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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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The Hill and Shakesville
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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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Washington Post, TIME, The Atlantic, National Review, Moon of Alabama, Althouse and The Moderate Voice


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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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week


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 …


Debate Disgrace: Fox News Exposed as Pro-Rubio Super PAC — Another Fox News debate, another two hours of proof that the “fair and balanced” network is nothing more than a super PAC for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who, by the way, had a terrible night. In their naked pursuit of Donald Trump's scalp …
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RedState, Washington Post, The National Interest, TheStreet.com and Allen B. West


On Seventh Try, Cory Gardner Says He'll Back GOP Nominee — DETROIT - How many times must a Republican U.S. senator be asked if he'll back Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee to admit that he will? — For Colorado's Cory Gardner, the answer is seven.
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos

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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Politico


One clear loser in Thursday's debate: the Grand Old Party
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USA Today, Political Insider blog, Politico and Daily Kos

5 takeaways from the GOP debate
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TheStreet.com, Yahoo Politics, New York Times, Vox and Gawker

Mitt Romney on TODAY Show: I'll do everything within ‘political bounds’ to stop Donald Trump
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Yahoo Politics, Business Insider, New York Times, Jezebel, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, US News, NBC News and 89.3 KPCC

First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC
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alan.com, Washington Post, Hot Air, Business Insider, The Atlantic, Bloomberg Business, The Right Scoop, TIME, New York Times, Mitt Romney and BuzzFeed

Best Lines of the Republican Debate in Michigan
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Associated Press, Yahoo Politics, The Right Scoop and Boing Boing


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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Mediaite, CBS Chicago, CBS Los Angeles, KFOR-TV, Complex, WGN-TV, Q13 FOX News, FOX31 Denver, Fox News Insider, Fox 59, Jezebel, BizPac Review, KWQC-TV, New York Magazine, New York's PIX11 and Chronicle-Telegram


GOP elites have a new strategy to stop Donald Trump, but it carries a big risk — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump waves to supporters after a campaign stop Thursday in Portland, Maine. — Now it's the establishment that wants to blow up the Republican Party.
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Shakesville
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GOP crackup has Democrats in stitches
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Telegraph and Yahoo Politics

GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
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Daily Kos, Yahoo Politics, Hot Air, National Review and Hinckley Institute


Mitt Romney offers scathing indictment of Republican tax policies
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Outside the Beltway


Trade, Trump, and Downward Class Warfare
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Equitable Growth


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.


If Super Tuesday Voting Pattern Continues, Donald Trump Will Reach Delegate Target — Donald Trump did not amass a majority of delegates on Super Tuesday. But he could soon. — If the people in the rest of the nation vote as the Super Tuesday results suggest they would …
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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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The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Althouse


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 …

U.S. creates 242,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate remains 4.9% — WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. generated 242,000 new jobs in February, snapping back after a modest slowdown in hiring in the first month of 2016. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast the addition of 198,000 nonfarm jobs.
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Payrolls in U.S. Surge While Wages Drop in Mixed Jobs Report
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The White House, Politico and Mashable


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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NBC News


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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CityLab and electionlawblog.org

Hillary Paid Herself $250,000 From Campaign Funds — The campaign of Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has made payments totaling six figures to Clinton this election cycle, according to a review of its expenditures. — Federal campaign finance records reviewed …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller


Anti-Trump forces have few options for third party alternative — Dozens of prominent Republicans have pledged to ditch the GOP in the general election if Donald Trump is the nominee. The question is: Where will they go instead? — Anti-Trump leaders have tossed around a variety …
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Balloon Juice, New York Times and TheStreet.com

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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Walid Shoebat, Politically Speaking, New York Post and ABC News


Mob of 30 migrants chase girls through shopping centre before clashing with police — A MOB of 30 migrants chased three teenage girls through a German shopping centre before clashing with police. — GETTY — Migrants chased three teenage girls through a shopping centre in Germany
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Jihad Watch

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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Power Line, CNN and ABC News