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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Media Covering Coronavirus to ‘Bring Down the President,’ Mulvaney Claims — The acting White House chief of staff plays down the risks of the virus and criticizes the media for not covering Mr. Trump's son Barron, something Melania Trump has asked it not to do.
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Bloomberg, IJR, Political Flare, Political Wire and JustOneMinute
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Media's coronavirus stories trying to hurt Trump, Mick Mulvaney says as he urges public to turn off TV — White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Friday suggested that Americans should ignore media reports about the coronavirus amid fears of the deadly disease spreading into the U.S.
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Politico
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
With coronavirus, Trump's lies and his reassurances backfire — It mattered when the White House press secretary, in his first day on the job, lied about President Trump's inaugural crowd size. — It mattered when Trump said that wind turbines cause cancer.
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Sanders Opens Substantial Lead In Mass., Challenging Warren On Her Home Turf — With Super Tuesday just days away, a new WBUR poll finds Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders well ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Massachusetts. — The poll shows Sanders is the choice …
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New York Times, Politico, Washington Times, CANNONFIRE, National Review, The Hill and Vanity Fair
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gets Giant Lift From Persist PAC
Elizabeth Warren Gets Giant Lift From Persist PAC
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National Review, Politico and Vanity Fair
Joe Cunningham / Redstate:
Even in Massachusetts, It's Clear Elizabeth Warren Is Done
Even in Massachusetts, It's Clear Elizabeth Warren Is Done
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WBUR
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
When a Pandemic Meets a Personality Cult — The Trump team confirms all of our worst fears. — So, here's the response of the Trump team and its allies to the coronavirus, at least so far: It's actually good for America. Also, it's a hoax perpetrated by the news media and the Democrats.
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Raw Story, NewNowNext, The National Interest, The Intellectualist, Snopes.com, CNN and Daily Kos
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Alexander Heffner / USA Today:
Trump's terrible coronavirus response hands 2020 Democrats a chance to show they can lead
Trump's terrible coronavirus response hands 2020 Democrats a chance to show they can lead
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Colorado Times Recorder and Media Matters for America
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House seeks interviews with prosecutors who quit Stone case after Trump's intervention — House Democrats are seeking interviews with the four career prosecutors who quit the case of Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, after Trump and Justice Department leaders intervened to demand a lighter jail sentence.
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Daily Kos
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Judiciary Committee Demands Testimony From Prosecutors Who Quit Stone Case
Judiciary Committee Demands Testimony From Prosecutors Who Quit Stone Case
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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Hill
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Dems launch Justice Department probe, seek Stone interviews
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders holds 2-1 lead in California, poll shows — Sen. Bernie Sanders has taken a commanding lead in California's Democratic presidential race, ahead of his nearest rival by 2 to 1 and on track to win a majority of the huge trove of delegates at stake in the state's March 3 primary …
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CNN:
CNN polls: Bernie Sanders holds big leads in California and Texas ahead of critical Super Tuesday vote — (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds substantial leads in the two largest states to vote in next week's Super Tuesday lineup of primaries, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in California and Texas.
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.
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Progress Pond, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
California patient with unknown origin of coronavirus is in serious condition, official says — (CNN)The California patient who tested positive for the coronavirus days after being hospitalized is in serious condition and intubated, California Rep. John Garamendi told CNN's Erin Burnett.
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The Week and New York Post
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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 …
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Associated Press, Foreign Policy, National Review, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Slate, Reuters, Informed Comment, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and TheBlaze
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Daily Sabah:
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow to Europe, official says
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow to Europe, official says
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Commentary, Al Jazeera and Foreign Exchanges
Matthew Bodner / NBC News:
Russia deploys warships to Syria coast after Turkey loses 33 soldiers in attack
Russia deploys warships to Syria coast after Turkey loses 33 soldiers in attack
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UPI
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court rejects unfair competition suit against Trump's D.C. hotel — A federal appeals court has turned down a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump's luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., is unfairly undermining the business of other venues in the city.
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NBC News, Associated Press and The Hill
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Ben Jacobs / GEN:
Michael Bloomberg's North Carolina Game Is Seriously Unlike Anything Else — The Super Tuesday state is the former New York mayor's best shot at primary delegates — and he knows it — eeing the Bloomberg presidential campaign up close, there is no easy way to describe it.
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NewNowNext
Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg — Bloomberg gave media advice to the Sacklers and recommended his longtime mayoral spokesman to them. The relationship could shadow his presidential bid. — Long celebrated …
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National Review
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Real Objective of Mob Violence Against Muslims in India — During the past several days, more than thirty people have been killed in mob violence primarily targeting Muslims in the Indian capital of New Delhi. At the center of the conflict is the Citizenship Amendment Act (C.A.A.) …
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Balloon Juice, Scroll.in and Foreign Policy
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Rana Ayyub / TIME:
Narendra Modi Looks the Other Way as New Delhi Burns
Ryan Brooks / BuzzFeed News:
The Mayor Of Jackson, Mississippi, Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders After A Caucus Of City Residents — Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the young progressive mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign after residents of Jackson voted to endorse Sanders during a people's caucus.
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ProPublica:
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach. Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address. — Three years after the Republican National Committee publicly sidelined the sullied firm, it paid an LLC with the same address $900,000 for “data services.”
Associated Press:
Sanders-linked group entered into racial discrimination NDA — WASHINGTON (AP) — A political advocacy group founded by Bernie Sanders entered into a nondisclosure agreement with an African American political consultant that bars her from discussing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination …
Politico:
Republicans storm out of coronavirus briefing after Democrat rips Trump's response — Several House Republicans walked out of a closed-door coronavirus briefing Friday with Trump health officials in protest after a senior Democrat blasted the Trump administration's handling of the response effort.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP scramble is on to succeed Donald Trump in 2024 — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Donald Trump is locked in a tough reelection battle, yet the Republicans looking to succeed him are already circling. — They're visiting early primary states, reaching out to major donors, and …
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Breitbart
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone lashes out in Florida testimony — Take a look inside a Roger Stone Deposition — Roger Stone looked like a man on edge, under extreme stress and struggling to contain pent-up fury. — The GOP provocateur was just days away from finding out his fate from a criminal case …
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Mediaite