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12:10 AM ET, March 1, 2020

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is Now the Only Democrat Who Can Stop Bernie Sanders  —  After Joe Biden finished as astonishing 4th place in Iowa and then 5th place in New Hampshire, I wrote a post-mortem for his campaign.  It now looks like one of the most wrong things I have ever written.
Discussion: New York Times
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Embattled Chris Matthews Left Out of MSNBC's S.C. Primary Coverage  —  The MSNBC host was nowhere to be found on air a day after he was accused of sexual harassment.  —  A day after he was accused of sexual harassment by a journalist, MSNBC decided to keep host Chris Matthews off …
NBC News:
Billionaire Tom Steyer quits Democratic primary race  —  The announcement came after an underwhelming finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary.  —  Tom Steyer, the California activist billionaire who has largely been a nonfactor in the Democratic primary campaign, dropped out of the race on Saturday night.
CBS News:
South Carolina primary election live updates  —  Voting is underway in South Carolina's pivotal primary, the last primary before Super Tuesday.  Joe Biden is hoping for his first 2020 win and Bernie Sanders has momentum from his victories in New Hampshire and Nevada, and his popular vote lead in Iowa.
Kaelan Deese / The Hill:
Professor with history of correctly predicting elections says it's 'the incumbent's election to lose'  —  A professor in political science with a history of accurately predicting the outcome of U.S. presidential elections said either Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would win the primary election …
Washington Post:
Early exit polls from the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary … Who's winning each group  —  Groups that candidates are winning by six or more percentage points  —  Preliminary exit poll results will be updated as vote tallies are reported.  —  Former vice president Joe Biden …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden bundlers see surge of pledges from new big money donors after he wins South Carolina  — Bundlers backing Joe Biden's campaign told CNBC that they are seeing a surge in big money commitments in the wake of Saturday's apparent blowout victory in the South Carolina primary.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
South Carolina polls set to close as Biden hopes to rebound in 2020 primary  —  Bernie Sanders has pulled into the lead nationally, but the former VP is hoping his strength with black voters could give him a boost.  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. - Voting is underway in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary …
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump rallies conservatives — and drops charges of a coronavirus ‘hoax’  —  Just hours after he somberly confirmed the first coronavirus-related death in the United States, President Donald Trump boasted to a packed room of conservatives that he was responsible for keeping them safe.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden romps to victory in South Carolina
New York Times:
South Carolina Primary Forecast
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Juana Summers / NPR:
Tom Steyer Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Race
Discussion: The Week
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Billionaire, liberal activist Tom Steyer ends presidential bid
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Tom Steyer drops out of presidential race
Discussion: The Federalist
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
‘Two Person Race’: Ex-Obama Adviser Says 2020 Fight is Now Down to Bernie and Biden
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
South Carolina 2020 Primary: Live Results
Discussion: TalkLeft, Slate and Reason
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Tom Steyer drops out of the presidential race
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and New York Times
Washington Post:
Eighteen days that resuscitated Joe Biden's nearly five-decade career
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:   For Buttigieg, a Search for Black Support That Never Arrived
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Trump jokes Biden won't be governing as president: 'He'll be in a home'
Discussion: NBC News
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
2020 South Carolina Primary: Live Coverage
Discussion: PJ Media Home, Vox and Politico
Li Zhou / Vox:
Live results for the South Carolina Democratic primary
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Live updates: New coronavirus cases indicate virus is spreading in U.S.; FDA expands testing  —  More coronavirus infections were reported from South Korea to France to Qatar on Saturday after health officials in Washington state, Oregon and California on Friday reported a worrying development …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. weighs restrictions at border with Mexico over coronavirus threat  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering imposing entry restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border to control the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, according to two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials.
Discussion: Political Flare and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Man in Washington state first in US to die from new virus  —  A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States.  —  State officials issued a terse news release announcing the death, gave no details and scheduled a news conference.
Discussion: Mediaite and Associated Press
KIRO:
Department of Health confirms first coronavirus death in Washington state  —  The Washington Department of Health confirmed Saturday the first coronavirus-related death in Washington state, according to a press release.  —  Health officials said there are new King County cases in addition to the two new cases confirmed Friday evening.
Washington Post:
Trump misidentifies first coronavirus fatality in U.S. as a woman
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Tara Lee / governor.wa.gov:
Inslee issues COVID-19 emergency proclamation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
Los Angeles Times:   California sees third case of ‘community spread’ coronavirus as first U.S. death is reported near Seattle
Washington Post:
Inside Trump's frantic attempts to minimize the coronavirus crisis  —  Minutes before President Trump was preparing Wednesday to reassure a skittish nation about the coronavirus threat, he received a piece of crucial information: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had identified …
Discussion: Political Flare
TMZ.com:
Bernie Sanders Boards the Wrong Private Jet, Campaign Brain Fart  —  BERNIE SANDERS BOARDS THE WRONG PRIVATE JET ... Case Of Campaign Brain  —  Bernie Sanders is on the go all the time — which seems to have given him a momentary case of a campaign brain fart as he accidentally boarded the wrong jet.
Discussion: Redstate and PJ Media Home
BBC:
Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown  —  Satellite images have shown a dramatic decline in pollution levels over China, which is “at least partly” due to an economic slowdown prompted by the coronavirus, US space agency Nasa says.  —  Nasa maps show falling levels of nitrogen dioxide this year.
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Jackie Speier's Question to DOJ on Epstein Raises Eyebrows in House Intel Committee  —  In a closed-door briefing to members of Congress on government surveillance, a senior Justice Department official was asked a surprising question.  —  In a closed-door briefing to members of Congress …
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
New Suffolk/Globe poll finds Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren locked in statistical tie in Massachusetts  —  Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are locked in a statistical tie ahead of the Massachusetts primary on Tuesday, according to a poll released Saturday by Suffolk University …
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Siegfried Mortkowitz / Politico:
Smer suffers huge defeat in Slovakia election: exit polls
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Weinstein stir crazy at New York hospital days after sex crimes conviction, spokesman says
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Ex-lawmaker Katie Hill dating Playboy writer Alex Thomas
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Media Matters for America:
At CPAC, Glenn Beck says the Bernie Sanders “revolution” will lead to “another Holocaust”
Discussion: Mediaite
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Millions of tweets peddled conspiracy theories about coronavirus in other countries, an unpublished U.S. report says
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
Here's why Obamacare would likely make any coronavirus vaccine free for patients …
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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
Kept at the Hospital on Coronavirus Fears, Now Facing Large Medical Bills
Discussion: The Intercept and Fox News
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders
 

 
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Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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