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11:20 AM ET, February 28, 2020

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House seeks interviews with prosecutors who quit Stone case after Trump's intervention  —  House Democrats are seeking interviews with the four career prosecutors who quit the case of Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, after Trump and Justice Department leaders intervened to demand a lighter jail sentence.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:   Dems launch Justice Department probe, seek Stone interviews
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:   Judiciary Committee chairman asks Barr to permit testimony from four career prosecutors who quit the Roger Stone case
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Judiciary Committee Demands Testimony From Prosecutors Who Quit Stone Case
Discussion: The Hill
Robert Reich / American Prospect:   Five Ways William Barr Is Turning America Into a Dictatorship
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Former U.S. prosecutors in Washington call on new head Tim Shea to assert independence from Barr, Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders holds 2-1 lead in California, poll shows  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders has taken a commanding lead in California's Democratic presidential race, ahead of his nearest rival by 2 to 1 and on track to win a majority of the huge trove of delegates at stake in the state's March 3 primary …
Discussion: The Hill
Joe Cunningham / Redstate:
Even in Massachusetts, It's Clear Elizabeth Warren Is Done
Discussion: WBUR
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
When a Pandemic Meets a Personality Cult  —  The Trump team confirms all of our worst fears.  —  So, here's the response of the Trump team and its allies to the coronavirus, at least so far: It's actually good for America.  Also, it's a hoax perpetrated by the news media and the Democrats.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he can bring in coronavirus experts quickly. The experts say it is not that simple.
Alexander Heffner / USA Today:
Trump's terrible coronavirus response hands 2020 Democrats a chance to show they can lead
Washington Post:   Coronavirus pushes Trump to rely on experts he has long maligned
Washington Post:
U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says  —  Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump seeks a ‘miracle’ as virus fears mount
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.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
With coronavirus, Trump's lies and his reassurances backfire  —  It mattered when the White House press secretary, in his first day on the job, lied about President Trump's inaugural crowd size.  —  It mattered when Trump said that wind turbines cause cancer.
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
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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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Politico:
Joe Biden's campaign isn't dead yet  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Just as his White House bid appeared to be sputtering to an ugly end, there are signs of life for Joe Biden still.  —  And perhaps more than that.  —  A second-place finish in Nevada, a major endorsement in South Carolina …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gets Giant Lift From Persist PAC
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
No, Bernie Sanders isn't authentic. Just like Trump.
Discussion: Slate, CNN and The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Election 2020 live updates: Democrats make final arguments in South Carolina
Discussion: The Hill and The National Interest
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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Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg  —  Bloomberg gave media advice to the Sacklers and recommended his longtime mayoral spokesman to them.  The relationship could shadow his presidential bid.  —  Long celebrated …
Discussion: National Review
Daily Sabah:
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow to Europe, official says  —  Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria's Idlib where nearly a million have been displaced.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Spends 45 Minutes With ‘Deep State’ Play Actors Amid Coronavirus Mayhem  —  Meanwhile, the man he tapped to run point on the virus, VP Pence, took to a conservative activists conference and had meetings with pro-Trump media luminaries.  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — One day after briefing …
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Final Iowa Caucus Results: Pete Buttigieg Wins  —  The final Iowa Caucus results are finally final: Pete Buttigieg has won (still).  —  This evening, the Iowa Democratic Party released the results of the recount requested by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg's campaigns for 23 precincts.
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Associated Press:   AP decides not to declare Iowa caucus winner after recount
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
FDA reports 1st drug shortage due to novel coronavirus outbreak  —  The FDA said the issue continues to be “an evolving and very dynamic” one.  —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it's been alerted to the first manufacturing shortage of an unnamed drug, due to a viral coronavirus outbreak …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone lashes out in Florida testimony  —  Take a look inside a Roger Stone Deposition  —  Roger Stone looked like a man on edge, under extreme stress and struggling to contain pent-up fury.  —  The GOP provocateur was just days away from finding out his fate from a criminal case …
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
What's on Mike Pence's schedule as coronavirus point man?  A fundraiser in Florida.  —  The $25,000-per-plate GOP event featuring the vice president is in Longboat Key.  —  The country's new point man on coronavirus response, Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to travel to Florida on Friday — but not on a public health mission.
CNN:
A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate.  Twitter verified it  —  New York (CNN Business)Andrew Walz calls himself a “proven business leader” and a “passionate advocate for students.”  Walz, a Republican from Rhode Island, is running for Congress with the tagline …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP scramble is on to succeed Donald Trump in 2024  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Donald Trump is locked in a tough reelection battle, yet the Republicans looking to succeed him are already circling.  —  They're visiting early primary states, reaching out to major donors, and …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Republicans storm out of coronavirus briefing after Democrat rips Trump's response
Megan Davies / Reuters:
Investment Advisors Worry U.S. Response To Coronavirus Is Too Little Too Late
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Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Aides, lawmakers work behind the scenes to try to sway Trump on Jeff Sessions before Alabama Senate primary
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Examiner:
A Bernie Sanders nomination is Nancy Pelosi's nightmare
Rana Ayyub / TIME:
Narendra Modi Looks the Other Way as New Delhi Burns
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Isn't Easing Coronavirus Forebodings
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans growing nervous about 2020 economy
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Brian Stauffer's “Under Control”
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Elise Stefanik, newest star of Trumpworld, has turned impeachment into a fundraising boon
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just pushed one of his worst conspiracy theories yet
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Bloomberg
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's Scandinavian fantasy
Discussion: National Review
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Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
The Head Of Trump's CDC Believes AIDS Was God Judgement Against Homosexuals
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
 

 
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