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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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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Top Rubio adviser preparing donors for dismal Super Tuesday — Marco Rubio's top campaign adviser huddled with roughly 40 bundlers and K Streeters Tuesday morning to prepare them for a difficult primary election night—as well as to brief them on the campaign's plan for what to do next.
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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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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Here's Why This Educated, Liberal Couple Is Considering Voting For Donald Trump — “Yes, we could be like the good citizens who voted for a “tameable” Hitler in 1933 to get things back on track. But the alternatives look worse,” the couple wrote in a letter to the Financial Times. — The letter reads:
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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
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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NBC News:
Trump Hits New High, Clinton Maintains Big Lead in New National Poll
Trump Hits New High, Clinton Maintains Big Lead in New National Poll
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The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump swaggers through Super Tuesday rally — took an early victory lap during a Super Tuesday rally in Columbus, Ohio, boasting about his popularity and dismissing GOP presidential primary rivals Marco Rubio — “I'm like 20 points up in Florida over a senator who never shows up,” …
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Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Mapping Out ‘Trump Country’ on Super Tuesday
Mapping Out ‘Trump Country’ on Super Tuesday
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
How Bernie Sanders Spent the Week Before Super Tuesday
How Bernie Sanders Spent the Week Before Super Tuesday
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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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Patrick Brennan / Marco Rubio:
Open Letter from Marco: Donald Trump Is No Joke — He's Dangerous
Open Letter from Marco: Donald Trump Is No Joke — He's Dangerous
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Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
10 Things You Never Thought You'd Hear Marco Rubio Say
10 Things You Never Thought You'd Hear Marco Rubio Say
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Republicans rebuff Obama in meeting on SCOTUS nomination — There were no signs of a breakthrough as President Obama met Tuesday with Senate Republican leaders pledging to block anyone he nominates to the Supreme Court. — Senate Majority Leader (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley
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Senator Chuck Grassley / SCOTUSblog:
Coequal Branches of Government
Coequal Branches of Government
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell And Grassley Don't Budge In Meeting With Obama On SCOTUS
McConnell And Grassley Don't Budge In Meeting With Obama On SCOTUS
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Washington Post, Mediaite and Daily Kos
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
Staring at the Conservative Gutter
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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nickelodeon to Revive ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’ as TV Movie (EXCLUSIVE) — When Viacom's Nickelodeon sketches its future for advertisers Wednesday afternoon, one of the elements it will touch upon will be its past. — As part of a presentation to promote its upcoming slate of programs …
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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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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, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Raw Story, theGrio and The Daily Caller
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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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.
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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 …
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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Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Does computer code count as free speech? — Is the FBI violating Apple employees' First Amendment rights in its efforts to extract data from a terrorist's iPhone? — Apple filed a motion late last week to vacate a court order obtained by FBI to create a special computer code to unlock …
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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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mike Huckabee Hearts Donald Trump — Mike Huckabee was one missed flight away from endorsing Donald Trump. — It was the day after February's Iowa caucuses, and Huckabee had just dropped out of the race. He planned to make a quick stop in Little Rock, Arkansas, to drop off his daughter …
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Carson camp: 'We clearly don't know' our path to nomination — Ben Carson is staying in the race for the Republican nomination even though his campaign admits that it's not clear at all that Carson has a viable path to victory, and they don't have a plan to win. — “Well, we clearly don't know.
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