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2:15 AM ET, March 11, 2020

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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
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ABC News:
Biden says he's ‘alive’ after win in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi  —  There are 352 delegates up for grabs across the six states.  —  Primary voters in the key battleground state of Michigan as well as Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho, North Dakota and Washington state headed to the polls …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out after Tuesday losses
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden closes in on Democratic nomination
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live Results and Coverage: Michigan Presidential Primary 2020
Discussion: Townhall and Vanity Fair
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Biden Builds on Super Tuesday Momentum With Big Win in Michigan Primary
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
'It's Just Everywhere Already': How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response  —  A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.
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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Kelsey Bradshaw / Austin American-Statesman:
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones charged with DWI in Travis Co., authorities say  —  Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was booked into the Travis County Jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated just after midnight Tuesday, the Travis County sheriff's office said.
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
Washington Post:
White House likely to pursue federal aid for shale companies hit by oil shock, coronavirus downturn  —  But the idea could face resistance from those who support direct aid to workers.  One critic called the idea ‘absurd.’  —  The White House is strongly considering pushing federal assistance …
Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: “You're full of sh**”  —  Detroit — Joe Biden had a heated exchange with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans' guns away during a campaign stop in Michigan, one of six states holding primaries on Tuesday.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden's tough talk a new tack for Democrats
Discussion: Breitbart and NB Blog
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile
Jake Lahut / Business Insider:
Matt Gaetz ended up sleeping in a Walmart parking lot after potentially exposing Trump to the coronavirus  — Rep. Matt Gaetz's whirlwind of a day after he learned he was exposed to the coronavirus ended in a Walmart parking lot, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
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Jim Thompson / Pensacola News Journal:
Gaetz slept in Walmart parking lot to avoid infecting others with possible coronavirus
Discussion: Fox News and HuffPost
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: Reason
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Washington Post:
Trump's acting intelligence chief declines to meet with Congress for election threats briefing  —  Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declined to appear before Congress on Tuesday to speak about foreign election threats, citing apprehension about his preparedness …
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
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
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Townhall
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.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Treasury Likely to Push Back April 15 Tax Filing Deadline, Sources Say  —  Tax filing extension would be part of broader fiscal stimulus effort  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is likely to extend the April 15 tax deadline as part of an effort to mitigate the effects …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Coronavirus closings: There are substantial benefits to not dilly-dallying around.  —  I understand the hesitation, but unless we want a sustained and more severe crisis, it's important to make sacrifices now.  —  As the numbers of coronavirus cases continue to climb — partly due to its rapid spread …
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 …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Insane People Still Planning Cruise Ship Vacations  —  Some people see the prospect of a deadly virus and a 14-day quarantine and run far, far away.  Others see the deal of a lifetime.  —  The cruise ship industry is reeling.  The outbreak of the new coronavirus has made the basic fundamentals …
Discussion: Yahoo Finance
Bloomberg:
Two People Who Attended Cyber Event Contract Coronavirus  — Employees of California firm showed symptoms after conference  — RSA gathering is annual cybersecurity event in San Francisco  —  Two cybersecurity company employees who attended an annual industry conference last month …
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
Politico:
Exclusive: U.S. coronavirus testing threatened by shortage of critical lab materials  —  A looming shortage in lab materials is threatening to delay coronavirus test results and cause officials to undercount the number of Americans with the virus.  —  The slow pace of coronavirus testing …
Discussion: TechCrunch, STAT and Sputnik News
Wall Street Journal:
How Biogen's Strategy Meeting Spread Coronavirus in Massachusetts and Beyond  —  Meeting for senior managers is linked to spread of infections to dozens of people around the U.S.  —  A strategy meeting for senior managers at Boston-area biotech Biogen Inc. late last month has emerged …
Matt Wilkinson / The Sun:
DUKE DUPED Prince Harry reveals his and Meghan Markle's agony over Megxit in call to hoaxers posing as Greta Thunberg  —  PRINCE Harry spoke openly of his agony over Megxit in a call from hoaxers posing as activist Greta Thunberg.  —  He also claimed that President Donald Trump had …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
On coronavirus, President Trump needs to step up  —  During a 1983 strike on Metro North commuter trains, many suburban riders ventured onto outer borough subway lines to get to Manhattan.  One of those riders, a man from Stamford, Conn., told the New York Times that he was unnerved by the obvious neglect.
The Dworkin Report:
A psychologist just revealed the horrifying truth about Trump's malignant narcissism  —  The Dworkin Report The Dworkin Report  —  Scott speaks with Karine Jean-Pierre, the national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org and NBC/MSNBC commentator whose new book “Moving Forward: A Story of Hope …
 
 
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Philip Athey / Marine Corps Times:
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James Arkin / Politico:
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Alan Dershowitz / Newsmax:
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Discussion: Law & Crime
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
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Discussion: GovExec.com
CNN:
DNC announces no audience at upcoming primary debate because of coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
Scott Levin / MLive.com:
One day before Michigan's Primary, 73% of requested absentee ballots have been cast
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Variety:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
National Review:
President Trump Needs to Step Up on the Coronavirus
Matthew Barakat / Washington Times:
D.C. sniper gets married in prison: ‘It was a beautiful ceremony’
CNBC:
NYC coronavirus cases are ‘coming in so intensely now,’ Mayor de Blasio says
Discussion: The Week
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly.  Understanding why may help defeat the virus.
ABC News:
US death toll from coronavirus rises to 29, National Guard sent to NYC suburb
Discussion: UPI and Political Flare