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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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Talking Points Memo
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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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Let's Call It Trumpvirus — If you're feeling awful, you know who to blame. — So, our Coronavirus Czar is going to be ... Mike Pence. Feeling more secure? — “I know full well the importance of presidential leadership,” the vice president said as soon as he was introduced in his new role.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Patient in California Was Not Tested for Days — A California coronavirus patient had to wait days to be tested because of restrictive federal criteria, despite doctors' suggestions. — The patient, who has tested positive, may be the first person to be infected through community spread …
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Washington Post, Slate, Raw Story and SFist
ABC News:
Coronavirus live updates: Possible 1st case of ‘community spread’ in US
Coronavirus live updates: Possible 1st case of ‘community spread’ in US
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Centers for Disease Control …, Breitbart and The Hill
Justin Wise / The Hill:
WHO official calls Trump comments on coronavirus response ‘incoherent’
WHO official calls Trump comments on coronavirus response ‘incoherent’
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Associated Press, Politico, Breitbart and The National Interest
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Maintains Lead — Sanders and Steyer jockey for second — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden stays well atop the field in South Carolina, according to the third Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of likely Democratic primary voters there. Tom Steyer and Bernie Sanders are fighting for the second spot.
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Washington Post, The Hill, Politico, Breitbart, Big League Politics, The National Interest, National Review and New York Times
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Jasper Scherer / Houston Chronicle:
Bloomberg says he would close campaign offices if Sanders wins nomination and rejects his support — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said Thursday he would shutter his presidential campaign operation if someone else wins the nomination and rejects his support …
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NBC News, Associated Press and New York Post
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What The Race Looks Like If Biden Wins — Or Wins Big, Or Loses — In South Carolina
What The Race Looks Like If Biden Wins — Or Wins Big, Or Loses — In South Carolina
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Joe Biden could soon be the Bernie Sanders alternative
How Joe Biden could soon be the Bernie Sanders alternative
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Associated Press and The Hill
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Latest poll: Joe Biden surging, Mike Bloomberg fading in Florida primary
Latest poll: Joe Biden surging, Mike Bloomberg fading in Florida primary
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Politico:
Bloomberg tumbles heading into Super Tuesday
Bloomberg tumbles heading into Super Tuesday
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The Hill, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Last Refuge, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Poll: Biden retakes lead in Florida
Poll: Biden retakes lead in Florida
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Politico, Florida Politics and Breitbart
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Silencing Fauci? — I've been watching the mix of very worrisome mishandling of the Coronavirus by the White House along with more positive developments from within the federal infectious disease bureaucracy. To be clear, in this case I'm talking mainly about things the President …
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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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Fox News, Breitbart, The Hill, The Independent, New York Post and The Week
Lindsay Crouse / New York Times:
My Ex-Boyfriend's New Girlfriend Is Lady Gaga — How do you compare yourself with one of the most famous women in the world? — Ms. Crouse is a senior staff editor in Opinion. — I was eating bodega grapes at my desk on a recent Monday morning, gearing up to wrangle my inbox, when my phone started buzzing:
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 …
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, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost, The Slot, The Daily Caller, New York Post, The Hill, Fox News, The Last Refuge, NPR and UPI
Rex Huppke / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Dow drops more after Trump's unconvincing ‘calm down about coronavirus’ message. Blame Mike Pence. — President Donald Trump wants the stock market and the American people to chill out and stop worrying about the coronavirus. — That's why he took time out from his busy schedule Wednesday evening …
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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, Washington Post, New York Times, NB Blog, IJR and Mediaite
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pence rallies CPAC crowd for 2020 Trump reelection: 'Freedom works. Socialism doesn't'
Pence rallies CPAC crowd for 2020 Trump reelection: 'Freedom works. Socialism doesn't'
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Corey Brettschneider / Politico:
Why President Trump Can't Pardon Roger Stone — Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone's sentencing by a federal judge and the president's repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair. But fortunately, the Constitution's framers imagined …
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Reason, Sentencing Law and Policy and Raw Story
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, National Review, UC Davis, The Seattle Times and LiveScience
BuzzFeed News:
Clearview's Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy's, Walmart, And The NBA — The United States' main immigration enforcement agency, the Department of Justice, retailers including Best Buy and Macy's, and a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates …
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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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Political Flare and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
BBC:
China prepares 100,000 ducks to battle Pakistan's locust swarms — China is preparing to deploy 100,000 ducks to neighbouring Pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop-eating locusts. — Chinese agricultural experts say a single duck can eat more than 200 locusts a day and be more effective than pesticides.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Bloomberg releases new heart health information and calls on Sanders to do the same — (CNN)Michael Bloomberg's campaign disclosed new information on Thursday about the health of the presidential candidate's heart, and called on Bernie Sanders, who suffered a heart attack last year …
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Mediaite
The Economist:
The Supreme Court's chief justice is poised to decide a clutch of controversies — Presidential authority, abortion and Donald Trump's tax returns are all coming before the court — For years after John Roberts was named chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, he presided over the …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
'I can't even': Emails reveal EPA officials' reaction to Trump rant on toilets, showers — The president's claims about water pressure caught the attention of his environmental agency. — When the top EPA official overseeing its WaterSense program first heard President Donald Trump's rant …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
David Wasserman / New York Times:
To Beat Trump, Democrats May Need to Break Out of the ‘Whole Foods’ Bubble — Election results in places near Whole Foods, Lululemon, Urban Outfitters and Apple — It's no secret that Democratic primary voters prize fall “electability.” But for all the clamor about progressive versus moderate choices …
Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
Mark Halperin Says Murderers Are Treated More Fairly Than Canceled People — The disgraced pundit is now portraying himself as a victim. Of cancel culture. — One afternoon last week, disgraced political pundit Mark Halperin and three women settled onto stools in the basement …
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Mediaite, Fast Company and Page Six
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow set to drop 400 points as worst week since the financial crisis continues — Wall Street set for more losses at open — U.S. stock futures on Thursday morning pointed to declines at the day's open amid concerns the coronavirus may be spreading in the U.S.
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CNN:
Top House Intelligence investigator departing Capitol Hill — (CNN)Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who played a major role in the impeachment proceedings, is leaving his perch on the House Intelligence Committee, a move that underscores how House Democrats are shifting away …
Ruth Graham / Slate:
The Bible That Oozed Oil — A small Georgia town, a prophecy about Donald Trump, and the story of how a miracle fell apart. — In the summer of 2016, God gave Johnny Taylor a prophecy. It wasn't a specific vision, but something more like a promise. After the presidential election that fall …
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 …