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Jacob Heilbrunn / Politico:
Trump Is Trampling Over the GOP's Corpse — The most basic problem for the Republican Party isn't that Donald Trump is so strong, but that his competitors are so weak. One can find no better illustration of this, perhaps, than the sorry spectacle of Jeb Bush—who only a year ago was seen …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Bush campaign: CBS News should apologize for ‘inexcusable’ report — Jeb Bush's campaign is calling on CBS News to apologize for a report that cited jokes about the Republican presidential hopeful committing suicide. — “The network should apologize,” Kristy Campbell, Bush's press secretary …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
The More Donald Trump Defies His Party, the More His Supporters Cheer — NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Mark Jebens, a veteran of 22 years in the Marine Corps, found no fault with Donald J. Trump's scathing criticism that President George W. Bush “lied” about weapons of mass destruction while leading the United States into war in Iraq.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11 — Lying about Muslims is one thing, but accusing Bush of holding office in 2001 is beyond the pale. — Last fall, Donald Trump claimed that, on September 11, 2001, thousands of Muslims cheered the fall of the World Trade Center.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
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CNN:
Poll: Clinton, Sanders in a dead heat for Nevada — Washington (CNN)Likely Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ahead of Saturday's caucuses, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. — Though Clinton holds an edge over Sanders …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton? Fear
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton? Fear
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Political Wire, Washington Post and Mediaite
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz pinched in race for South Carolina's Evangelicals
Ted Cruz pinched in race for South Carolina's Evangelicals
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Sanders deadlocked with Clinton in Nevada
Poll: Sanders deadlocked with Clinton in Nevada
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, The Week and Outside the Beltway
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
I find this election bizarre for many reasons but none more than this: If I were given a blank sheet of paper and told to write down America's three greatest sources of strength, they would be “a culture of entrepreneurship,” “an ethic of pluralism” and the “quality of our governing institutions.”
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 …
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Associated Press:
Ted Cruz rivals pounce on trust issues — BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Ted Cruz is getting hammered by his Republican rivals over what they call a pattern of unethical campaign tactics and inaccurate statements by the Texas senator who has shaped his White House bid around trust.
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Andrea Fisher / Great Falls Tribune:
Cops surround home, find ‘The Walking Dead’ — A Great Falls family gave their neighbors quite a scare while enjoying a favorite TV show Sunday evening. — A 911 call came in at 7:28 p.m. from a neighbor who heard “screaming from a house about someone having a gun,” according to Great Falls Police Department notes from the call.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans Show Signs of Division on Supreme Court Tactics — The “no hearings, no votes” stance for potential Obama nominees becomes a little less absolute for those wary of an electoral blowback. — After Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday, many Republican senators categorically ruled …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP unity cracks in court fight
GOP unity cracks in court fight
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple CEO Tim Cook fires back at FBI in terror case — Apple CEO Tim Cook blasted the U.S. government Wednesday after a federal magistrate ordered the company to unlock an iPhone linked to last year's San Bernardino shooting — stirring up the debate over encryption and terrorism that's become …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials — BEIJING — More than 9,000 Chinese villagers are leaving their homes to make way for aliens. — It is not a colonization plan from outer space. The Chinese government is relocating thousands of villagers …
Curtis Skinner / Reuters:
FBI finds trench of human feces at cultural site on Oregon refuge — The FBI said it has found a trench of human feces and a road excavated on or next to a sensitive cultural site with artifacts at the Oregon wildlife refuge where armed men staged a standoff with authorities, according to court records filed on Tuesday.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
After 25 Years of U.S. Role in Iraq, Scars Are Too Stubborn to Fade — BAGHDAD — It was once a well-kept memorial for hundreds of Iraqi civilians who were killed by American bombs while they slept, a powerful symbol of suffering embraced by a dictator's propaganda machine.
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Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Shadowbanning ‘Real and Happening Every Day’ Says Inside Source — Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech. His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.
John Wisely / Detroit Free Press:
Flint residents paid America's highest water rates — The once quiet city of Flint, Michigan is facing a drinking water crisis that is drawing concern from around the nation. Here's what you need to know about how the public health crisis has evolved. VPC
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Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
‘Islamic Rape Of Europe’: Polish Magazine Splashes ‘White Europa’ Girl Groped By Migrant Hands — One of Poland's most popular weekly magazines has splashed a graphic depiction of the rape of Europe's women by migrants on its front cover. The image may be one of the most politically incorrect illustrations …
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Juan Williams: ‘I Fear’ ‘Race Has Something to Do’ With Republicans Not Moving On Obama's Appointments — Fox News Channel co-host and The Hill columnist Juan Williams said that he fears “race has something to do” with Republicans not moving on President Obama's appointments during a discussion on on Tuesday's broadcast of “The Five.”