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	Chris Matthews 'Deeply Respects' Donald Trump's White Nationalism, Except for 'Racial Aspect' by Tommy Christopher As is often the case, Super Tuesday provided cable news viewers with multiple opportunities to wonder just what in holy hell is Chris Matthews even talking about. A few hours after he bizarrely asked Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) if the words "trust" and "experience" meant something different to black people, Matthews was back to deliver more "insight" on the 2016 presidential race. Read More »

	Stephen Colbert Critiques Marco Rubio's Insult Comedy Chops by Sam Reisman Stephen Colbert devoted a hunk of his opening monologue on Super Tuesday's Late Show to critiquing Rubio's latest tack of roasting Donald Trump with schoolyard taunts. Read More »

	'Couples Therapy': CNN's Lord, Jones Return for Part 2 of Fiery Debate, Goes Off the Rails Again by J.D. Durkin At some point during the heated exchange Wednesday morning between CNN commentators Van Jones and Jeffrey Lord on New Day, word must have been passed down from the network to keep the good times rolling well into the 9 a.m. ET hour. Read More »

	Did a Piece of Malaysia Airlines MH370 Wash Up on Mozambique Shores Overnight? by Ken Meyer Officials have found the fragment of an aircraft off the coast of Mozambique today, and it might be connected to the Malaysian plane that disappeared over the Indian Ocean two years ago. Read More »

	Donald Trump Camp Gives Press Credentials to White Supremacist Radio Show by Alex Griswold A white supremacist radio show was given full press credentials by the Donald Trump campaign, and even managed to snag at interview with Donald Trump Jr. Read More »

	Trial Renews Disgusting Interest in Erin Andrews’ Naked Video, Most Searched Video on Google by Rachel Stockman The renewed, disgusting and perverted interest stems from the fact the former ESPN reporter’s $75 million civil case is now on trial in a Tennessee courtroom. Read More »

	CNN’s Bash to Cruz: If You Think Trump’s a Phony, Why’d It Take You So Long to Say So? by Josh Feldman CNN's Dana Bash confronted Ted Cruz tonight on why he waited so long to attack Donald Trump if he honestly thinks he's a faux conservative. Read More »

	Jake Tapper Tries Really Hard to Snap Marco Rubio Out of His Denial by Tommy Christopher Super Tuesday has not been kind to Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who currently leads in the Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses, but has yet to win any other state this entire primary season, and is losing his home state to Donald Trump by double digits. Even more unkind was the immovable wall of skepticism with which Jake Tapper greeted Rubio's attempt to spin his losses. Read More »

	‘You’re Dividing People by Race!’ CNN’s Jeff Lord, Van Jones Blow Up Over Trump KKK Flap by Josh Feldman CNN's Jeff Lord, a Donald Trump supporter, defended Trump on the KKK/David Duke flap and got into a pretty fierce battle with Van Jones. Read More »

	After TX, OK Wins, Cruz Calls on Rivals to Unite Behind Him to Stop Trump by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz won both Texas and Oklahoma tonight, and with those victories in mind, he made the case that his rivals and their supporters need to get behind him to take down Donald Trump. Read More »

	‘Forced Into a Shotgun Wedding’: Christie Mocked on Twitter for Standing by Trump by Ken Meyer Chris Christie got roundly mocked on Twitter tonight for just standing there for Donald Trump's victory presser. Read More »

	Megyn Kelly: Trump Sounded 'Reasonable,' 'Presidential' in Super Tuesday Speech by Alex Griswold During Fox News' coverage of the Super Tuesday primary, Fox host Megyn Kelly said that Donald Trump seemed more presidential and reasonable during his victory speech. Read More »

	Trump Responds to Republicans Refusing to Support Him: I’m Expanding the Party! by Josh Feldman Dpnald Trump kicked off his victory press conference tonight by taking a question about all the Republicans refusing to vote for him if he is the GOP nominee. Read More »

	Biden Thanks Trump for ‘Making the American People Look in the Mirror’ on Race by Josh Feldman Joe Biden tonight took a shot at Donald Trump during a small event for #BlackLivesMatter at his Naval Observatory home tonight. Read More »

	Bill Clinton Appears to Violate Election Rules With Polling Station Visits, Clogging Of Voter Lines by J.D. Durkin "I haven't seen one person be able to come in and be able to vote in here," says an off-screen voice in the video. "They are effecting the voting... this is ridiculous. This should be fraud and illegal." Read More »

	Why One Clinton E-Mail ‘Withheld’ By Law Enforcement Could Be So Crucial by Christopher White Read More »

	Matthews to John Lewis: Does Trust Mean Something Different to Black Voters? by Josh Feldman Congressman John Lewis appeared on MSNBC earlier tonight for Super Tuesday, and Chris Matthews asked him about the trust question being put to Hillary Clinton. Read More »

	Multiple New Jersey Newspapers Run Editorials Calling on Christie to Resign by Josh Feldman Multiple New Jersey newspapers ran editorials today all calling on Governor Chris Christie to resign just days after his endorsement of Donald Trump. Read More »

	Limbaugh on Trump’s Appeal: ‘Only Possibility’ of Taking the Country Back from Elites by Josh Feldman In the lead-up to Super Tuesday this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh explained why nothing the liberal media or Donald Trump's Republican rivals attack him with will stick. Read More »

