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3:25 PM ET, February 15, 2016

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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Why blocking Obama's pick to replace Scalia could cost Republicans their Senate majority  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  Mitch McConnell has decided to wager the Republican majority in the Senate on blocking Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court.  —  It's a bold and understandable …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How America Was Lost  —  Once upon a time, the death of a Supreme Court justice wouldn't have brought America to the edge of constitutional crisis.  But that was a different country, with a very different Republican Party.  In today's America, with today's G.O.P., the passing of Antonin Scalia has opened the doors to chaos.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee  —  Tino Cuellar.  California judge.  Mexican-American.  Harvard.  Yale.  Stanford.  How many Latino votes you think the GOP'd get if they block him?  —  Here's a name you need to get to know: Tino Cuellar.  Who is Tino Cuellar?
Richard L. Hasen / Washington Post:
The battle over replacing Justice Scalia is just the start of a war over the Supreme Court  —  Richard L. Hasen, a professor of law and political science at University of California, Irvine, is the author of Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Bush: 'There shouldn't be deference' on nominee  —  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush in an interview Monday morning urged Senate Republicans to block President Obama from nominating a Supreme Court justice, taking a harder stance than during the latest GOP debate.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
John MacCormack / MySanAntonio.com:
Cibolo Creek Ranch owner recalls Scalia's last hours in Texas  —  MARFA — A first-time guest to the Cibolo Creek Creek Ranch, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was animated and engaged during dinner Friday night, as one of three dozen invitees to an event that had nothing to do with law or politics …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
ABC News:
Supreme Court Vacancy Highlights Stakes in Presidential Race
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cruz: Trump will get rid of the Second Amendment  —  Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz on Sunday said primary rival Donald Trump will erase the Second Amendment if he is elected.  —  “And if Donald Trump becomes president, the Second Amendment will be written out of the Constitution …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Slot and CBS News
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Debate rips open GOP wounds, and party risks tearing itself apart  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — In an election that Republicans have long seen as a chance to put forward new stars with a fresh and broadly appealing conservative vision, the GOP is instead at risk of tearing itself apart over its past …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP Iraq battle shines new spotlight on Jeb Bush weakness  —  It's entirely reasonable to say the war in Iraq was a disaster.  Maybe you disagree, or maybe you think that's too harsh, but it's an arguable proposition.  —  To Jeb Bush, though, it's an attack on his family, and therefore out of bounds.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Code Pink praises Donald Trump after debate  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is being praised by Code Pink, a group working to end U.S. wars and militarism that has protested the Iraq War.  —  Trump garnered support from the organization during the GOP debate Saturday night …
Andrew Shain / The State:
Trump: RNC breaking pledge, calls Cruz a ‘liar’
Discussion: Hot Air
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Graham calls Trump the GOP's ‘Michael Moore candidate’
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / Politico:
Harry Reid allies to Team Clinton: Don't slam Nevada's caucus  —  With five days to go until the Nevada caucuses — once viewed as Hillary Clinton's Western firewall — Sen. Harry Reid and his allies are incensed at the wounded Democratic front-runner.  —  The reason: the Clinton campaign's attempt …
Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal and Hot Air
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The Hill:
Clinton has superdelegate edge in Nevada and South Carolina
Discussion: TPNN and Politicus USA
Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Foreclosure crisis snarls Clinton, Sanders' efforts to reach Nevada voters
Discussion: Instapundit
The College Fix:
Mizzou's Melissa Click told police ‘get your f**king hand off me’ at previous racial protest  —  New revelations will factor into her employment review, chancellor says  —  The University of Missouri professor who called for “some muscle” to remove a student journalist from a racial protest …
Discussion: Power Line
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William Schmitt / Columbia Missourian:
Melissa Click says she'll fight to restore her reputation, keep job
Guardian:
Kanye West claims to be $53m in debt, and asks Mark Zuckerberg for help  —  West says tech entrepreneurs Zuckerberg and Larry Page listen to hip-hop, but are more interested in opening schools in Africa than helping celebrity rappers  —  It was a busy weekend for Kanye West …
Discussion: Mother Jones, KTLA, AOL, CBS Philly and Observer
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Army Stumping for Ted Cruz  —  The senator's super PACs have launched an unprecedented ground effort in South Carolina and seem intent on going where few super PACs have gone before—door knocking.  —  We all know super PACs have permanently changed the face of American politics.
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Ted Cruz Preaches at South Carolina Church: “There Is a Spirit of Awakening, A Spirit of Revival …
Phyllis Korkki / New York Times:
Fired for Cursing on the Job, Testing the Limits of Labor Law  —  Little did the managers of a Hooters restaurant realize that a bikini contest they sponsored in 2013 would end up testing the limits of labor law.  —  When a group of waitresses participated in the contest, held at a Hooters in Ontario …
Discussion: Eater
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Post wins two Polk Awards, for series on ‘settlements’ industry and police shootings  —  Washington Post reporter Terrence McCoy was looking into the troubled life and premature death of Freddie Gray last year when he noticed something curious: Before his death, Gray …
 
 
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Kevin Crowley / Bloomberg Business:
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Marlene Cimons / ThinkProgress:
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Discussion: Climate Depot
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Arab states are seeking nuclear weapons to counter Iran, Israel warns
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Father of Son Murdered by Illegal Immigrant: Trump Was “Sent From God”
Deborah Danan / Breitbart:
TEL AVIV - A new Israeli study shows that artificial light at night (ALAN) can cause weight gain …
Discussion: Infowars
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
The Digital Dirt  —  In the early-morning hours of February 15 …
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Upstate New York mountain reaches minus 114 wind chill at its summit
Discussion: AOL
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