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1:35 PM ET, March 4, 2020

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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.
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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.
FiveThirtyEight:
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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.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders Gets a Rude Awakening  —  Bernie Sanders's self-proclaimed “political revolution” crashed into a wall of resistance inside the Democratic Party last night.  —  After a remarkable 72 hours that saw top party leaders consolidate behind Joe Biden, a panoramic array …
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Jill Biden And Symone Sanders Fought Off Two Protesters Who Stormed Joe Biden's Victory Speech
Discussion: New York Times, Tangle, Eater and IJR
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and The Hill
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Four reasons why Biden shocked Sanders
Fox News:
Mike Bloomberg suspends presidential campaign after Super Tuesday flop
Discussion: Power Line, IJR and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Bloomberg considering dropping out after Biden rout
Brendan Morrow / The Week:
Mood in Warren campaign reportedly ‘bleak’ after Super Tuesday
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:   It Looks Like Democratic Primary Voters Want a President They Can Ignore 4 or 5 Days a Week
NBC News:
Live Blog / 2020 Super Tuesday live updates: Biden wins the South, Mass., Sanders takes Vt. …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Joe Biden's Silent Majority
Discussion: Slate
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Chokes
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Amy Wang / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg is suspending his presidential campaign, says he's endorsing Biden  —  Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who had hoped to self-fund his way to the Democratic presidential nomination but was spurned by voters in Tuesday's balloting, has dropped out of the race.
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)
Mike Bloomberg for President:
Statement by Mike Bloomberg
Discussion: Redstate, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
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.
Politico:
Hill negotiators reach $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus package  —  Congressional negotiators on Wednesday clinched a bipartisan emergency funding package to combat coronavirus, which both chambers are expected to pass by the end of the week.  —  The measure includes roughly $8.3 billion aimed …
Discussion: Associated Press
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NBC News:
Coronavirus: Congressional leaders strike roughly $8 billion bipartisan emergency funding deal
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: Politico, IJR and Althouse
New York Times:
The Coronavirus.  The Stock Market.  Now Biden's Comeback Adds to Trump's Bad Week.  —  The president who believes he can control events is confronted by further evidence that he cannot.  —  With just eight months until Election Day, President Trump is having a bad week.
Hollywood Reporter:
‘No Time To Die’ Release Delayed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak  —  The 25th Bond pic had been scheduled to hit theaters around the globe in April.  It will now go out in November.  —  The release of upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die has been pushed back from April to November …
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN, NPR, The Diplomat, ABC News, KTLA and Twitchy
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Coronavirus Is What You Get When You Ignore Science  —  Scientists are all we have left.  Pray for them.  —  Let us pray, now, for science.  Pray for empiricism and for epidemiology and for vaccines.  Pray for peer review and controlled double-blinds.  For flu shots, herd immunity and washing your hands.
Politico:
Republicans lean into Biden probe amid his 2020 comeback  —  Sen. Ron Johnson says he'll soon release a report on Hunter Biden's ties to the Ukrainian gas company, Burisma.  —  “These are questions that Joe Biden has not adequately answered,” Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson said.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Italy to close all schools and universities for two weeks as coronavirus death toll rises  — Italy was the worst-affected country from the coronavirus outside Asia earlier Wednesday, temporarily overtaking Iran in terms of the number of deaths and infections from the virus.
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
Noose found on gunman's locker at Milwaukee Coors facility years before deadly shooting  —  MILWAUKEE - Current and former employees of the Molson Coors brewery here say there is a long-held culture of racism, including racist cartoons placed in workspaces, the n-word scrawled in break rooms …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Dot
 
 
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Joe Biden forged a Super Tuesday coalition that could win the Democratic nomination - and presidency
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Yeganeh Torbati / ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Calls Iraq Dangerous for Christians — Until It Wants to Deport Them
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, Trump didn't shut down 37 of 47 global anti-pandemic programs
Discussion: FactCheck.org