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	Breitbart Editor-at-Large Calls on Trump to Fire Abusive Campaign Manager: 'No Excuses' by Alex Griswold In the sharpest rebuke yet from the conservative website, Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro called for the firing of Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after he allegedly manhandled Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. Read More »

	One Little Rule Change Could Help the GOP Defeat Donald Trump by Rachel Stockman In order to present a unified party during the 2012 Republican National Convention, the delegates approved a little-known and very obscure rule change that could potentially give Donald Trump a boost at the 2016 convention and hurt his opponents. Read More »

	'Confessions of a Republican' Isn't the Only 1964 Ad to Amazingly Predict Donald Trump by Tommy Christopher There's a 1964 presidential campaign ad that's burning up the interwebs because it eerily predicts several aspects of the 2016 campaign, particularly the rise of Donald Trump. "Confessions of a Republican" was President Lyndon Johnson's broadside against Sen. Barry Goldwater. Read More »

	Breitbart Allegedly Chastised Reporter After She Was Manhandled by Trump Staffer by Alex Griswold According to a report from The Daily Beast, after Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields was physically mandhandled by Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, Breitbart PR made an angry phone call... to Fields. Read More »

	#BoobsforBernie Informs People That Boobs Aren’t Scandalous, They’re Natural by Mediaite Staff Not everyone becomes surprisingly adept at being an international news sensation regarding the presidential race. Read More »

	Homeowner Struggles With Legal Bills After Being Sued by Home Intruder He Shot by Rachel Stockman In what might be the most egregious abuse of the court system, a home intruder filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco man after being shot after he entered into the home. Read More »

	Sanders Campaign Says This Photo Proves Clinton Broke Rules During Univision Debate by Alex Griswold A Bernie Sanders aide told Fox News' Ed Henry that a picture of Secretary Hillary Clinton backstage with her campaign aides during a commercial break shows that she broke the rules during Wednesday's Univision debate. Read More »

	See the Six Songs Rand Paul Mockingly Recommends for Clinton's Campaign Playlist by J.D. Durkin Former Republican party candidate and frequent Tweetstorm comedian Rand Paul returned to Twitter Wednesday night to offer up a list of songs that he would "recommend" for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. Read More »

	Rick Scott Has Mic Shut Off When He Refuses to Say That Muslims Don’t Hate America by J.D. Durkin This is probably not the TV hit that Florida Governor Rick Scott had in mind this morning. Read More »

	Five Dead, Three Injured in Pennsylvania Shooting; Manhunt Underway by Josh Feldman At least two gunmen are the subject of a police manhunt after a shooting Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania tonight that left five dead and three injured, as of the latest police report. Read More »

	‘It’s All Bullshit’: The Daily Show Ridicules Trump for Touting Failed Businesses by Josh Feldman Trevor Noah tonight mercilessly ridiculed Donald Trump for bragging about a bunch of failed businesses during his Tuesday night presser. Read More »

	Rubio: 'I Have Never Discussed Dropping Out with Anyone on Planet Earth' by Josh Feldman During his Fox News town hall tonight, Marco Rubio insisted that all of the reports about him talking about dropping out before Florida are completely false. Read More »

	Cruz Tells Cute Family Story, Gives Us the Best GIF of the Campaign to Date by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz shared a cute family story during his Fox News town hall tonight and ended up creating a hilariously GIFable moment. Read More »

	Hillary Clinton: Mother of Benghazi Victim 'Absolutely Wrong' to Say I Lied by Josh Feldman Benghazi popped up as an issue at tonight's Univision debate as Jorge Ramos asked Hillary Clinton about accusations from the mother of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi that she lied to her face. Read More »

	Donald Trump: 'I Think Islam Hates Us' by Josh Feldman It wouldn't surprise you to learn that Donald Trump has issues with Islam. He made them clear again tonight when he said in a CNN interview, "I think Islam hates us." Read More »

	Hillary Dismisses Jorge Ramos Grilling Her on Emails: 'I'm Not Even Answering That' by Josh Feldman During tonight's Univision Democratic debate, Jorge Ramos didn't waste much time before grilling Hillary Clinton hard on her emails and who gave her permission to use a private server. Read More »

	Cooper Confronts Trump for Touting a Bunch of Failed Businesses at Presser by Josh Feldman Not all of Donald Trump's businesses have done well, but during a presser last night, he gave the impression that some of the failed ones are still afloat. On CNN tonight, Anderson Cooper grilled him (and not just over the steaks). Read More »

	Chuck Todd to Rubio: If You Hate Trump So Much, Why Would You Support Him as Nominee? by Josh Feldman During an MSNBC town hall tonight, Chuck Todd confronted Marco Rubio on why, if he considers Donald Trump an inexperienced con man who would damage the country, he... Read More »

	O'Reilly: Trump's Not the One Acting Like a Nazi, His Critics Are! by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly really went on a tear against critics of Donald Trump on the left and the right for calling him a fascist and likening his rise to the rise of Adolf Hitler's. Read More »

