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8:50 AM ET, February 18, 2016

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump Falls Behind Ted Cruz in National NBC/WSJ Poll  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent …
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
MSNBC's Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful  —  The media's coverage of Trump has been soft, insufficient, and without substance.  —  Is Donald Trump in trouble?  After facing hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Wednesday night—they comprehensively laid out his flip-flops …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mother Jones
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Trump maintains commanding lead over GOP field  —  Donald Trump (35 percent) continues to hold a commanding lead over the rest of the field, with a 17 point lead over his closest rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (18 percent).  John Kasich (11 percent) has now risen to a virtual third-place tie with Marco Rubio (12 percent).
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and USA Today
CBS News:
CBS News poll: The next Supreme Court justice, Obama, and the economy  —  The U.S. Supreme Court  —  With an unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, it's unclear if he will be replaced before the November election.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Field of Three Faces Brutal Delegate Math  —  If the Republican Party remains divided for much longer, it will start getting more difficult for a mainstream candidate to win the nomination.  —  Yet Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich all have incentives to stay in the race …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll be ‘neutral’ on Israel and Palestine  —  GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to pick sides in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.  —  “You know, I don't want to get into it,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during a MSNBC town hall in Charleston, S.C.
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew Shain / The State:
Haley endorses Rubio for president
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee  —  President Obama “regrets” filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, his top spokesman said Wednesday, though he maintains that the Republican opposition to his effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is unprecedented.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Obama to skip Scalia's funeral  —  President Barack Obama is preparing for a fierce battle with the Senate over the Supreme Court vacancy, but he's not planning to attend Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral — a decision that puzzled even some of his allies and incensed conservative media.
Kate Hudson / CBS News:
Ranch owner clarifies how he found Scalia amid conspiracy theories  —  For the second time this week, Donald Trump expressed skepticism about how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, alluding to conspiracy theories suggesting he was the victim of foul play.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Summing Up Scalia  —  Getting right to the point:
Discussion: Balkinization
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Literal Holy Crap: Glenn Beck Says Scalia's Death Part of God's Plan to Elect Ted Cruz
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sandra Day O'Connor: Obama should name Scalia's replacement
Jamiles Lartey / Guardian:
Call for Obama to delay supreme court nomination is ‘absurd’, say legal scholars
New York Times:   Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Scalia's absence could shape election rules
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The GOP's SCOTUS mega-mistake
Discussion: Politico
Dan Guido / Trail of Bits Blog:
Apple can comply with the FBI court order  —  Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI's request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen's iPhone 5C.  Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given …
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham: GOP will get ‘slaughtered’ if Trump nominee  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) argued Wednesday that if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee, Republicans will get “slaughtered” in the November election.  —  Lambasting the outspoken Republican front-runner as an “opportunist,” …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   Trump says ‘torture works,’ backs waterboarding and ‘much worse’
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
DeRay Mckesson, civil rights leaders to meet with Obama  —  DeRay Mckesson … DeRay Mckesson, the prominent activist and late entrant into Baltimore's mayoral race, will meet with President Barack Obama and civil rights leaders at the White House on Thursday for an event honoring Black History Month.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House rips Schumer's ‘credibility’ on national security
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, ABC News and Moe Lane
Emily Smith / Page Six:
'Don't f-k with me': Hear Kanye's uncensored ‘SNL’ meltdown  —  Kanye West blasted Taylor Swift as a “fake ass” and called NBC staffers “white m—  s” during his epic meltdown backstage at “Saturday Night Live.  In an audio clip exclusively obtained by Page Six, Kanye can be heard repeatedly yelling at …
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Obama to travel to Cuba in March
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
CNN:
Cliven Bundy indicted by federal grand jury  —  (CNN)Cliven Bundy and four others — including his sons Ryan and Ammon, who led the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon — were indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, according to the U.S. attorney for Nevada.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Ad Makes an Emotional Pitch to Hispanics  —  With days to go before Nevada caucuses, the Hillary Clinton campaign has released an advertisement, titled “Brave,” that features a single, poignant moment from the campaign trail to highlight the candidate's position on immigration.
David Glasner / Uneasy Money:
Competitive Devaluation Plus Monetary Expansion Does Create a Free Lunch  —  I want to begin this post by saying that I'm flattered by, and grateful to, Frances Coppola for the first line of her blog post yesterday.  But - and I note that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery …
Discussion: Equitable Growth
 
 
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Jonathan Van Meter / Vogue:
Will Hillary Clinton Make History?
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
FOMC Minutes and More  —  So much Fed, so little time.
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Firm with Saudi ties works on Air Force One, other VIP jets
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Crank of the Far Right?
Discussion: Star Tribune
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
What Has Conservatism Ever Done for Us? A Great Deal, Actually
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
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Patty Wight / news.mpbn.net:
LePage Jeered by Crowd After Saying Asylum Seekers Bring ‘Ziki Fly’ to ‘Our Land’
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
John Kasich will not be in South Carolina on primary night
Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
NYPD wants you to stop leaving your cellphone under your pillow
Discussion: The Daily Caller and fox8.com
 

 
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