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9:40 PM ET, February 21, 2016

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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump poised to step on the GOP accelerator  —  GOP delegate selection process favors front-runners  —  Nevada caucus up next; Trump favored He leads in 8 of the next states  —  CHARLESTON, S.C.  —  Things sure look good for Donald Trump.  —  The Republican presidential race expanded across …
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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.) …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP candidates chart different paths as race goes national on Super Tuesday  —  LAS VEGAS — After coursing through the first three intimate contests, the Republican presidential race is now accelerating to full throttle, becoming a truly national election that appears to favor celebrity front …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Optimists And Trump Skeptics Are About To Go To War  —  If you think the arguments between the Republican candidates have been bad, well, you ain't seen nothing yet.  Pundits, reporters and political analysts are going to really have at it.  Two competing theories about the Republican race …
New York Times:   The Party of Bush Yields, Warily, to a New Face: Donald Trump
New York Times:
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Have Deepest Pockets Ahead of ‘Super Tuesday’
Discussion: Political Wire
Elaina Plott / National Review:
Following Jeb's Exit, Senator Heller Endorses Rubio
Discussion: Power Line
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump rewrites campaign cash rules
ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Takes Ownership of Republican Party
Discussion: Downtrend and Associated Press
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   If Trump's foes don't unite soon, it's a Don deal
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Secret anti-Trump donor revealed
Susan Page / USA Today:
First Take: History is now on Donald Trump's side
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sanders has the resources and a plan to go the distance.  Will it matter?  —  Bernie Sanders, his momentum slowed by a loss to Hillary Clinton in Nevada, faces two tests in the weeks ahead: parceling out his formidable resources to the states that offer his best targets …
Discussion: Politico
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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.”
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Barring a catastrophe, her nomination is inevitable.
Breitbart:
Glenn Beck Responds to South Carolina Primary Results: ‘Join Me’ in a ‘Fast for Ted Cruz’
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders says lower turnout contributed to his Nevada loss to Hillary Clinton
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Now Trump ‘Not Sure’ If Rubio's Eligible to Be President (UPDATED)  —  Donald Trump slyly raised questions this morning about Marco Rubio's eligibility to be president.  —  Yesterday, Trump retweeted something a supporter sent to him that seemed to gin up questions about Rubio's eligibility to be president in addition to Ted Cruz's:
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Donnie Wahlberg endorses Rubio
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Jason Dalton: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Email Follow  —  Jason Dalton, 45, is accused of killing seven people in a random shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  (Kalamazoo Sheriff's Department photo)  —  A 45-year-old man from Kalamazoo is suspected of killing six people …
CNN:
6 dead in Kalamazoo County shooting spree; gunman still at large
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 …
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 …
Sam Adams / Mirror.co.uk:
Crowd CHEERS as Germany migrant hostel is burned out - and even try to stop firefighters battling the blaze  —  The blaze in the town of Bautzen early this morning caused serious damage to the former hotel which was being converted  —  A crowd is reported to have cheered as a building designated …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 
 
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Eric Wolff / Politico:
Green cred a tough sell in Pennsylvania Senate race
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Muslim group challenges Trump to debate
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Fox News:
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio react to South Carolina primary results
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Bashar al-Assad: “80 countries support the terrorists in Syria”
Discussion: NBC News, NPR and The Atlantic
Daily Mail:
‘Child’ asylum seeker caught out by his teeth: Afghan who claimed to be just 12 is revealed …
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Aggressively Tried To Hire Staffers From Koch Group
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