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10:15 PM ET, February 29, 2016

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Why Liberals Should Vote for Marco Rubio  —  Marco Rubio would be a terrible president.  His tax proposals make George W. Bush look fiscally prudent.  He acts as if America can use sanctions, war, or the threat of war to bludgeon its adversaries into submission despite the devastating failure of that approach since 9/11.
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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 …
Discussion: Refinery29, Vox and National Review
Bloomberg Business:
Super Tuesday Predictions Point to Trump, Clinton Rout  —  Statistical models, betting markets, and the Internet weigh in.  —  andretartar  —  On Tuesday, more delegates will be awarded than on any other day of the presidential race.  About half of the delegates needed for a Republican candidate …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Business Insider
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump closes in on Super Tuesday romp
CNN:
Trump, Clinton dominant as Super Tuesday looms
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
More than half a million registered Texans don't have the right ID to vote on Super Tuesday
Discussion: The Week and CBS News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter
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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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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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Guard choke-slams photographer at Trump rally in Va.  —  A photographer was slammed down on a table by someone who appears to be a security guard during a Donald Trump  —  rally Monday in Virginia.  —  A short video of the encounter was posted on Twitter by Independent Journal reporter Joe Perticone and other repoters.
John Nolte / Breitbart:
VIDEO: Time Reporter Grabs Secret Service Agent's Throat at Trump Rally  —  According to The Independent Journal's congressional reporter Joe Perticone, the man holding the camera in the video below is a journalist.  Perticone writes, “Secret Service agent choke slams reporter. ”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event
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 …
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Fox News:
Jewish activist protects KKK members from angry mob at hate protest
Stacey Dash:
Who is Stacey Dash and why did she just walk across the #Oscar stage?  —  You might be watching the Oscars and wondering why someone named Stacey Dash just walked across the stage.  (Why was that funny anyway?)  —  Well, I'm Stacey - with an “e” - and it's nice to meet you.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Breaks 10 Years of Silence at Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Breaking a decade-long silence, Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked several questions from the Supreme Court bench.  He spoke just weeks after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose empty seat next to Justice Thomas's remains draped in black.
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Yahoo Politics:
Justice Thomas poses questions, stuns Supreme Court crowd
Daily Mail:
Horror in Moscow as burka-clad babysitter ‘decapitates four-year-old girl in her care’ - then walks through streets carrying her severed head and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’  —  A burka-clad babysitter decapitated the little girl in her care before walking through Moscow carrying the child's severed head, police say.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Don't Assume Conservatives Will Rally Behind Trump  —  If Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, he'll have undermined a lot of assumptions we once held about the GOP.  He'll have become the nominee despite neither being reliably conservative nor being very electable …
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.
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Folks Before Kochs  —  To save itself, the Republican Party must finally put the working class ahead of the donor class.  —  Donald J. Trump is laying waste to the conservative movement.  His overwhelming lead in Super Tuesday polls stands as further evidence, if further evidence were even necessary …
Discussion: Power Line, Mashable and Guardian
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Partisan Classiness  —  Many people in the commentariat are utterly committed to the view that the two major parties are mirror images of each other, despite vast evidence to the contrary.  But until Harry Enten directed me to this interesting paper by Grossman and Hopkins …
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Manu Raju / CNN:
Leading GOP senator: Trump an ‘albatross’ to party  — Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid …
Discussion: Hot Air, U.S. News and Ben Sasse
New York Times:
Inside the Clintons' 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 …
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining attention online  —  OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining a lot of attention online.  —  Steven Wedel's brutally honest blog post …
Discussion: WGN-TV and FOX31 Denver
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
‘Airport’ Star George Kennedy Dies at 91  —  George Kennedy, who won a supporting actor Oscar for his role alongside Paul Newman in the beloved film “Cool Hand Luke,” and was also a fixture of 1970s disaster movies including the “Airport” franchise and “Earthquake,” died Sunday in Boise, Idaho.
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
NASCAR CEO, race car drivers endorse Trump
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Honey, they're shrinking the Democratic primary (continued)
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Super Guide to Super Tuesday — Republican Edition
Discussion: Deadspin, RedState and Politico
WRAL-TV:
Police chief: Raleigh officer shot, killed drug suspect during chase
Discussion: USA Today, Hit & Run and NBC News
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
E-mails: Snyder could have declared Flint emergency sooner
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
How is Trump winning over Massachusetts Republicans? He speaks their language
Fox News:
Senior Clinton aide maintained top secret clearance amid email probe, letters show
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Thunderdome: Gone Savage For Trump
Alan Grayson's Emails:
I feel the Bern.  —  Last summer, my 16-year-old daughter asked …
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