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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Donald Trump Was Set Up — The word came in from our best-sourced Fox News Kremlinologists: Fox News had settled for Donald Trump. Roger Ailes had given up on the hapless Marco Rubio. Megyn Kelly was sounding conciliatory, granting that Trump appeared more and more presidential.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Five Big Questions After a Vulgar Republican Debate — Does the size of Donald Trump's penis matter? — I'm not being cheeky. I'm not being shocking. I'm noting something that we cannot lose track of, should not shrug our shoulders about and must not gloss over: Trump has succeeded …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Donald Trump defends size of his penis — (CNN)Donald Trump assured American voters Thursday night that despite what Marco Rubio had suggested, there was “no problem” with the size of his hands — or anything else. — “Look at those hands, are they small hands?” the front-runner …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from the GOP debate — It might be too late to beat Donald Trump, but it wasn't too late to give Trump a beating. — Two days after Super Tuesday put the billionaire frontrunner on a nearly unstoppable path to his party's nomination, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Blistering attacks upend Trump's pivot to statesman mode — First, Donald Trump attacked former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for being a “failed candidate.” Then he turned to “little” Marco Rubio. He angrily listed his recent wins and poll standings.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC — Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney has instructed his closest advisers to explore the possibility of stopping Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, a source close to Romney's inner circle says.
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Robert F. Bukaty / Los Angeles Times:
GOP elites have a new strategy to stop Donald Trump, but it carries a big risk
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Mitt Romney on TODAY Show: I'll do everything within ‘political bounds’ to stop Donald Trump
Mitt Romney on TODAY Show: I'll do everything within ‘political bounds’ to stop Donald Trump
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
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Donald Trump / ABC News:
Best Lines of the Republican Debate in Michigan
Best Lines of the Republican Debate in Michigan
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney offers scathing indictment of Republican tax policies
Mitt Romney offers scathing indictment of Republican tax policies
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Mark Kleiman / Washington Monthly:
Trade, Trump, and Downward Class Warfare
Trade, Trump, and Downward Class Warfare
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rivals pile on Trump in Republican candidates' debate
Rivals pile on Trump in Republican candidates' debate
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's
The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's
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Jamie Feldman / The Huffington Post:
Whole Foods Sells Peeled Oranges In Plastic Containers, World Revolts — This is pretty bad, any way you peel it. — Whole Foods encourages shoppers to bring their own shopping bags and prides itself on an ability to provide healthy options to shoppers in the best possible way.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Clash of Republican Con Artists — So Republicans are going to nominate a candidate who talks complete nonsense on domestic policy; who believes that foreign policy can be conducted via bullying and belligerence; who cynically exploits racial and ethnic hatred for political gain.
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Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
Pitt Students ‘In Tears’ and Feeling ‘Unsafe’ After Milo Yiannopoulos Event — The University of Pittsburgh's Student Government Board held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss the traumatizing visit the night before from “dangerous” homosexual and Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos …
Fox News Insider:
Luntz Focus Group's Winner of GOP Debate, Low Point of Night — What did Michigan voters think about tonight's GOP debate in Detroit? — Frank Luntz shared the reactions of his focus group on a special post-debate edition of The Kelly File. — The voters had some very negative things …
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Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:
Clinton Takes Aim at Another Government Watchdog — The Hillary Clinton campaign has gone on the attack against the government official who conducts oversight of the State Department she used to run, accusing him of partisanship and misconduct without any direct evidence.
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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Only the voters can judge Donald Trump's horror show of a debate — Donald Trump's rivals and Fox News' debate moderators laid out a clear and factual case on Thursday that Trump's policies were unworkable; that he regularly shifted his positions; and that he had engaged in business practices …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Softens Immigrant Visa Stance After Cementing Front-Runner Status
Trump Softens Immigrant Visa Stance After Cementing Front-Runner Status
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Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!) States With Strict New Voter Laws — But Republicans don't appear to be hurt. — Associate Polling Editor, The Huffington Post Visuals Editor, The Huffington Post — As voting rights advocates predicted loud and often …
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TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson — Buried Knife Found at O.J.'s Estate — A construction worker found a knife buried on the perimeter of the former O.J. Simpson estate ... and it's currently being tested by the LAPD in a top secret investigation ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ. — The story is incredible.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Brags About His Penis Size: ‘I Guarantee You There Is No Problem’ — Donald Trump responded to a jab Marcio Rubio has made about the size of Trump's hands — a line widely interpreted to be a reference to Trump's manhood — by promising that when it comes to the size of “something else,” he guarantees “there is no problem.”
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Lion Ted: Cruz Crushes the Detroit Debate — In theory, Ted Cruz's best states are behind him. But at the Detroit debate, Cruz was clearly the class of the field and it's clear that no one should count him out as the delegate race moves into its next phase.
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Dawn Ennis / Advocate:
She Is Cait, and I Am Not: Face to Face with Jenner — Winding my way 'round deadman's curves at unsafe speeds all the way up a Malibu mountaintop to meet Caitlyn Jenner, I asked myself: who would live here except a recluse? Cut off from the rest of the world, high above it all …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump kills GOP autopsy — Reeling from a second straight loss to Barack Obama, a flailing Republican Party in 2013 found its culprit: Mitt Romney's callous tone toward minorities. Instead of being doomed to irrelevance in a changing America, the party would rebrand as a kinder, more inclusive GOP.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Miley Cyrus pledges to leave US if Trump wins — becomes president. — “Honestly f— this s— I am moving if this is my president!” the 23-year-old “We Can't Stop” singer wrote to her more than 38 million Instagram followers on Wednesday. — In a lengthy post that included photos …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Gets AIDS In A New Movie, And That Has Studio Execs In A Panic — Afraid of Trump's reaction, they're “subtly trying to make it disappear,” says an industry source. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Audiences at screenings around the world …
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