memeorandum: Chick-fil-A flap rocks another American university (Todd Starnes/Reuters)

1:15 AM ET, February 23, 2016

Top Items:

Ted Cruz tells O'Reilly he would round up and deport all 12 million — updated at 10:30 pm with comment from Cruz spokeswoman. — WASHINGTON -Ted Cruz said tonight that he would use federal immigration officers to round up and deport all 12 million people in the country illegally …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Washington Times

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

GOP to Kasich: Get out — FAIRFAX, Va. — The Republican establishment has a message for John Kasich: get out, and get out of Marco Rubio's way. — A string of elected officials, GOP insiders and prominent donors officially threw their support behind Rubio on Monday, calling him their last chance to take down Donald Trump.

Discussion: Washington Post

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Why Jeb Bush's Campaign Died While Hillary Clinton's Lived — The two dynastic candidates turned out not to be alike. — Throughout 2015, news coverage of Jeb Bush tended to bracket him as his party's dynastic counterpart to Hillary Clinton. He was the boring, preordained candidate of his party's power structure.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:

Meet the woman funding the effort to stop Trump — 16k Shares — Keen observers of the political landscape may have discerned this bit of information: The Republican establishment sort of hates its presidential front-runner Donald Trump. But very few of the party's moneyed elite …

Discussion: The Resurgent, Downtrend, New York Magazine, Business Insider, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and twitchy.com

Hanna Trudo / Politico:

Cruz lurches right on immigration — Ted Cruz would use Immigration and Customs Enforcement to search for and ultimately help deport 12 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally if elected president. — In an interview with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News Monday night, the Texas senator …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz fires top staffer for promoting false story about Rubio and the Bible

Discussion: WSB-TV, Business Insider, Guardian, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, Breitbart, Mediaite and The Resurgent

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rubio inherits establishment support but is on a narrow path to stop Trump

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, US News, NPR, New York Magazine and Betsy's Page

Rick Tyler / Facebook:
I want to apologize to Senator Marco Rubio for posting …

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
House GOP leader thinks he could work with Donald Trump

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Hot Air, The Resurgent and Sabato's Crystal Ball

CNN:
Rubio gets new wave of establishment endorsements

Discussion: Liberal Values, CBS New York and Politico

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Exclusive: Bob Dole Endorses Marco Rubio in 2016 Race

Discussion: Associated Press, Business Insider, Politico, Independent Journal Review, The Hill and Washington Post

David Wright / CNN:
Cruz spokesman apologizes for ‘inaccurate’ Rubio video

Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:

Majority of Public Wants Senate to Act on Obama's Court Nominee — Most opponents reject hearings no matter whom Obama nominates — In the high-stakes battle over replacing Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a majority of Americans (56%) say the Senate should hold hearings …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:

Joe Biden Argued for Delaying Supreme Court Picks in 1992 — WASHINGTON — As a senator more than two decades ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. argued that President George Bush should delay filling a Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, until the presidential election was over …

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservatives: Court nominee must be stopped at all costs

Discussion: Public Policy Polling, Townhall.com, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, ABC News, Politico, Politicus USA, Hullabaloo, Little Green Footballs and Daily Kos

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Game over: Joe Biden says in 1992 that the president shouldn't name a SCOTUS nominee …

Discussion: American Spectator

Chicago:
Sen. Mark Kirk: Scalia replacement must ‘bridge differences’

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, STRICT OBSTRUCTIONISTS, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, National Review and Politico

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Biden in 1992: Delay SCOTUS nominee until after election

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Vox, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Wall Street Journal, The Federalist, RedState, Outside the Beltway, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Mediaite and National Review

Benny Johnson / Independent Journal Review:

Actor Adam Baldwin Quits Twitter “For Good” In Protest Of The Platform Censoring Conservatives — Actor Adam Baldwin has quit Twitter and he isn't coming back. — Baldwin, who currently stars in the TNT hit show ‘The Last Ship,’ tells Independent Journal Review that Twitter's new policy …

Discussion: The Right Scoop, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Federalist and American Power

Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com: Actor Adam Baldwin Quits Twitter Over Platform's Alleged Silencing of Conservatives

Senator Claire McCaskill:

I very recently learned that I have breast cancer. — I very recently learned that I have breast cancer. It was detected through a regular mammogram. It's a little scary, but my prognosis is good and I expect a full recovery. I will be in St Louis for the next 3 weeks receiving treatment.

Discussion: The Stranger …, Jezebel, Washington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Yahoo Politics, Mashable, Mother Jones, Business Insider, NBC News, The Week and The Daily Caller

Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:

More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone — Slight partisan differences in views of issue — As the standoff between the Department of Justice and Apple Inc. continues over an iPhone used by one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks …

Discussion: Federal Bureau …, Mashable, Mediaite, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Vox, The Daily Caller, NPR, NBC News, MacRumors, VentureBeat, The Atlantic, The Verge, KTLA, Politico and New York Times

David Pierson / Los Angeles Times:
Pew survey: More Americans say Apple should unlock terrorist's iPhone

Discussion: NBC News and The Verge

Ashley Parker / New York Times:

Reporter's Notebook: Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will — Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will — Jeb Bush was like a goofy dad, an awkward uncle. He spoke to children like adults and told jokes that made no sense.

New York Times:
How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It

Discussion: The Week and NPR

Todd Starnes / Reuters:

Chick-fil-A flap rocks another American university — The war on poultry rages on yet another public university campus - this time at the University of Nebraska - Kearney. — The hullabaloo started last January when students were asked to select a new dining option for the student union.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Last Tradition, Independent Journal Review and BizPac Review

Andy Cush / Gawker:

Hot Mic Captures Trump Chatting With Morning Joe Hosts: “You Had Me Almost As a Legendary Figure” — The comedian and radio show host Harry Shearer has audio of what sure sounds like a casual off-the-air exchange between Donald Trump and Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, Washington Post and Mother Jones

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hot Mic Captures Trump Asking ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts For No ‘Too Hard’ Questions (AUDIO)

Discussion: RedState and Hullabaloo

Matthew Jaffe / CNN:

Jon Huntsman: I could get behind Donald Trump — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works at the institute. — Chicago (CNN)Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Guardian

Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:

Sheldon Adelson and the missing $100 million — It's one of the biggest mysteries in Republican circles: Why has Sheldon Adelson who spent upward of $100 million during the previous presidential campaign suddenly stopped pouring huge sums of money into politics?

Discussion: Guardian

Los Angeles Times:

Republican voter registration tanks in California as more voters than ever don't affiliate with a party — Californians may be more disenchanted with political party labels than at any time in modern history, as new voter registration data show another shift away from party affiliation coming …

Discussion: The Week

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Judge seems skeptical of call to block voter proof-of-citizenship requirement — A federal judge sounded skeptical Monday about a request from voting and civil rights' groups to block a federal official's decision to embrace requirements in three states that new voters submit proof that they're U.S. citizens.

Discussion: Power Line and Talking Points Memo

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

CIA leaker: Clinton ‘given a pass’ for emails — A former CIA officer serving jail time for leaking documents to the New York Times accused federal officials of setting a double standard by apparently refusing to aggressively prosecute Hillary Clinton — Clinton was “a high ranking official …

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and LawNewz