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1:45 PM ET, February 13, 2016

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
He's Beatable  —  We seem to be at a point in the election season where, to quote George Orwell, “restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”  So to restate the obvious: Choosing Donald Trump as the Republican party's nominee would be a mistake.
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New York Times:
With a Slur for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Further Splits Voters  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald J. Trump has defied conservative orthodoxy on policy, shunned traditional politicking and even insulted prisoners of war and the disabled, sacrosanct constituencies that other candidates would no more slur …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hullabaloo
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
Discussion: Althouse
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb
Discussion: Mediaite
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How Cruz rescued Carson  —  It would take a miracle for Ben Carson to win the Republican nomination.  Fortunately for him, he can afford to wait for one.  —  The retired neurosurgeon's campaign says it has raised about $2 million since the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, a startling windfall …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The State
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gingrich calls on pro-Bush super PAC to take down Kasich attack
Keith BieryGolick / USA Today:
Regulating sex: Uncharted waters in the suburbs … WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The chairman of West Chester Township's Board of Zoning Appeals cleared his throat.  He asked anyone leaving the January zoning meeting to do so quietly.  —  Melissa Warren stood up.  She didn't say a word.
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Want Viagra?  Not without a note from the wife  —  Kentucky men would have to visit a doctor twice and have signed permission from their wives before obtaining a prescription for Viagra or other such drugs for erectile dysfunction, according to a bill filed by a state legislator Thursday.
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 …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Albright: ‘Special place in hell’ comment came at ‘wrong time’  —  Former secretary of State Madeline Albright is softening her controversial comment that there's a “special place in hell for women who don't help each other” in a New York Times opinion piece released Friday afternoon.
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 …
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
DNC rolls back restrictions on lobbyist donations  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dismantled the last of its prohibitions on receiving donations from lobbyists and political action committees.  —  The ban has been in place since 2008, when President Obama became the party's presumptive nominee.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton
Margaret Dawson / ABC News:
Columbine Killer's Mother Sue Klebold on Relationship with Her Son, Warning Signs She Missed, What She Went Through After the Tragedy
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and The Week
Bloomberg Business:
Russia's Medvedev: We Are in ‘a New Cold War’  —  Russian premier accuses U.S.-led alliance of confrontation  —  NATO chief warns of tension spurring risk of ‘accidents’  —  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said his country is in a new cold war with the U.S. and its allies …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
15 percent of latest Clinton emails marked classified; 551 released Saturday  —  More than 15 percent of the latest batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails released Saturday contain classified information, with three of the messages being labeled “secret” …
Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
NO TOUCHING: Huma Abedin caught on camera shoving a woman away who tries to give her a hug and then uttering a few stern words before walking away  — The unidentified woman shook Hillary's hand and then went to hug Huma, who seemed upset and later said some stern words to the individual
Texas / Raw Story:
Texas A&M students taunt black high schoolers with N-word: ‘Go back where you came from’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Texas A&M University is conducting an investigation after a group of students visiting campus from an inner-city Dallas high school were harassed Tuesday …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Zero Tolerance: 2 Teens Face Expulsion, Jail for Fishing Knives, Advil in Their Cars  —  Two Escondido, California, high school students—ages 16 and 18—could see their whole lives derailed because they committed the crime of keeping fishing supplies in cars they parked on school property.
The Commercial Appeal:
Bill Clinton makes Memphis stop for wife's campaign  —  (Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal)
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Mary Blanchard / KUTV-TV:
Valentines for all: Sky View senior buys carnation for each girl at his school  —  (KUTV) A Sky View High School senior did his part to make sure every girl at the school received a Valentine this year.  —  During fifth period Thursday, 17-year-old Hayden Godfrey and about 20 volunteers went around …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Prepare for ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ With Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes, Experts Warn  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — It was standing room only at the annual conference of the American Mosquito Control Association this week.  —  In a chilly convention center ballroom here, the leading lights of mosquito control gathered …
Associated Press:
AFTER OREGON STANDOFF, SOME SAY: RIGHT FIGHT; WRONG TACTICS  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Right fight; wrong strategy.  —  That's what many ranchers and sympathizers opposing federal control of public lands in the West concluded after the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Trump Jumps to 44% Nationally, Rubio Drops to 10%
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
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Kathryn Watson / The Daily Caller:
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Discussion: BizPac Review and Instapundit
Gary J. Bass / Politico:
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Lauren French / Politico:
Black caucus PAC shuns endorsement of Donna Edwards
Discussion: Washington Post
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