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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump and Calls Marco Rubio ‘Desperate’ — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey endorsed Donald J. Trump on Friday, a major turn in a wild race and one that gives the New York businessman a major boost as he heads into the pivotal “Super Tuesday” contests.
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Lynnley Browning / Bloomberg Business:
Trump's 12 Years of Audits ‘Very Unusual,’ Ex-IRS Agent Says — Agency's review doesn't preclude him from releasing returns — Pressure could mount as GOP rivals plan their own releases — Donald Trump's disclosure that his tax returns have been under review by the Internal Revenue Service …
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Politico, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
This Epic Video Shows that Marco Rubio is Not Done Embarrassing Trump Yet — I'm going to share with you a video here of Rubio making a speech at a rally today. Normally, my policy here is to always include a transcript with these videos, but I'm going to break that policy just this once …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Rubio suggests Trump wet his pants on debate stage — Marco Rubio relentlessly mocked Donald Trump on Friday, escalating the attacks he unleashed during Thursday night's debate and even suggesting the Republican frontrunner may have wet his pants on the stage.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Marco Rubio Could Lose Every State on Super Tuesday and Still Win — Marco Rubio has not won a state, a fact that worries allies and pleases skeptics who mock his chances to win the Republican presidential nomination. — It doesn't even sound as if the Rubio team knows when it will win one.
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Scared Donald Trump to Hide Behind Chris Christie's Skirt — This is how desperate Donald Trump is to change the news cycle. Trump has had Christie's endorsement in his back pocket the whole time. He could have released this whenever he wanted to. He did it today to try to divert attention …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Winners, losers in final GOP debate before Super Tuesday — There were fireworks galore when the Republican presidential candidates took to the stage on Thursday night for their final clash before Super Tuesday. — Front-runner Donald Trump — came to the CNN debate in Houston knowing …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Trump is the GOP's Frankenstein monster. Now he's strong enough to destroy the party. — Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Post. — When the plague descended on Thebes, Oedipus sent his brother-in-law to the Delphic oracle to discover the cause.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
That time Marco Rubio went full Trump on Donald Trump — Candidates battle for young black votes — “It's time to pull his mask off so that people can see what we're dealing with here. What we are dealing with here, my friends, is a con artist. He is a con artist.
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New York Times:
In Republican Debate, a Feisty Marco Rubio Lays Into Donald Trump — Senator Marco Rubio, alarmed by Donald J. Trump's ascendancy and worried that his presidential chances were slipping away, unleashed a barrage of attacks on the real estate mogul's business ethics, hiring practices …
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The CNN-Telemundo Republican debate transcript, annotated
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio came out swinging at Trump, and one punch really landed: Trump University
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump has bladder issues, suggests Rubio as he unleashes a torrent of attacks at first post-debate rally
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Mexico border wall will be as high as 55 feet, according to Donald Trump
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says audits might be linked to his religion
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Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Robot Rubio Turns Terminator on Donald Trump
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rubio labels Trump a ‘con artist,’ Trump responds with ‘Mr. Meltdown’: Debate fight spills onto the campaign trail
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Rubio super PAC launches fresh attacks on Trump
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Five Big Questions After a G.O.P. Debate That Targeted Trump
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Finally Swings at Trump
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Heidi Hemmat / FOX31 Denver:
Teacher files lawsuit, saying 13-year-old student beat, bullied her … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Colorado teacher is speaking out after she says she was beaten and bullied by her own student, and prohibited by her superiors from reporting the abuse. — “I was told that was my job …
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Peter Shane / Washington Monthly:
What Do We Call Options Worse Than “Nuclear?” — Remember when the Democrats' move in 2012 to partially curtail the use of the Senate filibuster was called the “nuclear option?” I fear the blogosphere will soon be tasked to generate hyperbolic epithets yet more cataclysmic.
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Mark Zuckerberg Asks Racist Facebook Employees to Stop Crossing Out Black Lives Matter Slogans — The Black Lives Matter movement has shed light on the racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality experienced by the African-American community across America.
Detroit Free Press:
Top Snyder aides urged going back to Detroit water — The city of Flint, Snyder's top legal aide wrote in October 2014, “should try to get back on the Detroit system as a stopgap ASAP before this thing gets too far out of control.” — Two of Gov. Rick Snyder's top lawyers privately advocated moving …
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Emails: Flint water warnings reached gov's inner circle
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NBC News:
Cedric Larry Ford Kills 3, Injures 14 in Kansas Shooting Spree — Three people were killed and 14 injured Thursday after a gunman drove through two Kansas towns taking shots at people before opening fire at his workplace, police said. — The assailant, who was identified by victims' family members …
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CNN:
Kansas shooting: Gunman kills 3 at lawn care company
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Why Electing Hillary in '16 Is More Important Than Electing Obama in '08 — A former Obama '08 speechwriter explains how why Secretary Clinton is a lot more compelling than you might think. — I hear you're still not Ready for Hillary. — I get it. I didn't start off as her biggest fan either.
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Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat — Assessment Details Options for Safeguarding Pollinators — A growing number of pollinator species worldwide are being driven toward extinction by diverse pressures, many of them human-made, threatening millions of livelihoods and hundreds …
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