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1:35 AM ET, March 4, 2016

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CNN:
First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC  —  Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney has instructed his closest advisers to explore the possibility of stopping Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, a source close to Romney's inner circle says.
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Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
In sign of apocalypse, Donald Trump defends the size of his ... hands  —  Oh yes he did.  —  During Fox News' Thursday night debate, moderators addressed the somewhat juvenile tone that has overcome the GOP campaign in the past week.  —  Bret Baier asked Marco Rubio about the contradictory nature …
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Vox, The Week and Mother Jones
Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse  —  DETROIT — The high-speed unraveling of the Republican Party somehow accelerated further on Thursday, as the party's last two presidential nominees joined the chorus of establishment voices warning voters not to allow Donald Trump to become the GOP's standard-bearer.
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and National Review
Donald Trump / ABC News:
Best Lines of the Republican Debate in Michigan
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Brags About His Penis Size: ‘I Guarantee You There Is No Problem’  —  Donald Trump responded to a jab Marcio Rubio has made about the size of Trump's hands — a line widely interpreted to be a reference to Trump's manhood — by promising that when it comes to the size of “something else,” he guarantees “there is no problem.”
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN  —  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the state of the Republican presidential primary campaign:
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rivals pile on Trump in Republican candidates' debate  —  The GOP debate, in less than 3 minutes  —  DETROIT — The calamity brought upon the Republican Party by Donald Trump was laid bare Thursday by its two most recent presidential nominees, who delivered unprecedented denunciations …
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Graham: A brokered convention wouldn't be fair to Trump  —  Lindsey Graham has had some harsh words for Donald Trump, but that doesn't mean he thinks a brokered convention would be fair to the Republican frontrunner.  —  In an interview with former Obama adviser David Axelrod on his podcast …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Blistering attacks upend Trump's pivot to statesman mode  —  First, Donald Trump attacked former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for being a “failed candidate.”  Then he turned to “little” Marco Rubio.  He angrily listed his recent wins and poll standings.
Discussion: Politico
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits Back At Romney: He Would've Dropped To His Knees For Me In '12
Eliza Collins / Politico:   Priebus: There will be no ‘shell games’ with GOP nomination
Danny Vinik / Politico:   The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's
Politico:
Full transcript: Mitt Romney's remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Republican governors mostly steer clear of presidential race
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘would have dropped to his knees’ for my endorsement
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Gushing Romney Accepts Trump Endorsement
Discussion: The Week
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio's path to an outright win has vanished  —  Marco Rubio's path to the Republican nomination short of a contested convention has narrowed to nearly nothing as his campaign and allies reboot their strategy to prepare for months of guerrilla warfare to deny Donald Trump a clean, pre-convention victory.
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
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Jeff Berkowitz / Delve In:
The (Rule) 40 Horsemen of the GOP Apocalypse
Discussion: Hot Air
Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
DeLemus supporters sing ‘God Bless America’ at court appearance  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Federal agents have arrested Jerry DeLemus, a local Tea Party leader who stood with Cliven Bundy's armed resistance at his ranch in Nevada in 2014, in connection with the standoff and alleged assault.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Fourteen Additional Defendants Charged For Felony Crimes Related To 2014 Standoff In Nevada
Skagit Valley Herald / Goskagit.com:
Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun  —  A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.  —  The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos …
Dawn Ennis / Advocate:
She Is Cait, and I Am Not: Face to Face with Jenner  —  Winding my way 'round deadman's curves at unsafe speeds all the way up a Malibu mountaintop to meet Caitlyn Jenner, I asked myself: who would live here except a recluse?  Cut off from the rest of the world, high above it all …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Gets AIDS In A New Movie, And That Has Studio Execs In A Panic  —  Afraid of Trump's reaction, they're “subtly trying to make it disappear,” says an industry source.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Audiences at screenings around the world …
Lisa Belkin / Yahoo Politics:
John Kasich argues he's the grown-up on the GOP debate stage  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich took a moment from the insults and theater at the Fox News GOP debate in Detroit to argue that his experience and age make him a better candidate than his competitors.  —  “I knew Ronald Reagan,” …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
The Controversy Surrounding Trump University
Breitbart:
Mittens: GOP Establishment Chooses Mount Romney as Hill to Die on  —  After , , , , , and , the Republican establishment is now turning once again to the Adlai Stevenson of the GOP - Willard Mitt Romney.  —  Perhaps nothing is more symptomatic of the GOP establishment's death drive …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Violence to Come  —  What will happen to American politics if, as now appears likely, the Republican Party nominates Donald Trump?  Here's one bet: It will get more violent.  —  The United States is headed toward a confrontation, the likes of which it has not seen since 1968 …
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Sasha Obama's high school classes will keep first family in Washington for a while  —  MILWAUKEE — President Obama can issue sweeping directives and deploy troops to faraway corners of the world.  But it became clear Thursday that the leader of the free world sometimes takes orders from his 14-year-old daughter.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Branch / New York Times:
Brandi Chastain to Donate Her Brain for C.T.E. Research  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. — The retired soccer player Brandi Chastain remains best known for scoring the winning shootout goal in the 1999 World Cup final against China and for the jersey-shedding celebration that followed.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Romanians Make Fun of Bernie Sanders Over Internet Tweet
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Andrew Pulver / Guardian:
George Clooney interview: ‘Donald Trump is a xenophobic fascist’
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: 'I wasn't being held hostage' by Donald Trump
Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Urges Action on Supreme Court Nominee
Discussion: Politico
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
What ever happened to all that money Trump raised for the veterans?
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How The U.S. Government And HSBC Teamed Up To Hide The Truth From A Pennsylvania Couple
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