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12:30 AM ET, March 4, 2020

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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.
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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.
Discussion: Breitbart, The Week and The Wrap
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.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Twitter suspends liberal journalist for quoting Joe Biden gaffe  —  A liberal journalist was hit with a temporary suspension on Twitter over a tweet quoting a gaffe from former Vice President Joe Biden.  —  Jordan Chariton, founder of Status Coup, knocked former 2020 hopefuls Pete Buttigieg …
Discussion: New York Post
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Bloomberg on Warren: 'I didn't realize she's still in'  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a reporter Tuesday he “didn't realize” that Sen. Elizabeth (D-Mass.) was still in the primary race.  —  His comments came in light of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former South Bend …
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 …
Discussion: Reason and CNN
NBC News:
Live Blog / 2020 Super Tuesday live updates: Biden wins the South, Mass., Sanders takes Vt., Colo., Utah, NBC News projects  —  More than 1,300 delegates — or about a third of the total — are at play on Super Tuesday.  —  Fourteen states and one territory held nominating contests …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:   A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don't Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Reclaims National Lead With Buttigieg, Klobuchar Exits
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge
German Lopez / Vox:
American Samoa also voted on Super Tuesday. Mike Bloomberg won.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren and Her Fans Reject Two-Man Race on Super Tuesday
Detroit News:
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden leads U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders among Democratic presidential hopefuls in Michigan, according to a statewide poll that reflects a fluid Michigan race a week before the state's primary.
Discussion: The Hill
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sanders Campaign Was Caught Off Guard by Quick Massing of Opposition
Sam Tanenhaus / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is the new Ronald Reagan
Discussion: Redstate
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Calls for unity cannot hide stark cultural differences inside Democratic Party
Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results  —  Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg waves to supporters as he arrives to his campaign rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 3, 2020.  (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
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!
Discussion: National Review
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:   Biden's Branding Reboot: Here Comes Emo Joe
Denis McDonough / Twin Cities:
I worked closely with Joe Biden, and here's why I support him
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Trump launches an urgent fight to save his ticket to reelection  —  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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post
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Associated Press:
Trump meets with GOP lawmakers amid surveillance rift  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is getting more deeply involved in the dispute among Republicans over what to do about expiring surveillance powers used by the FBI, meeting with Attorney General William Barr and GOP lawmakers Tuesday evening to discuss the path forward.
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
ABC News:
Super Tuesday live updates: Sanders leading in Calif., according to exit poll analysis  —  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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New York Times:   Live Analysis: Super Tuesday
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 …
Discussion: UPI and STAT
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic and UPI
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.”
more at Mediagazer »
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Washington Post:
The end of the Chris Matthews era: How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC
Discussion: The Nation, New York Post, Vox and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Long lines and lots of questions as L.A. County voters cast ballots on brand-new system  —  Los Angeles voters who showed up to cast ballots in person on Tuesday reported long wait times and operational errors at a number of the county's newly designed vote centers, experiences adding …
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New York Times:
Long Waits Frustrate Los Angeles Voters
Discussion: The Hill
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,” …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump coronavirus effort undermined by mixed messages and falsehoods  —  When Anthony Fauci, clad in a white lab coat, invited an NBC Nightly News correspondent into his offices this week and described the coronavirus as an “outbreak” that was reaching “likely pandemic proportions,” …
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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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Discussion: The Long Version, Twitchy and Raw Story
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Tight Alabama GOP Senate race poised for Round 2 as Sessions, Tuberville head to runoff  —  No one won the GOP nomination outright for the Alabama Senate, which means voters will head back to the polls for a runoff election later this month to determine whether former Sen. Jeff Sessions can mount a political comeback.
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
Abe Silberstein / The Forward:
Israelis just voted against the two state solution  —  Exit polls and early results from Monday's Israeli election predicted a reprise of the first of three elections that began last April: a victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his bloc of right-wing, nationalist, and religious parties.
 
 
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The G-7 Held a Call on the Virus and Only the Fed Did Anything
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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
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Roll Call:
Cashing in on justice  —  Three Senate Judiciary members outpace …
HuffPost:
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Maine Republican Susan Collins struggles to keep Senate seat after votes on Kavanaugh and impeachment
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CBS Miami:
Coronavirus Confusion: Miami Woman Allegedly Denied Proper Testing
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