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CNN:
National poll: Clinton, Sanders both top Trump — Washington (CNN)Both of the remaining Democratic candidates for president easily top Republican front-runner Donald Trump in hypothetical general election match-ups, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. — But Hillary Clinton …
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NBC News:
Trump Hits New High, Clinton Maintains Big Lead in New National Poll — As we head into the biggest day of the presidential primaries — Super Tuesday — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continue to hold commanding leads in their respective primaries, according to our new national numbers from the past week.
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Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Amid Trump surge, nearly 20,000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party — Nearly 20,000 Bay State Democrats have fled the party this winter, with thousands doing so to join the Republican ranks, according to the state's top elections official. — Secretary of State William Galvin …
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Myra Adams / RedState:
Myra Adams' Interview with Roger Stone - Why Stone is the Man to Watch in a Trump vs. Clinton Race — Stone talks about his longtime friend Donald Trump, campaign strategy and much more — Author's Note: Roger Stones' quotes in this piece are a result of a personal meeting I had with him on Monday …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable' — Sean Hannity, the Fox News host who frequently helps Republicans dig out of controversies with friendly interviews, paid that favor to Donald Trump Monday night. While Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) was telling his final pre-Super Tuesday audience …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump's support keeps expanding
The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump's support keeps expanding
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Knoxville News-Sentinel and Politico
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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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan denounces Trump over KKK dust-up: ‘There can be no evasion’
Ryan denounces Trump over KKK dust-up: ‘There can be no evasion’
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Jesse Ventura: I'll Run for President If Bernie Loses
Jesse Ventura: I'll Run for President If Bernie Loses
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
David Duke to Trump: ‘Do whatever you need to do to get elected’
David Duke to Trump: ‘Do whatever you need to do to get elected’
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Larry Summers: Donald Trump is a serious threat to American democracy
Larry Summers: Donald Trump is a serious threat to American democracy
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Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
Report: Donald Trump Requested That a Group of Black Students Be Removed From His Rally Before It Had Even Started
Report: Donald Trump Requested That a Group of Black Students Be Removed From His Rally Before It Had Even Started
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Political Insider blog and New Republic
Jerry Hayes / WHNT-TV:
Deputy's dash cam captures video of drunk passenger falling head first into creek — LINCOLN COUNTY, Tenn. - The next time you're having a bad day, think about the two guys a Lincoln County Deputy encountered while on patrol. — The driver stops the truck in the middle of a road.
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Oren / ADL Blogs:
Louis Farrakhan Joins List Of Extremists Praising Donald Trump — Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Louis Farrakhan's 2016 Saviours' Day sermon on February 28 at the NOI's Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Farrakhan made anti-Semitic accusations of Jewish …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Divide About Trump Grows — Former party chairman, Nebraska senator among those who say they won't vote for him if he is nominee — A divisive battle is brewing in the Republican Party over the potential nomination of Donald Trump, as some party leaders warn …
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Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
The Year's Most Important Non-Endorsement
The Year's Most Important Non-Endorsement
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Fox News:
Super Tuesday prizes: Candidates in fierce fight for Texas, other delegate goldmines — The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are charging into Super Tuesday in a coast-to-coast battle for delegates across a dozen states — but while they're looking for as many wins as possible …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Super Guide to Super Tuesday — Republican Edition
Super Guide to Super Tuesday — Republican Edition
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Trump's Il Duce Routine — LONDON — Europe, the soil on which Fascism took root, is watching the rise of Donald Trump with dismay. Contempt for the excesses of America is a European reflex, but when the United States seems tempted by a latter-day Mussolini, smugness in London, Paris and Berlin gives way to alarm.
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Larry Summers
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Staring at the Conservative Gutter
Staring at the Conservative Gutter
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump ditched free market ideology for nationalism — and it's working — Marco Rubio's newly aggressive posture toward Donald Trump is all about delivering low-blow insults, and reflects a popular — but incorrect — notion among Republican elites that Trump's not-very-orthodox ideology …
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Randy E. Barnett / USA Today:
As Trump rises, consider a 3rd party: Column
As Trump rises, consider a 3rd party: Column
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New York Times:
Inside the Clinton Team's 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 …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton chief attacks State Dept. watchdog — 's presidential campaign, says there are “serious questions” about the integrity of the State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG). — The OIG is locked in an increasingly contentious fight with Clinton's campaign on a host of issues …
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The Daily Caller
Mike Ramsey / CBS Chicago:
Racial Chants Erupt At Basketball Game Between Two Catholic Schools — (CBS) — School officials at two northwest Indiana schools are investigating what appears to be racially motivated chants at a basketball game. — Video from the game went viral over the weekend.
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren's Agency — Payday lenders get a new ally. — Senior Political Economy Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON — Payday lenders have been gunning for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the day President Barack Obama tapped Elizabeth Warren to set up the new agency.
Dara Lind / Vox:
Trying to sabotage Republicans by supporting Trump is a very bad idea — A lot of people have woken up to the realization that Donald Trump could really be the Republican presidential nominee. — Too many liberals and Democrats are saying that's a good thing — not because they feel Trump …
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Politico
Lornamaydonnelly / The Rolling Stones:
The Rolling Stones announce free concert in Cuba! — The Rolling Stones will perform a groundbreaking concert in Havana, Cuba on Friday March 25, 2016. The free concert will take place at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana and will be the first open air concert in the country by a British Rock Band.
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