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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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Sanders divided Democrats and handed Biden the lion's share  —  Analysis: Democrats wanted someone to unify their party to take on Donald Trump.  Bernie Sanders decided to split it — and ended up with the smaller piece.  —  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is running the wrong campaign at the wrong time …
Discussion: Fox News, NPR, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is Winning the Primary But Losing His Party's Future
Discussion: Raw Story, VICE and New York Times
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Women leaders demand female VP pick from Dem nominee
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries
Discussion: New Yorker, HuffPost and NBC News
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
In a week Sanders had to get right, he couldn't grow support or change the story line
Discussion: Politico
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.
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Faces 5 to 29 Years in Prison at Sentencing  —  Mr. Weinstein is expected to be sentenced Wednesday after a Manhattan jury found him guilty of two felony sex crimes.  —  Harvey Weinstein, the once influential Hollywood producer, was expected to be sentenced to state prison …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting two women in New York
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 …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden closes in on nomination as Pelosi wields coronavirus leverage
Douglas MacKinnon / Townhall:   America Needed Melania Trump to Talk About the White House Tennis Pavilion
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Dr. Fauci Schools Hannity on Dangers of Coronavirus  —  “But even if it's one, it's ten times more lethal than the seasonal flu.  You gotta make sure that people understand that!” the top infectious disease expert said.  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top expert on infectious diseases …
Alexi C. Cardona / Miami New Times:
Leaked Emails: Norwegian Pressures Sales Team to Lie About Coronavirus … Cruise ships have long been called floating petri dishes.  And COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, means rough seas ahead for the cruise industry.  —  The State Department over the weekend warned …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Coronavirus: 1,000 Cases Now In U.S. And 'It's Going To Get Worse,' Fauci Says  —  The COVID-19 coronavirus has now infected more than 1,000 people in the U.S., where it's been found in nearly 40 states — and the country's top authority on infectious diseases says thing will only get worse.
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Government coronavirus response updates: Fauci warns Congress 'it's going to get worse'
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
‘Assault on Democracy’: A sitting federal judge takes on John Roberts, Trump and Republicans  —  Lynn S. Adelman, a U.S. district judge in Milwaukee, has riled conservatives by publishing a blistering critique of the Supreme Court's record under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. …
Discussion: Raw Story and Reason
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Slate:
A Federal Judge Condemned the “Roberts Court's Assault on Democracy.” It's About Time.
Discussion: Vox and Digby's Hullabaloo
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
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Michigan Romp Shows Biden Could Rebuild Democrats' ‘Blue Wall’ vs. Trump  —  Maybe you've never heard of Livingston County, Michigan.  It's not Oakland County, the vote-rich behemoth located next door; nor is it Macomb County, the much-mythologized home of the culturally conservative …
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.
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:   Coronavirus conference canceled in New York because of coronavirus
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.
Stu Cvrk / Redstate:
Joe Biden Is Not Qualified to Be President, and the Democrats Know It  —  What do we expect in a US president?  Here's a shortlist of characteristics: a complex problem-solver, a good communicator, a good negotiator and deal-maker, someone who easily connects with people, consistency, in control, confident leadership, visionary, etc.
Discussion: CNN, NBC News, NB Blog and The Daily Beast
Reuters:
Exclusive: White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered …
New York Times:
After Disappointing Losses, Sanders Ponders Next Step  —  Mr. Sanders will deliver remarks in Vermont at 1 p.m. Eastern following a series of stinging defeats on Tuesday night, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. took command of the Democratic primary.  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders …
Discussion: Raw Story
Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
‘We must not stop living’: French mayor defends Smurf rally that drew thousands amid coronavirus fears  —  A looming sense of unease spread across Europe over the weekend as once-bustling cities were placed on lockdown, officials worried about shortages of face masks, and the number …
Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Special interest paid Trump's resort $700K while lobbying him.  Then they got something they wanted.  —  The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a trade group that lobbies on behalf of heating and cooling product manufacturers, paid President Trump's Trump National …
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow plunges 600 points as Wall Street's wild trading streak continues  —  BlackRock strategist talks fixed income market amid coronavirus-driven uncertainty  —  Stocks plummeted on Wednesday in another volatile session as Wall Street worried about a possible fiscal stimulus package aimed …
Bloomberg:
Aboard Air Force One, Trump Was Shaken Into Action on Virus  — Cratering markets, a possible infection aboard Air Force One  — President made up his mind by Monday to pursue stimulus  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Congressional doctor predicts 70-150 million U.S. coronavirus cases  —  Congress' in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly a third of the country — to contract the coronavirus, two sources briefed on the meeting tell Axios.
Discussion: New York Times
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.
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 …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Everyone's a Socialist in a Pandemic  —  Companies and lawmakers are suddenly realizing the value of a strong social safety net.  Let's hope they don't forget when the crisis passes.  —  All it took was a global epidemic of potentially unprecedented scale and severity and suddenly it's like we're turning into Denmark over here.
Discussion: Denver Post and Washington Post
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: Politico, Twitchy and New York Post
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, CalMatters and The Mahablog
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
Marianne Levine / Politico:
Sen. Murphy seeks to probe agencies of political bias in Hunter Biden requests  —  “It just looks to me like there's a really concerning double standard,” he says.  —  Sen. Chris Murphy.  Samuel Corum/Getty Images  —  Sen. Chris Murphy is requesting an investigation into whether certain federal agencies …
 
 
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Brit Hume warns Biden's gaffes suggest former VP ‘is losing his memory and is getting senile’
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Ames Alexander / The Charlotte Observer:
Watch secretly recorded videos from the bribery sting that targeted Durham billionaire
Madison Gesiotto / The Hill:
Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about China
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
NASA watchdog takes aim at Boeing's SLS rocket; it says Trump's moon mission could cost a staggering $50 billion
Discussion: Mother Jones
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Bernie Sanders wins the North Dakota caucuses
TOLOnews:
Ghani, By Decree, ‘Abolishes’ Chief Executive Office
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Joshua A. Geltzer / The Atlantic:
The True Danger of the Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuits
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Newsmax is telling its older-leaning audience to avoid a future coronavirus vaccine and instead give …
The Boston Globe:
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  —  Symptoms Travel warnings Ask …
Discussion: UPI and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Trump allies got coronavirus tests despite lack of symptoms and shortage
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Rodney Smith / Team Warren to Sanders:
Team Warren for Bernie Sanders
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Arrested on DWI Charge
 

 
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