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February 2016[edit]
   | 5 | Donald Trump goes to a non-ultra-conservative Virginia university to speak in preparation for Super Tuesday. It goes about as well as you think. |
| 3 | Alabama Senator, Jeff Sessions, endorses Trump. |
| 16 | Democratic National Committee Vice Chair, Tulsi Gabbard, has resigned in order to endorse Bernie Sanders. |
| 13 | Who's got two thumbs and a bad habit of re-tweeting white supremacists? |
| -8 | Hillary Clinton wins the South Carolina primary with over 70% of the vote, vastly outperforming the polling in that state. |
| 4 | Jean-Marie Le Pen endorses Trump. |
| 4 | Hashim Thaci is elected as Kosovo's new president. The opposition party had released tear gas in Kosovo's parliament in order to prevent a vote. |
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| 9 | Hillary Clinton is not a friend of labor. |
| 4 | Many TV pundits fail to disclose their relationship with Hillary Clinton as they praise her. |
| 7 | Trump nabs the important David Duke endorsement |
| 11 | Sanders is leading Clinton in national polling. |
| 6 | Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt Hillary Clinton. |
| 9 | Why Bernie Sanders is the only Democrat who can defeat Donald Trump. |
| 11 | Bernie Sanders accuses Hillary of copying his message. |
| 7 | Trump is winning with the racist vote. |
| 9 | Now Hillary Clinton says she will release her big bank speeches after the Republicans do. |
| 6 | Trump wins Nevada in a landslide. |
| 6 | No, Trump, General John Pershing didn't execute Filipino Muslims with bullets soaked in pig's blood. |
| 9 | Donald Trump is now boycotting Apple's products because they won't create a backdoor in their phones for the FBI. |
| 15 | No, Sanders's supporters didn't yell 'English only' to activist Dolores Huerta. |
| 22 | Jeb! drops out of the clown car! |
| 10 | Trump wins the GOP primary in South Carolina |
| 4 | Another batch of Hillary's emails have been published. Mostly a non-story. Update:More of her emails are out and they detail her push for free trade agreements. |
| -6 | Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Nevada Caucuses. |
| 4 | Hillary Clinton has pledged unwavering support for Israel. |
| 8 | John Kasich and the Clintons helped pass welfare reform that increased extreme poverty. |
| 12 | The Donald threatens to sue Ted Cruz over his citizenship and run as a third party candidate. |
| 11 | The DNC has rolled back Obama's campaign finance reforms Update: Sanders has called for the ban to be reinstated and has asked Hillary Clinton to join him. |
| 11 | Sanders and Clinton debate on PBS get into a disagreement about Henry Kissinger |
| 13 | Rabid fetus fetishist Carly Fiorina doesn't carry her campaign to full term. |
| 8 | After the New Hampshire primary, Bernie Sanders campaign had raised $64 million in a single day. |
| 11 | Even though Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly won in NH Hillary Clinton will leave with a tie in delegates because of Democratic superdelegates. |
| 13 | Vermin Supreme has come fourth in the Democratic primary He even got more votes than Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore did in the GOP primary. |
| 20 | Bernie Sanders makes US history by becoming the first non-Christian to ever win a US primary... oh and Trump won too. |
| 5 | Bloomberg considering run for prez as independent. |
| 9 | How Hillary Clinton is the representative of the military industrial complex. |
| 13 | A recent poll shows that 54% of voters agree that "In the next decade, a political revolution might be necessary to redistribute money from the wealthiest Americans to the middle class." |
| 8 | Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree to have 4 more debates. |
| 7 | The clown bus loses Rand Paul. UPDATE: Santorum's also out. |
| 10 | Some big news in American politics today. Ted Cruz |