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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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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 …
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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter on ‘jarring’ physical altercation with top Trump aide: ‘I was shaken’
Reporter on ‘jarring’ physical altercation with top Trump aide: ‘I was shaken’
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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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Inside Edition:
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 …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Man Charged With Assault For Sucker-Punching Black Protester At Trump Rally — John McGraw, 78, was arrested and charged Thursday with assault and battery and disorderly conduct after he allegedly punched a black protester at Donald Trump's rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, according to local TV station WNCN.
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Man charged with assaulting protester during Trump rally in Fayetteville
Man charged with assaulting protester during Trump rally in Fayetteville
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Nate Rodgers / WNCN:
78-year-old NC man charged with punching protester at Fayetteville Trump rally
78-year-old NC man charged with punching protester at Fayetteville Trump rally
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Punch of Trump Protester in North Carolina Sparks Police Probe
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Video Appears To Show White Trump Supporter Sucker-Punch Black Protester (VIDEO)
Video Appears To Show White Trump Supporter Sucker-Punch Black Protester (VIDEO)
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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 …
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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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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 …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate
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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.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama zeroes in on court pick
Obama zeroes in on court pick
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade
Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade
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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 …
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.
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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
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Trump's rise not my fault
Obama: Trump's rise not my fault
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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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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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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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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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Camille Paglia / Salon:
I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP front-runner's refreshing candor (and his impetuousness, too) — But his fearlessness and brash energy also seem necessary and rare — I'm dying for an update from you on Donald Trump. Last summer you called him “not a president” and a “carnival barker.”
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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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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Ohio's ‘dirty little secret’: blue-collar Democrats for Trump — If Donald Trump wins the Republican Party nomination, his path to the White House will run through this working-class city with a knack for picking presidents. — No Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Sanders Campaign Says This Photo Proves Clinton Broke Rules During Univision Debate — A Bernie Sanders aide told Fox News' Ed Henry that a picture of Secretary Hillary Clinton backstage with her campaign aides during a commercial break shows that she broke the rules during Wednesday's Univision debate.
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mike Lee Endorses Ted Cruz — MIAMI — Utah Sen. Mike Lee endorsed Ted Cruz for president on Thursday afternoon. — “It's time, my fellow Americans, to expect more. It's time to expect freedom,” Lee said at the University of Miami. “It's time to elect Ted Cruz as the next president of the United States.”
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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