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Pete Williams / NBC News:

In rare rebuke, Chief Justice Roberts slams Schumer for ‘threatening’ comments — “You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,” the NY senator said of Trump appointees. — WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts publicly chastised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday …

Discussion: Redstate, Jezebel and The Hill

Ian Millhiser / Vox:

Abortion rights had a surprisingly hopeful day in the Supreme Court — Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning as oral arguments were underway over a restrictive Louisiana abortion law. Melissa Lyttle for Vox — Louisiana's lawyer did such a bad job defending …

Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Rewire.News, Colorado Times Recorder, Raw Story, Slate, The Gateway Pundit, The Root, Common Dreams, Jezebel and No More Mister Nice Blog

Gregg Re / Fox News:
Chief Justice Roberts issues rare rebuke to Schumer's ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ comments; Schumer fires back

Discussion: Power Line, SCOTUSblog, PJ Media Home and Breitbart

Washington Post:
Roberts rebukes Schumer for saying justices will ‘pay the price’ for a vote against abortion rights

Discussion: Politico, Slate, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Raw Story, The Week and ABC News

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
John Roberts Condemns Schumer for Saying Justices ‘Will Pay the Price’ for ‘Awful Decisions’

Discussion: KSLTV.com, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Atlantic

Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Chief Justice John Roberts heading down collision course with himself

Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart

Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Schumer Claims Conservative Supreme Court Justices Will ‘Pay the Price’ If They Rule against Abortion Advocates

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, NB Blog, SCOTUSblog and Slate

Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
Chuck Schumer Just Threatened Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch

Discussion: Fox News, American Greatness, Redstate and WayneDupree.com

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Schumer unloads on Gorsuch, Kavanaugh at abortion rights rally: ‘You will pay the price!’

Discussion: Breitbart

Jessica Valenti / GEN — :

It Will Be Hard to Get Over What Happened to Elizabeth Warren — I've had to come to terms with America's sexism again and again — knew going into Super Tuesday that Elizabeth Warren was unlikely to win big. I had prepared myself for that. What did take me by surprise, though …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, CANNONFIRE and Team Warren

Washington Post:

Warren, Sanders allies scramble to find her an exit ramp — DETROIT — Top surrogates and allies of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are discussing ways for their two camps to unite and push a common liberal agenda, with the expectation that Warren is likely to leave the presidential campaign soon …

Discussion: The Independent, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, New York Post, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, The Guardian and The Dispatch

Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Maybe Next Time, Ladies

Discussion: Spectator USA and CBS Boston

Emma Roller / The Outline:
Elizabeth Warren was a good candidate, but it's time to go all in for Bernie

Discussion: VICE, VTDigger and Politics and Prozac

Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Can Sanders Blunt Biden's Surge?

Discussion: Slate and VTDigger

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Steve Bullock Is Poised to Run for Senate in Montana, Officials Say — After months of insisting he would not challenge the Republican incumbent, Mr. Bullock, the governor and ex-Democratic presidential candidate, has until Monday to file to run in Montana.

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Politico:
Bullock reignites Democrats' hopes of Montana Senate run

Discussion: Associated Press

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Trump's ugly new strategy against surging Biden undercuts itself — Now that Joe Biden's commanding performance on Super Tuesday has vaulted him into a solid position to win the Democratic nomination, President Trump is already road-testing a new strategy against the former vice president.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Breitbart and New York Times

Washington Post:

Black voters, ‘Whole Foods moms’ and an anti-Trump base: Biden builds coalition that could boost Democrats in November — As Joe Biden racked up a string of unexpected victories in Super Tuesday primaries, he began to stitch together the kind of political coalition that had eluded his candidacy for months …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Holly Otterbein / Politico:

Sanders campaign hatches comeback plan — BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Super Tuesday shellacking was so thorough that Bernie Sanders' strategy changed overnight. — It had to. — The decades-long refusal to air negative TV ads is out. Spots highlighting former President Barack Obama's praise of him are in.

Los Angeles Times:

California reports first coronavirus death; L.A. County declares emergency — California on Wednesday reported its first death related to coronavirus. — Placer County Public Health officials announced that a patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a cruise to Mexico last month died.

Discussion: The Root, Snopes.com, New York Post, The Sun, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and KRON4

NBC News:

CDC medical screener at LAX airport tests positive for coronavirus — The person was among screeners who are assigned to the airport's CDC in-transit lounge and also “support jetway screening on direct flights from China.” — WASHINGTON — A medical professional who conducted passenger screenings …

Discussion: KUSI-TV, The Week, The Gateway Pundit and Deseret News

Los Angeles Times: L.A. County supervisors want answers to widespread voting problems

Associated Press:

Trump gets desired Democratic foes, but Biden worries linger — WASHINGTON (AP) — While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners whom President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are still some private worries in the White House.