	Oops: Wolf Blitzer Forgets Dana Bash's Name During CNN's Super Tuesday Coverage by Alex Griswold C'mon, we've all been there: CNN's Wolf Blitzer forgot his colleague Dana Bash's name while anchoring the network's coverage of the Super Tuesday primary. Read More »

	Big Freedia Faces 10 Years in Prison for Failure to Disclose Full Finances On Section 8 Housing Forms by Lindsey Ellefson Following her appearances on HBO and in the "Formation" video, it comes as no real surprise that authorities checked into her finances when she reapplied for subsidized housing. Read More »

	Get This Shark Tank Approved ilumi LED Smartbulb For 25% Off (Mediaite Shop) by Mediaite Staff When you’re happy, you want the world around you to be happy too, birds singing and sun shining. And when you’re sad, you want your environment to be kind of sad too, grey skies, a chill in the air. Read More »

	Nine House Republicans Voted Against Bill to Name Post Office After Maya Angelou by Josh Feldman You know how Congress sometimes votes to honor people by naming post offices and other things after them? Well, that normally uncontroversial honor was bestowed upon Maya Angelou today. Nine Republicans voted against it. Read More »

	Donald Trump Has Been Banned From a Louisville, Kentucky Steakhouse by Dana Eisenberg Noted well-done steak enthusiast Donald Trump will be in Louisville, Kentucky tonight for Super Tuesday in advance of March 7th’s GOP caucus. Read More »

	WATCH: Trump Holds Press Conference on Super Tuesday by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will soon hold a major press event at his Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL to follow his win/defeat in Super Tuesday. Read More »

	‘Why Don’t You Go Run for Something?’ Hillary Has Awkward Encounter with Voter by Josh Feldman Hillary Clinton had a pretty awkward and heated run-in with a young woman in Minnesota earlier on Super Tuesday today. Read More »

	Fox’s Gutfeld: We Rip Obama for Bashing Fox, Why Don’t We Rip Trump for Same? by Josh Feldman Once again, Fox's Greg Gutfeld pointed out to his colleagues that they're going way easier on Donald Trump than they should be. Read More »

	Nikki Haley Quickly and Efficiently Dismisses Trump's Attempt at a Twitter Fight by Lindsey Ellefson Haley didn't appear interested in becoming Trump's latest Twitter victim, so she responded with this bored-sounding message. Read More »

	Get the Full Super Tuesday Election Results Here by Josh Feldman Super Tuesday is finally here, and we will be updating this post throughout the night as results come in for more states on both the Democratic and Republican side. Read More »

	Toddler Tells Cops ‘I Need a Beer’ While Mom Investigated for Abandonment by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Melissa Harris-Perry Goes Off on Twitter: ‘Gave Into Culture of Fear at MSNBC’ by Josh Feldman Melissa Harris-Perry left MSNBC after internal frustrations about her show being preempted went public, and this afternoon she took to Twitter to vent a little. Read More »

	Rubio Releases Super Tuesday Open Letter Calling Trump ‘Dangerous,’ Threat to the Country by Josh Feldman Marco Rubio is taking one final swing at Donald Trump with an open letter literally titled "Donald Trump Is No Joke — He’s Dangerous." Read More »

	Bin Laden Wrote Letter Encouraging Young Americans to Combat Climate Change and Corporate Influence by Sam Reisman Among the cache of documents from Osama bin Laden's bookshelf released to the public Tuesday is a curious letter, apparently written by the late al-Qaeda founder, enjoining the American people to undertake a "great revolution for freedom," liberating the then-recently inaugurated President Barack Obama to limit corporate control and to combat climate change. Read More »

	Fox News Contributor Mary Katharine Ham Jumps to CNN, Makes Debut with Tapper by Josh Feldman Fox News' Mary Katharine Ham parted ways with the network and joined CNN today, making her debut on The Lead this afternoon. Read More »

	More People Searching for 'Donald Drumpf' Than Cruz or Rubio by Sam Reisman Make Donald Drumpf Again, indeed! Read More »

	Ben Carson Calls for Private Meeting with All GOP Candidates to Talk ‘Lack of Civility’ by Josh Feldman Ben Carson is publicly calling for a private meeting between all the Republican candidates to discuss the "lack of civility" happening in the race. Read More »

	Samantha Bee Explains Abortion Procedures to TX Rep Who Keeps Saying, ‘I Don’t Believe That’ by Lindsey Ellefson Bee wasn't quite sold on the "safety" angle the Texas lawmakers have been pushing, so she pushed back. Read More »

	Exclusive: Hulk Hogan Settled With Bubba for Only $5,000 Over Sex Tape by Christopher White Read More »

	Cruz Hits Fox News for Having 'Agenda' Against Him: 'Corporate Decision' by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz had a pretty tough interview on Fox News Sunday this week, and during a chat with Mark Levin yesterday, he suggested Fox may have an agenda against him. Read More »

	Brace Yourselves Because The Purge: Election Year is Coming by Lindsey Ellefson The Purge: Election Year is set to hit theaters on July 1, two weeks ahead of the nominating conventions for the Democratic and Republican parties. Read More »