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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Why Liberals Should Vote for Marco Rubio — Marco Rubio would be a terrible president. His tax proposals make George W. Bush look fiscally prudent. He acts as if America can use sanctions, war, or the threat of war to bludgeon its adversaries into submission despite the devastating failure of that approach since 9/11.
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Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.'s Chagrin — Memo to Republican leaders: Be careful what you wish for. — Hoping to avoid a repeat of the messy fight for the Republican nomination in 2012, the party drew up a calendar and delegate-selection rules intended …
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Refinery29, Vox and National Review
Bloomberg Business:
Super Tuesday Predictions Point to Trump, Clinton Rout — Statistical models, betting markets, and the Internet weigh in. — andretartar — On Tuesday, more delegates will be awarded than on any other day of the presidential race. About half of the delegates needed for a Republican candidate …
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Politico, ABC News and Business Insider
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp
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Political Wire, Washington Post and Guardian
Morning Consult:
Trump Grows Stronger Ahead of Super Tuesday, Poll Shows
Trump Grows Stronger Ahead of Super Tuesday, Poll Shows
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Daily Oklahoman, CNN, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Infowars and American Prospect
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Hillary could lose to Trump in Democratic New York
Hillary could lose to Trump in Democratic New York
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Power Line, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Israpundit
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
More than half a million registered Texans don't have the right ID to vote on Super Tuesday
More than half a million registered Texans don't have the right ID to vote on Super Tuesday
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Plouffe to Clinton: Stop micromanaging
Plouffe to Clinton: Stop micromanaging
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Yahoo Politics, The Moderate Voice, ABC News, The Atlantic, Taylor Marsh and Washington Post
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration — The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump, who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
The New York Times Refuses to Release Recording of Donald Trump's (Off-the-Record) Comments on Immigration
The New York Times Refuses to Release Recording of Donald Trump's (Off-the-Record) Comments on Immigration
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BuzzFeed, New York Times, Mediaite and Hullabaloo
Jennifer Jacobs / USA Today:
Students removed from Trump rally in Georgia — VALDOSTA, Ga. — About 30 black students who were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump's rally here Monday night were escorted out by Secret Service agents who said the presidential candidate had requested their removal before he began speaking.
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Political Insider blog, Raw Story, Business Insider, Guardian and American Spectator
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TIME:
TIME Responds to Confrontation With Secret Service at Trump Event — “We are relieved that Chris is feeling OK” — Updated to include comment from photographer Christopher Morris — The U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement briefly detained a TIME photographer at a Donald Trump rally …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Guard choke-slams photographer at Trump rally in Va. — A photographer was slammed down on a table by someone who appears to be a security guard during a Donald Trump — rally Monday in Virginia. — A short video of the encounter was posted on Twitter by Independent Journal reporter Joe Perticone and other repoters.
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Raw Story, KTLA, Jezebel, addictinginfo.org, Mother Jones, Reuters, New York's PIX11, Death and Taxes, Fox News Insider and ABC News
John Nolte / Breitbart:
VIDEO: Time Reporter Grabs Secret Service Agent's Throat at Trump Rally — According to The Independent Journal's congressional reporter Joe Perticone, the man holding the camera in the video below is a journalist. Perticone writes, “Secret Service agent choke slams reporter. ”
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The Gateway Pundit
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event
Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event
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NBC News, Yahoo Politics and WGN-TV, more at Mediagazer »
Rush Limbaugh:
Trump Declines to Disavow David Duke and the KKK — But Only on Sunday — RUSH: Everybody is stunned over Trump. Nobody understands how Trump is still breathing. Nobody understands how Trump's still pulling this off. You wouldn't believe the theories that I've received from people sending …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Stacey Dash:
Who is Stacey Dash and why did she just walk across the #Oscar stage? — You might be watching the Oscars and wondering why someone named Stacey Dash just walked across the stage. (Why was that funny anyway?) — Well, I'm Stacey - with an “e” - and it's nice to meet you.
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The Last Tradition, Slantpoint, Mashable, Towleroad, Independent Journal Review, KLFY-TV, addictinginfo.org, New York's PIX11, Refinery29, The Verge, USA Today and theGrio
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Shaun King / New York Daily News:
KING: Chris Rock Oscars opener dropped the ball and lynching jokes went over the line no matter how tough a spot it was
KING: Chris Rock Oscars opener dropped the ball and lynching jokes went over the line no matter how tough a spot it was
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Hit & Run, Vox, The Federalist, New York Times, mediacomtoday.com and Los Angeles Times
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke?
If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke?
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, USA Today, The Week, NBC News, BizPac Review and Mashable
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Breaks 10 Years of Silence at Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — Breaking a decade-long silence, Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked several questions from the Supreme Court bench. He spoke just weeks after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose empty seat next to Justice Thomas's remains draped in black.
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Slate, Washington Post, Townhall.com, Vox, Boing Boing, BuzzFeed, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
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Daily Mail:
Horror in Moscow as burka-clad babysitter ‘decapitates four-year-old girl in her care’ - then walks through streets carrying her severed head and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ — A burka-clad babysitter decapitated the little girl in her care before walking through Moscow carrying the child's severed head, police say.
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RedState, Walid Shoebat, Pamela Geller and Vox Popoli
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Don't Assume Conservatives Will Rally Behind Trump — If Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, he'll have undermined a lot of assumptions we once held about the GOP. He'll have become the nominee despite neither being reliably conservative nor being very electable …
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Infowars, Boing Boing, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Politico and Crooks and Liars
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Message Resonates With White Supremacists — Until recently, Jared Taylor, long one of the country's most prominent white supremacists, had never supported a presidential candidate. — “There's been no one worth endorsing,” he said in an interview.
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Folks Before Kochs — To save itself, the Republican Party must finally put the working class ahead of the donor class. — Donald J. Trump is laying waste to the conservative movement. His overwhelming lead in Super Tuesday polls stands as further evidence, if further evidence were even necessary …
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Power Line, Mashable and Guardian
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Partisan Classiness — Many people in the commentariat are utterly committed to the view that the two major parties are mirror images of each other, despite vast evidence to the contrary. But until Harry Enten directed me to this interesting paper by Grossman and Hopkins …
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Equitable Growth
Manu Raju / CNN:
Leading GOP senator: Trump an ‘albatross’ to party — Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid …
New York Times:
Inside the Clintons' Plan to Defeat Donald Trump — In the days after Donald J. Trump vanquished his Republican rivals in South Carolina and Nevada, prominent Democrats supporting Hillary Clinton arranged a series of meetings and conference calls to tackle a question many never thought they would ask …
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining attention online — OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining a lot of attention online. — Steven Wedel's brutally honest blog post …
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WGN-TV and FOX31 Denver
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
‘Airport’ Star George Kennedy Dies at 91 — George Kennedy, who won a supporting actor Oscar for his role alongside Paul Newman in the beloved film “Cool Hand Luke,” and was also a fixture of 1970s disaster movies including the “Airport” franchise and “Earthquake,” died Sunday in Boise, Idaho.
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The Week