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Washington Post:
Obama demands South Carolina TV stations pull misleading ad attacking Biden — Former president Barack Obama is calling on South Carolina television stations to stop running an ad from a super PAC supporting President Trump that uses Obama's words out of context in a misleading attack on former vice president Joe Biden.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ugly pro-Trump ad weaponizes audio of Obama, showing what's coming — There's now a good chance that Joe Biden will win South Carolina, which could give him an opening to right his campaign heading into Super Tuesday. While Bernie Sanders is still the clear frontrunner …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Obama to TV stations: Take down misleading Biden attack ad — Former President Barack Obama is sending a cease-and-desist letter to South Carolina TV stations demanding they not air a Republican ad that misuse his words to attack his former Vice President, Joe Biden.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Sharpton sees socialism-civil rights parallel
The Latest: Sharpton sees socialism-civil rights parallel
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Politico, Fox News, NBC News, The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Associated Press and The Smoke Eater
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Biden says 2020 rivals should consider dropping out if they can't win over black voters
Biden says 2020 rivals should consider dropping out if they can't win over black voters
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Political Wire
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Biden leads by 18 points in South Carolina: poll
Biden leads by 18 points in South Carolina: poll
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Associated Press, Outside the Beltway and Vox
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Obama Asks TV Stations to Take Down Anti-Biden Ads in His Voice
Obama Asks TV Stations to Take Down Anti-Biden Ads in His Voice
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Washington Post:
Live updates: Vice President Pence will be in charge of coronavirus response, Trump announces as he seeks to reassure the public about crisis — BREAKING: President Trump made the announcement at a news conference where he discussed his administration's response to the virus.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says coronavirus risk to Americans ‘very low,’ puts Pence in charge of gov't response — The president addressed the outbreak at the White House, surrounded by the administration's public health experts. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday attempted to ease growing fears …
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Fortune, New York Post and Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Takes Coronavirus So Seriously He Just Put Mike Pence in Charge
Donald Trump Takes Coronavirus So Seriously He Just Put Mike Pence in Charge
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Politico, NPR, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
NBC News:
Trump cuts to national security staff may hurt coronavirus response, former officials say
Trump cuts to national security staff may hurt coronavirus response, former officials say
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The Week
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has no clue what to do in a disaster
Trump has no clue what to do in a disaster
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CNBC, Talking Points Memo and DCReport.org
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump campaign sues The New York Times for libel over Russia opinion article — President Donald Trump's presidential campaign sued The New York Times for libel over a 2019 opinion piece. — The campaign is seeking millions of dollars in damages for what it claimed was The Times' false claims …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
At least seven dead including shooter in rampage at Molson Coors — In one of the worst shootings in Wisconsin history, at least seven people were killed — including a gunman — during a shooting rampage Wednesday afternoon on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors, according to multiple sources.
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani complains he only has ‘five friends left’ after forgetting to hang up on Daily News reporter — Rudy Giuliani is having phone trouble again — and this time, it's sad. — The former New York mayor forgot to hang up on a Daily News reporter Wednesday and, thinking he was off the line …
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Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Rudy Giuliani asked me to cancel elex so he'd stay mayor post-9/11: Pataki — He wanted to be “America's mayor” a whole lot longer. — Rudy Giuliani secretly asked then-New York Gov. George Pataki to cancel New York City's 2001 mayoral election so he could remain in office following the Sept. 11 terror attack, a new book reveals.
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The Hill and Political Wire
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
ABC News suspends correspondent David Wright after Project Veritas sting — ABC News suspended one of its veteran correspondents late Tuesday for unguarded remarks he made in a video by operatives of Project Veritas, the conservative group that records “undercover” footage of mainstream journalists …
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Facial-Recognition Company That Works With Law Enforcement Says Entire Client List Was Stolen — Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got “unauthorized access” to its list of customers.