	Limbaugh Responds to Conservatives Upset at Him for Boosting Trump: You're Scapegoating by Josh Feldman A few conservative writers have publicly expressed some frustrations with Rush Limbaugh for boosting Donald Trump and defending him despite his not-so-conservative credentials. Well, today, Limbaugh fired back. Read More »

	Loretta Lynch: WH Should Just 'Stay Silent' on Hillary Email Investigation by Josh Feldman Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified in Congress today and was asked about White House comments regarding the ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails. Read More »

	Prosecutors Gone Wild? IHOP Employee Actually Arrested For Giving Away Too Many Free Drinks by Matt Strong Read More »

	Sky News Says They Have the Names and Personal Info of 22,000 ISIS Fighters by Lindsey Ellefson Sky News has an announcement that is the very definition of "big if true." Read More »

	Fox Tops Total Viewership for Tuesday Primary Coverage; CNN Leads in Demo by Mediaite Staff Fox News lead the major news networks with the most-watched coverage of Tuesday night's primaries — so called "Super Tuesday 2." Read More »

	Anti-PC Effort #TheTriggering Explodes on Twitter by Josh Feldman #TheTriggering, a hashtag meant to ridicule politically correct attitudes, exploded on Twitter and became a major trending topic in the United States. Read More »

	Rubio Admits He’s Not 'Entirely Proud' of Going Into the Gutter with Trump by Josh Feldman It probably won't surprise you to learn that Marco Rubio very much regrets getting so nasty and personal with Donald Trump on the campaign trail recently. Read More »

	CNN's Navarro on Choosing Trump or Cruz: 'If I Have to Choose Between Strep Throat or Leukemia...' by J.D. Durkin While on the panel with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday afternoon's Situation Room from Miami, CNN Contributor Ana Navarro made a rather unfortunate comparison of sorts while discussing the leaders of the GOP field. Read More »

	'I Am Not a Racist': Trump Rallygoer Regrets Shoving #BlackLivesMatter Protestor by Ken Meyer A Donald Trump rallygoer in Kentucky issued a public apology today for his actions after getting caught up in a fight with a protestor. Read More »

	Meghan McCain Was Convinced to Support Cruz Only After Fiorina Endorsement by Lindsey Ellefson Communications specialist Lee Carter was less convinced, saying that Fiorina had such a small number of voters when she was in the race that their addition to Cruz's supporters wouldn't make much of a difference. Read More »

	A Bunch of the Businesses Trump Bragged About Last Night Don’t Exist Anymore by Josh Feldman So remember how Donald Trump bragged about his wonderful businesses last night by literally trotting out piles of steak and wine and water? Read More »

	CNN’s Scuitto to Trump Co-Chair: How Is Peddling Steak and Wine Presidential? by Josh Feldman CNN's Jim Sciutto confronted Donald Trump national co-chair Sam Clovis this afternoon about how the GOP frontrunner bragged about his businesses during his election night presser. Read More »

	Stop Pitching Elizabeth Warren For VP, Here's Who Hillary Should Pick by Tommy Christopher While Hillary Clinton was in the process of getting beaten by Bernie Sanders in Michigan Tuesday night, the MSNBC crew began speculating about a possible running mate for Hillary, and inevitable, someone brought up populist liberal darling Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Read More »

	One Little Rule Change Could Help The GOP Defeat Donald Trump by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Mizzou Prof. Appeals Firing, Says She Was a 'Scapegoat' to Appease Conservatives by Sam Reisman The University of Missouri assistant professor fired last month for accosting a photojournalist attempting to cover a student protest has appealed her termination, claiming that the school is making her a "scapegoat." Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Trump Holds Campaign Rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina by Mediaite TV Coming off his wins from Super Tuesday 2, Donald Trump is appearing in Fayetteville, N.C. tonight to hold a rally. Read More »

	Tammy Duckworth's Senate Campaign Got Over 1000 Donations After Insensitive GOP Tweet by Lindsey Ellefson Neither the committee nor her opponent for the Senatorial seat, Mark Kirk, have apologized to Duckworth. Read More »

	'Bernie Sanders' Shows up at a Kasich Rally by Josh Feldman So "Bernie Sanders" showed up at a John Kasich rally in Illnois today. Read More »

	Jon Voight on Trump: He’s 'Funny, Playful, and Colorful, but Most of All, He is Honest' by Lindsey Ellefson The man is good for soundbites. In fact, he's done it again! Read More »

	Juvenile Weatherman Jabs Female Coworker: 'Probably the Most Action You've Had in Months' by J.D. Durkin Somehow, meteorologist Charlie Shortino out of Madison, Wisconsin managed to keep his job after this humdinger live on-air for NBC-15. Read More »

	ABC Anchor Tries to Get the Dalai Lama's Thoughts on Donald Trump by Josh Feldman All is Donald Trump and Donald Trump is all, so an anchor today attempted to get the Dalai Lama's thoughts on the man who will make America one with greatness again. Read More »