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12:30 PM ET, February 23, 2016

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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Guantánamo Bay: Obama reiterates call to close prison in final plan to Congress  —  President expresses frustration at seven-year battle to close ‘counterproductive’ facility in imploring Congress to shut down detention center  —  A final plan by Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge …
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New York Times:
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday sent Congress a long-awaited plan for closing American prison in Guantánamo Bay, beginning a final push to fulfill one of President Obama's earliest and most troubled national security policy goals in the face of deep skepticism from many Republican lawmakers.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Submission of Guantanamo Closure Plan  —  Press Operations Release No: NR-062-16  —  The Department of Defense formally submitted the administration's plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Congress today.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Obama asks lawmakers to lift obstacles to closing prison at Guantanamo Bay
Halimah Abdullah / NBC News:
Obama: I'm ‘Absolutely Committed to Closing’ Gitmo
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
Adan / Infowars:
VIDEO: OBAMA CRACKS JOKE ABOUT SCALIA'S DEATH  —  President grins after making joke at late Supreme Court justice's expense  —  During his National Governors Association speech Monday, President Obama joked there was a lot to get done during his final days in office, including “appointing judges.”
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:   Biden walks back 1992 blockade of Supreme Court nominees
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins backs hearing for Obama SCOTUS nominee
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Ted Cruz tells O'Reilly he would round up and deport all 12 million who are in U.S. illegally  —  Updated at 10:30 p.m. Monday with comment from Cruz spokeswoman and Tuesday morning with Trump comment.  —  WASHINGTON -Ted Cruz said Monday night that he would use federal immigration officers …
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Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Evangelicals Are Born Again for Donald Trump  —  Why are conservative Christians embracing a vulgar New York secularist?  Because the battlefield of the culture war has suddenly and irrevocably changed.  —  Southern evangelicals are the types of voters that Donald Trump was supposed to find problematic.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP wakes up to Trump nightmare  —  Establishment Republicans are reckoning with something they thought would never happen: That it might soon be too late to stop Donald Trump.  —  With the controversial businessman the clear front-runner heading into Nevada and next week's Super Tuesday contests …
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and The Hill
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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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Bill Gates backs FBI iPhone hack request  —  Bill Gates has broken ranks with Silicon Valley in the stand-off between Apple and the US government, saying technology companies should be forced to co-operate with law enforcement in terrorism investigations.  —  The Microsoft founder took issue …
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
How Society Pays When Women's Work Is Unpaid
Discussion: Althouse and Slantpoint
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Eugene Scott / CNN:   Spike Lee endorses Sanders, tells voters to ‘wake up’
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.
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Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews Ben Carson
Mike Allen / Politico:
Koch brothers' D.C. guru joins Marco Rubio team  —  Marc Short, the Koch brothers' top political adviser in Washington and a trusted member of their inner circle for five years, is making a surprise move to the Marco Rubio campaign as a senior adviser as the Republican establishment ramps up efforts to stop Donald Trump.
Discussion: New York Times
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James Nash / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Eyes Nevada for Third Consecutive Victory
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
David Limbaugh / Townhall.com:   Suggested Cruz Campaign Reboot: Show, Don't Tell
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Cruz Leads Trump in Texas; Rubio Lags Behind … UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Methodology UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Summary  —  With a week remaining before the Texas Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has an 8-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Clinton Still Leads in Texas, But Margin Has Narrowed
Discussion: KXAN-TV and Washington Post
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Officer to Rubio: ‘You Lied to American Public on FOX News,’ Challenges Him to Meet  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council President Chris Crane is issuing a challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) following Rubio's attack on the officer.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Law Enforcement Sides with Chris Crane After Rubio's Anti-ICE Tirade
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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 …
Maajid Nawaz / The Daily Beast:
How Obama Lost the Mideast to Putin  —  Vision, strategy, and courage might have prevented the disaster we see today in Syria.  But those elements were nowhere to be found.  —  LONDON — The Middle East is in flames.  Just as Iraq was President George W. Bush's catastrophic legacy, Syria will be Obama's.
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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Jeb Bush's Campaign Died While Hillary Clinton's Lived
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Welsh Town Leads a British Revolt Against the Tax System and Corporations
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Detroit Free Press:
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Caroline Paul / New York Times:
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Largest fireball since Chelyabinsk falls into the ocean: Nasa reports huge explosion …
Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Jon Huntsman: I could get behind Donald Trump
 

 
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