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7:10 PM ET, March 10, 2016

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Trump Supporter Who Punched Protester: ‘Next Time, We Might Have To Kill Him’ — The Trump supporter who was filmed sucker punching a protester during Wednesday's rally in North Carolina said: “Next time, we might have to kill him.” — Multiple videos show the protester, 26-year-old Rakeem Jones …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Little Green Footballs, addictinginfo.org, Mashable, U.S. Uncut and Fusion

Michelle Fields / Breitbart:

In Her Own Words — On Tuesday night, I went to cover Donald Trump's press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. I was looking to cover the event like I have covered many live political events for Breitbart News, including an uneventful Trump press conference in Palm Beach the week before.

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

Inside Trump's inner circle, his staffers are willing to fight for him. Literally. — JUPITER, Fla. — The original Trump crew, the four who had been there from the start, stood at the fringe of the news conference, watching as their boss trash-talked his competitors …

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Exclusive: Transcript of female Breitbart reporter allegedly being roughed up by Trump campaign manager — Donald Trump's spokesperson flatly denied on Thursday that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski roughed up a reporter for the conservative website Breitbart, and suggested she was fabricating …

Discussion: Gawker, Little Green Footballs, Townhall.com, RedState, Raw Story, Politically Speaking, Mediaite, The Right Scoop, EveryJoe and Independent Journal Review, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Wm / Washington Post:

Trump protester sucker-punched at North Carolina rally, videos show — Multiple videos show a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina being sucker-punched by a Trump supporter. — The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday and are shot from different perspectives …

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Breitbart Rolls Over After Reporter ‘Grabbed’ By Trump Aide — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his outsider juggernaut seem to be doing much more than reinventing the rules of politics and terrifying the Washington establishment. — The reality television billionaire might …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState, Mediaite, The Right Scoop, addictinginfo.org, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

WRAL-TV:
Man charged with assaulting protester during Trump rally in Fayetteville

Discussion: RedState, Washington Post, Right Wing Watch, New York Magazine and addictinginfo.org

Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo: Man Charged With Assault For Sucker-Punching Black Protester At Trump Rally

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter on ‘jarring’ physical altercation with top Trump aide: ‘I was shaken’

Discussion: alan.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Arturo Garcia / Raw Story: Trump supporter threatens protester after sucker-punch: ‘Next time we see him, we might have to kill him’

Nate Rodgers / WNCN:
78-year-old NC man charged with punching protester at Fayetteville Trump rally

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Suffolk University:

Suffolk University Poll: Trump Leading GOP Field in Sunshine State — Heading into next Tuesday's Florida primary, Donald Trump continues to lead his three major opponents in this crucial winner-take-all-delegate contest, according to a Suffolk University poll of likely Republican primary voters.

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Washington Times

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mike Lee Endorses Ted Cruz

Discussion: The Atlantic, Weasel Zippers, Independent Journal Review, Allen B. West, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Resurgent, Western Journalism, The Week, The Right Scoop and Guardian

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
First on CNN: Cruz super PAC decides attacking Rubio in Florida isn't worth it

Discussion: The Last Refuge

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Birther Joseph Farah: Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Can Run For President Because He ‘Loves America’

Discussion: WND, Danthropology and Mediaite

Tkurzweil / KTLA:

Video Shows Mid-Air Passenger Brawl Aboard LAX Bound Spirit Airlines Flight — Cellphone video captured a brawl that broke out between passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles Wednesday. — The video showed a group of women throwing punches and pulling each other's hair …

Discussion: Washington Post

Los Angeles Times:

Complaint over loud ‘boom box’ music leads to 5-woman brawl on Spirit Airlines flight — Five women fought aboard a Spirit Arlines flight that later landed in Los Angeles. — The two intoxicated women blasted music from a “boom box” on board the Spirit Airlines flight Wednesday morning from Baltimore to Los Angeles.

Discussion: CBS Los Angeles

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

The Obama Doctrine — Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America's reign as the world's sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Weekly Standard, Fusion, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Western Journalism, Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller, The Times of Israel, The National Interest, Hot Air, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Politico, neo-neocon and The Week

Snejana Farberov For / Daily Mail:
Obama compares ISIS to Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight saying they just 'just want to set …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Jihad Watch, Business Insider, NBC News and Infowars

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Ben Carson plans to endorse Trump — Woman asks about reuniting families … MIAMI — Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who recently suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to two people familiar with his thinking.

