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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race — The first openly gay major presidential candidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters, and lost badly in South Carolina Saturday. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Simple Answer — Don't overthink your Super Tuesday vote. — “They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers.” — You are a normal American. You don't like demagogues of the right or the left.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Election live updates: Ahead of Super Tuesday, Democrats make late-hour appeals in reshaped race
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
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NBC News, Politico and The Daily Beast
San Francisco Chronicle:
Bernie Sanders: My running mate will back Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders: My running mate will back Medicare for All
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Sabato's Crystal Ball, No More Mister Nice Blog, The B|E note and The Week
Associated Press:
Inside the final month of Buttigieg's historic campaign
Inside the final month of Buttigieg's historic campaign
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Washington Post, Florida Politics, Power Line and Outside the Beltway
ABC7:
Bernie Sanders brushes off Joe Biden's South Carolina win: 'We're going to do just fine on Tuesday'
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Super Tuesday's viral politics
Super Tuesday's viral politics
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Associated Press, CNBC and The Guardian
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Public Enemy Fire Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat — “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well” — Public Enemy announced Sunday they are permanently “moving forward” without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hop's most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years.
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's first coronavirus cases found in Hillsborough and Manatee counties — The Hillsborough County case is an adult with a travel history to Italy. The Manatee patient is an adult Manatee County resident without a history of travel to restricted countries such as China or Iran.
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Richard Salame / The Guardian:
Texas closes hundreds of polling sites, making it harder for minorities to vote — Guardian analysis finds that places where black and Latino population is growing by the largest numbers experienced the majority of closures and could benefit Republicans — Last year, Texas led the US south …
New York Times:
2nd Death Near Seattle Adds to Signs Coronavirus Is Spreading in U.S. — Officials see growing indications that the virus has been spreading undetected for weeks. A cluster of cases at one nursing home have made Kirkland, Wash., a focus of concern. — KIRKLAND, Wash. …
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CNN:
Obama tells Biden he won't endorse anybody yet — (CNN)In former President Barack Obama's conversation with Joe Biden after the South Carolina primary — the first congratulatory call the former president has been able to make to his former vice president during the 2020 campaign …
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Obama Called Biden to Congratulate Him on South Carolina Win
Obama Called Biden to Congratulate Him on South Carolina Win
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National Review, Breitbart and The Hill
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism — In his debut, our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google — a digital behemoth crowding out the competition. — The first time I met A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, I tried to hire him.
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions — When Donald Trump came into office, there was a sense that he would be outmatched by the vast government he had just inherited. — The new president was impetuous, bottomlessly ignorant, almost chemically inattentive …
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
New York state confirms first coronavirus case: Governor Cuomo — (Reuters) - New York state has confirmed its first coronavirus test, Goveror Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter Sunday evening, calling on residents to remain calm and not have any “undue anxiety.”
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Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: Panic Shopping for Masks, but Brunch Is Packed
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How a Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research — An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial …
Axios:
CDC lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated — The Trump administration has ordered an independent investigation of the lab.
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Politico, Coronadaily and Raw Story
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Klobuchar rally in Minnesota canceled amid protests — Sen. Amy Klobuchar canceled a rally in her home state Sunday night as several dozen protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter,” “Klobuchar has got to go” and “Free Myon” — referencing the case of a black teenager convicted of murder after a flawed police investigation.
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Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
CDC hasn't revealed information to doctors that would help coronavirus patients — (CNN)As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the United States — including several announced over the weekend and one death — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed …
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The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Leah Nylen / Politico:
Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust probes — Attorney General William Barr has spent months taking greater control of the Justice Department's antitrust probes into the big tech companies, a development that could increase the peril for major players like Google and Facebook.
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National Review and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans plot blue-state invasion in November — National Republicans are launching a multi-million-dollar field effort in four blue states, a move that comes as Democrats express mounting concern that a Bernie Sanders nomination could doom them in critical down-ballot contests.
New York Times:
Avoiding Coronavirus May Be a Luxury Some Workers Can't Afford — A sick day? Remote work? Not so easy if your job is at a restaurant, a day care center or a construction site. — Stay home from work if you get sick. See a doctor. Use a separate bathroom from the people you live with.
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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Californians who already voted for Buttigieg or Steyer grapple with desire for a do-over — There may be plenty of second chances in life, but there are very few when it comes to voting — a bitter pill to swallow for those Californians who voted for any of the presidential candidates …
Associated Press:
Virus kills member of council advising Iran's supreme leader — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness …
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