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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Rubio's collapse: A fateful decision that helped unravel his campaign … MIAMI — Marco Rubio had suffered three electoral thumpings in a row when the Florida senator and his image-makers abruptly shifted strategy. The aspirational candidate, whose presidential campaign was built …
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Althouse, The Pulse 2016, Eschaton and Slantpoint
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Scarborough: GOP performs on a ‘fifth-grade level’ — The Republican Party has “shattered its brand,” Joe Scarborough said Thursday. — A day after Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders respectfully contrasted their records and policy differences …
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Political Wire
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump dominates GOP race in Florida — Less than a week until the first winner-take-all Republican primaries, Donald Trump is trouncing Marco Rubio on his home turf, according to a new Fox News poll. — In the race for the Republican nomination, Trump receives 43 percent among Florida likely GOP primary voters.
NBC News:
First Read: Where Have All the Popular Candidates Gone? — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Where have all the popular candidates gone? — Almost a year since …
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Political Wire
Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
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The Week, Politico and Yahoo Politics
Washington Post:
Transcript: The Post-Univision Democratic debate, annotated
Transcript: The Post-Univision Democratic debate, annotated
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MichelleMalkin.com, Mother Jones, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Advocate, Hit & Run and TalkLeft
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
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MyDD
Tim Higgins / Bloomberg Business:
Anti-Trump Cash Floods Florida, Illinois Airwaves
Anti-Trump Cash Floods Florida, Illinois Airwaves
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Florida Politics
Associated Press:
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
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Yahoo Politics and ABC News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
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New York Magazine and Hullabaloo
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida poll shows Trump leading Rubio by 6, but lead is likely bigger
Florida poll shows Trump leading Rubio by 6, but lead is likely bigger
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New York Times, Slate, Washington Post, Naked Politics and Florida Politics
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.
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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 …
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 …
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Politico, Fusion, The Times of Israel, NBC News and The Week
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” …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Informed Comment, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Islam hates us’
Trump: ‘Islam hates us’
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ThinkProgressPage Array, Slate, Mediaite and CNN
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
‘Hot Felon’ Jeremy Meeks released from federal prison and gets job offers — Jeremy Meeks, right, known as the “hot felon,” was released from prison Tuesday. — A convicted felon whose handsome booking photo went viral was released from federal prison this week, and he is now entertaining job offers.
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.
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KTLA, New York's PIX11, CBS Los Angeles and CBS Baltimore
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade — Senate GOP leaders are making the case to their members this week that their decision to ignore President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is not just a principled stance, but a politically beneficial one, too.
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Richard A. Posner / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court is a political court. Republicans' actions are proof.
Joe Holden / WPXI-TV:
BREAKING: 5 dead, 3 hurt in Wilkinsburg mass shooting — WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Five people are dead and three people are hurt after a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night, Allegheny County police said. — Emergency dispatchers confirmed that police and seven ambulances were called to Franklin Avenue just before 11 p.m.
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ThinkProgressPage Array, The Atlantic, NBC News, KFOR-TV, Scared Monkeys, New York Times, fox4kc.com, NPR, New York's PIX11 and The Week
Eric Bradner / CNN:
5 takeaways from the Democratic debate — Clinton and Sanders both broke with the Obama White House and pledged to halt the deportations of undocumented immigrants who don't have criminal records — Miami (CNN)There were few softballs Wednesday night for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
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CBS Philly
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New York Times:
In the Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Clash on Immigration
In the Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Clash on Immigration
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Liberty Unyielding, Outside the Beltway, Salon, ImmigrationProf Blog and rubber hose
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton: I won't deport children or non-criminals
Clinton: I won't deport children or non-criminals
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The Hill and Yahoo Politics
TMZ.com:
Arrested During Sexual Assault Raid — Chumlee from “Pawn Stars” has been arrested for guns and drugs after police raided his home while investigating an alleged sexual assault ... TMZ has learned. — Las Vegas Metro PD says officers showed up at his home Wednesday afternoon with a search warrant …
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FOX2now.com, Independent Journal Review and New York's PIX11
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Ricardo Torres / LasVegasSun.com:
‘Pawn Stars’ celeb Chumlee arrested during raid, faces drug charges
‘Pawn Stars’ celeb Chumlee arrested during raid, faces drug charges
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Deadline and Just Jared
Kathy Ehrich Dowd / People.com:
Dustin Hoffman Breaks Down on Finding Your Roots After Learning Painful Family History: ‘They All Survived for Me to Be Here’ — As a boy, Dustin Hoffman's father hid his painful family history from his son. — But now, thanks to Finding Your Roots, the Oscar-winning actor at long …
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Raw Story, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Algemeiner.com
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
With Bernie's Michigan Win, It's a Different Democratic Race Now — Sanders walloped Clinton in Michigan among independents and voters under 40, winning his first important state. What does it portend? — OK, Sanders people, want me to eat crow? Trust me, I already have.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
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Washington Post, naked capitalism, Slantpoint, Raw Story and NPR
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 …
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ThinkProgressPage Array and twitchy.com
Stuart Ramsay / Sky News:
IS Registration Forms Identify 22,000 Jihadis — Tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been obtained by Sky News. — Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the UK …
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Guardian, Hot Air, New York Times, The Free Thought Project, Telegraph, France 24, Pamela Geller, Reuters and Mediaite
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 …
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New York's PIX11 and KTLA