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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 …
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The Atlantic, Althouse, Team Warren, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice and CANNONFIRE
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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 …
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Associated Press, The Week, New York Post, The Independent, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA


A Not-So-Super Tuesday — Last week, I sat on a stage in front of more than 200 women in Columbus, Ohio, and tried to answer a simple question. — I don't remember exactly how interviewer Angela Pace asked it, but I heard it this way: What do you want your granddaughters to remember about you?


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 …
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The Hill, The American Spectator, Redstate, Jezebel, National Review and Raw Story
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Schumer to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh: Nice Little Court, Ya Got There, Hate to See Anything Happen to It ... The senator's despicable attack is part of a concerted effort to delegitimize the court. — f, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution …


Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate
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Washington Post

John Roberts Condemns Schumer for Saying Justices ‘Will Pay the Price’ for ‘Awful Decisions’
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Raw Story, Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, KSLTV.com, POLITICUSUSA and The Atlantic

Schumer Successfully Blocks Black Woman From N.C. Senate Nom
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Townhall and New York Times


One Doctor's Life on the Coronavirus Front Lines. ‘If We Fail, What Happens to You All?’ — Short on supplies and sleep, medical staff are being stretched to the limit to stop a pandemic no one fully understands — Driving one evening in Wuhan, China, last month, Zhang Xiaochun pulled her car to the side of the road.
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Trump: Public Health Menace — The president in his meeting this week with his coronavirus task force (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) — This is a thing that just happened: … You just shake your head in disbelief at the utter idiocy of this man, and his reckless irresponsibility.
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news.com.au and Raw Story


POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN: Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL plans to take to the Senate floor this morning to go after Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER for saying Supreme Court justices would “pay the price” for anti-abortion rulings.
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The Hill, New York Times, IJR and Washington Post
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What does Gov. DeSantis owe Trump? — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The close relationship between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump is souring, and the bad blood is threatening to spill into the president's reelection effort in the nation's biggest swing state.

Democrats lead by at least 4 in 4 GOP held Senate seats — New PPP polls find Sara Gideon leading Susan Collins 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race. Additionally a PPP poll for a private client last week found Cal Cunningham …
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Political Wire


‘Biden can finish Bernie off in Michigan’ — Super Tuesday weakened Bernie Sanders. Michigan may break him. — It was Michigan where Sanders engineered a primary day miracle four years ago, upsetting Hillary Clinton and imprinting his populist agenda on the industrial Midwest.
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Associated Press, The Week, The Hill and The Atlantic
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Trump's ugly new strategy against surging Biden undercuts itself
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Commentary, Deseret News and New York Post


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.
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Breitbart, Politico, The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Kos, The Week and CNN, more at Mediagazer »


Florida Rep. Val Demings endorses Joe Biden for president — Rep. Val Demings endorses Biden for president — (CNN)Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings on Thursday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, saying Biden “has been there in the trenches fighting for those things that are important to the American people.”
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The Hill, FOX31 Denver and Foreign Policy
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New White House questionnaire serves as litmus test for potential appointees — A White House questionnaire being sent to potential political appointees appears to be a litmus test of the applicant's loyalty to the president. — The questionnaire, a copy of which was obtained by CBS News …
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The Intellectualist


Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem — Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday, along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.
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Bloomberg, NPR and Radio Free Europe/Radio …


Missouri case that toppled GOP governor boomerangs on Soros-backed prosecutor — St. Louis circuit attorney faces grand jury probe, chief investigator indicted in echoes of Trump-Russia collusion reversal in Washington. — Kimberly Gardner made history in 2016, roaring to an election victory …
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The Gateway Pundit


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.
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NBC News, The Sun, HuffPost, KTLA, The Root, KRON4, Snopes.com, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Week, Daily Kos and Breitbart
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Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students — The worker at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire was confirmed with the disease only after attending the mixer. Now a second man has tested positive.


Here's What Barack Obama Is Thinking Now — Barack Obama got exactly what he wanted out of the Democratic primary—and not just because Joe Biden has suddenly pulled ahead. His party managed to start sorting out its year-long mess without him. — But Obama is still not going to speak out.
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Washington Post, New York Times and Sun-Sentinel


A Secret Memo Revealed How A Transgender Immigrant Bleeding From Her Rectum Waited 13 Days For Care While Jailed By ICE — An email from Homeland Security investigators to ICE leadership revealed poor health care conditions at a remote jail in New Mexico. ICE officials waited months to move people from the facility.

Former United Nations secretary-general dies at 100 — LIMA, Peru — Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy …
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One America News Network


FISA court bans officials involved in Carter Page wiretaps from seeking surveillance — Justice Department and FBI officials under review for their role in the flawed wiretaps of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page are banned from having any involvement in the pursuit …


I.C.C. Allows Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry to Proceed — The decision by the International Criminal Court is the first time the prosecutor has been authorized to investigate U.S. forces. — LONDON — An international court ruled on Thursday that its chief prosecutor could open …


EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden Touted Connections Last Year While Pitching UCLA Law On Letting Him Teach Drug Policy Course — Hunter Biden cited political connections in 2019 while pitching the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law on letting him teach a drug policy course …
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The Independent


James Murdoch makes investment to combat fake news — The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation — James Murdoch, the younger son of Rupert Murdoch, is making a seven-figure investment in start-ups aimed at combating fake news, only weeks after criticising …


U.S. health system is showing why it's not ready for a coronavirus pandemic — The growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States is revealing serious gaps in the health system's ability to respond to a major epidemic, forcing hospitals and doctors to improvise emergency plans daily …