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Washington Post:
A second case of coronavirus found through spread in California  —  California has a second case of community transmission of the coronavirus, a 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County who has no known history of travel to countries hit hard by the outbreak, people familiar with the case said Friday.
Discussion: LiveScience
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Washington Post:
Trump officials discuss tax cuts, other emergency measures in hopes of tackling coronavirus fallout  —  The proposals would do little to stop the virus's spread, but would aim to arrest economic fears  —  Trump administration officials are holding preliminary conversations about economic responses …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Media Covering Coronavirus to ‘Bring Down the President,’ Mulvaney Claims  —  The acting White House chief of staff plays down the risks of the virus and criticizes the media for not covering Mr. Trump's son Barron, something Melania Trump has asked it not to do.
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Trump wants to cut corporate rate again, Mulvaney says
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
With coronavirus, Trump's lies and his reassurances backfire
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Trump Thinks Corporations Could Use More Tax Cuts
Bloomberg:
Coronavirus Could Disrupt U.S. Schools and Transportation, Mulvaney Says
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and Daily Kos
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Media's coronavirus stories trying to hurt Trump, Mick Mulvaney says as he urges public to turn off TV
Discussion: Politico, POLITICUSUSA and CCN.com
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Who is strongest against Trump?  Must-win states and swing voters show Biden holds edge over Sanders  —  Is Bernie Sanders “electable”?  It's a question that's been troubling many Democrats, who fear that despite his strong showings in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada …
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Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Sanders Opens Substantial Lead In Mass., Challenging Warren On Her Home Turf  —  With Super Tuesday just days away, a new WBUR poll finds Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders well ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Massachusetts.  —  The poll shows Sanders is the choice …
CNN:   CNN polls: Bernie Sanders holds big leads in California and Texas ahead of critical Super Tuesday vote
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
US to sign historic deal with Taliban, Trump announces, beginning end of US war in Afghanistan and withdrawal of American troops  —  The deal is also supposed to lead to Afghan negotiations with the Taliban.  —  After a week-long deal to reduce violence across Afghanistan …
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The White House:   Statement from the President  —  Nearly 19 years ago …
HuffPost:
Devastating Court Ruling Allows White House To Block Testimony From Former Counsel Don McGahn  —  The ruling “all but assures future Presidential stonewalling of Congress,” a dissenting judge wrote.  —  A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Friday dismissed a lawsuit from House Democrats …
Discussion: The Week
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:   Appeals Court Won't Force Ex-Trump Counsel to Comply With House Subpoena
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Has Won Black Activists.  She's Losing the Black Vote.  —  She earned coveted endorsements and released racial justice plans that scholars agree could make a real difference.  That hasn't meant much on the ground.  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crowd at a music venue here was energized …
Discussion: Jezebel
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Brian Rosenwald / The Week:
The feeble rise of the elderly candidate
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Stephen Miller's new wife is in charge of approving all coronavirus communications  —  Texas cops ask local addicts to bring in their meth so it can be purportedly tested for coronavirus  —  Police in Texas are trying to scare local addicts into bringing their drug stashes …
Discussion: KCRG-TV
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Trump nominates John Ratcliffe for top intelligence post  —  President Trump on Friday said he is nominating Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), months after the Republican congressman abruptly withdrew his name for the post.
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Cory Bennett / Politico:   Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe again as intel chief
PR Newswire:
5WPR Survey Reveals 38% of Beer-Drinking Americans Wouldn't Buy Corona Now  —  Corona's buzz score has fallen from 75 to 51 in 2020  —  5W Public Relations, one of the top 15 independently-owned PR agencies in the U.S., has conducted a survey via phone of 737 American beer drinkers over the age …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
For the first time, there are fewer registered Republicans than independents  —  For the first time in history, there are more registered independents in the United States than there are registered Republicans.  —  It may not be for the reason you think, though.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Jerk, liars and the inexperienced: How voters describe the 2020 candidates
Laura Bassett / GQ:
Like Warren, I Had My Own Sexist Run-In with Chris Matthews  —  The Hardball anchor frequently demeans women guests, with objectifying and belittling comments, both on and off air.  —  MSNBC host Chris Matthews, whose long history of sexist comments and behavior have somehow not yet gotten him fired …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Rep. Garamendi: NIH official canceled on five Sunday talk shows after Pence's office ‘took over’  —  Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) on Friday said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was told to “stand down” and not appear on five Sunday morning talk shows to discuss the coronavirus.
