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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
C.D.C. Confirms First Possible Community Transmission of Coronavirus in U.S. — A case in California may be the first infection without a known link to travel abroad. — A person in California who was not exposed to anyone known to be infected with the coronavirus, and had not traveled …
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Jaclyn Cosgrove / Los Angeles Times:
California coronavirus case could be first spread within U.S. community, CDC says — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating what could be the first case of novel coronavirus in the United States involving a patient who neither recently traveled out of the country nor was in contact with someone who did.
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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.
Washington Post:
First person in U.S. tests positive for coronavirus with no known link to foreign travel — A person in Northern California has contracted the coronavirus without traveling to regions hit by the outbreak or coming in contact with anyone known to have the infection, the first sign the disease …
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Washington Post:
Trump downplays risk, places Pence in charge of coronavirus outbreak response — President Trump announced Wednesday that Vice President Pence will lead the administration's response to the deadly coronavirus in an attempt to reassure the public amid growing concerns of a global health crisis …
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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 …
BBC:
Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Obama to TV stations: Take down misleading Biden attack ad
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The State, Political Flare and Raw Story
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 Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Takes Coronavirus So Seriously He Just Put Mike Pence in Charge — The president said he would also bring on an official from the State Department to help the task force coordinate on the virus. — President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that Vice President Mike Pence …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says coronavirus risk to Americans ‘very low,’ puts Pence in charge of gov't response
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NBC News:
Trump cuts to national security staff may hurt coronavirus response, former officials say
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic megadonor urges Pelosi and Schumer to pick a candidate in a bid to stop Bernie Sanders — Democratic megadonor Bernard Schwartz has started reaching out to party leaders to encourage them to coalesce around a candidate for president in order to stop the surge of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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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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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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Politico:
Cops called on Bernie backers after bullhorn protests at officials' homes — Bernie supporter protests at house of Nevada Democratic Party chair — The night before the Nevada caucuses, the chairman of the state's Democratic Party called police after several supporters of Bernie Sanders gathered outside …
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TheBlaze, Townhall, Vanity Fair, Slate and Queerty
Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Times announces temporary pay cut for full-time staff — A note from executives cites a tough start to the year. — Citing a tough start to the year financially, the Tampa Bay Times announced Wednesday that all full-time staffers will temporarily have their pay cut by 10 percent.
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, Raw Story, The Hill, Vanity Fair and NBC News, more at Mediagazer »
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
How It's Done: ‘Village People’ Shut Down Demands From Outrage Mob to Stop Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music — One of the more irritating things about an election year is how liberal entertainers commence with The Great Freakout™ over use of their music by Republican candidates for office during campaign events.
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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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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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, Twitchy and Viking Pundit
Bloomberg:
S&P 500 Futures Drop on U.S. Virus Case Without Outbreak Ties — S&P 500 mired in five-day losing streak, longest since August — Virus spread threatens to derail global economic growth — U.S. stock index futures slid after American health authorities said they've identified …
John Solomon / Just The News:
Ex-FBI unit chief blows whistle on Comey, McCabe over warrantless spying — Retired agent says bureau's Obama-era leaders ignored privacy, cost warnings, may have retained program for ‘political espionage’ — The FBI agent who ran the bureau's warrantless spying program said Wednesday …
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The National Interest, Mashable, The Daily Caller and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has no clue what to do in a disaster — The Post reports: “Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told The Washington Post late Monday that investors should consider ‘buying these dips’ in the stock market amid the coronavirus panic.” Trying to hype the market did not work.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Coronavirus lays bare all the pathologies of the Trump administration
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Online ‘impersonator’ tried to contact campaigns, DNC says — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has warned its presidential candidates to be cautious after Bernie Sanders' campaign reported that an “impersonator” with a domain registered overseas had posed as one of its staffers …
Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Experts say officials need a ‘plan B’ for the 2020 elections in case the coronavirus continues to spread in the US — If the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread in the US, it has the potential to disrupt the primaries and general election. — The virus could alter the candidates' plans to hold campaign rallies and conventions.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Analysis: Trump's war on truth takes a dangerous turn as he attacks the media's coronavirus coverage — New York (CNN Business)Since the dawn of the Trump presidency, countless experts have warned that the president's lack of credibility would imperil the country in the event of an emergency.
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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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