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7:40 PM ET, February 25, 2016

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
David Duke Urges His Supporters To Volunteer And Vote For Trump  —  “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  David Duke, a white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, is urging the listeners of his radio program to volunteer and vote for Donald Trump.
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Douglas Heye / The Huffington Post:
How The Republican Party Has Failed To Dig Up Dirt On Donald Trump  —  GOP operatives are alarmed.  Democrats are astonished.  —  WASHINGTON — It's no secret that rival campaigns were caught off guard by Donald Trump's ascent in the Republican primary.  But the extent to which they are …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Hot Air and CNN
MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Rubio prepares for contested convention  — Marco Rubio's campaign is preparing for a contested Republican Convention as one option to take the GOP nomination away from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz  —  Houston (CNN)Marco Rubio's campaign is preparing for a contested Republican Convention …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
This poll showing Donald Trump romping in Florida is very, very bad news for Marco Rubio
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What Is Marco Rubio Waiting For?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Poll: Trump crushes Rubio in Florida
Tyler Tynes / The Huffington Post:
Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton At Private Event In South Carolina  —  They wanted her to account for some of her past statements on racial justice.  —  Politics Fellow, The Huffington Post  —  Two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted a private Hillary Clinton …
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Esme E Deprez / Bloomberg Business:
South Carolina Feminists Want Woman President Who Isn't Clinton
Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
Clinton Fans Now Fret They May Get What They Wished For: Trump
Discussion: RedState, The Week and CNN
Columbia Daily Tribune:
University of Missouri curators vote to fire Melissa Click  —  Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri, demands a journalist leave the Concerned Student 1950 camp area in November.  The Missouri Board of Curators voted 4-2 in favor …
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Advancing Missouri:
Statement from University of Missouri leadership  —  Pam Henrickson, chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, released the following statement today:  —  Last week, the Board of Curators received the investigative report detailing the relevant facts surrounding recent conduct by MU assistant professor, Dr. Melissa Click.
Fox News:
Missouri professor Melissa Click fired after protest scuffles caught on video
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump's negatives among Hispanics rise; worst in GOP field … Donald Trump has used the issue of immigration to help make himself the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, but his harsh rhetoric also has earned him the highest negative ratings among Hispanic voters …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Rubio just launched a searing attack on Trump. Here's why it may fail.
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Reno Gazette-Journal:   Gov. Sandoval says he's not interested in potential Supreme Court nomination
Darren Goode / Politico:
Cruz holding up Flint aid deal in Senate  —  Ted Cruz is standing in the way of a bipartisan Senate bill to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for Flint, Mich., and other communities that need to upgrade their drinking water infrastructure.  —  Senate Democrats blinked …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Former Mexican president: 'I'm not going to pay for that f—ing wall' … Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says his nation will not pay for Donald Trump  —  's proposed border wall.  —  “I declare — I'm not going to pay for that f—ing wall,” he told Fusion's Jorge Ramos during an interview Thursday.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox to Trump: We're “Not Paying For That F***ing Wall”  —  In an interview Thursday with Jorge Ramos on Fusion, former Mexican president Vicente Fox responds to Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.  —  “I'm not going to pay for that f**king wall!
Wired:
Apple to FBI: You Can't Force Us to Hack the San Bernardino iPhone  —  After a week of anticipation, Apple today filed to dismiss a court order to assist the government in hacking an iPhone, bringing a variety of legal arguments to bear.  —  Apple acknowledged on a call with reporters …
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New York Times:
Mrs. Clinton, Show Voters Those Transcripts  —  “Everybody does it,” is an excuse expected from a mischievous child, not a presidential candidate.  But that is Hillary Clinton's latest defense for making closed-door, richly-paid speeches to big banks, which many middle-class Americans still blame …
Christopher Cameron / The Statesman:
Political science professor forecasts Trump as general election winner  —  A professor of political science at Stony Brook University has forecasted that Donald Trump has a minimum 97 percent chance of winning the general election as the Republican nominee.  —  Professor Helmut Norpoth's …
WPMT FOX43:
23-year-old Ukrainian National arrested after posing as Harrisburg high school student  —  HARRISBURG, PA. - Harrisburg Police have confirmed they have arrested Artur Samarin, 23.  Samarin was charged with Theft, Identity Theft, and Tampering with Public Records.  —  Samarin was using the false identity of Asher Potts.
David Johnson / TIME:
These Are the 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College Classes  —  What more than 1 million reading lists reveal about higher education today  —  Toni Morrison and Jane Austen are among the most-read female writers on college campuses, a new TIME analysis found.
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Dominates in Bloomberg Poll of ‘SEC Primary’ States  —  The poll, conducted by Purple Strategies, is a remarkable show of strength for a twice-divorced New Yorker in Bible Belt states home to some of the nation's most conservative voters.  —  McCormickJohn
Discussion: Political Wire
Jason Leopold / VICE News:
While US Attorney General, Eric Holder Used Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Birth Name as His Official Email Address  —  Former US Attorney General Eric Holder is a huge fan of NBA hall of famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.  —  So much so that Holder used Abdul-Jabbar's birth name, Lew Alcindor …
Discussion: The Hill, Infowars and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Foreign Workers for Florida Club: You're Hired  —  Donald J. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach describes itself as “one of the most highly regarded private clubs in the world,” and it is not just the very-well-to-do who want to get in.  —  Since 2010, nearly 300 United …
 
 
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Cody Derespina / Associated Press:
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Obamacare Is Wide Open to Fraud - and They're Not Going to Fix It
Discussion: Hot Air
Thomas Piketty / The New York Review of Books:
A New Deal for Europe  —  The far right has surged in just a few years …
Chuck Grassley / USA Today:
Sen. Grassley: We're giving the people a voice
Discussion: Politico, The Atlantic, CNN and Daily Kos
Matthew Watkins / The Texas Tribune:
UT Architecture Dean Cites Campus Carry as a Reason for Departure
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Carson PAC pushes for VP slot
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and RedState
Steven Mann / Times Argus:
Police: Child's farm tale turns out to be pot
Discussion: LawNewz and Associated Press
Gale Holland / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. is seizing tiny homes from the homeless
Discussion: Hit & Run and KTLA
Maayan Groisman / Jerusalem Post:
Report: Dozens of Russian generals in Syria killed after a car bomb hits their military base
Austin American-Statesman:
Cruz, Clinton still lead in Texas
Paul Watson / Infowars:
NY Times Columnist Jokes About Assassination Attempt Ending Trump's Campaign
MIT Technology Review:
Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Verge
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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