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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 — WASHINGTON — Americans aren't just for or against presidential candidates this year: Color them scared. — In a national USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, likely voters given the choice of four options — enthusiastic …
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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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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Camp Accuses Cruz Backers of Dirty Facebook Tricks
Rubio Camp Accuses Cruz Backers of Dirty Facebook Tricks
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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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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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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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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today? Its maker has a long and fascinating history.
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today? Its maker has a long and fascinating history.
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
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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.”
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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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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Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone
Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone
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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.
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 …
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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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 …
Thomas Piketty / Guardian:
Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era — The Vermont senator's success so far demonstrates the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections — ow can we interpret the incredible success of the …
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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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The Week
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon — Vladimir Putin is exploiting yet another incoherence in U.S. Middle East policy. And the MSM is still ignoring the implications of the comprehensive failures of the Obama Administration. — An incoherent American strategy is allowing Putin's Russia …
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Isn't Into Anal, Melania Never Poops, And Other Things He Told Howard Stern — Trump is also very concerned about sexually transmitted infections. — View Video › — Donald Trump has made several memorable appearances on The Howard Stern Show, where he is often at his most candid and crude.
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