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12:50 PM ET, February 29, 2020

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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump urges South Carolina Republicans to vote for Bernie Sanders  —  President Trump is urging Republicans to vote in South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday for the weakest candidate — determining that is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.  —  Trump, hosting a rally in South Carolina on Friday night …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Biden gets a late burst of cash at a key moment  —  Joe Biden, who just days ago appeared at risk of losing the donors he relies on to power his campaign, is receiving a much-needed jolt of cash as he heads into the South Carolina primary.  —  Biden's campaign fundraising …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
The Boston Globe:
Bernie Sanders goes for the campaign kill  —  Let's call Bernie Sanders latest campaign move exactly what it is:Shabby, Bernie, shabby.As he pursues the nomination of a party he hasn't even deigned to join over the long term, Sanders is coming to Elizabeth Warren's home state …
ABC News:   Bloomberg campaign plans 2,400 events in 30 states ahead of Super Tuesday
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Too much detail’: South Carolina holds firm for Biden despite rambling, graphic speeches
David Siders / Politico:   Empty stadiums and no more selfie lines? Coronavirus becomes 2020 X-factor.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   'We're the Base': Black Democrats in South Carolina Want to Send a Message
Nu Wexler / New York Times:
Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
New York Times:   Joe Biden's Last Stand
Politico:
Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax’  —  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday night tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term, lumping it alongside impeachment and the Mueller investigation.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Trump says the coronavirus is the Democrats' ‘new hoax’  — President Trump says that Democrats are using the virulent coronavirus as a “hoax” to damage him and his administration.  — “The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus,” he said from a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
Media Claims Trump Called Coronavirus A ‘Hoax.’ Here's What He Actually Said.  —  While speaking at a rally in Charleston, South Carolina, President Donald Trump brought up the coronavirus and Democrats' attempts to politicize the issue.  —  Trump called those attempts a new hoax …
Discussion: Redstate, Politico, Slate, NBC News and Twitchy
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Does Trump Know Senate Republicans Can't Make the Coronavirus Go Away?
The Guardian:
Trump calls coronavirus criticism Democrats' ‘new hoax’ and links it to immigration
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
U.S. Strikes Deal With Taliban to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan  —  After more than a year of talks, the agreement lays out the beginning of the end of the United States' longest war.  But many obstacles remain.  —  DOHA, Qatar — The United States signed a deal with the Taliban on Saturday …
Discussion: Vox, CNN, PJ Media Home, UPI and Public Pool
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Washington Post:
U.S. signs peace deal with Taliban agreeing to full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
The Taliban Peace Deal Might Have Been Had Many Years and Thousands of Lives Ago
Discussion: NPR
Associated Press:
US, Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan
Discussion: Slate and The Week
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. and the Taliban sign accord to end war in Afghanistan, draw down American forces
Discussion: Washington Post and Task & Purpose
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders  —  Many listeners would never repeat what these podcast hosts say.  So why do they desperately want to hear from them?  —  IOWA CITY — The people in the crowd were angry, and “Chapo Trap House” wanted them to stay that way.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey - report  —  Billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management has taken a ‘sizable state’ and intends to ‘push for changes’, reports Bloomberg News  —  A major Republican donor has purchased a stake in Twitter …
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Bloomberg:
Singer's Elliott Seeks to Replace Twitter CEO Dorsey
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Trump is ignoring the lessons of 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions, historian says  —  The first wave wasn't that bad.  In the spring of 1918, a new strain of influenza hit military camps in Europe on both sides of World War I. Soldiers were affected, but not nearly as severely as they would be later.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration tries to play down the health and economic risks of the coronavirus
Discussion: Mother Jones and POLITICUSUSA
Carl Goldman / Washington Post:
I have the coronavirus.  So far, it isn't that bad.  —  My treatment has largely consisted of drinking gallons and gallons of Gatorade  —  I have the coronavirus.  And it hasn't been that bad.  —  I am in my late 60s, and the sickest I've ever been was when I had bronchitis several years ago.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and Twitchy
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
CPAC exiles grapple with the new devotion to Trump  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In 2011, Rep. Joe Walsh was a tea party darling, a harsh critic of the Obama administration who brought the house down at the Conservative Political Action Conference.  In 2020, he was at CPAC again …
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Teuscher / American Oversight:
“Final decision rests with POTUS”: Newly Released Defense Department Emails Show Esper, Pompeo and Bolton Thought Ukraine Aid Should Have Continued  —  Senior members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and then-National Security …
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: New Unexplained Cases Reported in Oregon and California  —  Officials in both states raced to contact people who might have been exposed, and experts warned that the cases could indicate signs of spread within the United States.  —  RIGHT NOW Oregon officials …
Discussion: COVID-19 Daily
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:   To Take On the Coronavirus, Go Medieval on It
Justin Wingerter / Denver Post:
Mitt Romney receives standing ovation in Denver for impeachment vote  —  GOP senator, weeks after historic vote, talks democracy at DU  —  Three weeks after becoming the first U.S. senator in history to vote to convict a president of his own party, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah stopped …
Discussion: The Hill
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Flavor Flav Blasts Bernie Sanders LA Rally: ‘There Is No Public Enemy Without Flavor Flav’  —  The rapper is accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of using his “likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials” without his permission.  —  With Public Enemy slated …
Washington Post:
New NOAA Hurricane Dorian emails show how tenuous scientific credibility is in the Trump era  —  The documents come just as the CDC and NIH go to battle against coronavirus.  —  New emails released from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show how much concern …
Alex Marshall / New York Times:
Actors Walk Out After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France's Oscars  —  The director, who has a history of accusations of sexual assault, won for the film “J'accuse.”  —  LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing …
Discussion: IndieWire
Fedor Zarkhin / Oregonian:
Oregon coronavirus case shuts Lake Oswego elementary school  —  A Washington County adult is sick with the first presumptive case of the new coronavirus in the state, Oregon health officials said Friday.  —  The case needs to be confirmed by federal health officials.
Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Magazine:
Nevertheless, He Persists The ego and the altruism of Mike Bloomberg.  —  The morning after President Trump delivered his self-congratulatory State of the Union speech while still in the midst of impeachment, several reporters are waiting in a Providence, Rhode Island, vegan café for Michael Bloomberg.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Rules Congress Cannot Sue to Force Executive Branch Officials to Testify  —  An appeals court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the House Judiciary Committee against President Trump's former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday …
 
 
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New York Post:
Democrats' disgraceful dissembling only increases coronavirus threat
New York Times:
Steyer in South Carolina: He Came, He Spent, but Did He Conquer?
Discussion: New York Times
Samantha Beattie / HuffPost Canada:
Disgusting Sticker Of ‘Greta Thunberg’ Linked To Alberta Oil Company Shocks Canadians
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Is Bernie Sanders the American Version of Jeremy Corbyn? Gulp.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
DHS employee told to report to work in Newark after China travel, in violation of coronavirus quarantine, complaints say
New York Times:
Right-Wing Media Says Virus Fears Were Whipped Up to Hurt Trump
CNN:
Impersonator posing as Sanders campaign official attempted to arrange calls with Democratic candidates
 Earlier Items: 
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Hilary Russ / Reuters:
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
To our fellow newsrooms: stop surrendering to online attacks on your reporters
HuffPost:
‘Anti-Greta’ Activist Naomi Seibt Praises White Nationalist At CPAC
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BBC:
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Discussion: Townhall