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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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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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Jim Acosta / CNN:
After GOP establishment ‘froze’ on Trump, Democrats ready battle plans — Columbus, Ohio (CNN)As Donald Trump seems poised for a huge night Tuesday, Democrats see his stunning ascent and controversial, celebrity-driven business empire as a golden opportunity.
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
The Year's Most Important Non-Endorsement — It may have been the most important non-endorsement of 2016. — Nebraska freshman Sen. Ben Sasse put into words on Facebook and Twitter what other Republican officeholders are muttering over late-night drinks — that he could not vote …
Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Amid Trump surge, nearly 20,000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party
Amid Trump surge, nearly 20,000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
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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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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.'s Chagrin
Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.'s Chagrin
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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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Raw Story, Yahoo Politics, Deadspin and RedState
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp
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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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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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Randy E. Barnett / USA Today:
As Trump rises, consider a 3rd party: Column — A Trump nomination would destroy the GOP unless Republicans can find a replacement. — Is it time for a new third party? Not yet. But if Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination, then a new third party will be an imperative — and the time for organizing it is now.
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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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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.
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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Politico, Mediaite, The Week, The Times of Israel and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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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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Raw Story
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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Washington Post, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Daily Caller
Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg Business:
Machiavelli Would Love This Plot Twist From Banks' Washington Book Club — Monthly Capitol Hill gathering doubles as political fundraiser — Hensarling said to schedule events for out-of-favor lawmakers — U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling seems to have been brushing up on his Machiavelli …
The Resurgent:
Why We Believe in Ted Cruz. We Were There. — We've been asked by many friends to share insight into Ted Cruz, based on the two years we spent working for him in the U.S. Senate. It is clear from these conversations that while few doubt the sincerity of his conservative political convictions …
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National Review
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Google says it bears ‘some responsibility’ after self-driving car hit bus — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Monday it bears “some responsibility” after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. — The crash may be the first case …
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Thomasi McDonald / Raleigh News & Observer:
Raleigh neighborhood tense after police kill man on Bragg Street — Woman claims police shot her son in the back as he ran from them — Chief Deck-Brown says officer was trying to arrest a felony drug suspect — Questions remain about whether the man was armed
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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.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Obama to Make Case to G.O.P. Senators to Fill Supreme Court Seat — WASHINGTON — President Obama is to confer in the Oval Office on Tuesday with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader, and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman …
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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