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The BBC reports: Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has thanked the poorly educated for his decisive victory in the US state of Nevada on Tuesday evening. He also celebrated securing the backing of the state’s Hispanic voters. Mr Trump secured a double-digit lead over his rivals, with nearly 44% of the vote. The billionaire real-estate mogul will now be looking …

Marco Rubio will be the sole GOP presidential candidate to skip this year’s wingnut fest at CPAC 2016. The news was breathlessly reported this afternoon over at Trump World Headquarters (AKA Breitbart), where they have posted a reaction from CPAC’s organizers: Although, Marco Rubio has built a conservative record and has a high ACU rating, he and his campaign have …

CNN reports: Donald Trump unleashed tough rhetoric against his rivals as well as a protester at a Monday night rally, the even before the Nevada caucuses. “I’d like to punch him in the face,” Trump said, remarking that a man disrupting his rally was escorted out with a smile on his face. “He’s smiling, having a good time.” Trump claimed …

The president of California State University Los Angeles has cancelled a planned anti-diversity speech by Ben Shapiro, suggesting that it would be better to plan a forum that also includes other viewpoints. Shapiro says he’ll make the speech anyway and is daring the school to arrest him.   Shapiro rants at Breitbart: “The campus fascists have taken over. I pay …

“I want to make sure that you hear this because the media will spin this out of control and they’ll make it into another crazy conspiracy theory, but I just want to point out: 1999, I talked about Osama bin Laden in New York and said that their would be blood and bodies in the streets and the signature would …

NBC News reports: With Jeb Bush out of the race, Donald Trump was in need of a new straw man. On Sunday, the day after a big, “beautiful” win in South Carolina’s primary, Trump found at least a temporary way to fill the Bush void when the lights suddenly went out during his speech. “Oh, I like that much better,” …

Donald Trump appeared on ABC’s This Week today, telling host George Stephanopoulos that he’s now “not sure” if Marco Rubio is eligible to be president. Stephanopoulos pressed the issue because Trump yesterday retweeted a supporter’s claim that “BOTH Cruz AND Rubio are ineligible to be POTUS! It’s a SLAM DUNK CASE!!” As he typically does, Trump shrugged off the retweet. …

Yesterday Glenn Beck invited his followers to join him in not eating tomorrow so that God will see they are totally serious about wanting Ted Cruz to win Tuesday’s Nevada GOP caucus. After much mocking on his Facebook page, this morning Beck posted a response: Reading posts today proves the point that the Church is dead asleep. Since when has …

TIME recaps the result: Donald J. Trump, the brash billionaire who has proved the laws of politics do not apply in this tumultuous presidential campaign, won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, jettisoning decades of Evangelical control over the state. Trump in recent days found himself in a closer-than-expected race against Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz. …

Last night Marco Rubio dismissed the “conspiracy” nuts at Breitbart during an appearance on Fox News, telling host Neil Cavuto that his campaign doesn’t even credential Breitbart reporters for his events. Boom! As you probably now, for the last year Breitbart has acted as a de facto arm of the Trump campaign, with a large number of their articles either …

South Carolina voters were robocalled last night with a message that plays excerpts of Donald Trump’s exchange with lesbian reporter Sue O’Connell and accuses him of “tearing down Christian values.” Listen below. Via Buzzfeed: “I’m a lesbian,” O’Connell tells Trump. “We’ve had some great progress for the gay and lesbian community through politics, through all sorts of judicial actions and …

Donald Trump today called for a boycott of Apple until the company hands over proprietary security information which will allow the federal government to hack the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist. Earlier this week Apple CEO Tim Cook vowed to fight a court order which commands the company to provide that data to the FBI. Today Apple was granted …

Yesterday several sites reported that a Nevada Republican group was encouraging members to vote against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic caucus on Saturday and then also vote in the GOP caucus on Tuesday. Today the Nevada State Democratic Party reacted by promising to prosecute voters who “violate the integrity of the caucus process.” From The Hill: “After reviewing Nevada law, …

USA Today reports: It’s on. The conservative Judicial Crisis Network announced Thursday that it is spending at least $1 million on a radio, TV and digital advertising campaign that urges the Senate to block anyone President Obama nominates to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose death last week has roiled the political world. The campaign, dubbed “Let the People …

“As I am driving to the airport to come home I check the news. Apparently the MSM is reporting that I said ‘God killed Scalia to help Ted Cruz.’ Outrageous. What I did say is ‘perhaps God allowed Scalia to die at this time to wake America up to how close we are to the loss of our freedom.’ I …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: In an interview with Pat Robertson’s television network yesterday, Donald Trump insisted that anti-gay conservatives can rest assured knowing that he is committed to overturning the Supreme Court’s landmark decision striking down state bans on same-sex marriage. When the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody asked the GOP presidential frontrunner what he thought of the …

CBS News reports: A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted Cliven Bundy and four others on 16 charges related to an armed standoff near his ranch in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees. Ammon Bundy, of Idaho, Ryan Bundy, of Nevada, Ryan Payne, of Montana, and Peter Santilli of Ohio, were also indicted by the Nevada grand jury Wednesday. The charges …

Are you bored silly with all these “Obama killed Scalia” claims? Tired of rolling your eyes at “God killed Scalia so Ted Cruz can become president”? Well, you’re in luck because we now have another suspect. Via Liberty News: How in the world could the death of a Supreme Court justice on a remote ranch in Texas be linked to …

When one of the goons got Trump’s microphone, he crowed: “Do not let them intimidate you! They will say anything, they will do anything to keep in power. We don’t need who is in there now. We need to get some fresh bunch up there, some fresh blood.” Watch below. Think Progress reports: It’s become a familiar pattern at Donald …

Dakota Meyer, the alleged father of abstinence advocate Bristol Palin’s second illegitimate baby, has endorsed “traditional marriage” proponent Ted Cruz. From the Cruz campaign’s announcement: “This election is a turning point for our country,” said Meyer. “In these dangerous times we need a strong, principled conservative in the White House. We need a Commander-in-Chief who works with our allies and …