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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Cruz, Carson Held Secret Meeting About Dirty Tricks in a Closet — Ted Cruz called a private meeting with the former neurosurgeon in South Carolina on Thursday night, the Carson campaign told The Daily Beast. It did not go as planned. — Two grown men running for president met in a storage closet last night.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump's Lead Slashed in South Carolina: Poll — Donald Trump is now leading Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary by 5 points — down from his 16-point lead in the state a month ago, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
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Post and Courier:
Pro-Ted Cruz robocall blasting Trump and Gov. Haley on Confederate flag — A pro-Ted Cruz robo-telephone call blasts Donald Trump for his support of the Confederate flag coming down. An honor guard from the South Carolina Highway patrol removes the Confederate battle flag …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
The Great Republican Stalemate — SPARTANBURG, S.C.—You could see why Ted Cruz might be getting a little frustrated. So many of the voters that rightfully belonged to him were, lately, stubbornly choosing to back other candidates instead. — Donald Trump. Marco Rubio. Even—would you believe it?
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Marist Poll:
2/19: Trump in Close Race in South Carolina... Clinton with Wide Lead — In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll of South Carolina conducted after Saturday's GOP debate, businessman Donald Trump, 28%, edges Texas Senator Ted Cruz, 23%, by only 5 points among likely Republican …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush machine running on fumes
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Mark Sanford endorses Ted Cruz
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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Bernie Sanders surged in Nevada
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump on brink of key win
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New York Times:
Republicans Speed Across South Carolina as Race Tightens
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Pro-Cruz Robocall Knocks Trump On ‘Our’ Confederate Flag In South Carolina
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The Bob and Chez Show
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Gunman's iCloud Passcode Changed While in Gov't's Possession
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
TRUMP: ‘Boycott all Apple products’
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump pushes for a boycott of Apple
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Henry Olsen / National Review:
I Don't Believe The Latest SC Polls - Here's Why — Two polls, one from Clemson University and the other from Opinion Savvy, have been released since I wrote my blog post on SC. Both have Trump in the high 20s, suggesting tomorrow night will be closer than I predicted. Here's why I discount each poll.
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MA Towery / Opinion Savvy:
Rubio Surges in South Carolina ahead of Saturday's Primary — We conducted our final poll for the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on February 18th and 19th, and the results show a sizable surge for the Rubio campaign, placing him within 3 points of Donald Trump. — The horse race:
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders predict Trump win in South Carolina, Clinton in Nevada
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Connor Sheets / al.com:
Harper Lee dead at age of 89: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author passes away — Nelle Harper Lee, who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961 for her book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has died at the age of 89, multiple sources in her hometown of Monroeville, including the mayor's office, confirmed Friday morning.
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89
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Salon:
Hillary Clinton just can't win: Democrats need to accept that only Bernie Sanders can defeat the GOP — Bernie Sanders will become our next president and it should come as no surprise to people actually paying attention — In one major poll, Bernie Sanders is now leading Hillary Clinton nationally.
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders's Brother: He Backs ‘Class Warfare,’ Bill Clinton Was Worse Than Bush — Larry Sanders says Bernie is a ‘genuine socialist’ trying to save the Democratic Party from ‘dreadful’ Bill Clinton, who is either a ‘terrible rapist or a nice rapist’ to the media.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bernie's brother: Media can't decide if Clinton is ‘terrible rapist’ or ‘nice rapist’ — Bernie Sanders's elder brother rips Bill Clinton in a new interview, suggesting the media is too focused debating whether the former president is a “terrible rapist” or “nice rapist.”
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Streiff / RedState:
Donald Trump Says He Supports the ObamaCare Mandate — Anderson Cooper interviews Donald Trump on a CNN candidate town hall. — Last night Donald Trump was on CNN with Anderson Cooper. The subject of health care came up. Naturally it resulted in a dumpster fire of nitwit-ish blather …
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Cristobal Herrera / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz birther lawsuit makes it to Cook County courtroom
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Scott Bixby / Guardian:
Campaign live: Pope Francis walks back Donald Trump ‘not a Christian’ remarks
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Harry Reid accuses Republicans of ‘trickery and gimmicks’ in Nevada caucuses — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) accused members of the Republican Party of resorting to “trickery and gimmicks” to spoil his state's Democratic caucuses. — “These Republican plans to interfere …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Nevada Dems threaten to prosecute people who vote in both caucuses
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Deck of Cards Could Determine Some Nevada Caucus Results
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
In Defense of Trump, Some Point (Wrongly) to Vatican Walls — Supporters of Donald J. Trump were quick to suggest on Thursday that Pope Francis was being hypocritical to criticize as un-Christian Mr. Trump's proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico because the pontiff himself lives …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump One Day Into Iraq Invasion: “It Looks Like A Tremendous Success” — And the stock market would continue to soar as a result, Trump said. — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump, faced with his own words from 2002 that directly contradict his claim he opposed an Iraq invasion early on …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Sen. Murkowski Backtracks On Giving Obama's SCOTUS Nom A Hearing — Moderate GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK), one of the few Republicans initially willing to break ranks on whether President Obama's nominee to succeed Antonin Scalia should be considered, reversed course Thursday evening.
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Joanne Kaufman / New York Times:
My Parents, My Landlords — Enter neighborhood, city, zip or address — When Jessica Sanderoff graduated from college a decade ago and began searching for Manhattan apartments in her price range, she saw many things. Fourth-floor walk-ups and fifth-floor walk-ups.
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Janelle Lilley / KATV-TV:
Concern over African-American only student assembly — Shortly after arriving at school Wednesday morning, an announcement over the public announcement system instructed black freshmen to go to the auditorium for an assembly. Arron Perkins says his sister was in math class.
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