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1:15 AM ET, February 17, 2016

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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’  —  Senate Republicans' widespread vow to automatically block any Supreme Court nominee President Obama puts forth may be wavering.  —  Within minutes of Justice Antonin Scalia passing away on Saturday …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans Show Signs of Division on Supreme Court Tactics  —  The “no hearings, no votes” stance for potential Obama nominees becomes a little less absolute for those wary of an electoral blowback.  —  After Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday, many Republican senators categorically ruled …
Discussion: Politico
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO)
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads  —  PPP's new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state.  He's at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.  —  What's striking about Trump's support …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Bush campaign: CBS News should apologize for ‘inexcusable’ report  —  Jeb Bush's campaign is calling on CBS News to apologize for a report that cited jokes about the Republican presidential hopeful committing suicide.  —  “The network should apologize,” Kristy Campbell, Bush's press secretary …
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and CNN
CNN:
South Carolina primary: CNN/ORC poll full results - CNNPolitics.com  —  Donald Trump holds a broad lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, and Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points on the Democratic side.
CNN:
In South Carolina, big leads on both sides  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump holds a broad 16-point lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary this Saturday, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points …
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today?  Its maker has a long and fascinating history. … Republican candidate Jeb Bush made a campaign stop at a firearm manufacturer in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday, marking the occasion with a pithy tweet of a handgun that has gone viral on social media
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz campaign asks stations to stop airing anti-Cruz ad
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
In South Carolina, Clinton and Sanders compete for black votes
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The Resurgent
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11  —  Lying about Muslims is one thing, but accusing Bush of holding office in 2001 is beyond the pale.  —  Last fall, Donald Trump claimed that, on September 11, 2001, thousands of Muslims cheered the fall of the World Trade Center.
Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to give investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, assistance the computer giant “declined to provide voluntarily,” according to court papers.
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Nathan McDermott / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Incorrectly Says San Bernardino Shooters Never Visited The Middle East
Discussion: Power Line
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Shadowbanning ‘Real and Happening Every Day’ Says Inside Source  —  Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech.  His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.
Thomas Piketty / Guardian:
Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era  —  The Vermont senator's success so far demonstrates the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections  —  ow can we interpret the incredible success of the …
Discussion: emptywheel
Narayana Kocherlakota:
Lessons from the Crisis: Ending Too Big to Fail  —  Thank you, David, for that kind introduction.  It is great to be back at the Brookings Institution.  Before I begin, I just want to remind everyone that the views I express today are my own and not necessarily those of the Federal Open Market Committee …
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Coburn: Trump-circulated quote attacking Cruz ‘absolute fabrication’  —  Former Sen. Tom Coburn is angry about being quoted in the latest Donald Trump attack on Ted Cruz.  —  Coburn called the quote an “absolute fabrication.”  —  As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz …
Libby Brooks Scotland / Guardian:
Man arrested for Facebook posts about Syrian refugees in Scotland  —  Offensive comments related to refugees on Isle of Bute and police say arrest shows social media abuse will not be tolerated  —  Police Scotland have said the arrest of a man responsible for a series of offensive Facebook posts …
Isiah Carey / KRIV:
US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans  —  HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans.  —  Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Woman Gave Birth in Subway Bathroom in 10 Minutes, Video Released by West Covina Police Suggests  —  Video of a woman accused of giving birth to a newborn and then abandoning the child in a West Covina Subway restaurant restroom was released by police on Tuesday, showing the she spent just 10 minutes in the bathroom.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98  —  George Gaynes, who played a grouchy foster parent on the 1980s sitcom “Punky Brewster,” the beleaguered commandant in seven “Police Academy” films and a soap opera star with a crush on Dustin Hoffman in drag in the Hollywood hit …
Discussion: NBC News and New York's PIX11
Lydia Mulvany / Bloomberg Business:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood  —  Some brands promising 100 percent purity contained no Parmesan at all.  —  The cheese police are on the case.  —  Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory …
Discussion: Gothamist, Eater and The Week
 
 
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Fox News:
Exclusive: China sends surface-to-air missiles to contested island in provocative move
Discussion: New York Times and Slantpoint
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Media bias bests big money as top voter complaint
Discussion: Fox News and Mediaite
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Camp Accuses Cruz Backers of Dirty Facebook Tricks
Bill Curry / Salon:
The Clintons really don't get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008
Discussion: Liberal Values
Lily Rothman / TIME:
A Brief History of Cursing in American Politics
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Trolls Unleash Hell on Veterans
Discussion: Mediaite
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Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal
Discussion: Politico
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Vincent Fort flips from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Daily Mail:
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Why a Vote for Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for Donald Trump
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