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2:50 PM ET, February 18, 2016

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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’  —  ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRLINER — Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants …
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Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO THE POPE  —  If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS's ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump goes to war with the pope  —  Pope Francis may have picked a fight with the wrong bully.  —  After months of taking subtle swipes at Republican politicians, the pontiff went for a direct punch at Donald Trump on Thursday, suggesting the GOP poll leader is “not Christian” …
Daniel Burke / CNN:
Pope suggests Trump ‘is not Christian’  —  (CNN)Thrusting himself into the combative 2016 presidential campaign, Pope Francis said Thursday that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump “is not Christian” if he calls for the deportation of undocumented immigrants and pledges to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.
Ben Shapiro / Breitbart:
Pope Francis Rips Capitalism, American Immigration Policy at Mexican Border  —  Pope Francis, apparently desperate to reach out to the Catholic Church's growing base in Latin America, spent the day slapping Americans in the face from across the US-Mexico border.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Reuters
Yahoo Politics:
Pope says Trump ‘not Christian’ in views, plans over immigration
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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).
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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.
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Republicans' Scalia Hysteria  —  A half-century ago, the brilliant British comedy troupe Beyond the Fringe produced “The End of the World,” a skit in which a group of cultists gather atop a mountain to greet the Apocalypse, prophesied for that very day.  “Now is the end!” they chant.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scalia's death has landed Republicans in a nasty trap  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  A new CBS News poll out this morning finds that Donald Trump continues to dominate among Republican voters nationally: He's backed by 35 percent; Ted Cruz has 18 percent; and Marco-Mentum has 12 percent.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Outside Groups Warn GOP: Don't Even Think About Holding A SCOTUS Hearing
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
New York Times:
The Potential for the Most Liberal Supreme Court in Decades
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Summing Up Scalia  —  Getting right to the point:
Discussion: Balkinization
JCN / Judicial Crisis Network:
JCN Launches “Let the People Decide” Campaign
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Exclusive — SC Blogger: Marco Rubio's Campaign Manager Pushed Story That Nikki Haley Had An Affair With Me  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The campaign manager of 2016 GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) once pushed out the story that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had an affair …
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Alexis Levinson / National Review:
The Kasich Campaign's Next Moves
Discussion: RedState
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Palmetto Pummel
Discussion: Associated Press and abc11.com
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 …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Mistakenly Thinks Description Of Sanders Is About Himself (VIDEO)
Discussion: MSNBC, Daily Wire and The Week
Ben Rhodes:
President Obama is going to Cuba.  Here's why:  —  Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater.  —  For more than fifty years, the United States pursued a policy of isolating and pressuring Cuba.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Oregon Occupier Countersues For $666 Billion, Citing ‘Works Of The Devil’  —  Shawna Cox, one of the last militants to be arrested for occupying an Oregon wildlife refuge last month, has filed a counter-suit against the U.S. government and others in which she alleges “damages from the works of the devil in excess of 666,666,666,666.66.”
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama ‘Hope’ designer endorses Sanders  —  Artist and activist Shepard Fairey, who designed the iconic “Hope” poster during then-Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, is backing Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.  —  “I'm supporting Bernie Sanders …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How to Break a Party  —  Beginning with the Tea Party wave and continuing through the not-Romney musical chairs of the 2012 Republican primary and the battles over debt limits and fiscal cliffs, most coverage of the Republican Party's internal divisions during the Obama era fell into an easy groove …
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before  —  A 2015 court case shows that the tech giant has been willing to play ball with the government before—and is only stopping now because it might “tarnish the Apple brand.”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook declared on Wednesday that his company …
Spencer Hall / SBNation.com:
A note from the editorial director  —  Earlier today, SB Nation posted a story called “Who is Daniel Holtzclaw?” that attempted to find out the backstory of convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw.  The story focused on his football background in particular.
 
 
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Bloomberg Business:
Surging Cruz Is Big Oil's New Crush as Donors Cool to Bush
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Cruz: ‘Disastrous’ Marriage Equality Ruling Led To ‘Persecution’ That's ‘Unprecedented’
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Mikhail Klikushin / The New York Observer:
Russian TV Trashed Michelle Obama Last Night
Benny Johnson / Independent Journal Review:
US Senator Reads Mean Tweets From Trump Supporters
Discussion: RedState and Business Insider
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Watch Trump Ding Reagan For Driving Up The Deficit
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Red, Purple Marks On Child's Face Prompts Daycare Investigation
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Associated Press:
Jane Sanders Is Central in Her Husband's Surging Campaign
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Molly Redden / Guardian:
Abortion ban linked to dangerous miscarriages at Catholic hospital, report claims
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Eva Pilgrim / ABC News:
Hospital Pays $17K Ransom to Hackers Who Infiltrated Its Computer Network
Discussion: LawNewz
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Sanders's claim that the African-American community ‘lost half of their wealth’ in the Wall Street collapse
Discussion: Forbes and Equitable Growth
Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
Charges Dismissed Against 6 Ex-Employees of Rentboy.com
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Towleroad
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
DeRay Mckesson, civil rights leaders to meet with Obama
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Field of Three Faces Brutal Delegate Math
 

 
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