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9:35 AM ET, March 11, 2020

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Whole Campaign Was Based On a Misreading of the 2016 Election  —  Four years ago, Bernie Sanders put up a surprisingly strong fight against Hillary Clinton on the strength of his support among white working-class voters, who proceeded to desert Clinton in November.
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New York Times:
Live Primary Election Results: Michigan, Washington and More  —  Six states are holding presidential primaries today.  Michigan and Washington State have the largest numbers of delegates.  —  NO ELECTION NO RESULTS  —  Primary Results By State … Delegates Won So Far
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries  —  Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, on March 9, 2020.  Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images  —  Joe Biden won big.  Bernie Sanders's black outreach campaign had a rough night.
Discussion: NBC News, New Yorker and HuffPost
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out after Tuesday losses
Discussion: The Hill
ABC News:
Biden says he's ‘alive’ after win in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Joe Biden wins the Mississippi Democratic primary
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden closes in on nomination as Pelosi wields coronavirus leverage  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SPLIT SCREEN: MARC CAPUTO in Philadelphia: “Joe Biden took a major step toward clinching the Democratic nomination on Tuesday with three dominant primary victories, including the night's biggest prize: Michigan.” ...
Discussion: New York Times
Bloomberg:
Aboard Air Force One, Trump Was Shaken Into Action on Virus
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Most Americans Will Likely Be Exposed to Coronavirus, Republicans Told  —  A member of Congress who attended the closed-door briefing where the assessment was made called the prediction “sobering.”  —  Last week, Republican members of Congress heard a sober warning in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill …
David Welch / Bloomberg:
Coronavirus Conference Gets Canceled Because of Coronavirus  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.  Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know.  —  So much for keeping business rolling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
Trump allies got coronavirus tests despite lack of symptoms and shortage  —  Two close congressional allies of President Trump underwent coronavirus testing in recent days in apparent defiance of federal recommendations reserving those tests for patients exhibiting symptoms of infection …
Discussion: Slate
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Arrested on DWI Charge  —  He claims that he wasn't even legally drunk.  —  Prominent right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, according to law enforcement.
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BBC:
Coronavirus: Up to 70% of Germany could become infected - Merkel  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country's population - some 58 million people - could contract the coronavirus.  —  Mrs Merkel made the stark prediction at a news conference on Wednesday alongside Health Minister Jens Spahn.
The Seattle Times:
Gov. Inslee to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, including sports and concerts  —  OLYMPIA - To try to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Jay Inslee is expected Wednesday to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, including at sporting events and concerts.
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Jerry Cornfield / Herald:
Governor reportedly to announce size restrictions on events
Discussion: GeekWire and Associated Press
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
When a danger is growing exponentially, everything looks fine until it doesn't  —  There's an old brain teaser that goes like this: You have a pond of a certain size, and upon that pond, a single lilypad.  This particular species of lily pad reproduces once a day, so that on day two, you have two lily pads.
Discussion: STAT and Letters from an American
BBC:
Coronavirus: Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive  —  Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has tested positive for coronavirus.  —  She said in a statement that as soon as she was informed she took all the advised precautions and had been self-isolating at home.
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Steven Swinford / The Times:
Nadine Dorries: minister with coronavirus had been in No 10
Discussion: Sputnik News and Politico
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Newsmax is telling its older-leaning audience to avoid a future coronavirus vaccine and instead give it money for something “far more effective”  —  Newsmax: “The WORST thing you could do is get a vaccine when it becomes available” because vaccines are supposedly a “scam”
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Michigan Romp Shows Biden Could Rebuild Democrats' ‘Blue Wall’ vs. Trump  —  A broad, convincing win should make Republicans nervous about November.  —  Scott Olson/Getty Images  —  Maybe you've never heard of Livingston County, Michigan.  It's not Oakland County, the vote-rich behemoth …
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Three TSA employees in California test positive for coronavirus  —  Three employees with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in California tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency confirmed Tuesday.  —  The employees, who work at Mineta San Jose International Airport …
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Post
Rodney Smith / Team Warren to Sanders:
Team Warren for Bernie Sanders  —  We, former members of the Warren for President Team, are proud to have worked for a candidate who fights tirelessly for a country that works for all of us.  Elizabeth ran a campaign on intersectional policy issues like Medicare for All, a Wealth Tax …
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
True number of U.S. coronavirus cases is far above official tally, scientists say  —  An analysis of the novel coronavirus' spread inside the United States suggests that thousands of Americans are already infected, dimming the prospects for stomping out the outbreak in its earliest stages.