ProPublica:
Key Missteps at the CDC Have Set Back Its Ability to Detect the Potential Spread of Coronavirus  —  The CDC designed a flawed test for COVID-19, then took weeks to figure out a fix so state and local labs could use it.  New York still doesn't trust the test's accuracy.
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Ben Jacobs / GEN:
Michael Bloomberg's North Carolina Game Is Seriously Unlike Anything Else  —  The Super Tuesday state is the former New York mayor's best shot at primary delegates — and he knows it  —  eeing the Bloomberg presidential campaign up close, there is no easy way to describe it.
Discussion: NBC News, Fox News and NewNowNext
Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
A paranoid militia infiltrating Texas police is bent on rebellion, ‘ready to rise up’  —  A revolution-minded, conspiracy-bent militia group named the Oath Keepers is recruiting law officers in Hood County to take up arms in what the founder predicts will be a “bloody civil war” against the U.S. government.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNBC:
Dow falls 350 points Friday to cap the worst week for Wall Street since the financial crisis  —  Stuart Frankel's Steve Grasso explains his investment strategy amid sell-off  —  Stocks tumbled once again on Friday, capping off their worst week since the financial crisis …
Politico:
Republicans storm out of coronavirus briefing after Democrat rips Trump's response  —  Several House Republicans walked out of a closed-door coronavirus briefing Friday with Trump health officials in protest after a senior Democrat blasted the Trump administration's handling of the response effort.
Discussion: TheBlaze, The CT Mirror and Raw Story
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / TODAY.com:
School policy forbids kids from saying ‘no’ when asked to dance  —  One mom is fighting back on behalf of her 11-year-old daughter.  —  Alicia Hobson's 11-year-old daughter, Azlyn, was counting down the days until the Valentine's Day dance at her Utah middle school.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Joanne Jacobs
ProPublica:
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach.  Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address.  —  Three years after the Republican National Committee publicly sidelined the sullied firm, it paid an LLC with the same address $900,000 for “data services.”
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Every Democratic Candidates' ‘Black Agenda,’ Ranked  —  On Saturday, voters in South Carolina will sound the starting gun for the race to the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.  After giving white America a head start on selecting the party's nominee, the Democratic Party now turns to South Carolina.
Discussion: American Prospect
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Sanders, Not Ever  —  He is not a liberal, he's the end of liberalism.  —  A few months ago, I wrote a column saying I would vote for Elizabeth Warren over Donald Trump.  I may not agree with some of her policies, but culture is more important than politics.  She does not spread moral rot the way Trump does.
Harry Cheadle In Money / VICE:
Here's the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too  —  After a recent, extensive, and rather withering bout of bad press, the facial recognition company Clearview AI has changed its homepage, which now touts all the things it says its technology can do, and a few things it can't.
Associated Press:
Sanders-linked group entered into racial discrimination NDA  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A political advocacy group founded by Bernie Sanders entered into a nondisclosure agreement with an African American political consultant that bars her from discussing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination …
Discussion: Twitchy
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with African American Leaders  —  THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to thank you very much.  We're here with some of the black leaders of our country and — people that are highly respected and people that have done a fantastic job and, for the most part …
The Guardian:
Naomi Seibt: ‘anti-Greta’ activist called white nationalist an inspiration  —  German teenager spoke at an event at US rightwing conference CPAC  —  A young campaigner who has been hailed by climate sceptics as the right's answer to Greta Thunberg has previously described a white nationalist …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin appeals court rules voters targeted for purge will remain on the rolls  —  MADISON - A Wisconsin appeals court Friday struck down an Ozaukee County judge's ruling that thousands of people had to be quickly removed from the state's voter rolls because they are believed to have moved.
 
 
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Amy Spiro / Jewish Insider:
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
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CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Civitas Institute:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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Discussion: Washington Monthly
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