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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:
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.
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Washington Free Beacon, Reason, Washington Post, IJR, Daily Kos, Breitbart and New York Times
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 …
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Fox News, NPR, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's biggest problem in the delegate race
Bernie Sanders's biggest problem in the delegate race
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Politico
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Is Not the Moment for Progressives to Despair
This Is Not the Moment for Progressives to Despair
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, Vox and Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Live Primary Election Results: Michigan, Washington and More
Live Primary Election Results: Michigan, Washington and More
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The Bulwark, Jacobin, Washington Post, Spectator USA, Vox, Breitbart, IJR, MSN, Tangle, Fox News, Associated Press, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Slate and POLITICUSUSA
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries
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New Yorker, HuffPost, One America News Network and NBC News
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is Winning the Primary But Losing His Party's Future
Joe Biden Is Winning the Primary But Losing His Party's Future
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Raw Story, VICE and New York Times
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Women leaders demand female VP pick from Dem nominee
Women leaders demand female VP pick from Dem nominee
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One America News Network
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Bernie Sanders wins the North Dakota caucuses
Bernie Sanders wins the North Dakota caucuses
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Politico, Associated Press, New York Times and Breitbart
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.
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Reason, Washington Post, The Big Picture, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast, GeekWire, Mediaite, Gizmodo, Foreign Policy, The Week, POLITICUSUSA and Althouse
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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National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Contemptor and The Daily Caller
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Jan Ransom / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Faces 5 to 29 Years in Prison at Sentencing
Harvey Weinstein Faces 5 to 29 Years in Prison at Sentencing
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Vox, The Wrap, UPI, IJR, Page Six, Mother Jones and CBS New York
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 …
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Politico, Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
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 …
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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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 …
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Centers for Disease Control, Breitbart, Vanity Fair, The Week, The Straits Times and Raw Story
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 — 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'
Government coronavirus response updates: Fauci warns Congress 'it's going to get worse'
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Twitchy and One America News Network
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 …
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Vox, The American Independent, Raw Story and PJ Media Home
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. …
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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.
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
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.
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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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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CNN, NBC News, NB Blog and The Daily Beast
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 …
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KLAS - 8 News Now and New York Post
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.
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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 …
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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.
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Balloon Juice, STAT and Letters from an American
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.
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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.
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Raw Story
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 …
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 …
William La Jeunesse / Fox News:
Hundreds of Chinese migrants detained at US border amid coronavirus-tied travel ban — Since officials first reported the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in late December and the United States imposed a travel ban for those entering from China, Border Patrol agents have detained 333 Chinese nationals attempting …
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Brandon Morse / Redstate:
Major Networks Caught Blatantly Editing Out Biden Threatening Autoworker — The moment caught on camera between former VP and current Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and an autoworker who dared question him has gone more than viral. At this point, the question is whether or not the left can spin the moment to their advantage.
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Instapundit and NB Blog