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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Reclaims National Lead With Buttigieg, Klobuchar Exits — 36% of Democratic primary voters back the former VP as Super Tuesday contests unfold — Former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who endorsed Biden during a rally on Monday night in Dallas …
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CBS News:
Live updates: Biden and Sanders pick up wins in first Super Tuesday states — The first polls have closed in the Super Tuesday states of Virginia and Vermont. CBS News projects Joe Biden will win Virginia and North Carolina and Bernie Sanders will win Vermont.
FiveThirtyEight:
Our Final Forecast For Super Tuesday Shows Biden's Surge — And Lots Of Uncertainty — Former Vice President Joe Biden has gotten a lot of good news over the past few days. A huge, almost 30-point win in South Carolina. A series of impressive endorsements.
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Washington Post, Insights into Impact, Memos, The Daily Beast, Slate, Breitbart, The Independent, Reason, Four Freedoms, Patterico's Pontifications, The Mahablog and IJR
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why Elizabeth Warren is losing even if all your friends love her — White college grads are living in the Warren bubble. — A lot of people I know are voting for Elizabeth Warren on Super Tuesday. They're doing so even though they're aware she's way down in the polls and that her hopes …
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CNN
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sanders Campaign Was Caught Off Guard by Quick Massing of Opposition — “It's becoming clear that in order for us to win this nomination, that road clearly flows through Joe Biden,” Bernie Sanders's campaign manager said. — ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Sunday night, Faiz Shakir …
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New York Magazine, IJR and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's new attack on Biden exposes his own unfitness — At a rally in North Carolina on Monday night, this actually happened: President Trump ripped into a resurgent Joe Biden by claiming he bungles facts and often appears confused. — Yes, Trump suggested the former vice president is mentally unfit for the presidency.
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New York Times, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
ABC News:
Super Tuesday live updates: Biden performing well so far in the South, Sanders in Northeast — More than a third of delegates are at stake. — LIVE NOW — As Super Tuesday, the single biggest day of voting gets underway, the candidates are competing across 15 contests for a treasure chest of delegates …
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Townhall, The Daily Beast, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
Biden's Branding Reboot: Here Comes Emo Joe
Associated Press:
The Latest: Obama's praise for Biden heard in robocall
The Latest: Obama's praise for Biden heard in robocall
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Vox, Politico, Washington Post, The Hill, KUSI-TV, Breitbart, One America News Network, Florida Politics, The American Independent and KTLA
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed News:
I Rode The Train With Andrew Yang On Super Tuesday And He Said He's Considering Running For Mayor Of New York
I Rode The Train With Andrew Yang On Super Tuesday And He Said He's Considering Running For Mayor Of New York
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Fox News, New York Post, Mediaite and New York Times
Denis McDonough / Twin Cities:
I worked closely with Joe Biden, and here's why I support him
I worked closely with Joe Biden, and here's why I support him
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The Hill
New York Times:
As Coronavirus Numbers Rise, C.D.C. Testing Comes Under Fire — Federal health officials botched an initial diagnostic test and restricted widespread screening. Missteps may have raised the risks to Americans, critics say. — The coronavirus has found a crack in the nation's public health armor …
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The Atlantic, The Hill, Bustle, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Marginal REVOLUTION, Slate and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Live updates: U.S. reports 9th coronavirus death as the virus continues to spread; Fed cuts interest rate
Live updates: U.S. reports 9th coronavirus death as the virus continues to spread; Fed cuts interest rate
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CBS News, National Review, Task & Purpose, The Hill, The Wrap, The Week and Mediaite
New York Times:
Coronavirus Updates: Death Toll Rises Again, to 9 in Washington State
Coronavirus Updates: Death Toll Rises Again, to 9 in Washington State
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The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The American Independent, The Verge and Al Jazeera, more at Techmeme »
Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:
Trump demands ‘more easing and cutting’ after Fed slashes rates amid coronavirus outbreak
Trump demands ‘more easing and cutting’ after Fed slashes rates amid coronavirus outbreak
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Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA and UPI
Politico:
Trump launches an urgent fight to save his economic record — Eight months from a general election, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are considering an urgent effort to rescue the U.S. economy from a coronavirus panic. — Trump advisers and GOP lawmakers have spent …
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Associated Press, Washington Post and The Hill
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
White House questionnaire adds new litmus tests for prospective hires
White House questionnaire adds new litmus tests for prospective hires
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Daily Kos, Raw Story and The American Independent
Politico:
Trump loyalist installed in top intelligence post on National Security Council
Trump loyalist installed in top intelligence post on National Security Council
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Washington Post, CNN, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Will Risk Making Ross Perot and Ralph Nader Look Good”: Bloomberg Resists Advisers' Push to Exit the Race — With his path disappearing after South Carolina, advisers pressed for a quick exit. But Mike has so far refused: I'll be damned if I walk away before a single vote is cast for me.
