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6:40 AM ET, February 17, 2016

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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
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Associated Press:
GOP Candidates in High-Stakes Chess Match in South Carolina  —  Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Marco Rubio are locked in a high-stakes political chess match in South Carolina, strategically moving money and other campaign resources around in a bid to pull ahead in the Republican primary race …
Discussion: Politico, abc11.com and ABC News
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.
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
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads
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
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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 …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and ABC News
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO)
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
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.
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: New York Times and Power Line
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
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Lily Rothman / TIME:
A Brief History of Cursing in American Politics
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
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
Fox News:
Exclusive: China sends surface-to-air missiles to contested island in provocative move  —  The Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of its contested islands in the South China Sea according to civilian satellite imagery exclusively obtained by Fox News …
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 …
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 and New York's PIX11
 
 
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Hedge-Fund Magnate Mercer Backs Group Attacking IRS
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
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Woman Gave Birth in Subway Bathroom in 10 Minutes, Video Released by West Covina Police Suggests
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Trolls Unleash Hell on Veterans
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Oil Output Freeze Is an Agreement With a Catch
Discussion: The Week and Hit & Run
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
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Lydia Mulvany / Bloomberg Business:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood
Discussion: FOX2now.com, Gothamist, Eater and The Week