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5:20 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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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.
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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 …
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
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: ‘South Carolina Will Be The Turning Point’ For Campaign
Discussion: neo-neocon and Daily Kos
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Hard road ahead for Trump
Discussion: Associated Press
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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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Apparently we should get on a boat and leave America ASAP
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.
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WBNS-TV:
Suspect Killed After Attacking Multiple People With Machete In Columbus Restaurant
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump warns he has ‘standing to sue’ Cruz on eligibility  —  Donald Trump on Friday issued a warning to Ted Cruz, alleging that he has “standing to sue” the Texas senator over questions of his birth and constitutional eligibility to serve in the White House.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court
Discussion: LawNewz
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
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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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 …
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
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.
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
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.
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Rick Perry Plans to Enlist Veterans to Support Cruz  —  Rick Perry, the former Texas governor whose own presidential ambitions were dashed last year, is working with a new super-political action committee that plans to enlist prominent veterans to support Ted Cruz's campaign for the White House.
Fox News:
Cruz campaign pulls ad over appearance by adult film actress  —  Ted Cruz's latest political ad turned out to be too hot for TV.  —  The Texas senator's campaign confirmed late Thursday that it had pulled a commercial hitting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio over illegal immigration …
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Jake Tapper's interview with the DNC Chair on superdelegates and the train wreck that followed  —  Just the other day we talked about the Democratic primary superdelegate situation and how it compares to the Republican Party's rules.  (The GOP scheme isn't a “pure” representation …
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
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.”
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 …
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.
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 …
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
 
 
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Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
No Joke: Trump Can Win Plenty of Latinos
Discussion: Hit & Run
Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: FBI, British police nab alleged ‘crackas’ hacker
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Pope arrives in Cuba for first-ever meeting with the Russian patriarch
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Harry Reid calls on Alan Grayson to drop out
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Bernie Sanders Is More Serious on Foreign Policy Than You Think
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Daily Mail:
Meryl Streep declares 'We're all Africans really' as she launches bizarre defence of all-white …
Agence France-Presse:
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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
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
PBS' Donor-Moderator Fails to Ask Hillary About Clinton Foundation
Discussion: Power Line
Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Sanders Is Delusional if He Thinks He Can Keep His Promise on Mass Incarceration
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