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6:10 PM ET, March 1, 2016

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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Top Rubio adviser preparing donors for dismal Super Tuesday  —  Marco Rubio's top campaign adviser huddled with roughly 40 bundlers and K Streeters Tuesday morning to prepare them for a difficult primary election night—as well as to brief them on the campaign's plan for what to do next.
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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 …
Dareh Gregorian / New York Daily News:
Bad news for The Donald on Super Tuesday as court rules N.Y. attorney general's Trump University fraud lawsuit can proceed  —  Super Tuesday has gotten off to a not-so-super start for Donald Trump — a New York appeals court has denied his bid to to toss out a lawsuit that charges his Trump University was a fraud.
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Here's Why This Educated, Liberal Couple Is Considering Voting For Donald Trump  —  “Yes, we could be like the good citizens who voted for a “tameable” Hitler in 1933 to get things back on track.  But the alternatives look worse,” the couple wrote in a letter to the Financial Times.  —  The letter reads:
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
‘Donald Drumpf’ Is Beating Rubio and Cruz for Second in Web Searches  —  Tuesday morning I wrote about how real-time Google search data can provide useful election forecasts.  With half the day gone and voters in Super Tuesday states still at the polls, Google Trends reveals a striking observation …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan denounces Trump over KKK dust-up: ‘There can be no evasion’  —  (R-Wis.) on Tuesday delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump, warning that the GOP presidential front-runner cannot engage in “evasion” or “games” when it comes to rejecting bigotry.  —  But as the chairman …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Carlson, Ingraham Label Romney A Liberal For Condemning Trump On KKK
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump's support keeps expanding
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Club for Growth warns against Trump endorsements
Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Kos
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
10 Things You Never Thought You'd Hear Marco Rubio Say
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Trump Hits New High, Clinton Maintains Big Lead in New National Poll
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Calls Meeting Of GOP Candidates After Race Takes ‘Turn For The Worse’  —  Dr. Ben Carson announced Tuesday that he was personally calling his rivals to ask them to meet ahead of Thursday's Republican presidential debate, saying the tone of the race had taken a “turn for the worse.”
Discussion: The Week
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Carson camp: 'We clearly don't know' our path to nomination  —  Ben Carson is staying in the race for the Republican nomination even though his campaign admits that it's not clear at all that Carson has a viable path to victory, and they don't have a plan to win.  —  “Well, we clearly don't know.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Adviser: Carson staying in even if he gets shut out on Super Tuesday
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Carson's campaign: 'We clearly don't know' our path to nomination
Discussion: Political Wire and Fox News
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump swaggers through Super Tuesday rally  —  took an early victory lap during a Super Tuesday rally in Columbus, Ohio, boasting about his popularity and dismissing GOP presidential primary rivals Marco Rubio  —  “I'm like 20 points up in Florida over a senator who never shows up,” …
Discussion: ABC News
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Fox News:
Rubio, Cruz locked in critical Super Tuesday battle for runner-up
Discussion: whorunsGov
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Mapping Out ‘Trump Country’ on Super Tuesday
Paul Watson / Infowars:
Report: Trump Supporters in Texas See Votes Switched to Rubio
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz: Rubio has no viable path to beat Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Clinton to voter: 'Why don't you go run for something?'  —  was involved in brief confrontation with a young woman during a campaign stop in Minnesota Tuesday afternoon as voters headed to the polls to cast their ballot in the state's primary.  —  The Democratic presidential front-runner …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Republicans rebuff Obama in meeting on SCOTUS nomination  —  There were no signs of a breakthrough as President Obama met Tuesday with Senate Republican leaders pledging to block anyone he nominates to the Supreme Court.  —  Senate Majority Leader (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley
Discussion: The Atlantic and Shakesville
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Made Republicans Half-Aware of Racism  —  How could this happen to the movement founded by segregationist William F. Buckley?  —  Donald Trump represents a threat to conservatism in two ways.  He is extremely likely to lose if nominated, and even if elected …
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Staring at the Conservative Gutter
Jerry Hayes / WHNT-TV:
Deputy's dash cam captures video of drunk passenger falling head first into creek  —  LINCOLN COUNTY, Tenn. - The next time you're having a bad day, think about the two guys a Lincoln County Deputy encountered while on patrol.  —  The driver stops the truck in the middle of a road.
Discussion: WQAD-TV and New York's PIX11
Super User / dni.gov:
Bin Laden's Bookshelf  —  In the weeks following the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan by United States forces, U.S. Intelligence Community analysts sifted through the recovered digital and hard copy materials in search of clues that would reveal ongoing al-Qa'ida plots …
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren's Agency  —  Payday lenders get a new ally.  —  Senior Political Economy Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — Payday lenders have been gunning for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the day President Barack Obama tapped Elizabeth Warren to set up the new agency.
Siobhan McFadyen / Mirror.co.uk:
Scientists discover 8000-year-old tiny hand prints in ancient cave were NOT made by humans  —  Experts probing the discovery of 13 hand prints in the eerie Egyptian Cave of Beasts say the 8000-year-old stencils did not belong to humans  —  Anthropologists probing the discovery …
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Can Google's Driverless Car Project Survive a Fatal Accident?  —  Everybody knew this day would come.  —  After several years and more than 1.4 million miles of test driving, Google's perfect streak came to an end.  In all that time, the tech giant's self-driving cars had been in fewer …
Daily Mail:
I don't watch the Oscars to get harangued about racism, rape, sex abuse, greedy bankers, global warming and gay rights.  I watch to be entertained.  If you want to preach at us, darlings, get into politics  —  I'm exhausted; physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically drained.
Lornamaydonnelly / The Rolling Stones:
The Rolling Stones announce free concert in Cuba!  —  The Rolling Stones will perform a groundbreaking concert in Havana, Cuba on Friday March 25, 2016.  The free concert will take place at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana and will be the first open air concert in the country by a British Rock Band.
 
 
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Agency Sues Companies, Alleging Anti-Gay Bias Is Banned By Existing Laws
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Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Experiment Tests Kids Raised Around Guns and Those Shielded From Them …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan rebukes Trump's remarks on KKK, David Duke
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Chicago Tribune:
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Erik Kirschbaum / Los Angeles Times:
Refugees buying one-way tickets home after finding Germany intolerable
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Mike Huckabee Hearts Donald Trump
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is Paying Himself to Run for President
Discussion: The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Farrakhan praises Trump for rejecting ‘Jewish’ money
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