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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.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Sanders eviscerates 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 …
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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.
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Associated Press, The Hill, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, Althouse, Power Line and BuzzFeed News
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.
New York Times:
Nevada Caucuses 2020: Live Results — Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses, according to The Associated Press. For the latest updates, follow our live blog.
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Mother Jones, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, The Intercept, The Daily Caller, LGBTQ Nation, Breitbart, National Review, Denver Post, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and Vox
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Here is Democrats' last chance to get this right — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) racked up an impressive win in the Nevada caucuses, crushing his opponents and expanding his support to older voters and Hispanics. Unless Democrats manage to alter the race swiftly and dramatically …
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The Atlantic, Politico and HuffPost
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Joe Biden, on the ropes, looks for first win as 2020 campaign moves to South Carolina — Former Vice President Joe Biden, leaving Las Vegas behind, is placing all his chips on South Carolina as his best — and perhaps last — chance to reverse a string of losses in early-voting states and mount …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Buttigieg claims inconsistencies in Nevada results
CNN:
Bloomberg needs to take down Sanders — immediately
Bloomberg needs to take down Sanders — immediately
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Vox, The Mahablog, Reason and CANNONFIRE
Politico:
Your 2020 Nevada Democratic caucus results
Your 2020 Nevada Democratic caucus results
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Redstate, Vanity Fair and FiveThirtyEight
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada — Putting Him In The Driver's Seat To Win The Nomination
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada — Putting Him In The Driver's Seat To Win The Nomination
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Vox, The Atlantic, Outside the Beltway, National Review, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
After The Nevada Caucuses, Bernie Sanders Is The Man To Beat
After The Nevada Caucuses, Bernie Sanders Is The Man To Beat
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Quartz, The National Interest, The Guardian and Breitbart
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
It's not just bros: Sanders wins with a diverse coalition
It's not just bros: Sanders wins with a diverse coalition
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The Hill, Fox News, The Moderate Voice, The Independent, The Guardian and The Nevada Independent
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Strengthening His Primary Lead
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Strengthening His Primary Lead
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Outside the Beltway and TheStreet
Washington Post:
Coronavirus cases spike in Italy, China says most new infections limited to Hubei, South Korea declares ‘red alert’ — The latest novel coronavirus figures from China suggest that the outbreak remains worst in locked-down Hubei province, where 630 new cases and 96 more deaths were reported Saturday evening.
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Responding to news of Russian interference, Trump sends chilling message to U.S. intelligence community
Responding to news of Russian interference, Trump sends chilling message to U.S. intelligence community
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Talking Points Memo, NBC News, CBS News and Outside the Beltway
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders
Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders
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Redstate, Politico, Foreign Policy Research … and NOQ Report
Stephania Taladrid / New Yorker:
What Bernie Sanders Is Doing Differently to Win Over Latino Voters — On President's Day, Daniel Parra met a group of friends at Eldorado High School, in East Las Vegas. The Bernie Sanders campaign was holding a soccer tournament there that a friend of Parra's had posted about on Snapchat.
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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 …
Joshua Geltzer / Politico:
The Lost 110 Words of Our Constitution — The 14th Amendment says states that infringe the vote must lose representation in Congress. It's time to make this happen. Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images … The U.S. Constitution is famously short—a mere 7,591 words, including its 27 amendments.
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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 …
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New York Times:
How a Neighbors' Feud in Paradise Launched an International Rape Case — The fashion executive Peter Nygard has clashed for years with his neighbor in the Bahamas, the billionaire Louis Bacon. The latest development is a lawsuit saying Mr. Nygard sexually exploited teenage girls.
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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New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio joins encrypted messaging app Signal, raising legal and ethical questions — Mayor de Blasio has joined the 21st century — and found a way to hide his communications. — Hizzoner joined encrypted messaging app Signal over the weekend. The tech lets users send disappearing messages …
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
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