Discussion: Business Insider and The Daily Caller

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Jeb Aide Burns Trump Supporter: 'You're Sitting In A Booster Chair!' (VIDEO)

Discussion: Raw Story

Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:

A Simple Model for Predicting Hillary Clinton's Vote in the March 15 Democratic Primaries — A simple model based on two predictors — the racial composition of the Democratic primary electorate and a dummy variable for region — explain over 90% of the variance in Hillary Clinton's vote share …

Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate

Discussion: Vox, New Yorker, Grist, TheStreet.com, USA TODAY College, Infowars, Taylor Marsh and The Week

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FLASHBACK: Reagan Trailed Carter 58% to 33% in March 1980

Discussion: Allen B. West

David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:

Brody File Exclusive: Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Voters Have “relatively low information” And Are “not that engaged” — GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz tells The Brody File that the reason Donald Trump is performing well in the GOP race for president is because his voters are uninformed and not engaged in the process.

Discussion: Fox News, Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge, CNN, RedState, FOX News Radio, Western Journalism, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Politico and Mother Jones

Sarah Palin / Facebook:
GOP Majority Voters in Primary are Wayyyyyy Beneath Cruz, So Says Cruz

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

The Right Scoop:
WATCH: Carly Fiorina calls out Fox News for their Trump bias

Discussion: RedState and Western Journalism

Steve Guest / The Daily Caller:

Obama: ‘I Certainly Have Not Contributed To’ Dividing The Country [VIDEO] — Obama: ‘I Certainly Have Not Contributed To’ Dividing The Country — Mizzou Loses 1,500 Students, Is Flat Broke Following Campus Protests — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION | BLAKE NEFF

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, American Spectator and Infowars

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

GOP Senator: Of Course We'd Consider SCOTUS Nom If Obama Were Republican! — During a Thursday morning radio interview, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) candidly explained that Senate Republicans would take a different approach to a Supreme Court nominee if a Republican president were in office and replacing a conservative justice.

Discussion: AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Slantpoint, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Shakesville, Daily Kos and The Bob and Chez Show

Prime Minister of Canada:

U.S.-Canada Joint Statement on Climate, Energy, and Arctic Leadership — Washington, D.C., United States of America — President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau share a common vision of a prosperous and sustainable North American economy, and the opportunities afforded by advancing clean growth.

Discussion: Guardian, Bloomberg Business, Grist, ThinkProgressPage Array, eNews Park Forest, Morning Consult, Common Dreams, Mother Jones, NPR, PRI, The Daily Caller and alberta.ca

Kaitlyn Schallhorn / TheBlaze.com:

Chuck Norris No Longer Will Campaign With Ted Cruz — Looks like Keep the Promise PAC can't keep its promise of a Chuck Norris appearance at a rally for Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz this weekend. — According to the pro-Cruz PAC, Norris, 75, was to attend a rally along with the GOP presidential hopeful …

Discussion: The Hill, Independent Journal Review and Western Journalism

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Chuck Norris Bails On Cruz Rally After Rumors Swirl That He's Endorsing

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

Donald Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’ — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism. — “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” …

Cale Ahearn / WPMT FOX43:

Man attempts taxi robbery with police car behind him — READING, Pa. — Taxi surveillance cameras recorded a masked man robbing a terrified taxi driver at gunpoint - but the robber forgot to look behind him. — Waiting behind the cab was Berks County Deputy Sheriff Terry Ely …

Discussion: KTLA and New York's PIX11

Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:

Bernie Sanders ‘Too Tired’ for This Syrian Refugee — Ismael Basha had waited all night to ask the candidates about their policies on the country he had fled decades ago. But when he approached Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Democrat shut him down and walked away.

Discussion: Mediaite

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
How Bernie Sanders convinced me about free college

Discussion: Mother Jones

Tom Wheeler / The Huffington Post:

It's Your Data: Empowering Consumers to Protect Online Privacy — Chairman, Federal Communications Commission — It's the age of anywhere, anytime Internet connectivity — do you know where your information is? — Whenever we go online, we share information about ourselves.

Discussion: The Hill, New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, Consumerist, Deadline, The Verge and Engadget

Sabato's Crystal Ball:

Why Donald Trump Is Winning and Why His Nomination Could Shatter the Republican Party — Alan I. Abramowitz, Ronald Rapoport, and Walter Stone, Guest Columnists March 10th, 2016 — There has never been a frontrunner for a major party nomination like Donald Trump.

Discussion: Washington Post