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6:25 AM ET, March 9, 2016

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Elizabeth Wilner / The Cook Political Report:

Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge — The grid below by CMAG's Mitchell West lays out a GOP-sponsored “anti-Trump” air campaign that is growing by the week, from 9% of all Republican TV spots (individual airings of commercials) by all advertisers in the presidential race during the first week in February …

Discussion: Washington Post

Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally — We've written about Donald Trump's uniquely terrible general election fundamentals before, as a complement to his worst-in-the-field numbers versus Hillary Clinton. That hypothetical head-to-head data doesn't mean …

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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump Holds Three-Point Lead Over Ted Cruz in GOP Race, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds — Primary voters say they would prefer any of businessman's rivals in a one-on-one contest — Donald Trump holds a narrow, three-point lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …

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Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:

Most Americans agree Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’ — Just over half of Americans agree with Mitt Romney that Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’, but Republicans disagree … As the Trump campaign maintained its strong momentum Republican heavyhitters Mitt Romney and John McCain blasted the frontrunner in unusually blunt language.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, New York Times and Slantpoint

Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Poll: Romney helps more than hurts Trump with Republicans

Discussion: EveryJoe, Western Journalism, Plain Dealer, Washington Post and The Week

Donald Trump / Yahoo Politics:
Trump romps in Michigan and Mississippi, tightening his grip on the nomination

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CBS News:
Live updates: Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, Hawaii Republican contests

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ABC News:
Republican Primary Exit Poll Analysis

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rubio On CNN Story: “They Just Made It Up”

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Associated Press:
Sanders Is Surprise Victor in Michigan; Trump Keeps Winning

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Prospects Ascendant, Though Perhaps Not With Senate Peers

Discussion: Algemeiner.com, Politico, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Post and National Review

Windy City Media Group:

Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans — The second sibling of the filmmaking duo known as The Wachowskis has come out as transgender. — Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana, 50, came out in a statement to Windy City Times, after being threatened with outing by other media.

Discussion: The Verge, Advocate, Refinery29, Slantpoint, Deadline, Human Rights Campaign, Towleroad, Mashable, Guardian and Just Jared

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Sanders may pull off huge upset in Michigan [UPDATED: Sanders wins] — Heading into today's Michigan primary, the Real Clear Politics poll average showed Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders by 21 points. Yet with more than 60 percent of the vote (or the precincts, I'm not certain which), reported, Sanders is leading Clinton.

Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams

ABC News:
Democratic Primary Exit Poll Analysis

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Jon / Common Dreams:
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours

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Associated Press:
Voices From Voters as They Cast Primary Ballots in 4 States

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh

Tegna / WZZM-TV:

Amid high turnout, Michigan primary precinct runs out of Democratic ballots in mix-up … GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Polling places are busy on this primary election day in Michigan, with some locations reportedly running out of ballots. — Multiple callers at Plainfield Township precinct No. 3 …

Discussion: Guardian, Lansing State Journal, U.S. Uncut and Raw Story

Bryce Covert / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Senator Holds Up Aid For Flint Because Residents ‘Have All The Government Resources They Need’

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Michigan Radio and The Daily Signal

Kira Lerner / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Flint Polling Places Ran Out Of Ballots, Turned Voters Away

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CNN:

Idaho pastor shooting: Suspect arrested at White House fence — (CNN)Kyle Andrew Odom, the suspect in the shooting of an Idaho pastor, was taken into custody Tuesday at the White House, a source at the U.S. Secret Service told CNN. — Odom was taken into custody by the Secret Service …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Victor Morton / Washington Times:

Suspect in shooting of Ted Cruz rally pastor arrested at White House — The man suspected of shooting a prominent Idaho evangelical pastor was arrested Tuesday outside the White House hours after claiming his victim was a Martian. — Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested in Washington, D.C. …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio — 's campaign has filed a lawsuit against Ohio's secretary of state to allow 17-year olds to vote in the Democratic primary on March 15, according to a CNN report. — Sanders's campaign manager told reporters in Michigan on Tuesday …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Times, Townhall.com and Liberty Unyielding

CNN:
Sanders files suit against Ohio secretary of state in push to allow 17-year-olds to vote

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Keith Olbermann / Washington Post:

I can't stand to live in a Trump building anymore — Keith Olbermann is a news and sports commentator and reporter. — Okay, Donnie, you win. — I'm moving out. — Not moving out of the country — not yet anyway. I'm merely moving out of one of New York's many buildings slathered …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Mediaite and Raw Story

Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:

Stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist — Israeli man hospitalized in moderate condition after Petah Tikva attack — An Israeli man who was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon in a terror attack in Petah Tikva managed to remove the knife fromn his neck and use …

Discussion: Jerusalem Post, Fox News, Jihad Watch, The Atlantic, Knowledge is Power, Weasel Zippers, Pamela Geller, Mediaite, EveryJoe, The Daily Caller and The Week

Michael Kruse / Politico:

Trump on Nancy Reagan: ‘She was never very beautiful’ — Earlier this week, after the death of Nancy Reagan, Donald Trump on Twitter called her “the wife of a truly great President” and “an amazing woman.” — “She will be missed!” he wrote. — In 2004, though, Trump wasn't as enthusiastic …

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:

FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting — BEND - An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.

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Valerie Edwards For / Daily Mail:

Hero woman shoots her stalker in the throat after desperate chase through mall that began when he started following her in food court — Ganobick got into her car and pulled out a knife and she pulled out a gun and shot him in the neck and buttocks — A Kentucky woman heroically turned …

Discussion: LewRockwell

Marissa Horn / USA Today:

Walking while texting can be deadly, study shows — Everyone knows cell phones in cars can be deadly. And now, a new study suggests that mobile devices are killing more pedestrians, too. — A 10-percent spike in pedestrian fatalities in the first six months of last year …

Kenneth Chang / New York Times:

Jeff Bezos Lifts Veil on His Rocket Company, Blue Origin — KENT, Wash. — The headquarters of Blue Origin, the secretive rocket company in an industrial park here, is anonymous, with not even a sign at the road to announce the occupants. — On Tuesday, for the first time, Blue Origin …

Discussion: The Verge