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10:40 PM ET, March 8, 2016

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Elizabeth Wilner / The Cook Political Report:
Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge  —  The grid below by CMAG's Mitchell West lays out a GOP-sponsored “anti-Trump” air campaign that is growing by the week, from 9% of all Republican TV spots (individual airings of commercials) by all advertisers in the presidential race during the first week in February …
Discussion: Washington Post
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ABC News:
Trump Hits a Wall Within the GOP; His Critics Back a Convention Fight (POLL)
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds Three-Point Lead Over Ted Cruz in GOP Race, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds  —  Primary voters say they would prefer any of businessman's rivals in a one-on-one contest  —  Donald Trump holds a narrow, three-point lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …
Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Most Americans agree Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’  —  Just over half of Americans agree with Mitt Romney that Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’, but Republicans disagree … As the Trump campaign maintained its strong momentum Republican heavyhitters Mitt Romney and John McCain blasted the frontrunner in unusually blunt language.
ABC News:
Republican Primary Exit Poll Analysis
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
Fallon Silcox / mynews13.com:
Exclusive Florida Decides Poll: Trump, Clinton lead Florida's presidential primaries  —  If Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the candidates in November, Clinton would lose a close contest to Trump, according to our exclusive poll.  —  What will the outcome of the presidential primary elections be?
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll  —  Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are locked in a tight Republican race - separated by just three points - according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  Trump is the first choice of 30 percent of Republican primary voters …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump leads GOP race nationally but with weaker hold on the party
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Prospects Ascendant, Though Perhaps Not With Senate Peers
Fox News:
Romney sends out anti-Trump robo-calls for Rubio, Kasich
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Senator Holds Up Aid For Flint Because Residents ‘Have All The Government Resources They Need’  —  A bipartisan aid package to send $100 million to help the residents of Flint, Michigan deal with the widespread contamination that is still plaguing their drinking water, as well as funds …
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Tegna / WZZM-TV:
Amid high turnout, Michigan primary precinct runs out of Democratic ballots in mix-up
Discussion: Raw Story and U.S. Uncut
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Flint Polling Places Ran Out Of Ballots, Turned Voters Away
Discussion: WEYI
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why Donald Trump scrapped this morning's live TV hits  —  Donald Trump was scheduled to go on a satellite TV tour Tuesday morning, but it was scrapped at the last minute.  He called into several morning TV shows by phone instead.  —  So what happened?  He says there were technical glitches.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Has Made Some Bad TV Ad Buy Deals In Ohio
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Voices From Voters as They Cast Primary Ballots in 4 States  —  Voters in four states are making their choices Tuesday in party primaries.  Michigan is the big prize sought by Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as he aims to prevent his rivals from narrowing the delegate gap.
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Why Michigan Voters Are Hungry for Change
Keith Olbermann / Washington Post:
I can't stand to live in a Trump building anymore  —  Keith Olbermann is a news and sports commentator and reporter.  —  Okay, Donnie, you win.  —  I'm moving out.  —  Not moving out of the country — not yet anyway.  I'm merely moving out of one of New York's many buildings slathered …
Discussion: Mediaite
Elena Schneider / Politico:
NRSC deletes tweet attacking Tammy Duckworth for ‘not standing up for our veterans’  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee tweeted Tuesday that Illinois Senate Democratic candidate Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs while serving in the Iraq War, “has a sad record of not standing up for our veterans.”
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:   NRSC Deletes Tweet Saying Double Amputee Dem Doesn't ‘Stand’ For Vets
KTVU-TV:
Video: Car nearly crashes into KTVU reporter, everyone ok  —  ALAMEDA COUNTY (KTVU) - As KTVU reporter Alex Savidge was covering the train derailment in Alameda County on Tuesday morning, a car crashed and careened toward him and his photographer.  —  Alex was live on Mornings on 2 at that moment.
Windy City Media Group:
Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans  —  The second sibling of the filmmaking duo known as The Wachowskis has come out as transgender.  —  Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana, 50, came out in a statement to Windy City Times, after being threatened with outing by other media.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump on Nancy Reagan: ‘She was never very beautiful’  —  Earlier this week, after the death of Nancy Reagan, Donald Trump on Twitter called her “the wife of a truly great President” and “an amazing woman.”  —  “She will be missed!” he wrote.  —  In 2004, though, Trump wasn't as enthusiastic …
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
How did Trump qualify for a middle-class tax break?  —  The GOP front-runner received a tax break available only to couples deemed by the state to have made $500,000 or less  —  One of the enduring mysteries of Donald Trump is just how much wealth he has.  Forbes pegs his net worth at $4.5 billion …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Brink's Employee Charged with Stealing $200,000 in Quarters  —  BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged a Harpersville man with stealing nearly $200,000, all in quarters, while he worked for Brink's Company armored transport service, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance …
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Zuckerberg leads Supreme Court brief in support of Obama's immigration action  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other influential tech insiders filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting President Obama's executive action on immigration.  —  The brief, submitted Tuesday …
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Bernie Sanders Sign Defaced in Illinois - Vandals Leave Message
Discussion: Western Journalism
Kristen Ellingboe / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Most Americans Disagree With Their Congressional Representative On Climate Change
PR Newswire:
Airline Industry Veteran Gordon Bethune Leads Stockholder-Nominated Slate for Election …
Ian Tuttle / National Review:
Add Another Yuuge Failure to Trump's Pile: The Trump Network
Discussion: Mother Jones and Hot Air
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Thomas Frank / Guardian:
Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's why
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's flirtation with fascism
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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Dad Advertises His ‘Virgin’ Daughter for Marriage in Christian Magazine
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Bakers Who Refused to Make Gay Wedding Cake Reveal Their Most Disturbing Phone Call …
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Planned Parenthood building vandalized in Columbus
 

 
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