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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg prepares media onslaught against Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders — Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign plans to unleash its cash-flush media operation against Bernie Sanders in the wake of the Vermont senator's resounding victory in the Nevada caucuses.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Sanders Rises as Primary Voters Grow More Confident About His Chances Against Trump — 32% say Sanders is their first choice to take on Trump in November — Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration by Samantha Elbouez — Democratic primary voters increasingly believe Sanders …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Sanders under fire in South Carolina from all directions
Sanders under fire in South Carolina from all directions
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NBC News, The Hill, The Week and Washington Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Biden holds narrow lead over Sanders in South Carolina
NBC News poll: Biden holds narrow lead over Sanders in South Carolina
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New York Post, Mediaite, The Hill and New York Times
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Vandalism hits Bloomberg campaign offices across the U.S.
Vandalism hits Bloomberg campaign offices across the U.S.
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Associated Press, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Staffer Mocked Warren's Looks, Pete's Sexuality on Private Twitter Account — The private Twitter account of a newly promoted campaign staffer indicates that at least some of Sen. Bernie Sanders' most toxic support is coming from inside the house. — During the most recent presidential …
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Twitchy
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A Trump-Sanders election would destroy our politics — It is a sad, strange experience to witness the destruction of American political institutions right before your eyes. From one perspective, this has come in a swift, confusing rush of events. From another, it has seemed to unfold in slow motion.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Vote for Bernie, elect Trump
Vote for Bernie, elect Trump
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Raw Story, Rolling Stone, CBS News and Florida Politics
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Bernie Sanders' disastrous answer on ‘60 Minutes’
Bernie Sanders' disastrous answer on ‘60 Minutes’
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Issues & Insights, The Daily Signal, Florida Politics, Townhall and PJ Media Home
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sanders winds up boosting Trump on foreign policy
Sanders winds up boosting Trump on foreign policy
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Geller Report News, Al Jazeera and Twitchy
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Democrats, stop freaking out about Bernie Sanders
Democrats, stop freaking out about Bernie Sanders
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The Hill, Sabato's Crystal Ball and Vanity Fair
Washington Post:
Richard Grenell's paid consulting included work for U.S. nonprofit funded mostly by Hungary — Two years before President Trump nominated him to become ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell wrote an op-ed about Nigeria's highly charged 2015 presidential race, a move that drew notice from Nigerian media.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins breaks with Trump over Grenell — Sen. Susan Collins broke with President Donald Trump's decision to replace his acting director of national intelligence with U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, deeming the longtime GOP operative inexperienced for the critical position.
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The Hill
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Sanders's Comments on Fidel Castro Provoke Anger in Florida — Bernie Sanders told “60 Minutes” that it would be “unfair” to say “everything is bad” about Cuba's Communist revolution. — MIAMI — Cuban exiles and Democrats in Florida on Monday angrily rejected comments …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Dems in uproar after Sanders' Cuba comments — MIAMI — Bernie Sanders says he's the Democrat best-equipped to defeat Donald Trump in November. — But Florida Democrats insist he's the worst-equipped after Sanders's refusal Sunday night to thoroughly condemn the Cuban Revolution.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Democrats Aren't Terrified of Bernie, They're Not Paying Attention — Watching the Brexit debacle from afar, it seemed impossible to understand how the Labour Party could know full well it needed to win a national election in order to prevent an irreversible setback, yet harness itself to Jeremy Corbyn …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
The Young Turks' Progressive Founder Urged His Staff Not To Unionize — In a tense meeting with employees, Cenk Uygur argued that a union doesn't belong at a small news network struggling to make profits. — Top leadership at the progressive news network The Young Turks held an all-staff meeting …
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New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Is Found Guilty on Two Counts: Live Updates — Mr. Weinstein is guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. — RIGHT NOW Harvey Weinstein is guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. — Here's what you need to know:
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Making Sense of the Harvey Weinstein Verdict
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Arizona congressional candidate suspends campaign after heroin overdose — (Photo: via Chris Taylor Republican For Arizona CD1 website) — Chris Taylor, a Safford city councilman who is running for Congress, overdosed on heroin last week and since has suspended his campaign.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Phil Is Doing His Best to Give Bernie His Due”: After a Sanders Surge and a Matthews Gaffe, MSNBC Prepares to Pivot — With Bernie rally coverage, Bernie-friendly guests, and a mandate to “seek out more smart, pro-Sanders voices,” the cable net confronts a new reality: “He's winning,” says a source.
