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Washington Post:
U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says — Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak …
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New York Times:
U.S. Health Workers Responding to Coronavirus Lacked Training and Protective Gear, Whistle-Blower Says — Team members were not properly trained, lacked necessary gear and moved freely around and off military bases where Americans were quarantined, a complaint says.
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New York Times:
Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials — Government health officials and scientists will have to clear statements with the vice president's office, one of three people designated as the administration's primary coronavirus official.
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Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed News:
New York Is Making Its Own Coronavirus Test After The CDC's Tests Have Repeatedly Failed — Washington, D.C. — Federal health officials met with state and city public health labs on Wednesday to fix a crippling lack of options to diagnose the novel coronavirus, a shortfall driven by botched CDC testing kits.
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Davis Enterprise, Chicago Boyz, Politico, The American Conservative and LiveScience
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Silencing Fauci? — I've been watching the mix of very worrisome …
Silencing Fauci? — I've been watching the mix of very worrisome …
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Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Pence seizes control of coronavirus response amid criticism of his qualifications
Pence seizes control of coronavirus response amid criticism of his qualifications
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Associated Press, The Last Refuge, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jeffery Martin / Newsweek:
Mike Pence's ‘Pray On It’ Plan To Combat Indiana HIV Outbreak Resurfaces After Trump Taps VP …
Mike Pence's ‘Pray On It’ Plan To Combat Indiana HIV Outbreak Resurfaces After Trump Taps VP …
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Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Slate, NB Blog, IJR, The Intellectualist and Mediaite
CNN:
Trump stumbles in first efforts to control virus response as fear spreads and markets fall
Trump stumbles in first efforts to control virus response as fear spreads and markets fall
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POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Soar in Italy, Iran and South Korea as Alarm Grows
Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Soar in Italy, Iran and South Korea as Alarm Grows
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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
White House GAGS government health experts from speaking about coronavirus saying they must …
White House GAGS government health experts from speaking about coronavirus saying they must …
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Washington Post, CNN and POLITICUSUSA
The Daily Beast:
Trump Spends 45 Minutes With ‘Deep State’ Play Actors Amid Coronavirus Mayhem — Meanwhile, the man he tapped to run point on the virus, VP Pence, took to a conservative activists conference and had meetings with pro-Trump media luminaries. — NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — One day after briefing …
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Progress Pond, The Intellectualist, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, Political Flare and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Sanders knocks Biden out of first, majority thinks Trump wins — Bernie Sanders pushes Joe Biden out of the frontrunner spot for the Democratic nomination, capturing a record 31 percent support among primary voters in a new Fox News Poll. This is the first 2020 Fox national poll …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gets Giant Lift From Persist PAC — A super PAC announced late Thursday that it was buying $9 million in television and digital ads. It will be one of the largest ad buys by a super PAC in the 2020 Democratic primary. — Senator Elizabeth Warren, who entered …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
In South Carolina, a determination to oust Trump
In South Carolina, a determination to oust Trump
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Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Final Iowa Caucus Results: Pete Buttigieg Wins — The final Iowa Caucus results are finally final: Pete Buttigieg has won (still). — This evening, the Iowa Democratic Party released the results of the recount requested by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg's campaigns for 23 precincts.
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Iowa Democrats and The Hill
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New York Times:
Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders — Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Mr. Sanders the nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates.
