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8:40 AM ET, March 1, 2016

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Jennifer Jacobs / USA Today:
Students removed from Trump rally in Georgia  —  VALDOSTA, Ga. — About 30 black students who were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump's rally here Monday night were escorted out by Secret Service agents who said the presidential candidate had requested their removal before he began speaking.
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TIME:
TIME Responds to Confrontation With Secret Service at Trump Event  —  “We are relieved that Chris is feeling OK”  —  Updated to include comment from photographer Christopher Morris  —  The U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement briefly detained a TIME photographer at a Donald Trump rally …
Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
Report: Donald Trump Requested That a Group of Black Students Be Removed From His Rally Before It Had Even Started  —  In Georgia on Monday, about 30 black Valdosta State University students were removed from a Donald Trump campaign event, hosted at the school's PE complex.
John Nolte / Breitbart:
VIDEO: Time Reporter Grabs Secret Service Agent's Throat at Trump Rally
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Guard choke-slams photographer at Trump rally in Va.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.'s Chagrin  —  Memo to Republican leaders: Be careful what you wish for.  —  Hoping to avoid a repeat of the messy fight for the Republican nomination in 2012, the party drew up a calendar and delegate-selection rules intended …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp  —  Donald Trump is poised for sweeping nationwide wins on Super Tuesday, solidifying his position as the Republican front-runner and intensifying the pressure on his struggling primary rivals to find a way forward.  —  Top Republicans …
CNN:
National poll: Clinton, Sanders both top Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Both of the remaining Democratic candidates for president easily top Republican front-runner Donald Trump in hypothetical general election match-ups, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  —  But Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Washington Times
Katie Glueck / Politico:   Ted Cruz's Judgment Day
Randy E. Barnett / USA Today:
As Trump rises, consider a 3rd party: Column  —  A Trump nomination would destroy the GOP unless Republicans can find a replacement.  —  Is it time for a new third party?  Not yet.  But if Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination, then a new third party will be an imperative — and the time for organizing it is now.
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
After GOP establishment ‘froze’ on Trump, Democrats ready battle plans  —  Columbus, Ohio (CNN)As Donald Trump seems poised for a huge night Tuesday, Democrats see his stunning ascent and controversial, celebrity-driven business empire as a golden opportunity.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Why Liberals Should Vote for Marco Rubio
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration  —  The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump, who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump on NYT interview leak: 'Everything's negotiable'  —  Sean Hannity, the Fox News host who frequently helps Republicans dig out of controversies with friendly interviews, paid that favor to Donald Trump Monday night.  While Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) was telling his final pre-Super Tuesday audience …
Discussion: The Week
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Obama to Make Case to G.O.P. Senators to Fill Supreme Court Seat  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama is to confer in the Oval Office on Tuesday with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader, and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Leading GOP senator: Trump an ‘albatross’ to party
Discussion: U.S. News and Hot Air
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Breaks 10 Years of Silence at Supreme Court
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Message Resonates With White Supremacists  —  Until recently, Jared Taylor, long one of the country's most prominent white supremacists, had never supported a presidential candidate.  —  “There's been no one worth endorsing,” he said in an interview.
New York Times:
Inside the Clinton Team's Plan to Defeat Donald Trump  —  In the days after Donald J. Trump vanquished his Republican rivals in South Carolina and Nevada, prominent Democrats supporting Hillary Clinton arranged a series of meetings and conference calls to tackle a question many never thought they would ask …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Google says it bears ‘some responsibility’ after self-driving car hit bus  —  Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Monday it bears “some responsibility” after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month.  —  The crash may be the first case …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Jesse Ventura: I'll Run for President If Bernie Loses  —  The former governor of Minnesota likes Trump and Sanders, but says he will get in the race by June if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Jesse Ventura told The Daily Beast he will run for president …
Discussion: Raw Story
Oren / ADL Blogs:
Louis Farrakhan Joins List Of Extremists Praising Donald Trump  —  Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Louis Farrakhan's 2016 Sav­iours' Day ser­mon on Feb­ru­ary 28 at the NOI's Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Far­rakhan made anti-Semitic accu­sa­tions of Jew­ish …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
MSNBC scraps plans for Alex Wagner's weekend show  —  MSNBC will not move forward with previously announced plans to give Alex Wagner her own weekend show, raising questions about the host's future at the network, CNNMoney has learned.  —  The decision, made earlier this year …
Rush Limbaugh:
Trump Declines to Disavow David Duke and the KKK — But Only on Sunday  —  RUSH: Everybody is stunned over Trump.  Nobody understands how Trump is still breathing.  Nobody understands how Trump's still pulling this off.  You wouldn't believe the theories that I've received from people sending …
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Why Sen. Elizabeth Warren hasn't endorsed a candidate yet  —  No, Sen. Elizabeth Warren still hasn't endorsed a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary.  —  But that hasn't stopped supporters of both Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders from spinning the Massachusetts senator's silence to their liking.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Super Guide to Super Tuesday — Republican Edition  —  Research by Anne Li, Nate Silver, and David Wasserman  —  Alabama primary  —  50 delegates (21 district, 29 statewide)  —  You're reading the Republican Super Tuesday guide.  Switch to the Democratic guide.  Or listen to our podcast preview.
Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Deadspin and RedState
 
 
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Honey, they're shrinking the Democratic primary (continued)
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