Discussion: Vox and The Mahablog
Greg B. Smith / The City:
The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: a $10K ER Bill  —  First Brooklyn public school teacher Erin McCarthy began experiencing potential coronavirus symptoms after returning from Italy.  —  Then a doctor — wearing a hazmat suit — told her she couldn't be tested because she didn't fit the criteria at the time.
Discussion: Chalkbeat
Joshua A. Geltzer / The Atlantic:
The True Danger of the Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuits  —  Donald Trump's reelection campaign is launching a legal war against the free press.  In the past two weeks, while Americans worried about the coronavirus, the Trump campaign has sued The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN.
Jennifer Levitz / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Patient Recounts Coming ‘One Inch From Death’  —  Rhode Island vice principal in intensive care unit after chaperoning school trip to Italy  —  Marc Thibault was groggy and surrounded by beeping machines, but he was alert enough to know what it meant when he looked up and saw a priest …
Slate:
A Federal Judge Condemned the “Roberts Court's Assault on Democracy.”  It's About Time.  —  Nowhere is the problem of asymmetrical rhetorical warfare more apparent than in the federal judiciary.  For the past several years, federal judges, notably those appointed by Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: Vox and Reason
New York Times:
Intelligence Officials Temper Russia Warnings, Prompting Accusations of Political Influence  —  Democrats said that the administration was trying to minimize Russian interference, but intelligence officials insisted that their assessments were based on facts.
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Washington Post:
Trump's acting intelligence chief declines to meet with Congress for election threats briefing
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Exclusive: Email crash impeded HHS response to coronavirus  —  As health department officials worked quickly to negotiate an emergency funding package to fight the spreading coronavirus outbreak on Feb. 23, they came to a frustrating realization: Their email system had crashed.
Discussion: Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  —  Symptoms Travel warnings Ask a question Live updates More coverage … It opened with breakfast, at 7 a.m., in the Harbor View Ballroom of the Boston Marriott Long Wharf hotel, where a wide bank of windows offers a sublime view across the inner harbor …
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Trump budget chief holds firm on CDC cuts amid virus outbreak  —  White House acting Budget Director Russ Vought on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), despite the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Vought came under intense questioning …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   GOP congressman — who warned Trump about pandemics — offers pointed criticism of proposed CDC cuts
 
 
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Coronavirus Spurs U.S. Efforts to End China's Chokehold on Drugs
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Week
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
GOP leaders call on Pelosi to pull travel ban bill over coronavirus
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
How Long Will Harvey Weinstein's Prison Sentence Be? His Lawyer Isn't Optimistic
Discussion: The Week, New York Times and Deadline
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
On coronavirus, President Trump needs to step up
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Coronavirus closings: There are substantial benefits to not dilly-dallying around.
James Arkin / Politico:
Trump endorses Sessions' opponent in Alabama Senate primary
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Two People Who Attended Cyber Event Contract Coronavirus
Alan Dershowitz / Newsmax:
I'm Thinking of Suing CNN for Their Lies
Discussion: Law & Crime
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden's tough talk a new tack for Democrats
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Insane People Still Planning Cruise Ship Vacations
Discussion: Yahoo Finance
Washington Post:
White House likely to pursue federal aid for shale companies hit by oil shock, coronavirus downturn
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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