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February 22, 2015
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Supreme Court Snub Is Ultimate Delegitimization Of First Black President
The Gist: The emerging Supreme Court battle in the Senate is the pinnacle of the deep-seated, racially tinged effort to block America’s first black president from leaving a lasting legacy on the country that elected him twice.
Donald Trump ‘Not Sure’ If Marco Rubio Is Eligible To Be President
The Gist: Donald Trump said that “the lawyers have to determine” whether Rubio and Ted Cruz are eligible to become commander in chief.
Kalamazoo Man Who Killed 6 In Random Spree Worked As Uber Driver
The Gist: Authorities trying to piece together an hours-long rampage that left six dead are looking into a report that the suspect picked up at least one Uber fare between shootings.
From The Reporter’s Notebook
After Pope Francis said that Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall was “not Christian,” conservatives were quick to dismiss the Pope’s comments, despite the Pontiff’s popularity. The Rev. Franklin Graham scolded the Pope, telling him to “build a bridge” to Trump. And Jeb Bush said it was “inappropriate” for Pope Francis to “intervene” in the Republican presidential primary.
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall: What’s the number of times one Republican has scored dominating victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina and then gone on to lose the nomination? Exactly. Never. Though nothing is certain in politics, it’s time to dispense with any faith-based logic that disputes the fact that Trump is now the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination.
Say What?!
“I mean, I don’t know about retweeting. I mean, you retweet somebody, and turns out to be a white supremacist.”
– Trump said he had no idea that he was retweeting white supremacist groups, or what retweeting is at all…
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “I commend two numbers to your attention – Hillary is projected to get upwards of 70% of the African American vote, and she is also projected to get upwards of 70% of the superdelegates (I wouldn’t be surprised if it was 80%) that in turn make up 30% of the votes needed for the nomination. Neither of those numbers is going to budge much. So yes, Sanders might yet pick up a state or two outside Vermont, but barring some catastrophe, the actual horse race is pretty much over. Sure the folks at DailyKos and CNN et al. will try to pretend otherwise, but that is just make-believe, along the same lines as those who pretended the Hillary/Obama race wasn’t in fact also decided early. So my take is that the Hillary nomination is a done deal.”
Related: Superdelegates help Clinton expand her lead despite her New Hampshire loss.
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What We’re Reading
In case after case, Scalia sided with corporations over everyday Americans. ( The Atlantic)
The state of the Republican campaign after South Carolina. (Vox)
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