memeorandum: Drinking coffee while black: Ohio cop stops black man strolling down the street -then slams him into wall (Tom Boggioni/Raw Story)

11:05 AM ET, March 6, 2016

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Battleground Tracker poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton lead in Michigan — Donald Trump holds the lead heading into the final days before the Michigan primary, looking to extend his overall delegate lead after a string of Super Tuesday wins. Trump is at 39 percent, Ted Cruz is in second place …

Discussion: Washington Post, YouGov US Opinion Center News, Guardian and Politico

David Remnick / New Yorker:

American Demagogue — Nearly three decades ago, Howard Kaminsky, of Random House, called on the real-estate developer and self-marketing master Donald Trump at his office on Fifth Avenue. Kaminsky brought along a cover design for “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” its author's literary début.

Discussion: Politico and Althouse

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Hold Big Leads in Michigan: Poll — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their competitors by double digits in Michigan's March 8 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. — In the Republican race, Trump gets support …

Discussion: Political Wire

Manuela Tobias / Politico:

Sanders wins Kansas — Bernie Sanders has won the Kansas Democratic caucuses, according to the Kansas Democratic Party, handily defeating Hillary Clinton. — The party declared Sanders the winner with 90 percent of districts reporting. Forty thousand Kansas Democrats participated in the caucuses …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, U.S. Uncut, The Week and Washington Monthly

Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:

Here's Who's Looking Strong in Today's “Super Saturday” Contests — Voters headed to the polls in five states today as Donald Trump looked to continue his march to the GOP nominating convention and Republican party leaders scrambled for ways to stop him. On the Republican side …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Associated Press and Slantpoint

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton … DETROIT — Sen. Bernie Sanders's path to the Democratic nomination may be narrowing, but his record fundraising shows no sign of slowing down, ensuring that the long-shot rival to Hillary Clinton can remain in the race for months to come.

Discussion: Politico and The Reality-Based Community

Associated Press:
Cruz wins Kansas, battles for KY in GOP fight for delegates

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Politico and New York Magazine

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Cruz gains steam with 2 wins on ‘Super Saturday’; Trump calls on Rubio to drop out

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Outside the Beltway

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Backs Rescinding Tax Breaks for Moving Jobs Overseas

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans: — Kansas — Called for Cruz, who won by 25 percentage points.

Discussion: Power Line, Infowars and Politico

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Keeps Up Pressure on Donald Trump; Bernie Sanders Takes 2 on ‘Super Saturday’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Slate, Politico, Western Journalism, RedState, The Week and Weasel Zippers

James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Despite Trump visit, Maine caucuses expected to be low-key

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico

Colin Campbell / Business Insider:

‘I want Ted one-on-one’: Donald Trump calls on Marco Rubio to drop out of race — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said Saturday that rival Marco Rubio should drop out of the race. — “I think it's time for Marco to clean the deck. I really do.

Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse

Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
WATCH: CPAC Attendees Boo And Walk Out On Ted Cruz

Discussion: addictinginfo.org and liberalamerica.org

Manuela Tobias / Politico:
Cruz crushes Trump in Kansas

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Hit & Run and ABC News

Moe Lane / RedState: BREAKING: A Surprise Winner Already Called in Kansas

Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz Crushes At Kansas Republican Caucus

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Washington Post

Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Lindsey Graham Warms Up to Ted Cruz

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Slantpoint

Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:

Rubio on Losses: ‘The Map Only Gets Better for Us’ — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Marco Rubio brushed off his disappointing night Saturday after another round of losses and insisted his fortunes would shift on March 15, when states award their delegates on a winner-take-all basis.

Discussion: Political Wire

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Rubio downplays poor Super Saturday showings — is downplaying his perfomance in the four states that held GOP caucuses or primaries on Saturday, saying that he had had long known “this would be the roughest period of the campaign.” — Speaking primarily in Spanish at a press conference in Puerto Rico …

Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo

Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Cruz takes two Super Saturday contests, Trump said to win La.

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Drinking coffee while black: Ohio cop stops black man strolling down the street -then slams him into wall — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Saying, “This is what we have to go through in Cincinnati,” a black man strolling down the street drinking a cop of coffee filmed …

Discussion: The Free Thought Project, U.S. Uncut, theGrio and addictinginfo.org

David McCabe / The Hill:

Limbaugh on Trump: Much bigger upside than downside — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Sunday that there's a “much bigger upside than downside” in the Republican presidential candidacy of real estate developer Donald Trump — “I think with the case of Trump …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and JustOneMinute

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Clinton, on her private server, wrote 104 emails the government says are classified … Hillary Clinton wrote 104 emails that she sent using her private server while secretary of state that the government has since said contain classified information, according to a new Washington Post analysis …

Discussion: Power Line, NBC News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

Donald the Dangerous — IS there any scarier nightmare than President Donald J. Trump in a tense international crisis, indignant and impatient, with his sweaty finger on the nuclear trigger? — “Trump is a danger to our national security,” John B. Bellinger III, legal adviser …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Daily Kos

Daniel Boffey / Observer:

Russia ‘stoking refugee unrest in Germany to topple Angela Merkel’ — Analysts at Nato centre claim to have found evidence of ‘information war’ over migration crisis with links to Vladimir Putin — Russia is trying to topple Angela Merkel by waging an information war designed to stir …

Discussion: Sputnik International, Guardian and Business Insider

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:

MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWD to See Trump in Orlando - 10,000+ Pack CFE Arena — The line to get into the Trump Orlando rally today was 10 blocks long. — The program began today about 1:20 p.m. with invocation and prayer that Trump is elected followed by Pledge of Allegiance.