Story, Common Dreams, No More Mister Nice Blog, theGrio and addictinginfo.org


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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Booman Tribune, The Moderate Voice, Politico and Prairie Weather
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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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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Infowars


Graham calls Trump the GOP's ‘Michael Moore candidate’
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Raw Story

Donald Trump, Republican Front-Runner, Wins Applause From Code Pink
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slantpoint and New York Magazine

Trump forces GOP to take uncomfortable look at Iraq War
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Truth Revolt

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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Reno Gazette-Journal and Hot Air
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Clinton has superdelegate edge in Nevada and South Carolina
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TPNN and Politicus USA

Foreclosure crisis snarls Clinton, Sanders' efforts to reach Nevada voters
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Instapundit


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, Campus Reform and The Daily Caller
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Mizzou's Melissa Click told police ‘get your f**king hand off me’ at previous racial protest
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Power Line

Melissa Click says she'll fight to restore her reputation, keep job
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Slantpoint, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and FOX2now.com


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


23 dead as missiles hit three hospitals, school in Syrian towns — At least 23 civilians were killed when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, residents said, as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.
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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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Washington Post, 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


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 »


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


World's Most Expensive African Buffalo Valued at $11.1 Million — Businessman buys 25 percent stake in animal for $2.8 million — Africa's biggest-horned disease-free buffalo is named Horizon — Africa's biggest-horned and disease-free buffalo was valued at a record amount on Saturday …