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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Trump hails torture, mass killings with ‘pigs blood’ ammo in SC — North Charleston, SC - Donald Trump closed his South Carolina campaign on Friday with a rambling speech highlighted by a giddy, almost childlike, enthusiasm for torturing and summarily executing the suspected enemies of America in the name of safety.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Times, Friendly Atheist, Daily Mail, Mediaite, Boing Boing, Raw Story, Associated Press and Little Green Footballs
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Pro-Cruz Robocall Slams Trump Over Exchange With Lesbian Reporter — CLEMSON, S.C. — A new robocall going out to South Carolina voters on the eve of the state's Republican primary blasts Donald Trump as a culture war appeaser in the battle between gay rights and religious freedom …
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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Politico, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Yahoo Politics, AOL, The Slot, Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
South Carolina Republican primary 2016: poll closing time and what to expect — Today, South Carolina will become the third state to cast its ballots in the Republican nomination contest. Polls in the state will be open until 7 pm Eastern. Democrats in the state, however, won't vote today …
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New York Times and Outside the Beltway
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bush staff float resumes with Florida consultants — Several Jeb Bush campaign workers are already shopping their résumés with Florida political consultants as expectations mount inside his team that their candidate won't push on after South Carolina.
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump tells story about Muslims being shot with bullets dipped in pig's blood
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addictinginfo.org, Washington Post, NBC News, Mother Jones, Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Contests in South Carolina, Nevada to test the appeal of the outsiders
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Politico
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Who Will Win the Nominations? Lessons From Iowa and New Hampshire
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Taylor Marsh
Gary Legum / Salon:
Ted Cruz declares war on gluten-free meals (because we are living through the dumbest election in history)
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Slantpoint and ChrisWeigant.com
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz, Carson Reportedly Had Secret Meeting In A Closet: 'It Didn't Go Well'
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Little Green Footballs
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Report: Cruz, Carson met secretly in storage closet to discuss feud
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The Gateway Pundit
MA Towery / Opinion Savvy:
Rubio Surges in South Carolina ahead of Saturday's Primary
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WAGA-TV, Fox Business, National Review, Newsstand, Politico, RedState, Hot Air and FiveThirtyEight
Colton Lochhead / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Attempt to place Review-Journal obituary for Hillary Clinton prompts report to Secret Service — The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday reported a possible threat related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after a man tried to place an obituary notice for the former secretary of state.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo Politics:
Hillary Clinton's week-long sprint to save Nevada
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Dolores Huerta:
On Immigration, Bernie Sanders is Not Who He Says He Is.
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The Agonist and US News
Datechguy / Da Tech Guy Blog:
The Twitter Star Chamber Suspends Stacy McCain — Before there was Milo Yiannopoulos there was Robert Stacy McCain. A chain smoking, beer drinking, coffee guzzling hard nosed reporter who rather than simply going with the flow and repeating the conventional wisdom dared to go out into the field …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Vox Popoli
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
The #FreeStacy Story: Why Was My @rsmccain Account Suspended? — Unexpectedly, and without explanation, my @rsmccain Twitter account was suspended Friday evening. Based on past experiences, my guess would be that this resulted from a complaint by one of the leading “social justice warriors” …
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protein wisdom and TheRalphRetort.com
Gregory Katz / Associated Press:
CAMERON: BRITAIN'S REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP TO BE JUNE 23 — LONDON (AP) — A historic referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union will be held on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday, even as he declared his belief that the U.K. would be …
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Washington Post:
European leaders strike deal to try to keep Britain in the E.U. — BRUSSELS — Prime Minister David Cameron vowed late Friday to wage a relentless campaign to keep Britain in the European Union after striking a deal with fellow leaders that he said would transform the country's relationship with the 28-member bloc.
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Mother Jones and Reuters
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Nevada Polls Are Bad — The whiplash induced by the American presidential primary season is harrowing. One week we are inundated by the snowy charms of Iowa and New Hampshire, beholden to king corn and, wrenchingly, dark prince heroin, and the next we are thrown headlong into Nevada …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Harry Reid accuses Republicans of ‘trickery and gimmicks’ in Nevada caucuses
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NVDems, RedState, Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post
Sarah Jones / Politicus USA:
Republicans Are Trying To Rig The Nevada Democratic Caucus To Hurt Hillary Clinton
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The People's View, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Arrest photo of young activist Bernie Sanders emerges from Tribune archives — A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest is Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, his campaign has confirmed, bolstering the candidate's narrative about his civil rights activism.
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The Gateway Pundit, Towleroad and The Week
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
On Eve of South Carolina Vote, Nation's ICE Officers Detail How Marco Rubio Betrayed Them — In an exclusive Q&A with Breitbart News, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council President Chris Crane provides never-before-heard details about the 2013 Gang of Eight immigration fight …
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BizPac Review and The Gateway Pundit
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
At least 1,730 Clinton emails contain classified material — State Department says none was marked classified during Clinton's tenure — Sixty-four of the newly released emails contained classified information — Next batch to be released next Friday, day before South Carolina primary
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RedState, New York Post, Weasel Zippers and The Last Tradition
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Italian author Umberto Eco dies aged 84 — The revered literary critic, author and essayist - most famous for 1980 novel Name of the Rose - has died at home — The novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco has died, aged 84, according to reports. Eco, who was perhaps best known for his 1980 work …
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The Atlantic and Agence France-Presse
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Jonathan Kandell / New York Times:
Umberto Eco, 84, Best-Selling Academic Who Navigated Two Worlds, Dies
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