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Kate Sosin / NewNowNext:
Exclusive: Bloomberg Apologizes for Calling Transgender People “It” — “I want to offer my sincerest apologies to the members of the transgender community.” — Presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg had a private call with transgender leaders on Thursday and apologized for his widely criticized remarks …
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The Hill, Human Rights Campaign and Washington Post
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Scott Powers / Florida Politics:
Mike Bloomberg campaign returns fire to Joe Biden over Social Security comments
Mike Bloomberg campaign returns fire to Joe Biden over Social Security comments
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Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed News:
White Gay Men Are Destroying Queer Black Lives With “Party ‘n’ Play” Sex And Meth Addiction — Two black men were found dead from meth overdoses in the LA home of Democratic donor Ed Buck. In a new, three-part series, young queer men of color tell BuzzFeed News how rich white men are weaponizing …
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Former U.S. prosecutors in Washington call on new head Tim Shea to assert independence from Barr, Trump — More than 60 former prosecutors urged the acting U.S. attorney for Washington, Timothy Shea, to take a public stance against political interference by the Trump administration in a letter sent Wednesday.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump shakes up Justice Department, intelligence community
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Sought Andrew Yang's Backing, Floated Vice- Presidential Slot — Yang didn't commit to join forces — Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign has made overtures to Democrat Andrew Yang, courting the former candidate's endorsement and floating the possibility …
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CNN, Breitbart, Fox News, Mediaite, The Hill, The Independent, The Week, New York Post and The Guardian
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Coming to a podcast near you: Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton is starting a podcast. — The former first lady, secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee is planning to launch a new audio program in late spring, just in time for her to have a powerful new megaphone during the 2020 election.
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CNN, Deadline, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Mediaite and The Hill
Baltimore Sun:
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh sentenced to 3 years for ‘Healthy Holly’ children's book fraud scheme — Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who held elected offices in Baltimore for two decades and was elevated by voters to lead the city following the upheaval of 2015 …
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National Review, Route Fifty, NPR, The Root, Washington Free Beacon, The Last Refuge, Fox News, The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Slot, HuffPost, UPI and New York Post
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Scots ministers told to seek ‘unexplained wealth order’ for Donald Trump resorts — The Scottish Government has been urged to apply for an unexplained wealth order to investigate Donald Trump's deals to acquire his Scottish properties. — Patrick Harvie MSP, co-leader of the Scottish Greens …
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The Intellectualist
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
‘You Guys Are Total A**holes’: Dan Bongino Berates Mediaite Writer at CPAC — Fox News contributor Dan Bongino gave this writer an earful in the empty hallways of the Conservative Political Action Conference after it closed up for the night on Wednesday. — After Bongino's Fox News hit …
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Airstrike Hits Turkish Forces in Syria, Raising Fears of Escalation — The Turkish Army suffered mass casualties in an airstrike, officials said, an attack that could set off a direct conflict between Turkey and Russia. — ISTANBUL — The Turkish Army suffered mass casualties in an airstrike …
Los Angeles Times:
California grapples with growing coronavirus threat as businesses pull out of state events — California is coming to terms with the growing threat posed by coronavirus, as two communities issued emergency orders and a patient in Northern California was described by authorities as potentially …
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San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, UC Davis, LiveScience and National Review
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Sanders, Not Ever — He is not a liberal, he's the end of liberalism. — A few months ago, I wrote a column saying I would vote for Elizabeth Warren over Donald Trump. I may not agree with some of her policies, but culture is more important than politics. She does not spread moral rot the way Trump does.
Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
The Head Of Trump's CDC Believes AIDS Was God Judgement Against Homosexuals — Dr. Robert Redfield has held controversial opinions regarding AIDS throughout his lengthy career. — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Direct Robert Redfield has come under increased scrutiny from inside …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just pushed one of his worst conspiracy theories yet — President Trump is now fully embracing the conspiracy theory that his assorted enemies are deliberately hyping the coronavirus threat, all to damage him politically. At his Wednesday news conference, Trump agreed …
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The Gateway Pundit, Bloomberg, The Federalist, The Week and New York Times
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
What's on Mike Pence's schedule as coronavirus point man? A fundraiser in Florida. — The $25,000-per-plate GOP event featuring the vice president is in Longboat Key. — The country's new point man on coronavirus response, Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to travel to Florida on Friday — but not on a public health mission.
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The Intellectualist, The Hill, Daily Kos and Fox News
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Senate Intel chair privately warned that GOP's Biden probe could help Russia — The top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee has privately expressed concerns about his colleagues' corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, further exposing divisions within …
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Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's Scandinavian fantasy — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that his proposals “are not radical,” pointing again and again to countries in northern Europe such as Denmark, Sweden and Norway as examples of the kind of economic system he wants to bring to the United States.
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