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The evidence doesn't back Democrats' panic that Bernie can't win - Axios — Virtually every national and swing state poll shows Sanders tied with or beating Trump.
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Washington Post, Bern Notice and National Review
Politico:
Why Senate Dems aren't freaking out about Bernie — House Democrats are warning of a down-ballot bloodbath and centrists are freaking out. But Bernie Sanders' colleagues have a more placid take on the rise of democratic socialist: Bernie can beat Donald Trump.
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
You're Likely to Get the Coronavirus — In May 1997, a 3-year-old boy developed what at first seemed like the common cold. When his symptoms—sore throat, fever, and cough—persisted for six days, he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. There his cough worsened, and he began gasping for air.
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The Week
New York Times:
Sanders Says He'll Attract a Wave of New Voters. It Hasn't Happened. — Bernie Sanders has so far prevailed by expanding his appeal among traditional Democratic voters, not by driving record turnout. — CHARLESTON, S.C. — It is the most politically provocative part …
Ben Conarck / Miami Herald:
A Miami man who flew to China worried he might have coronavirus. He may owe thousands — After returning to Miami last month from a work trip in China, Osmel Martinez Azcue found himself in a frightening position: he was developing flu-like symptoms, just as coronavirus was ravaging the country he had visited.
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The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
CNN:
Bloomberg called Warren ‘scary’ and vowed to ‘defend the banks’ in closed-door 2016 event — Warren drags Bloomberg: He's an arrogant billionaire — (CNN)Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said at a private event in 2016 that his presidential campaign platform would have been to …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Speaks to Massive Indian Crowd, Mispronounces Almost Everything — TONGUE TWISTER — President Donald Trump addressed a massive public rally early Monday in India, where he showered the country and its prime minister with praise—but repeatedly struggled with his pronunciation.
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POLITICUSUSA, Political Flare and BBC
CNBC:
DOW PLUNGES 1,000 POINTS — Matrix's Katz: You want to buy into the dips and the coronavirus uncertainty — Stocks fell sharply on Monday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average losses reaching 1,000 points at midday. The number of coronavirus cases outside China surged …
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Cardiology director says there's one heart measure Sanders could disclose but isn't — Exclusive: By releasing one simple indicator of his heart health, Sanders could address lingering questions, the president of the American College of Cardiology says. — WASHINGTON — Democratic …
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Overhyped Coronavirus Weaponized Against Trump — RUSH: Folks, this coronavirus thing, I want to try to put this in perspective for you. It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump. Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Here's What The Lead Roger Stone Juror Wrote In Her Jury Questionnaire — The lead juror at Roger Stone's trial said in a written questionnaire that she was “not sure” whether she posted online about the Russia investigation, though her Twitter feed shows that she posted multiple stories about the probe.
Paul Wood / Spectator USA:
Andy Khawaja: ‘The whistleblower’ — This article is in The Spectator's March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. — It's after 2 a.m. in Club 38, a nightspot in an old railway shed in Beirut. The DJ is in the cab of a rusty train. Lights sweep across a dense crowd below.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump's Doctor Thought He Had a Ticket to Congress. It Hasn't Been So Easy. — Ronny Jackson is one of 15 candidates in a crowded Republican primary. And the White House hasn't gone out of its way to help. — WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Dressed in cowboy boots and jeans …
Stacey Walker / The Gazette:
Iowa is first-in-the-nation for voter disenfranchisement — All eyes have been on Iowa since the debacle of this year's caucuses. The contrast between the whiteness of the Hawkeye State and the diversity of the Democratic Party's voting base has been stark, and with the organizational catastrophe following …
NBER:
Does Race Matter for Police Use of Force? Evidence from 911 Calls — NBER Working Paper No. 26774 — NBER Program(s):Law and Economics Program, Labor Studies Program … You may purchase this paper on-line in .pdf format from SSRN.com ($5) for electronic delivery. — Access to NBER Papers
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
In 2019 speech, Bloomberg mocked Brooklyn father and son who died from heroin as ‘not a good family’ — Mike Bloomberg poked fun last year at a father and son who died from heroin overdoses at the same Brooklyn party, calling them “not a good family” to laughs from a crowd of business executives, the Daily News has learned.
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Unthinkability Bias Comes for the Democrats — Voting in the Democratic Primary contest is getting ready to heat up, but the contest itself will be more-or-less over shortly after it begins. By the end of March, fully two-thirds of the delegates to the national convention will be awarded.