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8:15 PM ET, February 15, 2016

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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
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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Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
The Constitution Does Not Require the Senate to Vote on a Nomination  —  Let ambition counteract ambition.  —  Senator Schumer appeared Sunday on ABC's This Week and responded to suggestions that the Senate might not confirm the lame-duck President's nomination to replace the late Justice Scalia …
Andrew Shain / The State:
Trump: Haley must do more to protect SC, RNC breaking neutrality pledge  —  GOP front-runner says governor must stop Syrian refugees, Gitmo relocation  —  Trump says RNC stacked debate audience with foes who booed him  —  Did not rule out third-party run after GOP broke promise
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz skewers Trump's sister in Supreme Court debate  —  AIKEN, S.C. —Ted Cruz on Monday pledged to make the presidential election a “referendum” on the U.S. Supreme Court, ramping up efforts to make that issue one more increasingly personal point of contention with Donald Trump …
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Who could replace Scalia?  Here are 10 names  —  WASHINGTON — Who could replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia if Republicans don't block all of President Obama's nominees, as appears likely?  Here are 10 possibilities:  —  Sri Srinivasan: The 48-year-old federal appeals court judge …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Eight Thoughts On Scalia  —  I'm still a little stunned by the news that Justice Antonin Scalia, perhaps the living public official I've most respected and admired in my adult life, has died.  I respected Scalia for all the obvious reasons.  As a legal thinker few could hold a candle to him …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
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?
Discussion: Feministing and Washington Monthly
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Bush: 'There shouldn't be deference' on nominee
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Los Angeles Times:   Editorial Nominating Supreme Court justices is Obama's job. Let him do it.
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
How the politics of the next nomination will play out
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONDS TO THE LIES OF SENATOR CRUZ AND WARNS OF LEGAL ACTION  —  Ted Cruz is a totally unstable individual.  He is the single biggest liar I've ever come across, in politics or otherwise, and I have seen some of the best of them.  His statements are totally untrue and completely outrageous.
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and Althouse
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Ad Goes After Donald Trump's Stance on Planned Parenthood
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
Bush family values: 43 comes to Jeb's rescue  —  Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Jeb Bush, who has struggled with the political baggage attached to his famous last name, has finally come to a place where his family is not a liability: South Carolina.  —  This state has been good to the Bushes …
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
S.C. Congressman Calls Trump “Truther” For Criticism Of George W. Bush And War In Iraq
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   GOP Iraq battle shines new spotlight on Jeb Bush weakness
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Debate rips open GOP wounds, and party risks tearing itself apart
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Committeewoman Says Cruz, Rubio Both Ineligible For Presidency  —  A Republican National committeewoman from Nevada said Monday that she believes both Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) are ineligible to run for President.  —  Diana Orrock tweeted that “Rubio and Cruz are ineligible …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Devvy / NewsWithViews:   TRUMP SHOULD MOVE ON THIS: CRUZ, RUBIO AND SECRETARIES OF STATE
Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Opening Shot In Rubio's “Morning Again In America” Ad Appears To Be Canada  —  (Ted Cruz plot?)  —  youtube.com  —  “It's morning again in America,” a calm narrator says as an idyllic scene of a boat crossing a harbor plays in Marco Rubio's latest ad — a darker riff on the classic Ronald Reagan ad.
Discussion: NBC News and Florida Politics
Columbia Missourian:
MU chancellor to confer with Board of Curators about body camera footage of Melissa Click  —  COLUMBIA — MU assistant professor of communication Melissa Click's interaction with a Columbia police officer during the university's Homecoming Parade on Oct. 10 warrants a conversation with the University …
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Okay, the Scalia Assassination Conspiracy Theories are Getting Out of Hand  —  Generally, when a 79 year old man who was known to be in poor health is found dead in his bed with no signs of a struggle, reasonable people do not immediately include “assassination” even if the deceased happened …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Guardian:
Kanye West claims to be $53m in debt, and asks Mark Zuckerberg for help  —  West says tech entrepreneurs Zuckerberg and Larry Page listen to hip-hop, but are more interested in opening schools in Africa than helping celebrity rappers  —  It was a busy weekend for Kanye West …
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Alex Jaffe / NBC News:
Rubio: Gang of 8 Bill Never Intended to Become Law  —  ROCK HILL, SC — Marco Rubio on Monday insisted the immigration reform bill he helped spearhead through the Senate was never intended to become law and that the authors of the bill expected conservatives in the House to make it “even better.”
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
CIA Director John Brennan on 60 Minutes  —  In a rare interview, the head of the CIA outlines the threat to America posed by ISIS and discusses other security concerns such as cyber and biological terror  —  The following is a script from “John Brennan” which aired on Feb. 14, 2016.
Discussion: Hot Air, VDARE, emptywheel and RT
 
 
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Left-Leaning Economists Question Cost of Bernie Sanders's Plans
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Suspected Mother Arrested After Newborn Boy Found Abandoned in Toilet at West Covina Subway
Discussion: KFOR-TV and FOX5 San Diego
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Frustrated female senators say Clinton is victim of sexism
Discussion: RedState
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Stephen King Talks JFK, Oscars Diversity, and ‘Bulletproof’ Donald Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Kelleigh Nelson / NewsWithViews:
PROOF: JEB BUSH UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN TOOK A DISABLED VETERAN'S PROPERTY
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Army Stumping for Ted Cruz
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World's Most Expensive African Buffalo Valued at $11.1 Million
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The Post wins two Polk Awards, for series on ‘settlements’ industry and police shootings
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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Arab states are seeking nuclear weapons to counter Iran, Israel warns
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Annie Karni / Politico:
Harry Reid allies to Team Clinton: Don't slam Nevada's caucus
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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