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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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UPI, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CNN and 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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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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Chicago Boyz, Davis Enterprise, Politico, The American Conservative and LiveScience
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, POLITICUSUSA and CNN
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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Associated Press:
AP decides not to declare Iowa caucus winner after recount — WASHINGTON - The Iowa Democratic Party on Thursday released updated results of the Iowa caucuses after the completion of a recount requested by the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg.
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, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Political Flare and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Washington Post:
Pence seizes control of coronavirus response amid criticism of his qualifications — Vice President Pence tried to project a sense of steady control over the government's response to the coronavirus Thursday, even as he faced fresh questions about his qualifications for the role and criticism …
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Associated Press, The Last Refuge, The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
What's on Mike Pence's schedule as coronavirus point man? A fundraiser in Florida.
What's on Mike Pence's schedule as coronavirus point man? A fundraiser in Florida.
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The Intellectualist, The Hill, Daily Kos and Fox News
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
Washington Post:
Trump says he can bring in coronavirus experts quickly. The experts say it is not that simple.
Trump says he can bring in coronavirus experts quickly. The experts say it is not that simple.
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Talking Points Memo and Fortune
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, NB Blog, The Intellectualist, New York Times, IJR, Mediaite and Slate
Daily Sabah:
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow to Europe, official says — Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria's Idlib where nearly a million have been displaced.
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Foreign Exchanges
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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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Reuters
Politico:
Joe Biden's campaign isn't dead yet — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Just as his White House bid appeared to be sputtering to an ugly end, there are signs of life for Joe Biden still. — And perhaps more than that. — A second-place finish in Nevada, a major endorsement in South Carolina …
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The Daily Beast, Polls, The Hill and Breitbart
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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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CNN
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.
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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Raw Story, courthousenews.com, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Most Democrats Think Obama Has Endorsed a Democrat for President. (He Hasn't.)
Most Democrats Think Obama Has Endorsed a Democrat for President. (He Hasn't.)
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New York Times
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Bloomberg says he will run ‘right to the bitter end,’ to convention if nomination not locked up
Bloomberg says he will run ‘right to the bitter end,’ to convention if nomination not locked up
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Houston Chronicle, The Hill and New York Post
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
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 and The Federalist
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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HuffPost, Deadline, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, New York Post, CNN and The Hill
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Elise Stefanik, newest star of Trumpworld, has turned impeachment into a fundraising boon — WASHINGTON — As she rose to stand in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 6, the eyes of the nation were upon Elise Stefanik. President Trump was celebrating his acquittal in the impeachment trial the day before with
admin.ch:
Coronavirus: Federal Council bans large-scale events — An extraordinary meeting of the Federal Council was held today, 28 February. In view of the current situation and the spread of the coronavirus, the Federal Council has categorised the situation in Switzerland as ‘special’ in terms of the Epidemics Act.
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Politico, The Verge and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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National Review
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
DNC Superdelegate Promoting Brokered Convention Is a Significant GOP Donor, Health Care Lobbyist — William Owen, a Tennessee-based Democratic National Committee member backing an effort to use so-called superdelegates to select the party's presidential nominee — potentially subverting …
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The Week, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
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, Fox News, Route Fifty, NB Blog, The Root, Washington Free Beacon, The Slot, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Breitbart, New York Post, The Hill, NPR, The Last Refuge and UPI
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Brian Stauffer's “Under Control” — Coronavirus claimed its first victims in China, and the illness has now appeared in at least forty-eight countries, with cases soaring in Europe and the Middle East. On Wednesday, in response to criticism about his Administration's response …
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HuffPost
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 …