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3:55 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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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.
Discussion: The Week
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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 …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Apparently we should get on a boat and leave America ASAP  —  The message from Thursday night's Democratic debate is that everybody in America should get on a leaky rowboat and find somewhere, anywhere, else in the world to live — because life in the United States is a nightmare …
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
First Nevada Poll In Weeks Shows Sanders Tied With Clinton
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Sharpens Focus After Democratic Debate Tussles
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Lawrence Korb / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is More Serious on Foreign Policy Than You Think
Discussion: NPR and Al Jazeera English
Andrea Gonzales / ABC News:
Democratic Presidential Debate: 5 Moments That Mattered
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.
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Southern Political Report:
Opinion Savvy Poll Conducted for Augusta Chronicle, Morris News and FOX 5 Atlanta: Trumps Holds …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Hard road ahead for Trump
Discussion: Associated Press
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bruised Marco Rubio Gets Personal and Aggressive
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Leads GOP Field In South Carolina By 16 Points After NH Win
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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
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.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Clinton turned Sanders's attacks on her Wall Street ties into a game of chicken.  And she won.  —  The morning after a debate, it's natural to focus on the most dramatic moments.  But in the case of Thursday night's Clinton-Sanders showdown, the most significant exchange was arguably one that featured almost no drama.
Discussion: Scripting News
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Inside The Most Important Supreme Court Case In Human History  —  The earth just had a terrible day in court.  —  Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court unexpectedly suspended the Obama administration's most aggressive effort to fight climate change in a 5-4 vote.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Ted Cruz: Supreme Court Might ‘Strike Down The Second Amendment’ If Democrats Win In 2016
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 …
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Pope arrives in Cuba for first-ever meeting with the Russian patriarch … Despite famine, religious wars, worldwide conflict and the spread of civilization, the heads of the Roman Catholic and the Russian Orthodox churches haven't spoken since the Great Schism of 1054 shattered Christendom …
Discussion: The Week
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.
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 …
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 …
Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Writer Pens Trump Victory Speech  —  Jon Favreau gives you a glimpse of what the Republican frontrunner will likely sound like should he win the nomination.  —  It's come to this: I've written a Donald Trump speech.  —  It's not something I necessarily enjoyed doing …
Discussion: Politico
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rubio remotely blocks Mexico ambassador nominee while campaigning  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday remotely blocked the Senate from confirming President Obama's ambassador to Mexico, even though he is campaigning in South Carolina.  —  Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) tried to get unanimous consent …
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
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.
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 …
Sharahn D. Boykin / mydaytondailynews.com:
Chief: Fairborn cop to be on leave for Facebook post  —  Fairborn police officer Lee Cyr will be placed on paid administrative leave for a Facebook comment he allegedly posted on a story about a Black Lives Matter activist who committed suicide, according the police chief.
Mariah Blake / Washington Monthly:
Revisionaries  —  How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids' textbooks.  —  Don McLeroy is a balding, paunchy man with a thick broom-handle mustache who lives in a rambling two-story brick home in a suburb near Bryan, Texas.  When he greeted me at the door one evening last October …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
 
 
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Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: FBI, British police nab alleged ‘crackas’ hacker
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Jake Tapper's interview with the DNC Chair on superdelegates and the train wreck that followed
Discussion: RedState
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
U.K. police arrest teenage hacker who allegedly broke into CIA director's email
Discussion: LawNewz and Engadget
Daily Mail:
Meryl Streep declares 'We're all Africans really' as she launches bizarre defence of all-white …
Agence France-Presse:
Parched Earth soaks up water, slowing sea level rise: study
Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Sue Klebold, Mother of Columbine Killer Dylan Klebold: 'It's Very Hard to Live With the Fact …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Mediaite
Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Sanders Is Delusional if He Thinks He Can Keep His Promise on Mass Incarceration
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Agence France-Presse:
AFP EXCLUSIVE: Assad vows to retake whole country, warns could ‘take long time’
Discussion: Politico and Mashable
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy seeks court-appointed lawyer
Discussion: OPB, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Officer Is Attacked and Then Surrounded by '40 or 50′ Teenagers. …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough Explains What Black Voters Want To Head Of Urban League (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week and The Hill
Emily Badger / Washington Post:
The poor are better off when we build more housing for the rich
Discussion: CityLab, News, Indy Week and The Week