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New York Times:
Inside the Republican Party's Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump — The scenario Karl Rove outlined was bleak. — Addressing a luncheon of Republican governors and donors in Washington on Feb. 19, he warned that Donald J. Trump's increasingly likely nomination would be catastrophic, dooming the party in November.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rubio's verbal assault on Trump continues, joined by seven-figure ad buys — OKLAHOMA CITY — It was the biggest crowd Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had gotten in this state, perhaps a thousand voters filling the floor of a downtown event center to hear him. And for 10 minutes …
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Mother Jones and Politico
New York Times:
Donald Trump and Chris Christie Start a Bully Bromance — Those who have witnessed Gov. Chris Christie's performance both in New Jersey and in the national arena over the past couple of years almost could have seen Friday's sweaty embrace of Donald Trump coming. Almost.
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Da Tech Guy Blog, Boston Globe, Associated Press, Politico, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run and Fusion
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump faces wave of big-money attacks — A handful of Republican big-money groups on Friday launched hard-hitting ad campaigns targeting Donald Trump that echoed Marco Rubio's Thursday night debate smack-down of the GOP presidential front-runner. — The group behind what's expected …
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The Hill, NBC News, New York Times, Trail Blazers Blog and Wall Street Journal
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Will Conservatives Abandon Donald Trump in the General Election?
Will Conservatives Abandon Donald Trump in the General Election?
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air and Gothamist
New York Daily News:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump for president
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump for president
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Joe.My.God., The Week, CNN and Mediaite
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Chris Christie Delivers Major Blow to Party Elites Resisting Trump
Chris Christie Delivers Major Blow to Party Elites Resisting Trump
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Politico, Red Alert Politics and WMTW-TV
Ian Tuttle / National Review:
Yes, Trump University Was a Massive Scam
Yes, Trump University Was a Massive Scam
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Yahoo Politics, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times, LawNewz and Hot Air
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rubio and Trump now at war for the GOP's future
Rubio and Trump now at war for the GOP's future
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Political Wire, Los Angeles Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Politico and New York Times
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Might Not Keep Paying for His Campaign Himself, Chris Christie Suggests
Donald Trump Might Not Keep Paying for His Campaign Himself, Chris Christie Suggests
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CNN
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders puts South Carolina in rear-view mirror — AUSTIN — South Carolina is holding its Democratic primary today, but you wouldn't know it just by listening to Bernie Sanders. — Jetting off to Austin from Columbia, S.C. this morning — before stops in Dallas and Rochester, Minnesota …
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Washington Post and Political Wire
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina
63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina
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ThinkProgressPage Array, Daily Kos and New York Times
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
S.C. Democrats head to the polls; Clinton, Sanders head out of state
S.C. Democrats head to the polls; Clinton, Sanders head out of state
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New Jersey News …, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Common Dreams
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
What happens when Hillary Clinton crashes a bachelor party? She's in the photos.
What happens when Hillary Clinton crashes a bachelor party? She's in the photos.
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Taylor Marsh, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, BizPac Review, Politico, PAPERMAG and Tennessean.com
Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Bill Clinton snaps at veteran during speech: ‘Shut up and listen to my answer’ — The long hours and grueling pace of the presidential campaign may be finally catching up with a rapidly aging Bill Clinton. — During an appearance in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday …
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RedState
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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Bill Clinton Loses It Over Benghazi Hecklers At Campaign Rally [VIDEO] — Former president Bill Clinton became angry when he was heckled by protesters during a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday. — The protesters demanded to know if his wife Hillary Clinton lied …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition
Justin Fox / BloombergView.com:
Stuff Keeps Getting Cheaper — Since 1995, durable goods (cars, televisions, computers and the like) have been getting cheaper in the U.S. That's even as the prices of services and nondurables have mostly kept rising. — In the chart above, prices are viewed using 2009 as the base year.
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Equitable Growth
Kristen East / Politico:
Jan Brewer endorses Donald Trump — Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Saturday endorsed Donald Trump for president. — Trump has made immigration a central issue in his campaign for president, vowing to build a wall along the southern border of the United States and promising to have Mexico pay for it.
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Outside the Beltway and myfox8.com
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Rubio mocks Trump for spelling, ‘spray tan,’ ‘Hair Force One’ plane — is running for president, but it sounds like he would settle for a Comedy Central special. — Rubio on Saturday continued his mockery of rival Donald Trump — , going after the businessman's spelling errors and “spray tan” at a campaign event in Kennesaw, Ga.
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Red Alert Politics
Ashley Young / CNN:
Ex-Mexican President Fox: Donald Trump reminds me of Hitler — Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Friday kept up his withering criticism of Donald Trump, saying the GOP front-runner reminds him of Adolf Hitler — “He has offended Mexico, Mexicans, [and] immigrants. He has offended the Pope.
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Slantpoint, Little Green Footballs, Talking Points Memo, Infowars and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Cases for Public Investment — One of the annoying aspects of the Sanders/Friedman flap was the assumption of many Sanders supporters that anyone who doesn't accept extravagant economic projections is against a big program of public investment. Actually, it was destructive as well as annoying …
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Equitable Growth
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A 16-Year-Old Solves Britain's Immigration Problem — The United Kingdom suffers from immigration issues similar to those that afflict the United States. As a member of the European Union, it is obliged to accept large numbers of unskilled immigrants who find not only Britain's wages …
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Maggie's Farm