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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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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
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.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
Donald Trump Attacks Muslims: ‘Islam Hates Us’
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate — THE BIG IDEA: — During their two-hour debate in Miami last night, Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders for siding with both the Castro brothers and the Koch brothers. — The Democratic front-runner attacked …
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Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Jorge Ramos asks Hillary Clinton: Will you drop out of the race if you get indicted?
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
With Bernie's Michigan Win, It's a Different Democratic Race Now
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
5 takeaways from the Democratic debate
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New York Times, CBS Philly and ImmigrationProf Blog
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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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Video Shows Mid-Air Passenger Brawl Aboard LAX Bound Spirit Airlines Flight
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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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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
Trump Supporter Punches Protester In Face At North Carolina Rally
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Talking Points Memo
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.
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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.
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
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Politico, Yahoo Politics and ABC News
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Trump pivots to general election, in his own unorthodox way
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Gallup:
Obama's Job Approval at Highest Level Since May 2013 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama earned a 50% job approval rating for the week ending March 6, his highest weekly average since May 2013. — Obama's current 50% weekly average exceeds the 46% he averaged in his seventh year in office …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's Approval Rating Hits Almost Three-Year High
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Balloon Juice
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.
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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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Ricardo Torres / LasVegasSun.com:
‘Pawn Stars’ celeb Chumlee arrested during raid, faces drug charges
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Deadline, Scared Monkeys and Just Jared
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
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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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Claim: Hillary Grand Jury Looking Into Political Corruption — As many as 150 FBI Agents on Hillary's Case — Illegal Alien Released Due To Paperwork Mix-Up Allegedly Slaughters Five In Kansas City And Missouri — Alleged killer was in police custody in September — COULTER: Springtime For Pundits
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Union Officials Admit They Let Veterans Die Rather Than Talk To Republicans
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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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