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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Definitely Melting Down Over This”: Trump, Germaphobe in Chief, Struggles to Control the Covid-19 Story — Publicly, he sees it as yet another ("Fake News") media war; privately, he worries about virus-carrying journalists on Air Force One. But cancel his rallies? “I'm not going to do it,” he says.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus — (CNN)Fissures between the White House and national health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have begun to expand as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to more American states …
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The unique incompetence of Donald Trump in a crisis — When bureaucratic mistakes are compounded by political incompetence. — I needed to do two kinds of research when writing “Theories of International Politics and Zombies.” The first was mastering the zombie genre.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump to meet with economic team to hash out fiscal stimulus measures
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a lead over Bernie Sanders in the crucial Michigan primary contest according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll. The poll also finds both Democrats with a slight edge over President Donald Trump …
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Free Press poll: Biden holds huge 24-point edge over Sanders in Michigan — Former Vice President Joe Biden, riding a wave of momentum from primaries in South Carolina and Super Tuesday states, comes into Tuesday's Michigan primary with a 24-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in a new Free Press poll.
QU Poll:
Release Detail — March 9, 2020 - Biden Crushes Sanders In Democratic Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Disapprove Of Trump's Response To Coronavirus — In the wake of Super Tuesday and as the Democratic contest has narrowed to essentially a two-person race …
CNN:
CNN poll: Biden has double-digit lead over Sanders for Democratic nomination — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden has a double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, a new CNN poll of Democratic voters nationwide conducted by SSRS shows.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Michigan Was Once Bernie's Resurrection. Now It Could Be His Burial. — ANN ARBOR, Michigan—When Bernie Sanders scored the biggest upset of the 2016 primary, defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan after late polls showed him losing the state by an average of 30 points, he celebrated it as a turning point in the campaign.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden
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Axios:
Joe Biden's secret governing plan — This is a new “Axios on HBO” column on the reality behind the curtain of the powerful, by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. — Joe Biden confidants are privately discussing potential leaders and Cabinet members for his White House, including the need to name …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: World markets spiral as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war; NY Port Authority head tests positive — A new oil price war sparked by the coronavirus sent shock waves through financial markets, with stocks tumbling around the world as more countries implemented measures …
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David Winning / Wall Street Journal:
Global Markets in Turmoil as Oil Plunges — Bond investors push U.S. Treasury yields to fresh record as concerns about global economic stability escalate — The prospect of an energy glut ratcheted up turmoil across markets world-wide on Monday, with oil plunging 20% and the yield …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Congressman Who Mocked Emergency Coronavirus Bill Goes Into Self-Quarantine — When the U.S. House passed an emergency $8.3 billion spending bill to battle the coronavirus epidemic last week, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona questioned the tremendous cost.
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CNN:
As coronavirus gains a foothold in the nation, it's business as usual for Trump
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
DC News Outlets Ask Reporters Who Covered CPAC to Self-Quarantine Due to Coronavirus Concerns
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
We Are Watching the Probable Demise of Trump's Reelection in Real Time — President Trump's political career has consisted of a series of self-generated crises that he has improbably survived, from insinuating that John McCain was a coward for having been captured during the war …
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Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
The coronavirus is Trump's Chernobyl — On Saturday, April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor at Chernobyl power station exploded just outside the town of Pripyat in the Soviet Union. During the crucial early hours of the disaster, a cascading series of mistakes exacerbated the emergency.
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Washington Post:
Hundreds exposed to D.C. church rector with coronavirus urged to self-quarantine — This is a developing story. It will be updated. — D.C. officials on Monday urged hundreds who attended Christ Church Georgetown on several recent days to self-quarantine because of their exposure …
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Why CNN is calling the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — (CNN)Starting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic. — So why now?
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Bloomberg:
Deepening Rout in U.S. Stock Futures Triggers Limit Down Rules — CME rules stipulate futures can't fall more than 5% from close — S&P 500 futures sink as Saudi Arabia wages oil price war — Waves of selling in U.S. stock index futures triggered Chicago Mercantile Exchange limits …
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Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Recession Will Be Unusually Difficult to Fight — Global markets are volatile. Supply-chain disruptions are piling up. Economists are slashing forecasts. Investors are fleeing to the safety of bonds. The coronavirus epidemic is a public-health crisis, and it is morphing into an economic crisis, too.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The markets are sending a message about coronavirus: The recession risk is real
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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Postpones Bus Tour as He Plays Down Risks of Coronavirus — While in Florida for a campaign fund-raiser, the president sought to reassure Americans that the risk remained low. — LONGWOOD, Fla. — President Trump's campaign on Monday called off a “Women for Trump” …
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Yahoo Finance:
Trump's Aides Drafting Economic Steps to Fight Virus Fallout — (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is drafting measures to blunt the economic fallout from coronavirus and help slow its spread in the U.S., including a temporary expansion of paid sick leave and possible help …
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CNBC:
Twitter CEO Dorsey keeps his job after company strikes investment deal with Elliott Management, Silver Lake — Twitter struck a deal with investment firms Silver Lake and Elliott Management that does not mention changes to Jack Dorsey's role as CEO, the company announced Monday.
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Michael Fumento / New York Post:
Coronavirus going to hit its peak and start falling sooner than you think — Nations are closing borders, stocks are plummeting and a New York Times headline reads: “The Coronavirus Has Put the World's Economy in Survival Mode.” Both political parties have realized the crisis could severely impact …
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New York Times:
How the Trump Campaign Took Over the G.O.P. — The president's campaign manager and his allies commandeered Republican voter data and fund-raising engines, consolidating power — and profiting — in ways never before possible. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign manager and a circle …
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Raw Story
Firehouse Strategies:
BREAKING: Trump Loses Ground Against Democratic Challengers in Battleground States — Firehouse/0ptimus March Battleground State Poll: Trump Loses Ground Against Democratic Challengers in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — This week we continued our quarterly battleground polling series in Michigan …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can't Tweet Away — A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country. — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Defending against criticism …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP's ‘Hunterghazi’ probe is about to get much worse — By shocking coincidence, Senate Republicans are set to take a huge step forward with their efforts to investigate Hunter Biden — at exactly the time when Joe Biden is likely to cement his hold on the Democratic nomination.
Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
“We're About to Walk Off a Cliff”: The Pro-Bernie Media Makes Its Last Stand Against Biden — The Sanders camp is making a final swarming social media attack on Joe Biden, as Cenk, Taibbi, and Chapo guys and an army of others question whether the former Veep is mentally fit.
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The Intercept and The Daily Beast
Ezra Klein / Vox:
What the media missed about Joe Biden's electability — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Tougaloo College on March 08, 2020 in Tougaloo, Mississippi. Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images — Political devotees don't like Joe Biden, but voters do.
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Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
Bullock's Last Minute Entry Moves Montana Senate to Lean Republican — Today, Senate Democrats further expanded a 2020 map that was already providing them plenty of pick-up opportunities to add one more, by convincing Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines.
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Victoria Forster / Forbes:
New York Is Making Its Own Hand Sanitizer Using Inmate Labor to Fight The Coronavirus Outbreak — New York state governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state is making its own hand sanitizer product in an attempt to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus …
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