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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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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 …
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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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
‘Donald Drumpf’ Is Beating Rubio and Cruz for Second in Web Searches — Tuesday morning I wrote about how real-time Google search data can provide useful election forecasts. With half the day gone and voters in Super Tuesday states still at the polls, Google Trends reveals a striking observation …
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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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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Club for Growth warns against Trump endorsements
Club for Growth warns against Trump endorsements
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan rebukes Trump's remarks on KKK, David Duke
Paul Ryan rebukes Trump's remarks on KKK, David Duke
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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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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell Denounce, and Support, Donald Trump
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell Denounce, and Support, Donald Trump
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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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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Clinton to voter: 'Why don't you go run for something?' — was involved in brief confrontation with a young woman during a campaign stop in Minnesota Tuesday afternoon as voters headed to the polls to cast their ballot in the state's primary. — The Democratic presidential front-runner …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Steve Harvey endorses Hillary Clinton
Steve Harvey endorses Hillary Clinton
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Calls Meeting Of GOP Candidates After Race Takes ‘Turn For The Worse’ — Dr. Ben Carson announced Tuesday that he was personally calling his rivals to ask them to meet ahead of Thursday's Republican presidential debate, saying the tone of the race had taken a “turn for the worse.”
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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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Adviser: Carson staying in even if he gets shut out on Super Tuesday
Adviser: Carson staying in even if he gets shut out on Super Tuesday
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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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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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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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Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Bob Kraft praises Donald Trump ahead of Mass. primary — Tom Brady had a Donald Trump hat inside his locker. — And now Brady's boss — a man known for stirring up controversy, and winning big — has some glowing words about The Donald. — Bob Kraft, in a statement to the Globe on the eve …
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Sorry, OPEC: U.S. oil production at 43-year high — Sorry, OPEC. The U.S. oil boom isn't dead yet. — The U.S. pumped an average of 9.43 million barrels per day last year, according to new government figures. That's the highest level since 1972 and represents an impressive growth of 89% since 2008.
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Seven N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign — 48 Shares — Seven New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.
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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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Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Police: Teen shoots family in East Nashville — An argument over getting out of bed for school Tuesday morning led a teenage boy to open fire on three family members, including his grandmother and two young children, inside an East Nashville home, Metro police said.
Daily Mail:
I don't watch the Oscars to get harangued about racism, rape, sex abuse, greedy bankers, global warming and gay rights. I watch to be entertained. If you want to preach at us, darlings, get into politics — I'm exhausted; physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically drained.
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