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12:30 PM ET, March 1, 2020

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News polls: Sanders has the edge in Texas, is tied with Biden in North Carolina  —  The two states award a combined 338 delegates on Super Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders holds a double-digit lead over his closest Democratic rival in Texas, while he's essentially tied …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Politico:
Biden's surprise ray of hope in California  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite his weak polling in California, there's a silver lining emerging for Joe Biden in the biggest delegate prize on the board next week.  —  Biden's weakness after a distant second finish in Nevada could have compelled Californians …
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.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders raises $46 million in February, a huge sum  —  The haul could help sustain him in a lengthy battle for the nomination.  —  NORFOLK, Va. - Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $46.5 million in February, his presidential campaign said Sunday, a huge sum that could help sustain him in a lengthy battle for the nomination.
Discussion: The Guardian, Breitbart and Vox
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The resurrection of Joe Biden
Discussion: New York Magazine
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's victory in South Carolina has reset the Democratic race
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:   It's Time for Obama to Man Up and Back Biden
CNN:   6 takeaways from Biden's South Carolina win and what it means for Super Tuesday
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Sanders says he raised impressive $46.5M in February alone
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden bundlers see surge of pledges from new big money donors after he wins South Carolina
ABC News:
Joe Biden says he's feeling good following his win in South Carolina
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:   For Buttigieg, a Search for Black Support That Never Arrived
New York Times:
South Carolina Primary Forecast
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Joe Biden Finds His Voice After a Blowout Victory in South Carolina
Discussion: The Federalist
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
‘Two Person Race’: Ex-Obama Adviser Says 2020 Fight is Now Down to Bernie and Biden
Discussion: NPR, Vanity Fair and Politico
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Billionaire, liberal activist Tom Steyer ends presidential bid
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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: Politico and Raw Story
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
HHS Secretary Azar says new coronavirus case appears in Chicago  —  EXCLUSIVE: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Sunday that a new case of the coronavirus appeared in Chicago overnight, marking the latest spread of the outbreak in the United States.
The Guardian:
Coronavirus: Pence defends Trump Jr claim Democrats want ‘millions’ to die  —  When Donald Trump Jr said Democrats hope coronavirus “kills millions of people” in the US because they want to bring his father down, he was merely “pushing back” at politicisation of the viral outbreak by Trump opponents …
Tristan Cork / bristolpost:
The abuse and threats made to Greta Thunberg by people from Bristol  —  By grown men, many who appear to have children of their own  —  When teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg announced she would be coming to Bristol more than a week ago, it created a huge buzz in the city.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it  —  Among the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me.  —  Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018 …
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Sunday that he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week, publicly disagreeing with a timetable for a speedy prisoner release laid …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:   Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China
The Times of Israel:
Israel's UN ambassador tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’  —  'We don't want Sanders at AIPAC.  We don't want him in Israel,' declares Danny Danon of US Democratic frontrunner, who had called Netanyahu a ‘reactionary racist’  —  Israel's ambassador to the United Nations …
Discussion: Breitbart and Palestine DeepDive
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Sanders defends attacks on Israel's Netanyahu
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and The Hill
Roger Lau / Team Warren:
Super Tuesday and Beyond  —  I wanted to give you an update on where our campaign stands since my last memo earlier this month.  Since Elizabeth's historic debate performance in Nevada, we've seen an incredible burst of momentum and outpouring of grassroots support.
Discussion: Vox and CNN
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump to visit CDC in Atlanta to highlight U.S. response to coronavirus  —  President Donald Trump is set to visit the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday as he tries to calm growing fears about the coronavirus outbreak, a senior White House official told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Yuri Pérez / NBC News:
Yes, Bernie Sanders, Castro's literacy program was ‘a bad thing.’ I was indoctrinated by it.  —  Education under a socialist regime is a malicious program, because it seems like an irreproachable social good but then is just another tool of repression.  —  “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did?
Discussion: Washington Post and The Atlantic
 
 
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