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2:40 PM ET, March 11, 2020

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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Joe Biden Is Poised to Deliver the Biggest Surprise of 2020: A Short, Orderly Primary  —  He has such a thorough hold on the party now that any collapse would probably require a political U-turn as sharp as the one that precipitated his rise.  —  The state of our union is unsettled, chaotic, impossible to pin down.
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Will Remain in Race and Attend Sunday's Debate  —  Mr. Sanders said he was not dropping out despite a series of stinging defeats on Tuesday night, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. took command of the Democratic primary.  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:   Sanders vows to press on with campaign, after primary losses to Biden
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's biggest problem in the delegate race
Discussion: Politico
Tom Perkins / The Guardian:   ‘Hard to comprehend’: Sanders' loss in Michigan crushes staff and supporters
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 …
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Coronavirus: 1,000 Cases Now In U.S. And 'It's Going To Get Worse,' Fauci Says
CNBC:   Top US health official says the coronavirus is 10 times ‘more lethal’ than the seasonal flu
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.
Associated Press:
Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the disgraced Hollywood mogul's multitude of accusers thought they would never see.  —  Weinstein, who has been accused …
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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 …
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 …
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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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: TheBlaze and The Daily Dot
Washington Post:
House of Representatives moves toward quick vote on Democratic coronavirus package  —  Legislation to include unemployment insurance, paid sick leave, food security measures  —  House Democrats plan to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging coronavirus relief package that will include expanded …
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Bloomberg:
Aboard Air Force One, Trump Was Shaken Into Action on Virus
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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
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.
ProPublica:
Trump's Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say  —  Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica's investigations into the president's business practices.  —  The Trump Organization paid bribes, through middlemen, to New York City tax assessors to lower …
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: Jacobin, CNN, NBC News and NB Blog
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Trump administration may continue ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum seekers  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Trump administration may continue its “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers while lower-court challenges continue, after the federal government warned …
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 …
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 …
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.
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Young people capitalize on cheap coronavirus flights: ‘If I die, I die’  —  If coronavirus gets really dangerous, “I might as well be somewhere having fun,” one California college student said.  —  As people around the world canceled their trips because of fears of the new coronavirus, Ashley Henkel booked three.
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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.
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Had Enough?  Californians Turn Down Higher Taxes, Debt  —  California residents pay some the nation's highest taxes on gas, clothing and the money they earn — and those revenues have contributed to a massive state budget surplus.  —  LEARN MORE  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) …
 
 
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Response to coronavirus could test limits of government powers
New York Times:
One Group of Older Americans Is Ignoring Coronavirus Advice: Members of Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Schumer, other senators to ask Trump to issue national emergency declaration for coronavirus
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
France 24:
Vowing to keep border open, Turkey's Erdogan compares Greeks to Nazis
William La Jeunesse / Fox News:
Hundreds of Chinese migrants detained at US border amid coronavirus-tied travel ban
Discussion: Breitbart
Brandon Morse / Redstate:
Major Networks Caught Blatantly Editing Out Biden Threatening Autoworker
Discussion: Instapundit and NB Blog
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Brit Hume warns Biden's gaffes suggest former VP ‘is losing his memory and is getting senile’
Discussion: Washington Post and Townhall
Madison Gesiotto / The Hill:
Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about China
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Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
'Trump's Chernobyl': Media Wuhan Virus Hysteria Stokes Public Panic
Discussion: Washington Post and Townhall
Douglas MacKinnon / Townhall:
America Needed Melania Trump to Talk About the White House Tennis Pavilion
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Coronavirus Spurs U.S. Efforts to End China's Chokehold on Drugs
Discussion: Townhall, The Atlantic and The Week
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Three TSA employees in California test positive for coronavirus
Discussion: Politico, Twitchy and New York Post
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Newsmax is telling its older-leaning audience to avoid a future coronavirus vaccine and instead give …
David Welch / Bloomberg:
Coronavirus Conference Gets Canceled Because of Coronavirus
 

 
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