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5:15 PM ET, February 11, 2016

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Associated Press:
Rubio Eyes Brokered Convention After NH Setback  —  The best hope of the Republican establishment just a week ago, Marco Rubio suddenly faces a path to his party's presidential nomination that could require a brokered national convention.  —  That's according to Rubio's campaign manager …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
SC Poll: Trump 32, Cruz 26, Rubio 20, Bush 10  —  I've just heard from a political operative whom I've known a long time and whose integrity I trust.  This person is working with an organization—not one of the campaigns—that was in the field (using a very reputable pollster) Wednesday night in South Carolina.
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Stephen Colbert offers Bernie Sanders advice on how to win South Carolina  —  A day after his 22-point victory over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, Bernie Sanders took a victory lap in New York City, which included a soul food summit with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a sit-down with the ladies of …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Andrew Shain / The State:
EXCLUSIVE: Former President Bush making SC campaign debut for brother next week
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and Political Wire
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP doubts grow about Rubio
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eliza Collins / Politico:
A wounded Rubio goes on the attack against Trump
Mother Jones:
Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders  —  Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the progressive icon who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement, on Thursday dismissed Sen. Bernie Sanders' participation in that movement.
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Sanders now a threat  —  In what now seems a mandatory part of any Clinton campaign, panic has set in.  Tied in the Iowa caucuses and decimated in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton's presidential juggernaut has once again veered into a ditch, just like it did eight years ago.
Kasie Hunt / NBC News:
Sanders: Obama Hasn't Closed ‘Presidential Leadership Gap’  —  NEW YORK, N.Y. — Bernie Sanders says the aim of his political revolution is to bring more people into the political process than President Barack Obama, arguing that he can close a presidential leadership gap that's persisted …
ABC News:
The Note: Democratic Fight Night in Wisconsin  —  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will share a stage tonight at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for their sixth debate of the campaign.  The two are meeting for the first time since the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses in a debate hosted by PBS News.
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Asks Black Pastors for Salvation
Discussion: USA Today, NPR and Washington Post
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested by FBI in Portland  —  Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who touched off one armed showdown with federal authorities and applauded another started in Oregon by his sons, was arrested late Wednesday at Portland International Airport and faces federal charges related to the 2014 standoff at his ranch.
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Beth Anne Steele / FBI:
FBI Arrests All Remaining Occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Washington Post:
Cliven Bundy arrested as Oregon refuge occupation nears possible ending
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Clinton Foundation received subpoena from State Department investigators  —  Investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation last fall seeking documents about the charity's projects that may have required approval …
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Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
A key reason young people don't support Hillary Clinton? They don't have daughters.
Ktvtdeborah / CBS Dallas:
Sources: Jim Webb May Announce Presidential Candidacy Again  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Is he ready to run, again?  Former presidential candidate Jim Webb may be ready to get back in the race.  He's expected to discuss the possibility right here in North Texas today.
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Trail Blazers Blog:
Jim Webb won't make independent bid for White House
dfwworld.org:
Senator Jim Webb - The Five Most Important Principles for Foreign Policy
Discussion: New York Times
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hispanic celebs rip GOP field in open letter
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Raw Story
Ben Howe / RedState:   Donald Trump Financed The Gang of 8
Matthew Francis / The Atlantic:
The Dawn of a New Era in Science  —  More than a billion years ago, in a galaxy that sits more than a billion light-years away, two black holes spiraled together and collided.  We can't see this collision, but we know it happened because, as Albert Einstein predicted a century ago …
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Tim Radford / Guardian:
Gravitational waves: discovery hailed as breakthrough of the century
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Alan Grayson's Double Life: Congressman and Hedge Fund Manager  —  WASHINGTON — The hedge fund manager boasted that he had traveled to “every country” in the world, studying overseas stock markets as he fine-tuned an investment strategy to capitalize on global companies' suffering because of economic or political turmoil.
Tasnim News Agency:
US Republicans Had Urged Iran to Delay Prisoner Swap, Shamkhani Says  —  TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said a recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the US went ahead as planned despite calls by Republicans for a delay until US presidential elections.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Iranian Official Says GOPers Tried To Stall Prisoner Swap For 2016 Election
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
After Cracking Under Pressure, Marco Rubio's Molar Gets a Campaign Trail Fix  —  Twix bar is the culprit; S.C. dentist fills in until Florida senator can return home  —  OKATIE, S.C. — The fierce contest for the Republican presidential nomination has claimed its latest casualty: Marco Rubio's back tooth.
Discussion: The Week and Mashable
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Goes After Trump on Experience, Vulgarities
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Berlin Film Festival jury questioned over diversity  —  BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin International Film Festival became embroiled in the debate about diversity in the movie industry Thursday, with jury president Meryl Streep dismissing questions about the all-white panel by telling reporters that “we're all Africans really.”
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Heidi Cruz Bizarrely Rants About How Ted Will Show America ‘The Face of God’  —  Seeing as how Ted Cruz's father Rafael is a preacher and that the candidate has a solid base of evangelical supporters, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Cruz's wife Heidi has been lobbying the religious influence …
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Obama interview: ‘Maybe I could have done ... a little better’  —  President Barack Obama speaks about partisanship and race Feb. 10, 2016, with colleagues from his time in the Illinois Senate.  (Brian Nguyen and Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)  —  He had just given an hourlong speech calling …
Meg Wagner / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Texas lawyer Dick Cheney shot 10 years ago goes quail hunting for the first time since accident — but he still hasn't gotten an apology from the former VP  —  The Texas lawyer Dick Cheney sprayed with birdshot during a traumatic 2006 hunting trip recently bagged his first quail since …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
 
 
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Kasich responds to Bush's attacks on Medicaid expansion
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