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12:10 PM ET, February 23, 2020

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Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:
CBS News poll: In South Carolina, Biden's lead narrows, with Sanders and Steyer on his heels  —  The contest in South Carolina looks very different heading into its final week than it did last fall.  Joe Biden (28%) has only a single-digit lead with Bernie Sanders (23%) now right behind him.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Sanders eviscerates the conventional wisdom about why he can't win  —  LAS VEGAS — On Saturday in Nevada, Bernie Sanders laid waste not just to his five main rivals but also to every shard of conventional wisdom about the Democratic presidential primaries.  —  You could see the dominoes …
Washington Post:
As Bernie Sanders's momentum builds, down-ballot Democrats move to distance themselves  —  Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the Democratic Party's hope for flipping a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, tried to do no harm this month when he was asked about Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Buttigieg's campaign alleges numerous errors in caucus vote-counting  —  Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's campaign, in a letter sent to the Nevada State Democratic Party just before midnight on Sunday, is alleging numerous errors in how early vote totals were folded into the Caucus Day process.
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
CNN:
Bloomberg needs to take down Sanders — immediately  —  Joe Lockhart was White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.  He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Third Way:
Stand up to Bernie or You - and We - All Lose  —  Memo to Vice President Biden; Mayor Bloomberg; Mayor Buttigieg; Senator Klobuchar; and Senator Warren  —  At the Las Vegas debate, each of you took aim at one another, often to withering effect.  But with few exceptions, you declined to really challenge Senator Sanders.
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Here is Democrats' last chance to get this right
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and HuffPost
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada — Putting Him In The Driver's Seat To Win The Nomination
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders decisively wins Nevada caucuses
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Strengthening His Primary Lead
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
MSNBC panel disparages Nevada voters for picking Bernie Sanders: ‘Sounds a lot like political suicide’
Discussion: NB Blog
New York Times:   How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada
ABC News:
With help from Latino voters, Bernie Sanders hits the Nevada jackpot
Discussion: Fox News and Mother Jones
NBC News:
Some Nevada caucus sites facing volunteer shortages
Discussion: MSNBC and The Hill
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Lobotomizing Our Government  —  Trump's national security adviser has made clear that he sees his job as serving as a kind of human cocktail of drugs for the erratic president—part palliative, part sedative.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  For just over a century, since America arrived …
Discussion: Raw Story
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ABC News:
National security adviser Robert O'Brien disputes Russian meddling to favor Trump's reelection
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Security adviser: I've seen no intel of Moscow helping Trump
Discussion: HuffPost and ABC News
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
We have entered the Trump Unbound era — and journalists need to step it up.  —  When Donald Trump was elected, the media spent months figuring out how to cover a far-from-ordinary presidency.  —  Some will argue that many journalists never rose to that challenge — that they normalized Trump …
Nick Givas / Fox News:
Philip Haney, DHS whistleblower, found dead, police say  —  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower Philip Haney was found dead in Amador County, Calif., on Friday, according to local authorities.  —  Haney, 66, “appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Wall Street Journal reporters protest ‘sick man’ headline in Wall Street Journal  —  The Wall Street Journal's China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted the Chinese government to expel three of its journalists this week.  —  The email from the Journal's China bureau …
Wall Street Journal:
Tapping Trump's Anger About 2016 Surveillance, White House Seeks Overhaul of Spying Law  —  Effort is spurred by president's criticism of the investigation of former campaign adviser Carter Page
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
Oklahoma Will Require Its Schools to Teach the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921  —  Oklahoma's Education Department is adding the 1921 Tulsa race massacre to its curriculum for the first time, in what doubles as a contingency to stop the tragedy's centennial from devolving into a pile …
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Xi Acknowledges ‘Shortcomings’ in Fight Against Outbreak  —  In nearby South Korea, which has more than 600 confirmed cases, President Moon Jae-in empowered his government to lock down cities and restrict travel.  —  RIGHT NOW Pakistan and Turkey close their borders with Iran as cases there increase.
Paula Bolyard / PJ Media Home:
Stunning: A Delusional Socialist Just Blew Away the Democrat Competition in Nevada.  Now What?  —  If you think that headline sounds like something from the Babylon Bee, you're not alone.  It defies logic, reason, and incredible odds, but as of publishing time, it appears that Bernie Sanders …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran, Deal Death Blow to Nuclear Deal  —  In discussion with Free Beacon, secretary of state explains how he is galvanizing the globe against the Islamic Republic  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—The Trump administration is waging …
Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Phil Murphy has tumor on kidney, likely cancer  —  Gov. Phil Murphy disclosed Saturday he has a tumor on his kidney that is 90 percent likely to be cancerous and will soon undergo surgery.  —  Murphy, 62, told NJ Advance Media that doctors caught it at an early stage and have …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:   New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has kidney tumor that's likely cancerous
 
 
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Richard Grenell now highest-ranking openly gay official in US government history
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
White House to ask Congress for emergency coronavirus funding
Discussion: The Hill, Balloon Juice and Slate
Yahoo News:
Latinos, Sanders's secret weapon in Nevada, could make him unstoppable on Super Tuesday
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing special favors for the Trump administration
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Slate
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White Supremacist Guilty of Killing 2 Who Came to Aid of Black Teens
Steven W. Mosher / New York Post:
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Discussion: The Gateway Pundit