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Jessica Valenti / GEN — :
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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Althouse, The Atlantic, Team Warren, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice and CANNONFIRE
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Washington Post:
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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Breitbart, Common Dreams, Associated Press, The Week, New York Post, The Independent, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Super Tuesday results have Trump spooked — for good reason — One of the many things we learned on Super Tuesday is this: The perception that the Democratic Party has lurched to the left is greatly exaggerated. — The results of what amounted to a nationwide primary were an endorsement …
Wall Street Journal:
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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Rod Dreher:
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 Daily Kos
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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Political Wire
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate — On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had a message for Donald Trump's two nominees to the Supreme Court as the court heard oral arguments in a landmark abortion case that threatens one of the underpinnings of Roe v. Wade.
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Washington Post
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
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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Washington Post, The Hill, The American Spectator, Redstate, Jezebel, National Review and Raw Story
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Schumer to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh: Nice Little Court, Ya Got There, Hate to See Anything Happen to It ...
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Schumer Successfully Blocks Black Woman From N.C. Senate Nom
Schumer Successfully Blocks Black Woman From N.C. Senate Nom
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New York Times
Matt Dixon / Politico:
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.
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Politico:
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, Breitbart, New York Times and IJR
Charles Levinson / Protocol:
Through apps, not warrants, ‘Locate X’ allows federal law enforcement to track phones — Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data. — U.S. law enforcement agencies signed millions …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
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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Politico:
‘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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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
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
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
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 …
Just The News:
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
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
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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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg's ‘100-Day Wild Ride’ Was a Campaign Like No Other — Billionaire candidate built a huge operation in which money was never a worry — About a week before Super Tuesday, Michael Bloomberg's campaign staffers gathered at the Hard Rock Cafe at Times Square—around the corner from their Manhattan headquarters—to celebrate.
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CNBC, Washington Free Beacon, IJR and Jezebel
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads — November's election will have an enormous impact on politics in the United States for the next four years. But the 2020 Census, which starts in earnest in just one week, will shape the country for the next decade or longer.
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CalMatters
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
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
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
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.
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
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.
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
Scientists were close to a coronavirus vaccine years ago. Then the money dried up. — “We just could not generate much interest,” a researcher said of the difficulty in getting funding to test the vaccine in humans. — HOUSTON — Dr. Peter Hotez says he made the pitch to anyone who would listen.
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STAT and CBS Boston
New York Times:
‘Flood the Streets’: ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance — ICE is boosting its operations in sanctuary cities to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, conducting round-the-clock surveillance in addition to deploying elite tactical agents.
The Daily Caller:
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
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
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 …
Alex Nitzberg / Just The News:
Arizona House passes bill to prevent males from competing in female sports — The bill now moves on to the state Senate. — Arizona's House of Representatives has approved legislation that aims to protect the integrity of women's sports by barring biological males who identify as females …
Associated Press:
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
Washington Post:
How coronavirus spread in New York: From a man to his family. Then a neighbor. Then friends. — NEW YORK — First, a lawyer who commutes between the suburbs and his midtown Manhattan office was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Then, his wife and two children tested positive, along with a neighbor who drove him to the hospital.
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Jewish Insider
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
She Was Excited for a New School. Then the Anti-Semitic ‘Jokes’ Started. — First, a deeply offensive photo. Three students' college plans were soon derailed, and a community closed ranks. — The letters stretch over 30 feet, written into the sand on a beach in New Jersey.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
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 …