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

9:05 PM ET, March 5, 2016

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

How Donald Trump broke Fox News' debate rules — Donald Trump consulted with his campaign manager during the first commercial break at Thursday night's Republican debate, violating ground rules from Fox News stating that candidates would not be allowed to have contact with their campaigns, rival campaign sources told CNNMoney.

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Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

WATCH: CPAC Attendees Boo And Walk Out On Ted Cruz — CPAC is a mess. — The conservative movement loves to call themselves insurgents but they can't spoon it up when it comes to half their audience supporting Donald Trump. — A sizable number of attendees at a Ted Cruz speech booed …

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Associated Press:

Cruz wins Kansas, battles for KY in GOP fight for delegates — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ted Cruz claimed an easy victory in Kansas and battled with Donald Trump for Kentucky in Saturday's four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president.

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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 …

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Moe Lane / RedState:

BREAKING: A Surprise Winner Already Called in Kansas — Not a single, blessed thing. AoSHQDD has called the race for Ted Cruz, with Donald Trump in second, and Marco Rubio in third. I didn't give the numbers yet because they're unexpected: Cruz at this point is hovering around having …

Elianayjohnson / National Review:

Lindsey Graham Warms Up to Ted Cruz — It's a terrible cliché: Politics makes strange bedfellows. But it was just a few weeks ago that South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham likened the choice between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as his party's nominee to that between being shot or poisoned.

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Manuela Tobias / Politico:

Cruz wins Kansas — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Kansas Republican caucuses, according to the Associated Press. — Of the five states that have held GOP caucuses so far, this is Cruz's third win, and his fifth primary contest overall. On Tuesday, he scored his home state of Texas, as well as Alaska and Oklahoma.

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

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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz wins CPAC straw poll

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Dave Helling / Kansas City Star:
Cruz easily wins Kansas Republican caucuses; Democrats tallying results

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Dan Spencer / RedState:
Cruz Wins Kansas GOP Caucus

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Wins Kansas Caucuses as 5 States Vote on ‘Super Saturday’

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump broke debate rules: report

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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz looks to take on Rubio, on the fellow senator's Florida turf

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Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:

Poll for anti-Donald Trump group finds narrowing Republican presidential race in Florida — A new poll by an anti-Donald Trump group has found a narrowing Republican presidential race in Florida, suggesting the barrage of TV ads by the group and its allies might be taking effect.

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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:

Let Us Dispel With the Idea that the Rubiobot Knows What He's Doing. He Has No Idea What He's Doing. — This article about how Marco Rubio's floundering Florida campaign is about to GET SERIOUS (actual quote from Rubio backer: “It's time to open the can of whoop-ass.") is comedy gold from which you'll learn something.

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Orlando Sentinel:
Trump rally draws thousands to UCF

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Inside Ted Cruz's plan to sink Marco Rubio in Florida

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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWD to See Trump in Orlando - 10,000+ Pack CFE Arena

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Slams CNN Reporter For Asking Questions About Trump At CPAC (VIDEO)

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio trails by 5 in Florida poll conducted for anti-Trump group

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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:

Despite Trump visit, Maine caucuses expected to be low-key — As Maine goes, so goes the nation. — One hundred years ago, Maine was known as the nation's political bellwether. But in the 2016 presidential race, the state is merely expected to follow New England's lead in the state's weekend caucuses.

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post: Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bernie's bounce-back weekend

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Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project:

VIDEO: What Walking Down the Street Drinking Coffee is Like for a Black Man in a Police State — Cincinnati, OH — An Ohio man was merely trying to walk down the street and drink his coffee last month when he became the target of a Cincinnati police officer.

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

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Sanders: GOP debates sound like ‘6th-grade food fight’ — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — mocked Republican White House hopefuls Saturday for sounding like a bunch of sixth graders at their recent debate in Detroit. — Sanders told MLive and The Grand Rapids Free Press …

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Timothy Egan / New York Times:

The Beast Is Us — You heard the word “scary” used a lot this week, that and much more. Not from the usual scolds. Or Democrats. The loudest alarms came from desperate, panicked Republicans, warning of the man who is destroying the Party of Lincoln before our eyes.

Marianne Zumberge / Variety:

Louis C.K. Compares Donald Trump to Hitler: 'He's an Insane Bigot' — Louis C.K. is the latest public figure to criticize Donald Trump, calling him an “insane bigot” and comparing him to Adolf Hitler. — In a Saturday morning email blast announcing the sixth episode of his web series …

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Mtschnyder / CBS Dallas:

Glenn Beck Under Investigation For Alleged Threat Against Trump — DALLAS (CBS11) - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck is under investigation after a comment he made on his radio show when talking about GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Beck says his comment was not directed towards the presidential candidate.

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Eliza Collins / Politico:

Bergdahl's lawyers request to interview Trump — Bowe Bergdahl's defense has requested to interview Donald Trump. — Franklin D. Rosenblatt, who is representing Bergdahl, sent a letter to the billionaire Saturday requesting to interview Trump over derogatory public comments …

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