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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
David Duke Urges His Supporters To Volunteer And Vote For Trump  —  “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  David Duke, a white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, is urging the listeners of his radio program to volunteer and vote for Donald Trump.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
David Duke: Voting against Trump is ‘treason to your heritage’  —  David Duke, a white nationalist and former Klu Klux Klan grand wizard, told his audience Wednesday that voting for anyone besides Donald Trump “is really treason to your heritage.”  —  “Voting for these people …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
RNC sees leverage over Trump  —  Donald Trump has steamrolled toward the Republican nomination by lambasting all things political establishment, and now that establishment thinks it can convince their insult-wielding front-runner he needs them.  —  Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus …
Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
Why Chris Christie never went after Donald Trump  —  Twenty-four hours before Chris Christie dropped out of the presidential race, the New Jersey governor chatted on his campaign bus about taking on Donald Trump the way he went after Marco Rubio.  —  Three days earlier …
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz, Rubio prep for brutal debate night  —  HOUSTON — For Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, this might be their last, best chance.  —  The final Republican presidential debate Thursday night before the Super Tuesday contests has the potential to be an epic display of anger and rhetorical aggression …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
David Duke encourages listeners to vote for Trump  —  David Duke is encouraging his listeners to vote for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  Duke, a white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, called Trump's victories in Nevada and South Carolina a “historic day …
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Fights in Texas, Hoping It Won't Be His Alamo
Discussion: The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘The poorly educated’ people of America cut an ad for Donald Trump [Video]
Discussion: RedState
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Leads Marco Rubio by 16 Points in New Florida Poll
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Debate Another Chance for Rubio, Cruz to Try to Slow Trump
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Associated Press
The Hill:
How Obama, Dems plan to win fight on high court  —  President Obama and Senate Democrats plan to reach deep into their bag of tricks and tactics to ensure the Supreme Court dominates the political debate up until Election Day.  —  Their strategy is to portray the Senate Republican majority …
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump's negatives among Hispanics rise; worst in GOP field … Donald Trump has used the issue of immigration to help make himself the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, but his harsh rhetoric also has earned him the highest negative ratings among Hispanic voters …
Tyler Tynes / The Huffington Post:
Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton At Private Event In South Carolina  —  They wanted her to account for some of her past statements on racial justice.  —  Politics Fellow, The Huffington Post  —  Two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted a private Hillary Clinton …
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Esme E Deprez / Bloomberg Business:
South Carolina Feminists Want Woman President Who Isn't Clinton
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Foreign Workers for Florida Club: You're Hired  —  Donald J. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach describes itself as “one of the most highly regarded private clubs in the world,” and it is not just the very-well-to-do who want to get in.  —  Since 2010, nearly 300 United …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:   Donald Trump Turned Down 94.4 Percent of American Job Applicants, Applied for Hundreds of ‘H’ Visas Instead
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval Withdraws Himself for Consideration for Open SCOTUS Seat  —  After reportedly being vetted by the Obama administration, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has withdrawn himself from consideration for the open seat on the Supreme Court.
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Brad Mielke / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Pushes Back on Potential Brian Sandoval Supreme Court Nomination
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Associated Press
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters  —  When Justice Antonin Scalia died 11 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Romney: There's a ‘bombshell’ in Trump's tax returns  —  Mitt Romney is going after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump  —  for not yet releasing his taxes.  —  “Frankly, I think we have a good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes,” the 2012 GOP nominee told Fox News on Wednesday.
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Christopher Cameron / The Statesman:
Political science professor forecasts Trump as general election winner  —  A professor of political science at Stony Brook University has forecasted that Donald Trump has a minimum 97 percent chance of winning the general election as the Republican nominee.  —  Professor Helmut Norpoth's …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Iowa Lawmakers Advance Bill That Would Allow Kids To Use Handguns  —  The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that eliminates the age requirement for children to use “a pistol, revolver or the ammunition” with parental supervision.  —  The House approved the measure 62-36, according to The Huffington Post.
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MIT Technology Review:
Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image  —  Guessing the location of a randomly chosen Street View image is hard, even for well-traveled humans.  But Google's latest artificial-intelligence machine manages it with relative ease.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Verge
Paul Watson / Infowars:
NY Times Columnist Jokes About Assassination Attempt Ending Trump's Campaign  —  “Good news guys I've figured out how the Trump campaign ends”.  —  New York Times columnist Ross Douthat caused outrage after he joked about how an assassination attempt could end Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Natalie Swaby / KING-TV:
Boy removed from plane over allergies, passengers applaud  —  COUPEVILLE, Wash. - Instead of sightseeing on a ferry, 7-year-old Giovanni, his mom, Christina Fabian, and dad, George Alvarado should have already boarded a flight.  —  “We were on Flight 171,” said Fabian.
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Fight the soulless juggernaut: Big money, machine politics and the real issue separating Sanders and Clinton  —  Democrats face a stark choice: A money-mad, scandal-plagued establishment, or the potential of decency and change  —  Despite Bernie Sanders being tied with her for pledged delegates …
 
 
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