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Washington Post and Breitbart

Associated Press:
Bloomberg hope for Super Tuesday splash lands in the Pacific

Discussion: NBC News

USA Today:
Super Tuesday message: Coronavirus is scary, we want an adult like Biden: Mastio & Lawrence

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNBC and Deseret News

CNN:

Secret Service changing Biden protection plans after rally scare — (CNN)The Secret Service is scrambling plans to provide protection to presidential candidates after protesters stormed the stage of former Vice President Joe Biden's victory rally in Los Angeles late Tuesday in a harrowing scene.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, fox8.com and KTLA

Timothy Bella / Washington Post:

Jill Biden's epic tussle: In split-second blocking maneuver, she protects husband from lunging vegans — It could have been a scene out of the romantic thriller “The Bodyguard,” except the hero of the moment in this case was not a trained agent but Jill Biden.

Discussion: Breitbart, Los Angeles Times, POLITICUSUSA, Althouse, IJR, Mediaite, The Week and Twitchy

Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Jill Biden And Symone Sanders Fought Off Two Protesters Who Stormed Joe Biden's Victory Speech

Discussion: Eater, New York Times, IJR, Tangle and The Root

Politico:

Republicans lean into Biden probe as he surges in Democratic primary — Just hours after Joe Biden surged to the top of the Democratic presidential pack, Senate Republicans announced a new phase of their investigation targeting the former vice president and his son Hunter.

Discussion: Breitbart, Vox, The Daily Beast, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and The Big Picture

CNN:
Senate GOP ramps up investigations as Biden surges

Discussion: IJR, Foreign Policy and The Hill

Josh Rogin / Washington Post:

Pompeo under pressure to release Taliban deal ‘secret annexes’ — The Trump administration has signed and publicized its peace deal with the Taliban. But even now, big questions remain. Chief among them is why the State Department has insisted on classifying two secret annexes to the deal …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and New York Times

New York Times:
Taliban Ramp Up Attacks on Afghans After Trump Says ‘No Violence’

Discussion: Slate, News Items and Washington Post

Tim Mak / NPR:

Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, 'I Don't Know What's So Wrong' With Cuba — Audio will be available later today. — American Alan Gross, a prisoner in Cuba for five years during the Obama administration, is accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders of commending the communist country when he came to visit him behind bars.

Discussion: PJ Media Home, The Daily Caller, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, National Review and Jewish Insider

New York Times:

Coronavirus Testing Offered With Just a Doctor's Approval, C.D.C. Says — The move greatly increases the number of patients who qualify, but it's not clear there are enough tests for those who will want them. — Federal health officials announced on Wednesday that anyone who wants a coronavirus test may get one if a doctor agrees.

Discussion: ABC News and CNN

Bloomberg:
Trump Blames Obama Decision for Coronavirus Test Kit Shortage

Discussion: The Daily Caller, New York Post and VICE

Washington Post:

Coronavirus pummels Iran leadership as data show spread is far worse than reported — ISTANBUL — The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through Iran has delivered a jarring blow to the senior ranks of its government, infecting about two dozen members of parliament and at least 15 other current …

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:

Bernie's Revolution Failed. But His Movement Can Still Win. — The Democratic primary in Virginia last night went almost exactly as the Bernie Sanders campaign had long planned: The candidate of the multiracial working class beat the polls — and overcame his rival's massive financial advantage …

Discussion: USA Today, Daily Kos and Vox

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Sanders can't lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Mother Jones, New York Times, CANNONFIRE, Washington Post, Scripting News and The Week

Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:

It Looks Like a News App in the Apple Store. It's Really Russian Propaganda. — The app bills itself as a “one-of-a-kind free streaming service & TV library of news programs.” But every single show is from Kremlin-backed TV channel. — Over the past few years, Russian-funded propagandists …

Discussion: Raw Story

U.S. Department of Justice:

Defense Department Linguist Charged with Espionage — Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged today in the District of Columbia with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Hizballah …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Redstate

Kate Kelly / New York Times:

Wall Street, Encouraged by Biden's Wins, Breaks Out Its Checkbooks — Fearful of the more progressive candidates, some finance executives had sidelined themselves from the elections until Mr. Biden surged. — After weeks of worrying that Senator Bernie Sanders would trounce his rivals …

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

PBS Scores $1.5 Million Win at Tavis Smiley Trial — The talk show host was accused of sexual misconduct in a rare test of morals clauses. — PBS has prevailed on its claim that Tavis Smiley breached a morals clause. On Wednesday, a Washington, D.C., jury returned a verdict in favor …

Discussion: The Root, more at Mediagazer »

Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:

Majority Whip Jim Clyburn: Sanders Never Courted My Endorsement — The South Carolina Democrat said he's worked productively with the senator for years. But he didn't actively seek out his endorsement. — House Majority Whip James Clyburn has had many productive conversations …

Discussion: CNN, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Hill

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:

Bloomberg attracted few votes — but his ads still grabbed the attention of many kids — Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, who dropped out of the Democratic primary Wednesday, did not attract many voters. But his impact on the 2020 race may live on in the pre-voting demographic …

Joey Flechas / Miami Herald:

Ultra's March festival canceled over coronavirus fears in Miami, sources say — The 2020 Ultra Music Festival will be postponed — possibly for a full year, which would effectively cancel this year's edition of Miami's marquee electronic dance music event, the Miami Herald has learned.

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, SPIN, The Hill and CBS Miami