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4:10 PM ET, February 16, 2016

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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.
Discussion: ABC News
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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
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.
John Boehner / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
The Time I Tried To Persuade Antonin Scalia To Run For Vice President  —  JOIN THE TEAM FOR ADDED BENEFITS:  —  Create an Account OR Log In  —  FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:  —  Submit  —  x  —  Views  —  ShareTweetEmail +  —  Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …
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.
Harry Reid / Washington Post:
Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction
Timothy S. Huebner / New York Times:
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
Des Moines Register:
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz campaign asks stations to stop airing anti-Cruz ad  —  Ted Cruz's campaign sent a letter to TV stations across South Carolina and Georgia on Tuesday, demanding that they stop airing what it calls “a false attack ad” from the conservative super PAC American Future Fund that goes after the Texas senator on national security.
Discussion: RedState
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio surges back to electrify South Carolina  —  EASLEY, S.C. — Marco Rubio carried a message to South Carolina: He is “at peace” with his failure in New Hampshire.  —  He doesn't mean it casually, as though he has simply come to terms with what happened Feb. 6, when Chris Christie commanded …
Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
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: The Week, Eater and Gothamist
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz's camp on Trump's lawsuit threat: 'We're prepared for anything'  —  Ted Cruz's campaign may think Donald Trump's accusations about his eligibility are bunk, but that doesn't mean they're going to be caught flat-footed if he follows through on his threat to sue.
Discussion: The Week
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Rubio Is Too Sweaty To Negotiate With A Leader Like Putin
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
Discussion: Politicus USA
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.
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.
Discussion: Infowars
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
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 …
Discussion: Vox, Hot Air and New York Magazine
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal  —  CNBC financial commentator Larry Kudlow, who recently spoke to The Courant at a Fairfield diner, is reportedly not running for the U.S. Senate, according to a supporter's email.  —  Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie …
Discussion: Politico
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Why a Vote for Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for Donald Trump  —  Primaries don't elect presidents; they elect candidates who have to beat the other guys.  A socialist who wants to raise taxes on everyone cannot beat any Republican, period.  —  Dear Bernie Voter,
Discussion: Shadowproof, Hot Air and Instapundit
 
 
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
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Karen Langley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Kathleen Kane will not seek re-election for attorney general
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
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Is a Surrogate a Mother?  —  A battle over triplets raises …
Guardian:
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Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Man caught in subway doors dragged to his death
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Dan Riehl / Breitbart:
Ben Carson: Trump ‘Could Easily Collapse’
Discussion: Right Wing Watch, Politico and Mediaite
Donald J. Trump / USA Today:
Donald Trump: I will do whatever it takes
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
German ‘bail-in’ plan for government bonds risks blowing up the euro
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