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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Calls Barr's Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’  —  The judge said the attorney general lacked credibility on the matter and said he would review the report to decide whether to make its redacted portions public.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge demands unredacted Mueller report, questions Barr's ‘credibility’  —  A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over to him a copy of the unredacted Mueller report and accused Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting its findings in the days before it was submitted to Congress last year.
Washington Post:
Judge cites Barr's ‘misleading’ statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions  —  A federal judge in D.C. sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday for a “lack of candor,” questioning the truthfulness of the nation's top law enforcement official in his handling …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:   A Federal Judge Slammed The Attorney General For Being Misleading About What Was Actually In The Mueller Report
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Federal judge issues ruling saying he can't trust AG Bill Barr's Department of Justice
Discussion: Slate and Washington Post
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
On immigration, Attorney General Barr is his own Supreme Court.  Judges and lawyers say that's a problem.
Discussion: Just Security
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee  —  Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to form a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.
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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with huge lead over Bernie Sanders  —  Even before Mike Bloomberg dropped out of the race for President, voters in Florida were consolidating behind Joe Biden.  —  More than 61% of likely Florida voters favor Biden, according to the most recent survey …
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will field questions at his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle Thursday in the city that helped to shape a would-be rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:   Slotkin throws support behind Biden in Democratic primary
Detroit News:
Joe Biden is Democrats' best choice in Michigan presidential primary
Discussion: Detroit Free Press and The Hill
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race  —  Ms. Warren, a senator and former law professor, staked her campaign on fighting corruption and changing the rules of the economy.  —  BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Fell Apart in the Fall, and It Never Recovered  —  Elizabeth Warren thought there was no real chance that Sen. Bernie Sanders would run for president.  Throughout 2017 and 2018, she and her advisers believed that Sanders would survey the landscape and decide …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The Amy Klobuchar Exit Interview
Discussion: HuffPost, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
White House sidelines Azar from coronavirus response  —  There will be a notable omission when Vice President Mike Pence visits Washington state Thursday as part of the Trump administration's coronavirus response: health Secretary Alex Azar.  —  The White House on Wednesday also benched Azar …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and C-SPAN.org
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Pence admits 'we don't have enough tests' to meet demands as delay in coronavirus testing persists  —  Washington (CNN)Confusion and delays appear to persist in testing Americans for coronavirus even after an outcry from state and local health authorities that the United States was behind in determining the extent of the outbreak.
Discussion: New York Times
TIME:
‘Doomed from the Start.’ Experts Say the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Response Was Never Going to Work  —  The Trump Administration's strategy to combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, began with a relatively simple focus: keep it out of the United States.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Was It Always Going to Be the Last Men Standing?  —  For Elizabeth Warren, the historic number of women in the 2020 field and the Democrats who supported them, the question will linger.  —  WASHINGTON — In the end, the pink wave carried two white men ashore.
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Hannah Sampson / Washington Post:
Sick cruise passengers await coronavirus results at sea as officials debate quarantine  —  A Princess Cruises ship that recently carried people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus was still being kept off the coast of California Thursday as officials sent kits to test passengers …
Discussion: Politico, VICE, KTLA, WREG-TV and princess.com
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Teta Alim / WTOP:   Gov. Hogan: Maryland has first positive cases of coronavirus
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads [UPDATED]  —  This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter.  To get independent accountability journalism straight to your inbox, please subscribe:  —  Subscribe now  —  UPDATE (3/5, 2 PM) …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads, Citing Census Interference Policy
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:   Facebook takes down Trump 2020 campaign's ‘Census’ ads
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Bidens  —  A Republican effort to subpoena records about Joe Biden and his son Hunter could be derailed amid concerns from at least one GOP senator that the push appears politically motivated.  —  The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Romney may vote against Trump again — this time with some bite  —  Mitt Romney became persona non grata in certain parts of the conservative movement last month by becoming the first senator of a president's own party to ever vote to remove them from office.
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity  —  Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s.  Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Supreme Court orders temporary stay of Nathaniel Woods' execution in Alabama  —  Condemned man is scheduled die by lethal injection Thursday evening.  —  In a stunning last-minute move, the Supreme Court ordered a temporary stay in the execution of Nathaniel Woods, who was set to die at 6 p.m. local time Thursday in an Alabama prison.
Discussion: Reason
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan  —  The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead.  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled …
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
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Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
How Bernie Sanders Can Still Win It All
Discussion: Washington Post, Jezebel and Bloomberg
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
New Special Operations network will serve as security backbone in Afghanistan ahead of U.S. withdrawal  —  KABUL — A new network of Special Operations forces will serve as the backbone of a smaller U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, hunting Islamic State fighters as the U.S. withdraws …
Discussion: The Federalist
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Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Secretary Pompeo's Remarks to the Press
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich  —  Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.  —  One Tuesday night in October 2018, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Schumer denies threatening Supreme Court justices, but says, 'I shouldn't have used the words I did'  —  At an abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Schumer slammed Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
The former President said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'There's something that will take your mind off it for a while'  —  Bill offers an apology to Lewinsky in the documentary that will premiere on Friday, and says he felt ‘terrible’ that her life was defined by their affair.
Twitter:
Updating our rules against hateful conduct  —  Editorial note: This blog was first posted in July 9, 2019, and updated March 5, 2020, to reflect additional changes made to our rule against hateful conduct  —  We create our rules to keep people safe on Twitter, and they continuously evolve …
Public Policy Polling:
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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Associated Press:
Klobuchar calls for independent review of murder case
Discussion: Fox News
cbp.gov:
CBP announces February operational update
Discussion: Townhall and ABC News
New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: 2,733 People Are Under Quarantines in City
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Senate Republican Leaders go after Andy Beshear's power with three new bills.
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
Top Green Party Candidate Says He'll Run Against Dems—Even If They Nominate Sanders
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Do Such Elderly People Run America?
Discussion: Snopes.com
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul votes against bill funding coronavirus emergency aid
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
First patient in Nevada tests presumptively positive for novel coronavirus, is in ‘airborne isolation’
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
CNN:
Garry Kasparov: The danger of nominating Sanders
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'He's trying to kill us': Trump blasted for spreading coronavirus ‘misinformation’ …
Cindy Krischer Goodman / Sun-Sentinel:
Federal rules changed to allow more testing for coronavirus. Florida isn't going to follow them.
Discussion: CBS Miami
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
State Department blames “swarms of online, false personas” from Russia for wave of coronavirus misinformation online
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Intellectualist