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9:30 PM ET, February 16, 2016

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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’  —  Senate Republicans' widespread vow to automatically block any Supreme Court nominee President Obama puts forth may be wavering.  —  Within minutes of Justice Antonin Scalia passing away on Saturday …
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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Obama Could Win SCOTUS Battle in This 17-Day Window  —  Senate Republicans are pledging to block any Supreme Court nomination by President Barack Obama until after November, hoping a Republican will replace him and fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Carson: Republicans Wouldn't Wait To Replace Scalia If We Held The White House  —  “Then again, recognize that the two picks that the president has selected are ideologues, so there's really no reason to believe that his next pick wouldn't be an ideologue also.”  —  Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty Images
Chuck Schumer:
Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees  —  Over the last couple of days, some Republicans, embarrassed by their partisan overreach in attempting to prevent the President from nominating a Supreme Court justice, have tried to use a 2007 speech I gave to justify their current obstruction.
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO)
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Congress Has ‘Every Right’ To Not Confirm SCOTUS Nominee
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Slot
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Ryan supports blocking Obama nomination to replace Scalia
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads  —  PPP's new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state.  He's at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.  —  What's striking about Trump's support …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today?  Its maker has a long and fascinating history. … Republican candidate Jeb Bush made a campaign stop at a firearm manufacturer in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday, marking the occasion with a pithy tweet of a handgun that has gone viral on social media
CNN:
In South Carolina, big leads on both sides  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump holds a broad 16-point lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary this Saturday, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points …
CNN:
South Carolina primary: CNN/ORC poll full results - CNNPolitics.com  —  Donald Trump holds a broad lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, and Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points on the Democratic side.
Washington Post:
In South Carolina, Clinton and Sanders compete for black votes
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz campaign asks stations to stop airing anti-Cruz ad
Discussion: RedState
Lydia Mulvany / Bloomberg Business:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood  —  Some brands promising 100 percent purity contained no Parmesan at all.  —  The cheese police are on the case.  —  Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory …
Discussion: Gothamist, Eater and The Week
Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to give investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, assistance the computer giant “declined to provide voluntarily,” according to court papers.
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Nathan McDermott / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Incorrectly Says San Bernardino Shooters Never Visited The Middle East
Discussion: Power Line
Isiah Carey / KRIV:
US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans  —  HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans.  —  Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.
Daily Mail:
SCROLL DOWN TO HEAR SALLY MILLER  —  Sally Miller tells Daily Mail Online she met Clinton at parties and political functions in 1974 when she was a senate aide at the Arkansas State Capitol and he was preparing for his run for the House of Representatives.  But their affair began when he was Governor of Arkansas
Christopher Condon / Bloomberg Business:
Fed's Kashkari Floats Breaking Up Big Banks to Avert Meltdown  —  Former head of TARP urges going beyond Dodd-Frank law  —  He compares big bank failure to nuclear reactor melting down  —  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Congress hasn't gone far enough …
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Coburn: Trump-circulated quote attacking Cruz ‘absolute fabrication’  —  Former Sen. Tom Coburn is angry about being quoted in the latest Donald Trump attack on Ted Cruz.  —  Coburn called the quote an “absolute fabrication.”  —  As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz …
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Woman Gave Birth in Subway Bathroom in 10 Minutes, Video Released by West Covina Police Suggests  —  Video of a woman accused of giving birth to a newborn and then abandoning the child in a West Covina Subway restaurant restroom was released by police on Tuesday, showing the she spent just 10 minutes in the bathroom.
James Gallagher / BBC:
Excitement at new cancer treatment  —  A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.  —  White blood cells were taken from patients with leukaemia, modified in the lab and then put back.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:
‘Arabic flag’ on Citizens Tower prompts security evaluation, investigation  —  Mayor wants police, Homeland Security to investigate ‘Arabic flag’ on Citizens Tower  —  Lubbock officials are re-evaluating security and working with local and federal investigations after what Mayor Glen Robertson described …
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Camp Accuses Cruz Backers of Dirty Facebook Tricks  —  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — The rivalry between Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio has escalated rapidly in advance of Saturday's GOP primary here, and on Tuesday Mr. Rubio's campaign accused Mr. Cruz's team of an “underhanded tactic” …
Libby Brooks Scotland / Guardian:
Man arrested for Facebook posts about Syrian refugees in Scotland  —  Offensive comments related to refugees on Isle of Bute and police say arrest shows social media abuse will not be tolerated  —  Police Scotland have said the arrest of a man responsible for a series of offensive Facebook posts …
Discussion: Breitbart, Infowars and Jihad Watch
 
 
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Bill Curry / Salon:
The Clintons really don't get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008
Lily Rothman / TIME:
A Brief History of Cursing in American Politics
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CBC News:
Vancouver featured in Marco Rubio campaign ad
Mohammed Sergie / Bloomberg Business:
Saudi Arabia, Russia to Freeze Oil Output Near Record Levels
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
In Competition for Black Votes, Sanders and Clinton Offer Raw Rhetoric on Race
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Trolls Unleash Hell on Veterans
Discussion: Mediaite
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Amanda L Gordon / Bloomberg Business:
Paul Tudor Jones Preps Trump for Saving Florida's Everglades
Discussion: Political Wire
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal
Discussion: Politico
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
The establishment looks like this: The real reason why Clintons always push our politics to the right
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Why a Vote for Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for Donald Trump
Discussion: Shadowproof, Hot Air and Instapundit
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Man caught in subway doors dragged to his death
Discussion: KTLA, FOX5 San Diego and FOX2now.com
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
It's time to kill the $100 bill
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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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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