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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 — Joe Biden was not arrested in South Africa while trying to see Nelson Mandela, his campaign has conceded. — The US presidential contender had repeatedly said he was arrested during a trip there in the 1970s, when South Africa was under apartheid.
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NB Blog, Townhall and New York Times
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Obama to TV stations: Take down misleading Biden attack ad
Obama to TV stations: Take down misleading Biden attack ad
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The State, Political Flare and Raw Story
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: What Our Forecast Says About Every Super Tuesday State
Election Update: What Our Forecast Says About Every Super Tuesday State
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IJR, Breitbart, Frontloading HQ and National Review
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, The Hill, NBC News, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Florida Politics, Associated Press and The Smoke Eater
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 and Outside the Beltway
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
‘The View’ co-hosts react to the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday: ‘It was really chaotic’
‘The View’ co-hosts react to the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday: ‘It was really chaotic’
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Associated Press and The Wrap
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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CCN.com, SFist and Wall Street Journal
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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.
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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The Week
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says coronavirus risk to Americans ‘very low,’ puts Pence in charge of gov't response
Trump says coronavirus risk to Americans ‘very low,’ puts Pence in charge of gov't response
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New York Post, HuffPost and Politico
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
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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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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The Hill
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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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Mediaite, Townhall, Daily Kos, Variety, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Politico, Occupy Democrats, The Federalist, Reason and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Politico, The Wrap, Breitbart, NPR, Mother Jones, New Republic, Vanity Fair, Raw Story and New York Post
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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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DCReport.org, Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Daily Kos
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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, Mashable, Fox News, Vox, UPI and VICE, more at Techmeme »
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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, The Hill, NBC News, Raw Story and Vanity Fair, more at Mediagazer »
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, The Independent, Washington Post and New York Times
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
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.
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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Townhall, Queerty, Vanity Fair and Slate
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.
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Washington Times
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
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Trump Fails to Assuage Virus Concerns — 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 fell as President Donald Trump's speech failed …
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 »
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.
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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Redstate, Breitbart, Politico and One America News Network
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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