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
'You don't want to go to war with a president' — Anthony Fauci might be the one person everyone in Washington trusts right now. — But at 79, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is in the thick of one of the biggest battles of 35 years in the role …
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Associated Press, ABC News, The Hill, Daily Kos, New York Times, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump coronavirus effort undermined by mixed messages and falsehoods
Trump coronavirus effort undermined by mixed messages and falsehoods
Politico:
Coronavirus emergency bill held up over vaccine cost concerns
Coronavirus emergency bill held up over vaccine cost concerns
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Acquisition.GOV, The Hill and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's baffling coronavirus vaccine event
Trump's baffling coronavirus vaccine event
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Press Watch, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and STAT
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The real reason Chris Matthews had to go — Give Chris Matthews partial credit for his apology on his way out the door Monday night. In his abrupt and unexpected farewell, the MSNBC host acknowledged his history of what he called “compliments on a woman's appearance.”
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Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Is Really Worried About the Coronavirus. Here's Why. — The debate is splitting into two broad camps: Call them the “growthers” and the “base-raters.” — Just how bad will the new coronavirus be? I can't answer that question, but I have observed the debate splitting into two broad camps …
CNBC:
WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought — World health officials say the case fatality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%. — “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died,” …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Confirms Second Case in the State — The case in Westchester County indicates that community transmission is likely underway in the state. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Tuesday morning a second confirmed case of coronavirus in New York …
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Florida Politics and Patterico's Pontifications
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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
Midtown Lawyer Positive for Coronavirus Is NY's 1st Case of Person-to-Person Spread
Midtown Lawyer Positive for Coronavirus Is NY's 1st Case of Person-to-Person Spread
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The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Dan Diamond / Politico:
CDC blocked FDA official from premises — In a sign of growing tension among the Trump administration's health agencies, officials are expressing frustration that a top scientist was initially rebuffed when attempting to visit the CDC in Atlanta last month to help coordinate …
NBC News:
Amid outbreak, Trump admin's proposed rollback of nursing home regulations faces criticism — “These are frail, medically compromised people,” said an attorney at the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy, who opposes the change. — The Trump administration last year moved to roll …
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New York Times
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Washington State risks seeing explosion in coronavirus cases without dramatic action, new analysis says — The coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area is at a critical juncture and could see explosive growth in cases much like Wuhan, China, if public officials don't take immediate …
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UPI
Sam Tanenhaus / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is the new Ronald Reagan — He remade his party with a youth movement he built from the outside. Just like the Gipper did. — Democratic Party elders are bewildered. Don't voters understand how unpopular Sen. Bernie Sanders is in Washington?
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Carlos R. Munoz / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Coronavirus Florida: Mother and son at Sarasota Military Academy under quarantine — By Carlos R. Munoz By Timothy Fanning By Zac Anderson — They are not showing any symptoms of COVID-19 but came in contact with a patient who the CDC now says tested “positive,” the schools says.
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Bloomberg, Sarasota Military Academy, The Week, The Independent, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Florida Politics, Townhall, Mediaite and Raw Story
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I just remembered Joe Biden is fine — This is a little awkward, but better late than never! I suddenly remembered that Joe Biden is a dynamite candidate, something I had forgotten over the past few months of watching Joe Biden campaign. Joe Biden is the best hope of the party and its logical standard-bearer!
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