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4:50 AM ET, February 27, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: SFist, CCN.com and Wall Street Journal
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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.
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
New York Times:   'He Hasn't Been Here': Why Joe Biden Lags in Super Tuesday States
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: What Our Forecast Says About Every Super Tuesday State
YouTube:
South Carolina, Joe Biden Can't Be Trusted
Discussion: Bloomberg and POLITICUSUSA
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
‘The View’ co-hosts react to the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday: ‘It was really chaotic’
Discussion: Associated Press and The Wrap
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Democrats distort coronavirus readiness
Discussion: Politico
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says coronavirus risk to Americans ‘very low,’ puts Pence in charge of gov't response
Discussion: New York Post, HuffPost and UPI
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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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:   Pelosi faces a challenge to House majority beyond her control: Bernie Sanders
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:   Trump says Pelosi trying to create ‘panic’ with coronavirus comments
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.
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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NBC News:
Trump cuts to national security staff may hurt coronavirus response, former officials say
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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.
more at Mediagazer »
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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Washington Post:   ICE has run facial-recognition searches on millions of Maryland drivers
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 …
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?)
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Online ‘impersonator’ tried to contact campaigns, DNC says
Discussion: The Hill
Newsday:
Health officials: Over 100 people on Long Island monitored for coronavirus risk
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Christian Nationalism was the big loser of last night's debate
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention
DemCast:
Susan Collins Gives Tax Breaks to Companies Linked to Maine Opioid Crisis
Luke Money / Los Angeles Times:
Ugly battles erupt as residents fight housing coronavirus patients in their cities
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Montgomery County has fired its top two public defenders
 Earlier Items: 
Phillip M. Bailey / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie opposes anti-lynching bill named for Emmett Till
Myah Ward / Politico:
Louisiana GOP Rep. Ralph Abraham announces he won't seek reelection
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why is a college senior helping run a key White House office?
Jason Ganz / Data For Progress:
Sanders Ahead in Virginia and Colorado
Discussion: Denver Post
James Kirchick / Tablet Magazine:
The 11% Majority  —  Hardly a Democratic presidential debate …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: Business Insider founder Henry Blodget says he is leaving BI's board, will remain an adviser and contribute occasional columns, and plans to write a novel

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers
 
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