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10:30 AM ET, March 4, 2020

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Sanders can't lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy  —  What Bernie needs to learn from Biden.  —  Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have been running very different kinds of campaigns, built on very different ambitions.  Biden's been running to lead the Democratic Party more or less as it exists today.
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FiveThirtyEight:
What Went Down On Super Tuesday  —  Want the latest politics news?  Get it in your inbox.  —  Get more FiveThirtyEight  — Store
Discussion: New York Times and The Bulwark
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned  —  We know President Donald Trump has been watching the Super Tuesday returns roll in — he predicted earlier that it would be an “interesting evening of television” — as he goes after both Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren on Twitter.
Discussion: Breitbart, Politico and The Hill
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren team turns grim after Super Tuesday wipeout  —  Elizabeth Warren had a plan for winning.  It didn't work: In 18 nomination contests, she hasn't finished above third place — including in her home state.  —  Now, she's facing political and financial pressures to get out.
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 …
Ledyard King / USA Today:
Many young voters sat out Super Tuesday, contributing to Bernie Sanders' losses  —  WASHINGTON - Young voters cheer Bernie Sanders' anti-establishment message.  They turn out in throngs at his rallies.  And they form the core of his grassroots efforts to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Four reasons why Biden shocked Sanders  —  On Tuesday night Joe Biden engineered one of the most monumental political comebacks in the history of party primaries.  The scale of his Super Tuesday rout over three well-funded and hyper-organized Democrats — Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren — has no comparison.
New York Times:
Live Forecast: Who Will Win Super Tuesday?
Discussion: HBCU Digest, The Week and Redstate
Robby Soave / Reason:
Democratic Primary Voters Decisively Rejected the Media's Favorite Candidates
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Jacobin
CNBC:
Dow set to jump more than 600 points as Biden scores big wins on Super Tuesday
Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart and Vox
NBC News:
LGBTQ voters flock to Bernie Sanders, NBC News Exit Poll finds
Discussion: NewNowNext and The Hill
Jim Geraghty / National Review:   A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don't Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders
Detroit News:
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Hill
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Bloomberg notches first win — in American Samoa, 6,000 miles from U.S. mainland, NBC News projects
Discussion: The Bulwark, Politico, Breitbart and The Sun
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge
NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Democrats Decide That Joe Biden, as Risky as He Ever Was, Is the Safest Bet
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and IJR
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: Althouse, Mediaite, The Week and Twitchy
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Bonchie / Redstate:
Stop Gaslighting, Joe Biden Is Still Joe Biden and He's Not Ok  —  The comeback of Joe Biden not only looks real at this point, it appears inevitable.  Unlike the prior surge by Bernie Sanders, Biden will now be coddled, protected, and propelled into the rest of the primary season.
German Lopez / Vox:
Bernie Sanders promised to bring in younger voters. It's not happening so far.
Discussion: NBC News and NPR
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Jill Biden And Symone Sanders Fought Off Two Protesters Who Stormed Joe Biden's Victory Speech
Discussion: IJR
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Twitter suspends liberal journalist for quoting Joe Biden gaffe
Discussion: New York Post
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)
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Politico:
Bloomberg considering dropping out after Biden rout  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mike Bloomberg is weighing dropping out as early as Wednesday after losing a string of Super Tuesday states where he invested a fortune in advertising, according to several people familiar with his plans.
Politico:
'I've never seen anybody mount a comeback like this — ever'
Discussion: Associated Press and CNBC
Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Bloomberg Voters Feast on the Carcass of His Campaign
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Politico
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.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Disease Caused by Virus Is Deadlier Than the Flu  —  The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that the global death rate of the new coronavirus was 3.4 percent.  —  RIGHT NOW Deaths outside China exceeded those inside the country for the first time since the start of the outbreak.
Discussion: New York Post and UPI
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CNBC:
WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought
Discussion: News Items
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Bloomberg suspends presidential campaign, endorses Biden - Axios  —  He spent hundreds of millions of dollars to self-fund his run.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS News:
Pierce Bush is first Bush to lose Texas race in over 40 years  —  Austin, Texas — Republican Pierce Bush, a grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, failed to advance out of Tuesday's primary in his bid for a Houston congressional seat, becoming the first member of his family to lose a race in Texas in more than 40 years.
Discussion: Althouse
Susannah George / Washington Post:
U.S. targets Taliban with airstrike days after peace deal  —  KABUL — The United States conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan Wednesday just days after the two sides signed a peace deal.  —  The strike comes just hours after President Trump spoke …
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Associated Press:
U.S. strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal
Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News:
South Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar defeats Jessica Cisneros, progressive challenger backed by Warren and AOC  —  Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth also emerged victorious in a GOP primary against a former Colleyville council member, and the Bush family dynasty couldn't win outside of Houston.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020
Discussion: Breitbart
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘One orb, slightly used’: MBS book reveals fate of Trump's mysterious Saudi sphere  —  Saudis gave gadget that briefly captivated the internet to the US - but embassy officials fearful of scandal soon hid it away  —  The mysterious glowing orb which Donald Trump, King Salman …
John Haltiwanger / Business Insider:
Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump's strategy has ‘failed miserably’  — Iran appears to have stockpiled enough uranium for a nuclear weapon, which is a major sign President Donald Trump's maximum pressure campaign is failing.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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New York Times:   Iran Crosses a Key Threshold: It Again Has Sufficient Fuel for a Bomb
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 …
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Tampa Bay Times:
Coronavirus tests DeSantis' pick for Florida surgeon general
Jake Adelstein / The Daily Beast:
A U.S. Embassy Refused to Test Exposed Staff for Coronavirus
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, Trump didn't shut down 37 of 47 global anti-pandemic programs
Discussion: FactCheck.org
John Sharp / al.com:
Alabama Senate race headed for GOP runoff on March 31
Discussion: UPI, Roll Call and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
UGA Poll: Trump builds leads in Georgia, race for Senate tightens
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds: Mystery witness will implicate 'Putin's chef' in election interference
Discussion: Redstate
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Is Really Worried About the Coronavirus. Here's Why.
Discussion: UPI
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Washington State risks seeing explosion in coronavirus cases without dramatic action, new analysis says
 

 
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