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1:30 PM ET, March 3, 2016

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War on the Rocks:
Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders  —  We the undersigned, members of the Republican national security community, represent a broad spectrum of opinion on America's role in the world and what is necessary to keep us safe and prosperous.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Romney to Republicans: Anyone but Trump  —  Mitt Romney opened a new front in the Republican Party's civil war on Thursday, going after Donald Trump in a salt-the-earth speech that eviscerated the Republican front-runner as lacking the temperament, business record and substantive policies to occupy the White House.
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘Trump is a phony, a fraud’ who is ‘playing the American public for suckers’  —  How Trump threw out the GOP playbook on Planned Parenthood  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, plans to deliver a sharp broadside against Donald Trump today …
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
8 reasons we need to start preparing for President Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A few months ago, Hillary Clinton's campaign was salivating over the chance to take on Donald Trump — but the real-estate mogul is now positioned not only to win the GOP nomination, but also the White House.
Discussion: Western Journalism
Politico:
Full transcript: Mitt Romney's remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race  —  Below are Mitt Romney's full remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential race, as prepared for delivery.  Romney delivered his remarks at the University of Utah.  —  I am not here to announce my candidacy for office.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump again threatens independent bid  —  Donald Trump said Thursday he is being treated unfairly by the Republican establishment and may run as an independent.  —  “I am watching television — and I am seeing ad, after ad, after ad put in by the establishment, knocking the hell out of me …
Associated Press:
Romney calling Trump ‘phony,’ urging Republicans to shun him  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is charging into the increasingly divisive White House race with a verbal lashing of Donald Trump and a plea for fellow Republicans to shun the front-runner for the good of country and party.
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Exclusive: Koch brothers will not use funds to try to block Trump nomination  —  The Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump's path to the presidential nomination …
Discussion: Political Wire, CNN and The Week
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Pandemonium in the GOP: Some embrace Trump while others rush to stop him  —  The Republican Party was in a state of pandemonium Wednesday as a clutch of independent groups scrambled to throw together a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the presidential nomination, even as some party figures concluded …
Jonathan Stearns / Bloomberg Business:
Romney to Attack ‘Phony’ Trump in Utah Address  —  Trump ‘playing the American public for suckers:’ Romney  —  Former governor to say Trump nomination would help Clinton  —  Mitt Romney is set to lash out at Donald Trump in a bid to dislodge him from the top of the Republican party's U.S …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Decided To Take On Donald Trump
Discussion: mccain.senate.gov and Hot Air
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Romney Slams Trump: ‘A Business Genius He Is Not’
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:   Too little, too late on Trump
New York Post:
Why would anyone want Mitt Romney's political advice?
Skagit Valley Herald / Goskagit.com:
Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun  —  A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.  —  The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos …
Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server  —  The Justice Department has granted immunity to the former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, a sign the FBI investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing is progressing.
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Chief justice rejects plea to block air pollution rule  —  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants, in a big victory for the Obama administration.  —  Roberts's order came despite his court's 5-4 decision …
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive Audio — Rubio Campaign Manager Plots Brokered Convention In Manhattan Donor Meeting To Take Nomination From Trump  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is plotting to take the Republican nomination away from Donald Trump using surreptitious tactics at a so-called “brokered convention,” …
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Business:   The Best-Laid Free Media Plan of Marco Rubio
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Good luck getting into Detroit's GOP debate  —  Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party received more than 21,000 ticket requests for Thursday's presidential debate in Detroit but will only be giving out about 50 tickets to the public.  —  The Republican National Committee allocated 400 tickets …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
At Republican Debate, a Field of Four on Fox News
Paul Watson / Infowars:
Mitt Romney's Niece to Stuff Republican Debate Audience With Anti-Trump Insiders?
Discussion: CNN, The Week and DCWhispers.com
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Women Take Over  —  In oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court's balance of power.  —  When the Supreme Court last heard oral arguments in a landmark abortion case, it was April 1992, the case was Planned Parenthood v Casey, and Sandra Day O'Connor was the lone female justice.
Daily Mail:
‘Free speech should flourish’: Jewish head of Oberlin college defends his decision not to sack female professor who claimed Jews were behind 9/11 attacks  — The president of Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov is defending Karega's free speech despite being Jewish and offended by her comments
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Lisa Roberson / Chronicle-Telegram:
Oberlin College president defends professor's rights after social media uproar
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Sean Hannity Goes Scorched Earth Against Marco Rubio  —  Sean Hannity repeatedly ripped into Marco Rubio on his Fox News program Wednesday night, attacking the Florida senator for recent attacks on Donald Trump and saying his rhetoric was “beyond the pale” of acceptance in a presidential primary.
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
Former AG Rejects VandeHei Suggestion Hillary Wouldn't Be Charged in Email Probe  —  Members of the Morning Joe panel tried their best to block and tackle for Hillary given the revelation that the person who set up her server has been granted immunity.  Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey …
Bloomberg Business:
Clinton's Best Day Is Behind Her, Sanders Adviser Says  —  Vermont senator trails Clinton by more than 600 delegates  —  Democrats increasingly turn focus to general election race  —  The Democratic presidential race entered a new phase following Super Tuesday, with Bernie Sanders vowing …
Discussion: Politico and Algemeiner.com
Helen Garner / ABC:
Helen Garner wins Windham Campbell prize  —  When Australian writer Helen Garner found a message in her junk mail folder last week announcing she had won a $200,000 international literary prize, she thought it was a hoax.  —  But, the email was real and Garner has just received …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Desperately Seeking Islamophobia  —  A week ago, there was a burglary at a Minneapolis mosque.  CAIR immediately labeled the incident anti-Muslim, as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported: … The Star Tribune even tied the burglary to Donald Trump:
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Star Tribune
 
 
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
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