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4:40 PM ET, February 19, 2016

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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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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?
Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress, CBS News and ABC News
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush machine running on fumes  —  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Some of Jeb Bush's most steadfast allies think Saturday might be the end.  —  Donors, who poured millions into his campaign and super PAC, have stopped giving — one refusing a direct request to raise $1 million this week.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump on brink of key win  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The author of “The Art of the Deal” is on the brink of closing his biggest one yet.  —  Victory for Donald Trump in the GOP primary here on Saturday would copper-fasten his status as the dominant front-runner, catapult him into a significant delegate lead …
Ted Cruz / Yahoo Politics:
At Cruz rally in S.C., ‘Duck Dynasty’ star condemns ‘perversion’  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, held a presidential campaign event here on Friday that was equal parts church sermon and political rally.  The event included calls to prayer, fiery declarations about the country's morals …
Discussion: CNN and Right Wing Watch
Annie Karni / Politico:
How Bernie Sanders surged in Nevada
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: Pope Francis ‘a terrific person’
Discussion: Hot Air
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Mark Sanford endorses Ted Cruz
Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:   The Roots of Donald Trump's Candidacy Lie in a South Carolina Cemetery
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.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton gets BOOED at MSNBC town hall when she says Bernie Sanders 'wasn't really a Democrat' until he decided to run for president  — Some audience members were feeling the Bern and wouldn't let Hillary Clinton get away with suggesting their candidate wasn't a Democrat
Discussion: TPNN and ABC News
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders: Clinton's Embrace Of Obama Is A Ploy For Black Votes
Discussion: Shadow and Act and The Week
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
DoJ files motion to compel Apple to comply with FBI order  —  DOJ files motion to compel Apple to assist FBI  —  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the Department of Justice filed a motion to compel Apple to comply with the court order to help access the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
TRUMP: ‘Boycott Apple!’
Discussion: TheStreet.com
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a ‘Marketing Strategy’
Discussion: The Week
Sara Sjolin / MarketWatch:   Apple's iPhone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2002, Donald Trump Said He Supported Invading Iraq  —  “Are you for invading Iraq?”  Howard Stern asked him, and Trump answered, “Yeah, I guess so.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  For months, Donald Trump has claimed that he opposed the Iraq War before the invasion began — as an example of his great judgment on foreign policy issues.
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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 …
Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
Trump: I ‘Like’ Obamacare's Individual Mandate
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Daily Wire
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Deck of Cards Could Determine Some Nevada Caucus Results  —  When in Las Vegas ... what better way to break a tie in a political caucus than a deck of cards?  —  On Friday, the Nevada Democratic Party released answers to frequently asked questions ahead of the caucuses on Saturday.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Nevada Dems threaten to prosecute people who vote in both caucuses
Discussion: Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
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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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Biden hints at centrist Supreme Court pick  —  Echoing some recent Republican arguments about judicial nominations, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday suggested that President Barack Obama will not nominate a staunch liberal to replace Justice Antonin Scalia at a time when the ideological balance of the Supreme Court is up in the air.
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Says Clinton, Sanders Campaigns Too Gloomy for His Taste
Donald Trump / Yahoo Politics:
Trump is accused of financially threatening woman during secret deposition  —  Real estate mogul & TV star Donald Trump at a press conference to announce ‘Trump University’ which will offer learning programs for business professionals by top scholars held at Trump Tower.  (Dan Herrick/KPA/ZUMA Press)
Discussion: Washington … and Political Wire
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
 
 
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Democratic party fundraising effort helps Clinton find new donors, too
Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Katy Perry Cashes in on Clinton Support
Discussion: The Week
Daily Mail:
Flying cars are just TWO years away: Terrafugia claims its TF-X will be ready to take to the skies by 2018
Dara Lind / Vox:
Why aren't young Latinos ready for Hillary? Because they're still wounded by Obama.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Rutgers Students Hold Group Therapy Session After Milo Yiannopoulos Visit
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New York Times:
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