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12:50 PM ET, February 17, 2016

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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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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
National Poll Shows Donald Trump With Big Lead and Democrats in Virtual Tie  —  Donald J. Trump's popularity continues to rise nationally, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll that shows him with more than double the support of his closest Republican contender.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jon Ralston / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Ralston Reports: 5 questions that will decide Clinton-Sanders outcome in Nevada
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton? Fear
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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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.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Scalia's Death Throws North Carolina's Upcoming Election Into Confusion  —  North Carolina's primary is less than a month away, but the key swing state may be forced to postpone.  A federal court ruling last week declared the state's voting maps unconstitutional thanks to racial gerrymandering, and ordered them to be redrawn.
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Randy E. Barnett / USA Today:   Scalia restored right to bear arms: Randy Barnett
New York Times:
Obama's Options for a Supreme Court Nominee, and the Potential Fallout
Associated Press:
Apple to fight order to help FBI unlock shooter's iPhone  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, California shooters.
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple CEO Tim Cook fires back at FBI in terror case
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
USA Today:
Apple ordered to break into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
Discussion: New York Magazine, NPR and The Week
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
S.C. Is Key Early Test of Cruz's Southern Strategy  —  Cruz at the Faith and Family Presidential Forum in Greenville, S.C. (Alex Wong/Getty)
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz pinched in race for South Carolina's evangelicals
Discussion: Washington Post
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Bush campaign: CBS News should apologize for ‘inexcusable’ report
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and CNN
Associated Press:
Ted Cruz rivals pounce on trust issues
Discussion: Associated Press and abc11.com
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW!  Trump Invites Supporters On Stage for Handling Protester- CROWD ERUPTS WHEN ONE SAYS HE'S A VETERAN!  (VIDEO)  —  You can't plan something like this...  At a Trump campaign rally in North Augusta, South Carolina on Tuesday, Donald Trump was interrupted by a protester who was screaming profanities …
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Honors Men Who ‘Took Action’ Against A Young Latina Protester
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support  —  New Public Policy Polling surveys of the 12 states that will hold Democratic primaries for President between March 1st and 8th, conducted on behalf of American Family Voices, find Hillary Clinton leading …
Discussion: Guardian
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.”
Jon Burkett / WTVR-TV:
‘Hangry’ woman arrested for biting Wendy's worker over wrong order  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Have you heard the expression “hangry?”  It's a combination of hungry and angry.  A fast food worker said that word perfectly described the customer who attacked and bit her over a wrong order.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
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 …
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.
Discussion: fox8.com
The Independent:
Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material stolen last year amid fears it could have fallen the hands of Isis jihadis.  —  The material, stored in a protective case the size of a laptop, went missing from a US-owned storage facility in Basra last November, according to leaked environment ministry documents.
Discussion: Infowars
lettertosanders:
An Open Letter from Past CEA Chairs to Senator Sanders and Professor Gerald Friedman  —  Dear Senator Sanders and Professor Gerald Friedman,  —  We are former Chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers for Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.  For many years, we have worked …
Discussion: Politico, emptywheel and New York Times
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
 
 
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David Niose / Salon:
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Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Police have arrested a 40-year old man in Scotland over a number of allegedly “offensive” Facebook posts about refugees.
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Juan Williams: ‘I Fear’ ‘Race Has Something to Do’ With Republicans Not Moving On Obama's Appointments
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