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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
It's Time for an Anti-Trump Manhattan Project — For the last eight months or so, a significant portion of the Republican party's voters have been in thrall to a bizarre, Occupy-esque conspiracy theory, which holds as its central thesis that sabotage and pusillanimity are the root causes of the Right's recent woes.
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Tegna / WFAA-TV:
Cruz, Trump tied in WFAA Texas poll … DALLAS - Six days before Super Tuesday, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are now tied in Texas, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by WFAA-TV. — Cruz and Trump both had 32 percent support from likely and actual GOP primary voters, with a 3.9 percent margin of error.
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Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
Why Chris Christie never went after Donald Trump — Twenty-four hours before Chris Christie dropped out of the presidential race, the New Jersey governor chatted on his campaign bus about taking on Donald Trump the way he went after Marco Rubio. — Three days earlier …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Cecile Richards: “I Appreciate Donald Trump's Kind Words About Planned Parenthood” — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been taking criticism from pro-life voters for his repeated claims that the Planned Parenthood abortion business does “good work” and “wonderful things.”
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Fox News:
Romney suggests a ‘bombshell’ in Trump's tax returns — There might be a “bombshell” revelation to be discovered in Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's tax returns, 2012 party nominee Mitt Romney said Wednesday. — He also called on the entire GOP field to release their tax returns.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Only Strategy For Hillary Clinton Is To Scorch The Earth — If Hillary Clinton manages to beat Bernie Sanders, the early primaries have already revealed that there's only one strategy for the general election against a Republican, be it Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz: Scorch the earth.
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Guardian, New York Magazine, Taylor Marsh and Political Wire
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Can Donald Trump be stopped?
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Politico, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Downtrend and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Tim Alberta / National Review:
Conservative Leaders Hedge on Support for Cruz
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Michelle Hackman / Vox:
The broad support behind Trump's Nevada win should terrify the Republican establishment
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ABC News, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, National Review and The Week
Washington Post:
Republican governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval being considered for Supreme Court — Brian Sandoval, the centrist Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted by the White House for a possible nomination to the Supreme Court, according to two people familiar with the process.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Lot Weaker Than They Look — As I said before, let's not forget the massive stakes for Republicans in the next Supreme Court nominee. Many Republicans would genuinely prefer to maintain control of the Supreme Court than elect the next President. Republican control of the Court …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Struggle Over Supreme Court Pick Enters a New Level of ‘Hardball Politics’
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President Barack Obama / SCOTUSblog:
A Responsibility I Take Seriously
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Kirk would meet with Obama SCOTUS nominee
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can't Hack — WASHINGTON — Apple engineers have already begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone using methods similar to those now at the center of a court fight in California …
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Enjoli Francis / ABC News:
Exclusive: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone-Cracking Software ‘Equivalent of Cancer’
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New White Supremacist PAC Robocalls: 'Don't Vote For A Cuban,' Vote Trump! (AUDIO) — A white supremacist super PAC is rolling out a fresh robocall campaign this week in Vermont and Minnesota telling voters, “Don't vote for a Cuban. Vote for Donald Trump.”
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Does Ben Carson Suspect His Campaign Was a Scam? — For months, reporters and political operatives (including me) have been pointing out that Ben Carson's campaign bears many of the hallmarks of a political scam operation. Now Carson seems to agree. On CNN on Tuesday, Carson discussed his year-end staff shake-up:
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Natalie Swaby / KING-TV:
Boy removed from plane over allergies, passengers applaud — COUPEVILLE, Wash. - Instead of sightseeing on a ferry, 7-year-old Giovanni, his mom, Christina Fabian, and dad, George Alvarado should have already boarded a flight. — “We were on Flight 171,” said Fabian.
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters — When Justice Antonin Scalia died 11 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.
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Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Charges dropped in gang rape probe at Brownsville playground after victim recants story — BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn — Charges have been dropped against the five teens who had been accused of raping an 18-year-old girl at a Brownsville playground last month after the victim changed her story.
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Bill James / The Federalist:
Trump Is A Rump, But He Has A Point — Let me begin by telling you what I think about Donald Trump. I stress that I am not trying to tell you what you should think about The Donald; I am merely telling you what I think, how I react to him. — I have despised Trump for 35 or 40 years …
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Bill James Online and Politico
Fox News:
‘DARK DAY’: Sheriff's deputy killed, 2 deputies injured in Colorado shootout — Police say deputies were approached at a rural home while serving an eviction notice (KDVR) — DEVELOPING: A sheriff's deputy was killed and two others were injured Wednesday in a shootout shortly after serving …
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Jeremy Tanner / New York's PIX11:
Baby sitter charged with murder in death of Staten Island 16-month-old — STATEN ISLAND - The baby sitter charged with killing 16-month-old Staten Island toddler faced the family of the young boy amid sobs, shrieks of pain and shouts of “you should rot in hell forever.”
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
‘Idiocracy’ writer: I never expected my movie ‘to become a documentary’ — The man behind the 2006 cult sci-fi film “Idiocracy” is lamenting that his fictional movie appears to have become reality. — “I never expected #idiocracy to become a documentary,” tweeted screenwriter Etan Cohen …
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Raw Story
Ashton Edwards / fox13now.com:
Missing 1-year-old girl found on golf course after climbing out of crib, out front door — SOUTH JORDAN, Utah - A 1-year-old girl is back with her family after she some how climbed out of her crib, through the house and out the front door. — Officers said the 17-year-old babysitter was watching the girl …
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