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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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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 …
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Campaign for America's Future, Politico and Guardian
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.
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Prairie Weather
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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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
The More Donald Trump Defies His Party, the More His Supporters Cheer
The More Donald Trump Defies His Party, the More His Supporters Cheer
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11
Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Infowars
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
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Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller
Rudolph Bell / Greenville News:
Cruz denies Gowdy claim of Facebook deception — ANDERSON - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said in Anderson Tuesday night that his campaign had nothing to do with false reports on Facebook that U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy of Spartanburg had switched his support to Cruz from Marco Rubio, one of Cruz's rivals for the GOP nomination.
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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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Washington Post
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.”
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Obama to skip Scalia funeral — President Barack Obama will not attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral on Saturday, the White House said Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend. — Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama instead …
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Scalia's Death Throws North Carolina's Upcoming Election Into Confusion
Scalia's Death Throws North Carolina's Upcoming Election Into Confusion
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Fayetteville Observer, WRAL-TV and Raleigh News & Observer
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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New York Times:
Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Gunman's iPhone
Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Gunman's iPhone
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple CEO Tim Cook fires back at FBI in terror case
Apple CEO Tim Cook fires back at FBI in terror case
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Yahoo Politics
New York Times:
Obama's Options for a Supreme Court Nominee, and the Potential Fallout — The death of Justice Antonin Scalia immediately prompted lofty-sounding pronouncements from leaders of both parties. But behind the public statements, the two parties are engaged in raw political calculations …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Says It 'Doesn't Make Sense' To Hold Confirmation Hearings (VIDEO)
Cruz Says It 'Doesn't Make Sense' To Hold Confirmation Hearings (VIDEO)
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Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP unity cracks in court fight
GOP unity cracks in court fight
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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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Honors Men Who ‘Took Action’ Against A Young Latina Protester
Donald Trump Honors Men Who ‘Took Action’ Against A Young Latina Protester
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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 …
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 …
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
The Failure of Money to Buy the Presidential Nomination, in One Chart — Some of the campaigns that are spending the most are also doing the worst. — zachmider — The current U.S. presidential race is on pace to be the most expensive ever. Outside groups known as super-PACs are playing …
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Scripting News
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.
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KFOR-TV
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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Parker Lee / Independent Journal Review:
This Guy's Reaction to 7 US Marshals Showing Up at His House Over a Student Loan Says Everything — When Houston resident Paul Aker woke up Thursday morning, he was surprised to notice a “suspicious truck” parked outside of his house. — A few hours later, when Aker was greeted …
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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.
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Infowars
Marc Geppert / Breitbart:
Member of German Left Youth Party Apologizes to Refugees on Facebook After Alleged Sexual Assault by Migrant — Selin Gören, member of the “Linksjugend Solid,” a far-left German youth organization, was reportedly sexually assaulted by a refugee on January 27.
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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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