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6:50 PM ET, February 16, 2016

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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.
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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
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 …
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.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Scalia's death could doom McDonnell and hurt Menendez  —  Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could wind up one of the biggest losers as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death and the potentially protracted battle shaping up over his replacement.
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO)  —  Republican Senator Chuck Grassley isn't ready to say whether he'll convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Obama's nominee to fill the opening on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump: ‘Pretty Unusual’ Scalia Was Found With ‘Pillow on His Face’  —  During a Tuesday interview with talk show host Michael Savage, Donald Trump seemed to lend some credence to the conspiracy theories that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered, saying it was “pretty unusual” they found a pillow on his face.
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Ryan supports blocking Obama nomination to replace Scalia
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Congress Has ‘Every Right’ To Not Confirm SCOTUS Nominee
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Slot
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Grassley won't rule out hearings on Obama's SCOTUS pick
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
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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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.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz campaign asks stations to stop airing anti-Cruz ad
Discussion: RedState
Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
Discussion: NBC News and 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
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
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Trump Schedules Competing MSNBC Town Hall Opposite Cruz, Rubio CNN Town Hall  —  In yet another aggressive move that will thrill Trump supporters, late Tuesday morning, Jesse Rodriguez, Senior Producer of MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” announced a town hall event with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
CNN announces back-to-back GOP town halls
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention  —  Mysterious outside groups are asking state parties for personal data on potential delegates, Republican campaigns are drawing up plans to send loyal representatives to obscure local conventions, and party officials are dusting off rule books …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Jeb: Trump ‘fears me’  —  The reason for Donald Trump's continued attacks against Jeb Bush?  According to Bush, it's because “he fears me.”  —  “I think he is a master at manipulation, and I find it amusing on one level that he constantly attacks me,” Bush said Tuesday in an interview with “CBS This Morning.”
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
It's time to kill the $100 bill  —  It's time to go after big money … Harvard's Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government, which I am privileged to direct, has just issued an important paper by senior fellow Peter Sands and a group of student collaborators.
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Man caught in subway doors dragged to his death  —  KEW GARDENS, Queens — A commuter trying to get onto an F train just as its doors were closing became caught in those doors and was dragged to his death in Queens, an MTA official said Tuesday.  —  It happened about 6:45 p.m. Monday …
Discussion: KTLA, FOX2now.com and FOX5 San Diego
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.
Nathan McDermott / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Incorrectly Says San Bernardino Shooters Never Visited The Middle East  —  Speaking at a campaign event in Greenville, South Carolina on Tuesday, Bill Clinton incorrectly said the married couple who perpetrated a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, had never been to the Middle East.
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Mohammed Sergie / Bloomberg Business:
Saudi Arabia, Russia to Freeze Oil Output Near Record Levels
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‘Arabic flag’ on Citizens Tower prompts security evaluation, investigation
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
Amanda L Gordon / Bloomberg Business:
Paul Tudor Jones Preps Trump for Saving Florida's Everglades
Discussion: Political Wire
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Karen Langley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Kathleen Kane will not seek re-election for attorney general
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Rubio Is Too Sweaty To Negotiate With A Leader Like Putin
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Vincent Fort flips from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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
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