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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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The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump's support keeps expanding — THE BIG IDEA: — As the sun rises on Super Tuesday, the D.C. in-crowd still doesn't fully grasp the power of Donald Trump's message. Elites bemoan The Donald at cocktail parties and take comfort in calling Trump supporters uneducated.
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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 …
Dareh Gregorian / New York Daily News:
Bad news for The Donald on Super Tuesday as court rules N.Y. attorney general's Trump University …
Bad news for The Donald on Super Tuesday as court rules N.Y. attorney general's Trump University …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable'
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable'
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
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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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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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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Staring at the Conservative Gutter — Donald Trump gives credence to the left's caricature of bigoted conservatives. — In the late 1950s, Bill Buckley decreed that nobody whose name appeared on the masthead of the American Mercury magazine would be published in the pages of National Review.
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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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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Message Resonates With White Supremacists
Donald Trump's Message Resonates With White Supremacists
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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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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Farrakhan praises Trump for rejecting ‘Jewish’ money
Farrakhan praises Trump for rejecting ‘Jewish’ money
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz's Judgment Day — HOUSTON — It was July, only four months into the campaign, and Ted Cruz's Iowa chairman was nervous. — Scott Walker and Mike Huckabee were practically living in Iowa, but Cruz was all over the map: On a book tour in Georgia, visiting Oklahoma, rolling out a leadership team in Tennessee.
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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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Paul Watson / Infowars:
Report: Trump Supporters in Texas See Votes Switched to Rubio — Callers to KLBJ report ballot irregularities — People voting for Donald Trump in today's Super Tuesday Texas Primary are seeing their ballots changed to show a vote for Marco Rubio. — Numerous callers flooded Austin …
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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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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 …
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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.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Carlson, Ingraham Label Romney A Liberal For Condemning Trump On KKK — After Mitt Romney on Monday published a tweet condemning Donald Trump for avoiding a disavowal of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during a Sunday interview, a couple of conservative pundits suggested that the denouncement …
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