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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.”
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The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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.
Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
What Donald Trump's Win In South Carolina Says About The Republican Party
What Donald Trump's Win In South Carolina Says About The Republican Party
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Washington Post, Slantpoint, Associated Press and American Thinker
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump on Iraq comments: ‘Who knows what was in my head?’
Susan Page / USA Today:
First Take: History is now on Donald Trump's side
First Take: History is now on Donald Trump's side
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Independent Journal Review
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Evangelicals Give Big South Carolina Kiss To Donald Trump
Evangelicals Give Big South Carolina Kiss To Donald Trump
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump
‘This Week’ Transcript: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump
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Politico, Politicus USA, Washington Post and The Week
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Optimists And Trump Skeptics Are About To Go To War
Trump Optimists And Trump Skeptics Are About To Go To War
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Roosevelt Institute, Washington Post and Hot Air
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Cruz stumbles with evangelical voters
Cruz stumbles with evangelical voters
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Downtrend, The Hill, Associated Press, The Resurgent, Vox, ABC News and Bloomberg Business
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump wins South Carolina; Bush drops out of GOP race
Trump wins South Carolina; Bush drops out of GOP race
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WOOD-TV:
Police: Kzoo shooting suspect was Uber driver — KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The man suspected of shooting eight people in the Kalamazoo area, killing six, was an Uber driver who was apparently taking fares in between opening fire at various locations, police tell 24 Hour News 8.
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WOOD-TV:
6 killed, 2 injured after Kalamazoo-area shooting spree
6 killed, 2 injured after Kalamazoo-area shooting spree
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CNN:
6 dead in Kalamazoo County shooting spree; gunman still at large
6 dead in Kalamazoo County shooting spree; gunman still at large
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NBC News, Slantpoint, WOOD-TV, ThinkProgress, Mediaite and Independent Journal Review
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Uber Driver Held in ‘Random’ Shootings That Left 6 Dead
Uber Driver Held in ‘Random’ Shootings That Left 6 Dead
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Detroit Free Press, Vox and The Week
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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Mother Jones, Associated Press and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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 …
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Washington Post
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Sanders blames Nevada loss on turnout
Sanders blames Nevada loss on turnout
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Slantpoint and New York Times
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
A Win for Hillary Clinton, With Signs of Challenges Ahead
A Win for Hillary Clinton, With Signs of Challenges Ahead
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Daily Kos
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton defeats Sanders in Nevada; black voter support appears decisive
Clinton defeats Sanders in Nevada; black voter support appears decisive
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Give Hillary Clinton a massive amount of credit for winning the Nevada caucuses
Give Hillary Clinton a massive amount of credit for winning the Nevada caucuses
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Politico, Common Dreams, ABC News, Yahoo Politics and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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Hullabaloo, The Moderate Voice and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
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Downtrend, Independent Journal Review and The College Fix
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.
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New York Times:
Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outmaneuvered
Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outmaneuvered
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Guardian, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Vox, Hit & Run, NBC News and Washington Post
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Jeb Bush's Path To Defeat Began A Year Ago
Jeb Bush's Path To Defeat Began A Year Ago
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Washington Post and Politico
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Aggressively Tried To Hire Staffers From Koch Group — Late last year, Donald Trump's campaign aggressively courted top current and former staffers from a Koch-backed group in an effort to rapidly build up their national ground operation. — There was a reason …
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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The Gateway Pundit and Pamela Geller