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10:30 AM ET, February 19, 2016

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump's Lead Slashed in South Carolina: Poll  —  Donald Trump is now leading Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary by 5 points — down from his 16-point lead in the state a month ago, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton ‘feels the Bern,’ trails Sanders by three points nationally  —  Bernie Sanders now tops Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination.  —  The latest Fox News national poll finds 47 percent of Democratic primary voters now back the Vermont senator, up from 37 percent in January.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush machine running on fumes  —  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Some of Jeb Bush's most steadfast allies think Saturday might be the end.  —  Donors, who poured millions into his campaign and super PAC, have stopped giving - one refusing a direct request to raise $1 million this week.
Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Voters increasingly see Sanders as electable  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The more Democrats learn about Bernie Sanders, the more they appear to like him.  —  A greater percentage of Democratic registered voters view the Vermont senator as likable, honest, competent and compassionate …
Discussion: Political Wire
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: National presidential race February 18, 2016  — Home - Video - Politics - U.S. - Opinion - Entertainment - Tech - Science - Health - Travel - Lifestyle - World - Sports - On Air  —  ©2016 FOX News Network, LLC.  All rights reserved.
Daniel Nasaw / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Would Lose Big to Sanders and Trump — WSJ/NBC Poll
Discussion: Washington Post
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Strong in South Carolina But Warning Signs Ahead, Bloomberg Poll Shows
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders Cuts Into Hillary Clinton's National Lead: Poll
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton: “I've always tried” to tell the truth  —  LAS VEGAS — For Hillary Clinton, these are high roller stakes in Nevada after losing New Hampshire in a landslide and essentially tying in Iowa.  —  She has decided to stay in Nevada through the caucus on Saturday.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
A canticle for Donald Trump
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump on Whether Pope Dust-up Will Hurt: ‘You Never Know’
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO THE POPE
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2002, Donald Trump Said He Supported Invading Iraq  —  “Are you for invading Iraq?”  Howard Stern asked him, and Trump answered, “Yeah, I guess so.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  For months, Donald Trump has claimed that he opposed the Iraq War before the invasion began — as an example of his great judgment on foreign policy issues.
New York Daily News:
Republicans, let's win this one for Nino  —  Let's understand something about the fight to fill the Supreme Court seat of Antonin ("Nino") Scalia.  This is about nothing but raw power.  Any appeal you hear to high principle is phony — brazenly, embarrassingly so.
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Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
In interview, Biden suggests Obama's Supreme Court pick shouldn't be too liberal
Discussion: The Week
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Roots of Donald Trump's Candidacy Lie in a South Carolina Cemetery  —  Searching for the soul of South Carolina politics—and the modern Republican Party.  —  COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—Bold and fiercely territorial, the geese in the small pond shatter the peace of the Greenlawn Memorial Park on a bright winter's afternoon.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
In S.C., the GOP contest looks more and more like a three-man race
New York Times:
U.S. Strikes ISIS Camp in Libya, Killing More Than 30  —  WASHINGTON — American warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya early Friday, targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major terrorist attacks in Tunisia last year, according to a Western official.
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CBS News:
U.S. warplanes hit ISIS targets in Libya, official says
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Race in Nevada, Once a Hillary Clinton Firewall, Is Now Hotly Contested  —  LAS VEGAS — In a storefront on this city's heavily Latino east side, the civil rights leader Dolores Huerta rallied a dozen volunteers for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night, relating, in Spanish …
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Charles G. Koch / Washington Post:
Charles Koch: This is the one issue where Bernie Sanders is right  —  Charles G. Koch is chairman and chief executive of Koch Industries.  —  As he campaigns for the Democratic nomination for president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) often sounds like he's running as much against me as he is the other candidates.
Stephen Kinzer / BostonGlobe.com:
The media is misleading the public on Syria  —  COVERAGE OF the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press.  Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why.  —  For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo.
Discussion: MilitaryTimes and CANNONFIRE
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Senate Contender's Family Profited From ‘Pariah State’ Gold Mine  —  Florida's Grayson has denounced trade with dictatorships  —  Congressman says he was unaware of human rights allegations  —  Representative Alan Grayson holds an unusual position as a member of the U.S. Congress, an active investor and manager of a hedge fund.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE- Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump's Rise Is Rejection of a Quarter Century of Bush Republicanism  —  In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Pat Buchanan declared that Trump's rise represents a rejection of 25 years of Bush Republicanism— an ideology which Buchanan …
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Reports: Chicago court to hear case to knock Cruz off White House ballot  —  A judge in Cook County Circuit Court will hear testimony Friday in a lawsuit filed by an Illinois voter that alleges Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz should not be allowed to run for president, CNN and ABC are reporting.
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:   Yes, Trump Can Win in November - And Here's How
Rafael Romo / CNN:
At least 100 bodies found in sewer system under Colombian prison  —  (CNN)Colombian authorities are investigating the disappearance and dismemberment of at least 100 people whose bodies were allegedly thrown into a sewer system underneath a notorious prison in Bogota.
Discussion: AOL
 
 
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Laura Bult / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Two women share shocking accounts of forced labor and sexual abuse by prominent Christian leader Bill Gothard
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders declares he is a ‘strong feminist’ and ‘honorary woman’
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Brian Stobie / Ø:
ANALYSIS: Cable TV's $2.8 Million Donation to Donald Trump's Campaign
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Michael Riley / Bloomberg Business:
Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones
Discussion: emptywheel
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Nevada Democrats Screw Military Voters
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Dan Eaton / Columbus Business Journal:
McDonald's testing chicken-and-pancake sandwich in Central Ohio
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 Earlier Items: 
John McAfee / Business Insider:
I'll decrypt the San Bernardino phone free of charge so Apple doesn't need to place a back door on its product
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USA Today:
Trump speaks for those Bush betrayed: Column
Reuters:
Drinking more coffee may reverse liver damage from booze
Baltimore Sun:
State's highest court intervenes in Freddie Gray case, halting all lower court proceedings
Hugh Hewitt / CNN:
Antonin Scalia vacancy: Letter to GOP senator who waffled
Discussion: Washington Post
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Mom Whose Son Was Tortured to Death by Illegal Endorses Trump, Says 'Pope Doesn't Care About Me'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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