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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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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
‘Donald Drumpf’ Is Beating Rubio and Cruz for Second in Google 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 …
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:
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.
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 …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Confronted By Voter Who Thinks Her Record Shows She Doesn't Care About African Americans
CNN:
Exit polls: 1 in 5 Republicans recently made up their minds
Discussion: Hit & Run
Christian Post:
Donald Trump Is a Scam.  Evangelical Voters Should Back Away (CP Editorial)  —  Editors' Note: The Christian Post has not taken a position on a political candidate before today.  We are making an exception because Trump is exceptionally bad and claims to speak for and represent the interests of evangelicals.
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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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Carlson, Ingraham Label Romney A Liberal For Condemning Trump On KKK
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Seven N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign  —  48 Shares  —  Seven New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.
Discussion: National Review
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Asbury Park Press:
Step down, Gov. Christie
Discussion: Mediaite, Truth Revolt and NBC News
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.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Calls Meeting Of GOP Candidates After Race Takes ‘Turn For The Worse’
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Senator Chuck Grassley / SCOTUSblog:
Coequal Branches of Government  —  U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary.  —  The Constitution grants the authority to nominate and approve Supreme Court Justices to coequal branches of the federal government.
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ABC News:
Live Super Tuesday Republican Exit Poll Analysis  —  Who turned out in the Super Tuesday GOP primaries and what motivated their votes?  —  For all the answers, bookmark this page now or star it in the ABC News mobile app and come back at 5 p.m. ET.  —  Republicans will be voting today in Georgia …
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Dennis Daugaard / South Dakota State News:
Gov. Daugaard Vetoes HB 1008  —  Office of Gov. Dennis Daugaard  —  500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre, S.D. 57501  —  605-773-3212  —  CONTACT: Tony Venhuizen or Kelsey Pritchard at 605-773-3212  —  PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed the following bill:
Los Angeles Times:
Why millennials are staying away from homeownership despite an improving economy  —  The number of millenials purchasing homes is low, due in part to demographic and industry changes.  —  For millions of young adults who make up the largest and best-educated generation in American history …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
How Breitbart Unleashes Hate Mobs to Threaten, Dox, and Troll Trump Critics  —  Seventeen million readers revel in Breitbart News's Trump-supporting slipstream of angry populism, featuring an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim message.  Is it stoking up dangerous hatred?
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Joe.My.God. and Moe Lane
Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Police: Teen shoots family in East Nashville  —  An argument over getting out of bed for school Tuesday morning led a teenage boy to open fire on three family members, including his grandmother and two young children, inside an East Nashville home, Metro police said.
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 …
 
 
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Jillian Jorgensen / The New York Observer:
You Won't Get Arrested for Public Boozing (or Urinating) in Manhattan Anymore
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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Did Bill Clinton violate election rules in Mass.?
Nick Kangadis / MRCTV:
Food Stamp Users Near Record High Despite Low Unemployment Rate
Discussion: Allen B. West
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Sorry, OPEC: U.S. oil production at 43-year high
Forbes:
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Discussion: Daily Mail and Towleroad
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Bob Kraft praises Donald Trump ahead of Mass. primary
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Agency Sues Companies, Alleging Anti-Gay Bias Is Banned By Existing Laws
Discussion: Vox
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Experiment Tests Kids Raised Around Guns and Those Shielded From Them …
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Daily Mail:
I don't watch the Oscars to get harangued about racism, rape, sex abuse, greedy bankers, global warming and gay rights.
Chicago Tribune:
Man accused of waterboarding girlfriend
Discussion: Chicagoist
Erik Kirschbaum / Los Angeles Times:
Refugees buying one-way tickets home after finding Germany intolerable
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mike Huckabee Hearts Donald Trump
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
10 Things You Never Thought You'd Hear Marco Rubio Say
Discussion: Politico
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is Paying Himself to Run for President
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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