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10:00 AM ET, February 17, 2016

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CNN:
Poll: Clinton, Sanders in a dead heat for Nevada  —  Washington (CNN)Likely Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ahead of Saturday's caucuses, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  —  Though Clinton holds an edge over Sanders …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton?  Fear  —  WASHINGTON — Americans aren't just for or against presidential candidates this year: Color them scared.  —  In a national USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, likely voters given the choice of four options — enthusiastic …
Associated Press:
Ted Cruz rivals pounce on trust issues  —  BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Ted Cruz is getting hammered by his Republican rivals over what they call a pattern of unethical campaign tactics and inaccurate statements by the Texas senator who has shaped his White House bid around trust.
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Associated Press:
GOP Candidates in High-Stakes Chess Match in South Carolina
Discussion: Politico, abc11.com and ABC News
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Camp Accuses Cruz Backers of Dirty Facebook Tricks
Washington Post:
In South Carolina, Clinton and Sanders compete for black votes
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz campaign asks stations to stop airing anti-Cruz ad
Discussion: Hullabaloo and RedState
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Marco Rubio can still win. Here's how.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and LawNewz
Jacob Heilbrunn / Politico:
Trump Is Trampling Over the GOP's Corpse  —  The most basic problem for the Republican Party isn't that Donald Trump is so strong, but that his competitors are so weak.  One can find no better illustration of this, perhaps, than the sorry spectacle of Jeb Bush—who only a year ago was seen …
Discussion: Washington Post
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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.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
The More Donald Trump Defies His Party, the More His Supporters Cheer  —  NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Mark Jebens, a veteran of 22 years in the Marine Corps, found no fault with Donald J. Trump's scathing criticism that President George W. Bush “lied” about weapons of mass destruction while leading the United States into war in Iraq.
Discussion: Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP unity cracks in court fight
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
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and ABC News
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’
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
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Lily Rothman / TIME:
A Brief History of Cursing in American Politics
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Andrea Fisher / Great Falls Tribune:
Cops surround home, find ‘The Walking Dead’  —  A Great Falls family gave their neighbors quite a scare while enjoying a favorite TV show Sunday evening.  —  A 911 call came in at 7:28 p.m. from a neighbor who heard “screaming from a house about someone having a gun,” according to Great Falls Police Department notes from the call.
Discussion: fox8.com
Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple CEO Tim Cook fires back at FBI in terror case  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook blasted the U.S. government Wednesday after a federal magistrate ordered the company to unlock an iPhone linked to last year's San Bernardino shooting — stirring up the debate over encryption and terrorism that's become …
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
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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.
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon  —  Vladimir Putin is exploiting yet another incoherence in U.S. Middle East policy.  And the MSM is still ignoring the implications of the comprehensive failures of the Obama Administration.  —  An incoherent American strategy is allowing Putin's Russia …
Discussion: Israpundit
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
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
I find this election bizarre for many reasons but none more than this: If I were given a blank sheet of paper and told to write down America's three greatest sources of strength, they would be “a culture of entrepreneurship,” “an ethic of pluralism” and the “quality of our governing institutions.”
Curtis Skinner / Reuters:
FBI finds trench of human feces at cultural site on Oregon refuge  —  The FBI said it has found a trench of human feces and a road excavated on or next to a sensitive cultural site with artifacts at the Oregon wildlife refuge where armed men staged a standoff with authorities, according to court records filed on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Week
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, AOL and New York's PIX11
 
 
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John Cardillo / The American Mirror:
FL school caught busing students to Clinton rally
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Split on Whether Bush Kept Us Safe
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Should Just Say Yes to a $15 Minimum Wage
Discussion: Common Dreams and TomDispatch
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Isn't Into Anal, Melania Never Poops, And Other Things He Told Howard Stern
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama at U.S.-ASEAN Press Conference
CNN:
California Journey wins top prize at Westminster Dog Show
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rubio Supported Amnesty As Far Back As 1998
Ted Johnson / Variety:
John Kerry Meets With Hollywood Studio Chiefs to Discuss ISIS
Discussion: Guardian
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Hedge-Fund Magnate Mercer Backs Group Attacking IRS
Bill Curry / Salon:
The Clintons really don't get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008
Discussion: Liberal Values and Instapundit