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8:55 AM ET, February 12, 2016

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton to Sanders at debate: Get real  —  MILWAUKEE — A low-key debate turned fiery at the very end on Thursday night as Hillary Clinton unleashed a series of points to try and paint Bernie Sanders as opposed to President Barack Obama — a tack that Sanders forcefully rebutted.
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Matt Rourke / Los Angeles Times:
Sanders would expand government by 40%, Clinton charges in debate  —  Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally Feb. 9 in Hooksett, N.H.  —  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders opened a high-stakes debate Thursday, with the Democrats' putative front-runner seeking to regain her momentum …
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Super PAC makes big play to lift Hillary Clinton in primary states  —  The main super PAC supporting Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is making its first significant foray into the 2016 primary, launching a radio campaign in South Carolina and spearheading a $4.5 million effort …
Discussion: Political Wire
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Hard road ahead for Trump  —  He finished a close second in Iowa, romped to a blowout victory in New Hampshire and leads the polls in South Carolina.  —  But the Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in the four early states …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Hillary has big dreams, too  —  Hillary Clinton should respond to the results of the New Hampshire primary by finding her voice and sharing her dreams, as she did in her closing case to Granite State voters when she asked them to imagine the America that can be if we aspire to the great deeds …
Associated Press:
Kasich Works to Assure South Carolina of Conservative Record
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Andrea Gonzales / ABC News:
Democratic Presidential Debate: 5 Moments That Mattered
Associated Press:
Debate Takeaways: Clinton, Sanders Appeal to SC, Nevada
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and abc11.com
Mother Jones:
Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
John Lewis questions Sanders on civil rights involvement
Discussion: Hot Air
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution Is Off to a Slow Start
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Cruz Campaign Removes Ad Featuring Softcore Porn Star  —  Amy Lindsay has appeared in films such as Erotic Confessions, Carnal Wishes, Secrets of a Chambermaid, and Insatiable Desires.  “Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad,” a Cruz campaign spokesman told BuzzFeed News.
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
CNN's Jake Tapper Calls Anti-Trump Headlines ‘Very Height of Elitism’  —  “I think journalistically, to not take Donald Trump seriously is a mistake,” Tapper tells TheWrap  —  CNN's Jake Tapper is not impressed with Huffington Post and New York Daily News headlines mocking Donald Trump.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: New Cruz ad hits Trump's character, accuses him of ‘sleaze’  —  (CNN)Ted Cruz will launch his most forceful attack yet against Donald Trump in a TV ad that accuses Trump of buying political influence “in a pattern of sleaze stretching back decades.”
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
'You didn't hear this from me, but. . .': Why South Carolina primary politics are so dirty.  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Here's a story, the gist of which will sound familiar to anyone living in South Carolina: Natalie Barrett, a 53-year-old schoolteacher from Westminster, got a robo-call earlier this month and ended up furious.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz denies Trump accusation over ‘push polls’
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. and Russia Announce Plan for Humanitarian Aid and a Cease-Fire in Syria  —  MUNICH — Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, announced that they had agreed on the delivery over the next few days of desperately needed aid to besieged Syrian cities …
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Mediaite
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Petraeus doubts Syria can be put back together again
Discussion: RT
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump mocks Jeb Bush for bringing brother on campaign trail  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is mocking rival Jeb Bush for bringing his brother, former President George W. Bush, to help campaign.  —  “Don't fall asleep when I mention the name,” Trump said …
Discussion: ABC News
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
George W. Bush to Join Jeb on the Campaign Trail in South Carolina
Greg Keller / Associated Press:
QUESTIONS GROW OVER BANKS AS PROFIT WARNINGS PILE UP  —  PARIS (AP) — Questions are growing over the financial health of banks, particularly in Europe and the U.S., as they face a toxic mix of low economic growth, bad loans and squeezed earnings.  —  France's Societe Generale became Thursday …
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Clive Crook / BloombergView.com:
The New Frontier of Negative Interest Rates
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
WBNS-TV:
Suspect Killed After Attacking Multiple People With Machete In Columbus Restaurant  —  Tylar Bacome  —  Police have shot and killed a suspect after he attacked multiple people at a restaurant in northeast Columbus with a machete.  —  The incident happened at the Nazareth Restaurant on N. Hamilton Road.
Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Wins Push Trump, Sanders to New Heights  —  After winning New Hampshire's presidential primaries by wide margins, New York real estate magnate Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders are soaring to new heights among their respective party's voters, a new Morning Consult poll finds …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Wall Street Talks Were Highly Paid, Friendly  —  Democratic presidential candidate has been criticized by rival Bernie Sanders for her ties to financial sector  —  In the two years between resigning as secretary of state and launching her presidential campaign …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Politico
Sue Dremann / Palo Alto Online:
Silicon Valley's year: ‘amazing’ but with ‘perils’  —  2016 Silicon Valley Index finds phenomenal economic growth but questions if it will last  —  Joint Venture Silicon Valley's annual economic study found that 2015 was a year of record-breaking growth and prosperity …
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Tempers flare at IRS hearing  —  A heated argument erupted Thursday at a hearing on the IRS, with Democrats and Republicans trading charges about the work of the Oversight Committee.  —  Two Democrats on the panel accused their GOP colleagues of repeatedly holding hearings on the IRS for political reasons.
CNN:
First on CNN: Harry Reid says contested Democratic convention possible  —  (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the Democratic race for president could drag on for months — and possibly to the Democratic National Convention in July.  —  In an interview with CNN …
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Beth Anne Steele / FBI:
Statement by FBI Special Agent in Charge Greg Bretzing on the Situation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Sanders's Secret Service code name revealed
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