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11:00 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — The 2016 campaign has bewildered and captivated George W. Bush.  At home in Dallas, the 43rd president rises before dawn and reads political news online.  He fires off emails to his old advisers …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Southern Political Report:
Opinion Savvy Poll Conducted for Augusta Chronicle, Morris News and FOX 5 Atlanta: Trumps Holds Substantial Lead in South Carolina; Battle for Second is Tight  —  An Opinion Savvy poll of likely South Carolina voters in next Saturday's Republican Primary there continues to show Donald Trump leading by a relatively wide margin.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration  —  Some of the biggest Republican donors, who collectively have contributed tens of millions of dollars to shape the presidential race, are tightening their purse strings out of frustration with their inability to boost their favored candidates, or to slow Donald Trump.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:   Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump and Cruz Trade Punches as South Carolina Turns Fierce
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Hot Air and The Hill
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Leads GOP Field In South Carolina By 16 Points After NH Win
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police  —  CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said.  —  Police say the 17-year-old boy connected …
Discussion: KTLA, Q13 FOX News, Fox 59 and KFOR-TV
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists  —  The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton: I knew a different Trump in New York
Discussion: Political Wire
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Apparently we should get on a boat and leave America ASAP
Gary J. Bass / Politico:
Henry Kissinger Feels the Bern  —  Of all the dastardly deeds for which Henry Kissinger can be blamed, here's an especially odd one: he made Hillary Clinton lose a foreign policy debate with Bernie Sanders.  Last night at the Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee …
Discussion: Power Line and Liberal Values
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Lawrence Korb / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is More Serious on Foreign Policy Than You Think
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough-Donald Trump friendship increasing source of discomfort at NBC  —  Last November, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough sat on stage at the 92nd Street Y in New York and recounted the various times he had given Donald Trump political advice.  —  “I've actually called him up and said …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough Explains What Black Voters Want To Head Of Urban League (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Hill and The Week
Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Young blacks more open to Bernie Sanders' White House bid
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court  —  Donald Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of one of his primary rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to run for president.  —  The lawsuit, filed Feb. 3 at a district court in Alabama …
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Madeleine Albright / New York Times:
My Undiplomatic Moment  —  I HAVE spent much of my career as a diplomat.  It is an occupation in which words and context matter a great deal.  So one might assume I know better than to tell a large number of women to go to hell.  —  But last Saturday, in the excitement of a campaign event …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Kate Taylor / New York Times:
At Success Academy School, a Stumble in Math and a Teacher's Anger on Video  —  In the video, a first-grade class sits cross-legged in a circle on a brightly colored rug.  One of the girls has been asked to explain to the class how she solved a math problem, but she has gotten confused.
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Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
Moskowitz defends another widely criticized ‘anomaly’ in her schools
Discussion: Washington Post
Kevin Tucker / WTKR-TV:
A Newport News woman wins big off of a scratch off that her friend didn't want  —  Newport News Va., — Lucille Harrelson won $100,000 off of a scratch off that her friend rejected.  —  Harrelson and some of her friends went to the store to buy some scratch offs.
Discussion: WGN-TV
The Columbus Dispatch:
911 calls detail horrific scene of machete attack at restaurant  —  Calls to 911 in a restaurant where a man wielding a machete injured four people described a chaotic scene.  Kids were dragged to safety.  Injuries to some victims were severe.  —  There were also stories of heroism from the incident.
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Jim Gilmore ends campaign for president  —  Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced he is suspending his campaign for president.  —  “My campaign was intended to offer the gubernatorial experience, with the track record of a true conservative, experienced in national security, to unite the party.”
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Cooper Allen / USA Today:
Jim Gilmore drops out of GOP presidential race
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
First Nevada Poll In Weeks Shows Sanders Tied With Clinton  —  A Washington Free Beacon/TargetPoint Consulting poll released Friday shows between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sander (I-VT) in Nevada.  It's the first poll conducted in the state this year.
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Scot Lehigh / BostonGlobe.com:
Slow and steady won Clinton the debate
Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
No Joke: Trump Can Win Plenty of Latinos  —  A new poll of Latino GOPers puts Trump ahead.  Way ahead.  And yes, there's an explanation, in the fault lines within the Latino community.  —  Latinos for Trump?  Oh yeah, that's a thing.  —  Keep in mind three points.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Harry Reid calls on Alan Grayson to drop out  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday pressed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) to drop his Senate bid amid scrutiny surrounding his hedge fund, according to a statement provided to The Hill.  —  Reid challenged Grayson's progressive credentials …
Gary Ridley / MLive.com:
Flint water switch approved despite DEQ health warnings a year earlier  —  FLINT, MI - State officials warned of potential health problems if Flint were to switch to the Flint River as its drinking water source, but the move went ahead with the state's blessing despite the concerns …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary wore yellow debate jacket when meeting Goldman Sachs CEO  —  Hillary Clinton apparently sported the same mustard-colored yellow jacket to Thursday's Democratic presidential debate that she wore while photographed in 2014 next to the CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Hollywood Reporter:
Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive)  —  ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama (featuring at least one orgy scene).  —  Apple is making its first original television show.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Philippe Reines rips Beltway media, Erik Wemple Blog for ‘hypocrisy’  —  Earlier this week, Gawker reporter J.K. Trotter highlighted a new set of documents exposing the inner workings of Beltway journalism.  Using documents procured through FOIA, Trotter showed how then-Atlantic contributing …
Kathryn Watson / The Daily Caller:
An Entire Agency Poisoned By Clinton's Disregard For Security  —  Watch What Happens When 1,400 People Are Told Their Jobs Are Going To Mexico  —  Cruz Spokeswoman Praises ‘Ted Trump’  —  ‘He is conservative.  He is a man of faith.  He is a man of conviction’  —  Ted Cruz's Latest Ad Features A Porn Star
Discussion: BizPac Review and Instapundit
 
 
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Isabel Wilkerson / New York Times:
Emmett Till and Tamir Rice, Sons of the Great Migration
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Erica Garner:
Erica Garner's Commercial Endorsing Bernie Sanders for President
John Fund / National Review:
Undercover Video Shows Why New Hampshire Needs Stronger Voter-ID Laws
Discussion: The PolitiStick and Hot Air
Lauren French / Politico:
Black caucus PAC shuns endorsement of Donna Edwards
Discussion: Washington Post
Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Bill Clinton downplays Obama as first black president
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Team Jeb: Rubio is a phony on family values given some of the hip-hop he listens to; Update: Team Jeb responds
Adan Salazar / Infowars:
‘Bern like hell’: Satanists Rally Behind Socialist Bernie Sanders
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Thwarted By The Courts, Kris Kobach Finds Yet Another Way To Restrict Voting
 Earlier Items: 
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Jake Tapper's interview with the DNC Chair on superdelegates and the train wreck that followed
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Pope arrives in Cuba for first-ever meeting with the Russian patriarch
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Week
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rubio remotely blocks Mexico ambassador nominee while campaigning
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Clinton turned Sanders's attacks on her Wall Street ties into a game of chicken. And she won.
Discussion: Scripting News
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Inside The Most Important Supreme Court Case In Human History
Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Writer Pens Trump Victory Speech
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico