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8:25 AM ET, February 23, 2016

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Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
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 …
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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.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ben Carson: Obama was ‘raised white’  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. - Ben Carson is the only person in the 2016 presidential field who is vying to become the country's second African-American president.  —  If truth be told, however, he's not entirely sure he wouldn't actually be the first.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Cruz lurches right on immigration
David Limbaugh / Townhall.com:   Suggested Cruz Campaign Reboot: Show, Don't Tell
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz fires top staffer for promoting false story about Rubio and the Bible
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rubio inherits establishment support but is on a narrow path to stop Trump
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
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Four Problems With the ‘Winnowing’ Theory of Trump's Downfall  —  For months, establishment Republicans have envisioned the billionaire losing support as the presidential field narrows.  —  Jeb Bush's decision to drop out of the presidential race after a dismal fourth-place finish …
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.
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.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
At Nevada Caucuses, Donald Trump's Rivals Hope to Break His Streak
Discussion: Politico and Guardian
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham floats Rubio-Kasich ticket
New York Times:
How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It
Discussion: The Week, The Atlantic, Vox and NPR
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 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins backs hearing for Obama SCOTUS nominee  —  (R-Maine) broke with her party on Monday evening, saying President Obama's Supreme Court nominee should get a hearing.  —  “I think the obligation of the Senate is to carefully consider any nominee whom the president submits,” she told reporters.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Joe Biden Argued for Delaying Supreme Court Picks in 1992
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Associated Press:
Q & A About the Fight Over Replacing Scalia
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
David McCabe / The Hill:
Clinton-Sanders battle stirs passionate Facebook debate  —  The Democratic primary fight between Hillary Clinton  —  is spilling over to Facebook, where supporters of both candidates are engaged in a passionate debate over who should be the party's standard-bearer this fall.
Discussion: ABC News, Guardian, The Mahablog and Vox
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Spike Lee backs Sanders in radio ad  —  Director and producer Spike Lee made his endorsement of Bernie Sanders official on Tuesday, cutting a radio ad for the campaign in South Carolina.  —  “Wake up, South Carolina!  This is your dude, Spike Lee,” the honorary Oscar recipient says in the 60-second spot …
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:   Actor Adam Baldwin Quits Twitter Over Platform's Alleged Silencing of Conservatives
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.
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.
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries  —  The oceans are rising faster than at any point in the last 28 centuries, and human emissions of greenhouse gases are primarily responsible, scientists reported Monday.  —  They added that the flooding that is starting to make life miserable …
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.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hot Mic Captures Trump Asking ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts For No ‘Too Hard’ Questions (AUDIO)
Discussion: RedState and Hullabaloo
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
 
 
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Aoife White / Bloomberg Business:
Google Ad Business Under Scrutiny as EU Said to Revive Probe
Discussion: The Hill
Los Angeles Times:
Republican voter registration tanks in California as more voters than ever don't affiliate with a party
Discussion: The Week
John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune:
Homicides in Chicago running nearly double from last year
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Report: U.S. aircraft carriers ‘unchallenged primacy may be coming to a close’
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge seems skeptical of call to block voter proof-of-citizenship requirement
Discussion: Power Line and Talking Points Memo
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon poised to submit plan for closing Guantanamo Bay
David Sims / The Atlantic:
The High-Def Majesty of Planet Earth Returns
Discussion: Guardian and The Verge
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
CIA leaker: Clinton ‘given a pass’ for emails
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and LawNewz
Mike Opelka / TheBlaze.com:
High School Student's Art Project Goes Viral — When You See It Up Close, You'll Know Why
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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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

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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