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10:40 AM ET, February 22, 2016

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Chris Perez / New York Post:
Donald Trump leads polls in 10 of next 14 voting states  —  Donald Trump is leading in 10 of the 14 states set to vote in Republican primaries or caucuses over the next two weeks.  —  Recent polls show that Trump is ahead in Nevada, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Louisiana.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Trump has a stranglehold on the GOP nomination.  So why isn't he getting credit?  —  Donald Trump cruised to a double-digit win over the Republican field on Saturday in South Carolina.  It was his second straight easy win — coming 11 days after he swept the New Hampshire primary by nearly 17 points.
Discussion: Politico
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Hopes to Follow Hillary Clinton's Lead in Nevada
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Did Bernie Sanders really just win the Hispanic vote in Nevada?  —  This is not what the results from the Democratic Nevada caucus were supposed to look like.  —  Well, the first two bars are.  We expected to see about an even split among white voters, leaning toward Bernie Sanders.
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Delegate Count Leaving Bernie Sanders With Steep Climb  —  Senator Bernie Sanders vowed on Sunday to fight on after losing the Nevada caucuses, predicting that he would pull off a historic political upset by this summer's party convention.  —  But the often overlooked delegate count …
Taylor Millard / Hot Air:
Why Charles Koch's awesome Bernie Sanders op-ed matters in future elections
Jon Ralston / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Ralston Reports: ‘Reid-Culinary bond’ won Nevada for Clinton
Discussion: USA Today and Scared Monkeys
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sanders has the resources and a plan to go the distance. Will it matter?
Associated Press:
Clinton Heads South, Aims for Delegate Edge Over Sanders
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Wall Street Journal:   Young and Black in South Carolina: How Will They Vote?
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Fall of the House of Bush: How last name and Donald Trump doomed Jeb  —  For Jeb Bush's campaign, August was a cruel month.  Donald Trump's attacks on the former Florida governor as a ­"low-energy" politician were beginning to stick, and the two were bickering over immigration.
Discussion: Politico, Downtrend and Yahoo Politics
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Maeve Reston / CNN:   Jeb's 2016 departure draws out Mike Murphy critics
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:   Rubio Seeks Cash Infusion From Donors Who Backed Bush
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Demeaning The Office  —  When President Bill Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky was exposed, it was a new low for the office of president.  It wasn't the first affair by a president (or Clinton), not by a long shot.  But the fact it was with an intern and he committed perjury behind …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Its power is derived from custom and deference.  How old-fashioned.
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:   Scalia's legacy: A court transformed
Rick Tyler / Facebook:
I want to apologize to Senator Marco Rubio for posting an inaccurate story about him here earlier today.  The story showed a video of the Senator walking past a Ted Cruz staffer seated in the lobby of a hotel reading his Bible.  The story misquoted a remark the Senator made to the staffer.
James Comey / Lawfare:
We Could Not Look the Survivors in the Eye if We Did Not Follow this Lead  —  The San Bernardino litigation isn't about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message.  It is about the victims and justice.  Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined.
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Will Not Vote For Donald Trump.  Ever.  —  When I wrote in National Review that I was against Donald Trump, I said and have maintained since his entry into the race that if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, I would support him.  No longer.  —  Donald Trump believes the federal government should fund Planned Parenthood.
Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Obama is looting the Treasury to pay off insurers  —  The Obama administration will tell any lie and break any law to prevent the president's signature health-care program from collapsing.  —  Insurance companies such as UnitedHealthcare and Aetna are losing billions trying to sell ObamaCare plans …
Discussion: Power Line
Walter Smith-Randolph / WWMT-TV:
Alleged gunman worked as Uber driver during deadly shooting spree; passenger shares story  —  KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - In an exclusive interview with Newschannel 3, a passenger of Jason Dalton's details his Uber experience before Dalton allegedly shot eight people across Kalamazoo County.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump consults with Rudy Giuliani as he builds political kitchen cabinet  —  Fresh off back-to-back victories in the Republican presidential race, Donald Trump is moving to expand his tight-knit campaign by building a political kitchen cabinet that includes former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Matt Bruce / Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Cheesy garlic knots spat sparks brawl at Palm Coast pizza shop  —  PALM COAST — A disagreement over cheesy garlic knots sparked a melee inside a Palm Coast pizzeria and led to four arrests late Friday night, according to deputy reports.  —  Jessica Conti, 25, Vincent Conti, 23, Hareem Jones …
Discussion: Associated Press
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Escape From Bushworld  —  LAS VEGAS — The Bushes always bristled at the “d” word.  And now they don't have to worry about it anymore.  —  The dynasty has perished, with a whimper.  The exclamation point has slouched off.  —  The Bushes are leaving the field to someone they have utter contempt for: Donald Trump.
Discussion: Althouse
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Donald Trump relishes wrecking the GOP  —  Lyndon Johnson simply was exasperated.  Barack Obama's mischief was methodical.  —  Four days before the 1966 congressional elections, Johnson, asked about criticism from Richard Nixon, testily responded: “I do not want to get into a debate . .  …
 
 
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Catherine Treyz / CNN:
Woman, 106, dances with joy at meeting the Obamas
Discussion: Jezebel, WCMH-TV and ABC News
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Iran elections test U.S. gamble on nuke deal
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Does It Feel, Chief Justice Roberts, to Hone a Dylan Quote?
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
Young Boy Repeatedly Raped After He Was Billeted With Migrant Men
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump brags about winning with ‘short people, fat people, skinny people’
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Why Cruz is SC's Biggest Loser
Ben White / Politico:
Bloomberg's trial balloon isn't rising yet
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Black divisions matter in Dem race
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Scrambles to Contain Growing ISIS Threat in Libya
Discussion: Mother Jones and Washington Post
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Obama's rudeness hits new heights with Scalia, Schumer
Anabel Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Murder, torture, drugs: Cartel kingpin's wife says that's not the ‘El Chapo’ she knows
Discussion: The Week and TalkLeft
J. D. Vance / National Review:
Did Ted Cruz Miscalculate His Support among Evangelicals?
Discussion: The Resurgent and The Daily Caller
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Zika has been linked to birth defects. Now it may be causing paralysis.
Agence France-Presse:
Leading Hindu priest decapitated in Bangladesh
Discussion: Jihad Watch
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump poised to step on the GOP accelerator
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

 
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