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CNN, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Mashable, Vox and VICE, more at Techmeme »
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CNN:
Bloomberg once said Social Security was the biggest Ponzi scheme and argued for cuts to entitlements — Washington (CNN)Mike Bloomberg has vowed as a Democratic candidate for president to “strengthen entitlement programs.” But when he was mayor of New York City, Bloomberg twice compared Social Security …
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The Hill, The Week, Political Wire, Viking Pundit and Twitchy
The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Benches Contributor Who Smeared Bernie Sanders Staffers — Johnson was a regular fixture on MSNBC, providing analysis of the Democratic primary, but he has disappeared from the network since making incendiary comments about the senator. — Following MSNBC contributor …
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Mediaite, NBC News, The Hill, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Catastrophic”: Trump Is Fighting With Advisers Over Pardoning Roger Stone — Trump, goaded by Tucker Carlson, is building the drama before pulling the trigger, while Mulvaney, Cipollone, and Kushner argue against—could Barr resign? (And will coronavirus spoil Trump's campaign close-up?)
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The Independent and Bloomberg
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi faces a challenge to House majority beyond her control: Bernie Sanders — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has carefully managed every aspect of building and maintaining her Democratic majority — from leading fundraising efforts to crafting a policy agenda to making the reluctant decision to pursue the impeachment of President Trump.
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Jason Ganz / Data For Progress:
Sanders Ahead in Virginia and Colorado — Authors: Sean McElwee, Executive Director of Data for Progress, Jason Ganz, CTO of Data for Progress, — From 2/23 to 2/25, Data for Progress Data for Progress surveyed 499 likely voters in Virginia and 471 likely voters in Colorado via text to web.
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Denver Post
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight — NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists — Defendants Created and Coordinated Nationwide Delivery of Threatening Posters — Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today …
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos and NBC News, more at Mediagazer »
James Kirchick / Tablet Magazine:
The 11% Majority — Hardly a Democratic presidential debate has transpired without Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizing former Vice President Joe Biden for his vote authorizing the Iraq War. It's a fair criticism, and one that Sanders, who opposed the war as a congressman, is well positioned to make.
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Democrats distort coronavirus readiness — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential contenders are describing the federal infectious-disease bureaucracy as rudderless and ill-prepared for the coronavirus threat because of budget cuts and ham-handed leadership by President Donald Trump.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
The Department of Justice Creates Section Dedicated to Denaturalization Cases — The Civil Division's Denaturalization Section Will Investigate and Litigate the Denaturalization of Terrorists, War Criminals, Sex Offenders, and Other Fraudsters — The Department of Justice today announced …
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CNN, National Review and TheBlaze
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope to Catholics: For Lent, give up trolling — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - During Lent, Catholics are called on to give up something, like sweets. On Wednesday, Pope Francis added a modern twist to the list of things to quit during the season and beyond: insulting people on social media.
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The Verge, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Upworthy and TheBlaze
Associated Press:
Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat.
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The Hill and Associated Press
Phillip M. Bailey / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie opposes anti-lynching bill named for Emmett Till — U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie burnished his reputation as “Mr. No” in Congress once again on Wednesday by joining a handful of lawmakers who opposed a measure that would make lynching a federal hate crime.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Arrested for Swatting Conspiracy — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division was arrested today on charges related to his alleged role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters — WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump's campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as it tries to claw away support from the traditionally Democratic voting bloc ahead of November's general election.
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Politico, Washington Post and NBC News
John Sipher Screen / Standpoint:
Murdering reality: the spurious spies of fiction — Hollywood lacks the wit and the will to convey the complexities of the secret world — “Too fanciful to stomach”: John Krasinski in Amazon's “Jack Ryan” series (©AMAZON PRIME) — I recently watched the second season of Amazon's series Jack Ryan.
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
Coronavirus makes the case for Medicare-for-all — Osmel Martinez Azcue wanted to do the right thing, for both his own health and the health of the nation. When the Florida resident came down with flu-like symptoms shortly after returning from a trip to China, he immediately went to a local hospital to get tested for coronavirus.