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5:30 PM ET, February 21, 2016

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Scott Conroy / The Huffington Post:
Exclusive: Mitt Romney To Endorse Marco Rubio  —  The establishment wagons are circling.  —  Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a major development in the Republican presidential race, 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney will endorse Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The New Shape of the Republican Race  —  After his solid, broadly based victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Donald Trump now holds a commanding position in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  But Trump still faces two “known unknowns,” to borrow the memorable phrase …
Breitbart:
Glenn Beck Responds to South Carolina Primary Results: ‘Join Me’ in a ‘Fast for Ted Cruz’  —  Following Donald Trump's victory in the South Carolina GOP primary, talk radio host Glenn Beck urged his Facebook followers to join him and his family “in a fast for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), our country and the Nevada caucus.”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump win confounds critics who thought gaffes would do him in  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — For months, Donald Trump's antagonists in rival campaigns, in the GOP establishment and in the punditocracy have believed the time would come, someday, when Trump would say something so outrageous …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Discussion: Downtrend and Associated Press
New York Times:
The Party of Bush Yields, Warily, to a New Face: Donald Trump  —  In his emotional seven-minute farewell to a Republican Party that elevated his father and brother to the White House, there were two words that a choked-up Jeb Bush could not bring himself to utter: “Donald Trump.”
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
If Trump's foes don't unite soon, it's a Don deal  —  Donald Trump's victory in South Carolina proves that in 2016, the GOP has split into two.  There is the Trump party.  And there is the not-Trump party.  —  In raw terms, the Trump party isn't especially strong.  Voting has concluded in three states.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump
Susan Page / USA Today:
First Take: History is now on Donald Trump's side
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Evangelicals Give Big South Carolina Kiss To Donald Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Optimists And Trump Skeptics Are About To Go To War
New York Times:
Donald Trump Wins South Carolina Primary; Cruz and Rubio Vie for 2nd
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Uber Driver Held in ‘Random’ Shootings That Left 6 Dead
Discussion: Detroit Free Press, Vox and The Week
Fox17:
6 dead in Kalamazoo County shootings; Suspect arrested
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Fox News
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Why Nevada was a bad sign for Bernie Sanders's “political revolution”  —  It was bad news for Bernie Sanders that he lost in Nevada Saturday.  But there may be a bigger crisis embedded in the loss: It suggested he isn't delivering on a key ingredient needed for his “political revolution.”
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Barring a catastrophe, her nomination is inevitable.  —  Before the New Hampshire primary earlier this month, it was assumed that the Nevada caucus was going to be a victory for Hillary Clinton.  She had strong outreach to the state's Latino and black voters; she had endorsements and support …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Sanders blames Nevada loss on turnout
Discussion: Slantpoint and New York Times
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
A Win for Hillary Clinton, With Signs of Challenges Ahead
Discussion: Daily Kos
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton defeats Sanders in Nevada; black voter support appears decisive
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Looking Back  —  Antonin Scalia, who died this month, after nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, devoted his professional life to making the United States a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy.  Fortunately, he mostly failed.  Belligerent with his colleagues …
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Black Lives Matter meetings run afoul of library's policy … NASHVILLE — Library officials have told Nashville's chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement that meetings restricting those who attend by race aren't allowed on public property.  —  The decision has outraged Black Lives Matter members.
Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
Requiem for the Bush Dynasty  —  An unrivaled political pedigree and $100-million war chest were not enough to overcome an undeniable fact: voters didn't buy what Jeb Bush was selling.  —  Even by the normal laws of Republican political physics, 2016 was never a lock to be Jeb Bush's year.
Discussion: Politico
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Daily Mail:
‘Child’ asylum seeker caught out by his teeth: Afghan who claimed to be just 12 is revealed to be in his TWENTIES after assaulting his British foster father  —  An Afghan who claimed to be just 12 is revealed to be in his twenties after assaulting his British foster father.
 
 
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Fox News:
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio react to South Carolina primary results
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David Alandete / EL PAÍS:
Bashar al-Assad: “80 countries support the terrorists in Syria”
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Aggressively Tried To Hire Staffers From Koch Group
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Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
Why Sexism at the Office Makes Women Love Hillary Clinton