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2:45 PM ET, March 5, 2020

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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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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with massive 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 …
Discussion: Vox, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren Could Never Escape The Baggage Of Being A ‘Female Candidate’  —  She was qualified.  She persisted.  But sexism still mattered.  —  Elizabeth Warren wasn't trying to be the first female president.  —  She wanted to be president.  She wanted to cut banks down to size and relieve student debt.
NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren ends presidential run  —  Warren wowed crowds with her sharp intellect, her clear prognoses for complex problems, and her endless stream of policy blueprints to tackle them.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren is suspending her presidential campaign, a source familiar …
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and The Atlantic
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence  —  In November 2019, as the Democratic presidential candidates prepared for the primaries that had been taking place unofficially for more than a year and that would begin in earnest in February, FiveThirtyEight's Clare Malone profiled Pete Buttigieg.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Joe Biden: Not a Socialist, Just a Scoundrel  —  He is a vicious partisan, a coward, and a habitual liar.  —  Poor Bernie Sanders!  The youth vote failed to show up for him.  The youth vote always fails to show up — it will break your heart every time.  Senator Sanders didn't lose to Joe Biden …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Bernieworld's reaction to Super Tuesday's defeat, explained
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Super Tuesday's true meaning? Americans are desperate to show we're better than Trump
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and HuffPost
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Warren declines to endorse Biden or Sanders after dropping out
Discussion: Associated Press, Vox and ABC News
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren is Strong. So is the Glass Ceiling.
Discussion: Twitchy, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Detroit Free Press:
Free Press Editorial Board: Joe Biden is Michigan's best choice in Democratic primary
Discussion: Detroit News and The Hill
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Democrats should be wary of backing Joe Biden and his ‘senior moments’
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Will Miss Coronavirus Test Rollout Goal, Senators Say  — GOP senators says kits to be in mail by end of this week  — Distribution, training ‘going to take time,’ Lankford says  —  The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Cindy Krischer Goodman / Sun-Sentinel:
Federal rules changed to allow more testing for coronavirus. Florida isn't going to follow them.
Discussion: CBS Miami
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: The Hill, Breitbart and The Week
Team Warren:
The Fight Goes On  —  Remarks from Elizabeth Warren shared in a call with campaign staff:  —  I want to start with the news.  I want all of you to hear it first, and I want you to hear it straight from me: Today, I'm suspending our campaign for president.  —  I know how hard all of you have worked.
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) …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
State Department blames “swarms of online, false personas” from Russia for wave of coronavirus misinformation online  —  A top State Department official said Thursday that Russia is behind “swarms of online, false personas” that sought to spread misinformation about coronavirus on social-media sites …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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.
Discussion: news.com.au, Vox and Vanity Fair
Jen Chaney / Vulture:
Super Tuesday With Steve Kornacki, MSNBC's Wonk Superman “He has not stopped.  He has not eaten.  He's only been drinking water for the past 18 hours."  —  It is 4:59 p.m. on Super Tuesday and Steve Kornacki, MSNBC's national political correspondent and trusted human calculator of votes …
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Dot
U.S. Department of Justice:
Tennessee Man Ordered Removed to Germany Based on Service as Concentration Camp Guard During WWII  —  A U.S. Immigration Judge in Memphis, Tennessee, has issued a removal order against a German citizen and Tennessee resident, on the basis of his service in Nazi Germany in 1945 as an armed guard …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Trump's coronavirus musings put scientists on edge  —  President Donald Trump is using his metaphorical black Sharpie to draw his own mental map of the spiraling coronavirus crisis — vastly complicating the work of public health officials scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly disease.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Coronavirus outbreak expands to 18 states  —  Patients in 18 states have tested positive or are presumptively positive for the spreading coronavirus as public health officials race to get ahead of the growing worldwide epidemic.  —  Officials in Nevada, New Jersey, Tennessee and Texas …
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.
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Michigan Expects to Report Primary Results Late  —  The results of Michigan's March 10 presidential primary will likely be reported later in the evening than usual, due in part to changes which are expected to slow vote-counting, the state's secretary of state said on Thursday.
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.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dominates in abortion case  —  Washington (CNN)If there is any question whether 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has spent her life steeped in issues concerning women's rights, is slowing down after four bouts of cancer, it was not evident Wednesday morning in Washington.
Discussion: HuffPost and NB Blog
Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
The College President Who Simply Won't Raise Tuition  —  “I'll tell you a funny story,” said Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University.  It was the day before the first home football game of the season and he was sitting in his corner office, overlooking the postcard-perfect quad.
Kevin Carey / New York Times:
The Bleak Job Landscape of Adjunctopia for Ph.D.s  —  Ruthless labor exploitation?  Generational betrayal?  Understanding the job crisis in academia requires a look at recent history.  —  The humanities labor market is in crisis.  Higher education industry trade publications are full …
 
 
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Wendell Goler, longtime Fox News White House correspondent, dead at 70
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bloomberg's Crash and Burn
Discussion: The Bulwark
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Andrew Yang Is Launching A Political Group To Cement His Ideas Into The “Mainstream”
Discussion: Washington Times and New York Post
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
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Keith Ridler / Associated Press:
Is Idaho turning a little blue? Primary might provide clues
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Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
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Ned Ryun / American Greatness:
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
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Discussion: Daily Kos, STAT and CBS Boston
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem
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Just The News:
Missouri case that toppled GOP governor boomerangs on Soros-backed prosecutor
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
New White House questionnaire serves as litmus test for potential appointees
Discussion: The Hill and VICE