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2:55 PM ET, March 16, 2020

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Has a Request for Veteran Federal Judges: Please Quit  —  The Senate majority leader has encouraged judges thinking about stepping down to do so soon to ensure that Republicans confirm their replacements this year.  —  WASHINGTON — Running out of federal court vacancies to fill …
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Politico:
House coronavirus package hits snag  —  The Senate will return to Washington Monday to work on a multi-billion dollar coronavirus package, but the bill remains hung up in negotiations between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House, according to multiple Capitol Hill sources.
David Edwards / Raw Story:   McConnell pushing coronavirus vote to later in week over GOP opposition to House bill: report
Christina Johnsen / Polls:
State Takes on a Purple Hue; Partisans Divided Over Coronavirus  —  Kelly leads McSally in Senate race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Arizona's Electoral College votes could be in play in November, according to a Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of registered voters in the state.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/Marist polls: Biden holds big leads over Sanders in Arizona and Ohio  —  The former vice president is narrowly ahead of President Trump in general election matchups in both states, according to a pair of new polls.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden enjoys significant …
Discussion: Fox News and CNBC
Tim Morrison / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office  —  Tim Morrison is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense on the National Security Council.  —  President Trump gets his share of criticism — some warranted, much not.
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Jeremy Konyndyk / Just Security:
Lessons Ignored: John Bolton's Bogus Defense of “Streamlining” Away Our Bio-Readiness
Associated Press:
US officials: foreign disinformation stoking virus fears
Discussion: IJR and Florida Politics
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:   NSC says text messages about a coronavirus national quarantine are fake, there is no national lockdown
Wall Street Journal:
Stocks and Bond Yields Plummet After Fed Slashes Rates  —  U.S. equity futures drop by almost 5%, signaling markets are poised for a sharp drop after the opening bell  —  Stocks globally plunged Monday even after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero …
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John Harwood / CNN:
Trump projects confidence, but markets aren't listening
Discussion: Raw Story
Kellie Mejdrich / Politico:
Stocks edging lower following market-wide pause
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Breitbart
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Lone House Republican Is Holding Up House Virus Bill Fixes  — Texas Republican Gohmert complains House debate was too rushed  — Senate is in session this week, plans to debate House bill  —  A single House Republican is holding up a fix to the House-passed virus-response bill …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Virus Relief Bill Risks Being Slowed by a Few GOP Senators
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   How Trump snapped out of coronavirus delusion mode
Kathleen Arberg / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release  —  In keeping with public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19, the Supreme Court is postponing the oral arguments currently scheduled for the March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1).  The Court will examine the options for rescheduling …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court will delay oral arguments, Trump tax case was set for this month
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
It's Hard to Believe David A. Clarke Was Recommended for a Real Job in Homeland Security  —  “GO INTO THE STREETS FOLKS.  Visit bars, restaurants, shopping malls, CHURCHES and demand that your schools re-open.  NOW!  If government doesn't stop this foolishness...STAY IN THE STREETS.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Twitter removes David Clarke's tweets as he and other Trump allies sow coronavirus conspiracy theories and doubts
Discussion: Mother Jones
Bloomberg:
U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Outbreak  — NSC tweet on disinformation Sunday was connected to hack  — Cyber intrusion comes as U.S. battles coronavirus pandemic  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
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ABC News:
Cyberattack on HHS meant to slow coronavirus response, sources say
Discussion: Fox News and WBRZ
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Complete List of Trump's Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus  —  He could have taken action.  He didn't.  —  President Trump made his first public comments about the coronavirus on Jan. 22, in a television interview from Davos with CNBC's Joe Kernen.  The first American case had been announced …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's rage at the media takes a dangerous new turn
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump finds his MAGA movement fracturing over coronavirus  —  Just two weeks after President Donald Trump rallied conservatives to focus on the threat of socialism, his followers are splitting over the coronavirus pandemic.  —  On one side are those like Bill Mitchell …
Lindsay Schnell / USA Today:
California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington close bars and restaurants in effort to slow coronavirus  —  The governors in five states — California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington — closed bars, restaurants and wineries in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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The Seattle Times:
EvergreenHealth doctor tests positive for coronavirus, in critical condition  —  An emergency room doctor at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland is in critical condition with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.  —  The hospital at the center of the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gizmodo
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Karen Weise / New York Times:
Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus
Discussion: Fox News and ACEP
Associated Press:
Coronavirus vaccine test opens as US volunteer gets 1st shot  —  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
US airlines seek more than $50 billion in government assistance as coronavirus roils business  — U.S. airlines are seeking government assistance of more than $50 billion, including a mix of direct aid and loan guarantees, as the industry reels from the coronavirus outbreak.
Discussion: WND
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
The Biden-Sanders coronavirus debate was useless.  Time for Bernie to exit stage left.  —  Democrats are the largest part of the anti-Trump coalition.  By staying in, Sanders deprives them of their clear preference during a national crisis.  —  In America, no one owes a vote to any person or party.
Discussion: New York Post
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NBC News:
Me, worry? For coronavirus, it depends on your politics
The Appeal:
The Coronavirus Response: Spotlight on State & Local Governments  —  During the COVID-19 pandemic, local and state governments are key actors in protecting the United States's most vulnerable residents.  They run jails and state prisons, which are key to “flattening the curve,” …
Chris Christie / Washington Post:
What Trump must do now to reduce the coronavirus risk  —  Chris Christie, a Republican, was governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.  —  In late October 2012, scientists forecast that two giant storms were going to come together to create a superstorm on the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Discussion: Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
As the coronavirus pandemic grows, gun sales are surging in many states  —  David Stone snagged a cardboard box of .223-caliber ammunition from the shelf and slid it across the glass countertop, offering his go-to sales pitch: “Welcome to the biggest selection of ammunition in all of Oklahoma.”
USA Today:
The best thing everyday Americans can do to fight coronavirus?  #StayHome, save lives  —  Be a neat freak.  Wash your hands.  Give to people in need.  If you're going to spread anything, spread help, compassion and humor.  And do not panic.  —  The coronavirus pandemic seemed so far away just weeks ago.
The Intercept:
TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People and the Poor to Attract New Users  —  The makers of TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing app with hundreds of millions of users around the world, instructed moderators to suppress posts created by users deemed too ugly, poor …
 
 
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Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Despite coronavirus concerns, Republican club set to host Steve Bannon and Katie Hopkins at fundraiser
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
GOP senator says Trump should ‘step back’ from response messaging
Associated Press:
Millions holed up at home as U.S. routines shift profoundly
A. Gary Shilling / Bloomberg:
Globalists May Soon Become an Extinct Species
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump, Truth, and the Mishandling of the Coronavirus Crisis
Bianca Padró Ocasio / Miami Herald:
‘Demonic spirit:’ Miami pastor rejects coronavirus warning
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
The end of globalization is here  —  The coronavirus didn't mark the end of globalization.
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Megadonors pull plug on plan for anti-Sanders super PAC as Biden racks up wins
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Kamala Harris backs Harrison's quest to unseat Graham in SC
Discussion: The Hill
Yahoo News:
Pence coronavirus memo gives questionable handshaking advice to White House staffers
Curtis Houck / NB Blog:
Arrogant CNN ‘Hosts’ Repeatedly LIE, Insist Trump Dubbed the Coronavirus a ‘Hoax’
New York Times:
To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data
Denis Campbell / The Guardian:
UK coronavirus crisis ‘to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised’
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post