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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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The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan denounces Trump over KKK dust-up: ‘There can be no evasion’ — (R-Wis.) on Tuesday delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump, warning that the GOP presidential front-runner cannot engage in “evasion” or “games” when it comes to rejecting bigotry. — But as the chairman …
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Politico, Washington Free Beacon, The Right Scoop and American Spectator
Myra Adams / RedState:
Myra Adams' Interview with Roger Stone - Why Stone is the Man to Watch in a Trump vs. Clinton Race
Myra Adams' Interview with Roger Stone - Why Stone is the Man to Watch in a Trump vs. Clinton Race
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
New CNN Poll: Trump Loses To Hillary, Rubio & Cruz Would Win
New CNN Poll: Trump Loses To Hillary, Rubio & Cruz Would Win
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Allen B. West and Gallup
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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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Dareh Gregorian / New York Daily News:
Bad news for The Donald on Super Tuesday as court rules N.Y. attorney general's Trump University fraud lawsuit can proceed — Super Tuesday has gotten off to a not-so-super start for Donald Trump — a New York appeals court has denied his bid to to toss out a lawsuit that charges his Trump University was a fraud.
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RedState
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
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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Outside the Beltway, Knoxville News-Sentinel and Politico
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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BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Refuge
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Here's Why This Educated, Liberal Couple Is Considering Voting For Donald Trump
Here's Why This Educated, Liberal Couple Is Considering Voting For Donald Trump
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addictinginfo.org and Independent Journal Review
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable'
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable'
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Yahoo Politics, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and The Week
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP DEMANDS RETRACTION OF MISLEADING ADS PRODUCED BY MARCO RUBIO'S SUPER PAC
DONALD J. TRUMP DEMANDS RETRACTION OF MISLEADING ADS PRODUCED BY MARCO RUBIO'S SUPER PAC
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Washington Post and Mediaite
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
Republican Divide About Trump Grows
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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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WQAD-TV and New York's PIX11
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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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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RedState, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Made Republicans Half-Aware of Racism — How could this happen to the movement founded by segregationist William F. Buckley? — Donald Trump represents a threat to conservatism in two ways. He is extremely likely to lose if nominated, and even if elected …
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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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Mother Jones and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shamar Walters / NBC News:
Texas Candidate Zena Stephens' Office Shot in Apparent Racial Attack — Five people were taken into custody and questioned late Monday in connection with the apparent racially motivated shooting at a Texas campaign office, police said. — Zena Stephens, who is African American …
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Crime Blog and theGrio
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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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National Review, BizPac Review, The Agonist, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week, Instapundit, The Daily Caller and Shakesville
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Can Google's Driverless Car Project Survive a Fatal Accident? — Everybody knew this day would come. — After several years and more than 1.4 million miles of test driving, Google's perfect streak came to an end. In all that time, the tech giant's self-driving cars had been in fewer …
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Fusion
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Google says it bears ‘some responsibility’ after self-driving car hit bus
Google says it bears ‘some responsibility’ after self-driving car hit bus
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Associated Press, Fusion and New York Magazine
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.
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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Yahoo Politics, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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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The Gateway Pundit
Super User / dni.gov:
Bin Laden's Bookshelf — In the weeks following the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan by United States forces, U.S. Intelligence Community analysts sifted through the recovered digital and hard copy materials in search of clues that would reveal ongoing al-Qa'ida plots …
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Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, NPR, Washington Post and NBC News
Anthony Breznican / EW.com:
Stephen King confirms stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as production nears start — The tower has begun to peek above the horizon. — After many years, and many attempts, a film version of Stephen King's The Dark Tower is finally getting underway with Idris Elba confirmed …
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USA Today, Guardian, The Week, Mashable and Comicbook.com
Siobhan McFadyen / Mirror.co.uk:
Scientists discover 8000-year-old tiny hand prints in ancient cave were NOT made by humans — Experts probing the discovery of 13 hand prints in the eerie Egyptian Cave of Beasts say the 8000-year-old stencils did not belong to humans — Anthropologists probing the discovery …