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CBS News:
Biden, Warren, Harris and Sanders top 2020 field — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Joe Biden continues to be the first choice among Democratic voters across the 2020 primary states holding contests through Super Tuesday. However, rivals Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are gaining …
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Political Wire
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Early contests by the numbers: Democratic delegate race tightens — CBS News Battleground Tracker — While Joe Biden continues to lead all Democratic candidates across early states in the presidential nominating process, his previously large advantage has shrunk since June …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Elizabeth Warren Has Momentum. Can She Build a Movement? — Elizabeth Warren was walking around Milwaukee a week and a half ago, listening to a community activist and a 22-year-old whose parents are undocumented immigrants. They told her the history of bilingual education …
CBS News:
Most Americans disagree with Trump's “go back” tweets — CBS News poll — The controversy around President Trump's tweets last week comes at a time when nearly nine in 10 Americans see a nation divided along racial lines, and most believe the parties each hold different ideas about what makes a person an American.
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Political Wire
Miami Herald:
As Trump's reliable sycophant, Rubio drags us further into the president's swamp | Editorial — Witnessing Sen. Marco Rubio's pathetic response last week to President Trump's latest racist outrages, it is impossible now to believe that Florida's senior senator was once hailed as …
Daily Mail:
Why I helped expose ambassador's embarrassing cables: Journalist, 19, behind Trump scoop comes forward to reveal his motivation and fears he's being targeted by security services — Lying awake at 2am last Wednesday and unable to sleep for the third night in a row, I listened as footsteps crunched …
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The Guardian and Bloomberg
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Nadler: Trump has broken the law “6 ways from Sunday” — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Fox News Sunday that Donald Trump has “violated the law 6 ways from Sunday,” and that he would be indicted if he were not president. … Why it matters: Nadler …
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Responds to $15 Minimum Wage Controversy with Better Hours for Staff — Amid a pay war within his own 2020 presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders will limit the amount of time his organizers can work to guarantee that no one is making less than $15 per hour …
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Townhall, RedState, Fox News, Daily Wire, Washington Post and twitchy.com
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Meet the woman who ties Jeffrey Epstein to Trump and the Clintons — How did wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein come to be palling around with Bill Clinton and Donald Trump? — People who know those involved say Epstein's connections to two U.S. presidents ran through one bubbly British heiress: Ghislaine Maxwell.
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
In 88 Trips to Capitol Hill, Mueller Grew Weary of Partisanship — Dozens of hours of Robert S. Mueller III's congressional testimony since 1990 reveal his complex relationship with legislators. — WASHINGTON — Days after he was appointed special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III visited …
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Politico and Washington Post
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Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Inside Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera's Far-Right Politics — The Yankees legend—who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday—has managed to keep his political leanings hidden for decades. — Mariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history …
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Breitbart
Jason Stanley / Newsweek:
Yes, ‘Send her back’ is the face of evil—I know fascism when I see it | Opinion — “All effective propaganda must be confined to very few points,” Adolf Hitler wrote, “which must be brought out in the form of slogans.” — “Drain the swamp.” “Lock her up.” “Build the wall.”
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Mother Jones and The Guardian
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Two UK ministers to quit if Boris Johnson wins — U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond and U.K. Justice Secretary David Gauke announced Sunday they will resign if Boris Johnson wins the Tory party leadership contest and becomes prime minister, with Gauke warning that a no-deal Brexit would lead to national “humiliation.”
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New York Times, One America News Network and The Times & The Sunday Times
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Adam Geller / Associated Press:
Sanders' early life in Brooklyn taught lessons, some tough — NEW YORK (AP) — Back on Brooklyn College's red brick campus this winter to launch his second bid for the White House, Bernie Sanders set aside rhetoric for a few minutes to acknowledge the neighborhood where he grew up.
Ethan Cai / Campus Reform:
STUDY: Faculty diversity at near stand-still despite MILLIONS spent by universities — A new study finds that universities have made little progress on faculty diversity despite pouring more money into inclusivity initiatives. — A new study found that universities have not made much progress …
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Brexit funder Arron Banks threatens Netflix over Great Hack documentary — Legal threat comes as campaigners warn UK government that courts are being used to intimidate journalists — The businessman Arron Banks and the unofficial Brexit campaign Leave.EU have issued a legal threat …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal
Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
Netflix Takes Aim at Facebook With ‘The Great Hack’