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9:55 AM ET, March 2, 2020

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Simple Answer  —  Don't overthink your Super Tuesday vote.  —  “They say the world has become too complex for simple answers.  They are wrong.  There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers.”  —  You are a normal American.  You don't like demagogues of the right or the left.
Discussion: Althouse
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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race  —  The first openly gay major presidential candidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters, and lost badly in South Carolina Saturday.  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg …
John Wagner / Washington Post:   Election live updates: Ahead of Super Tuesday, Democrats make late-hour appeals in reshaped race
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and The Daily Beast
Chelsea JanesAmy B Wang / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential bid
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
A Tale of Two Mayors  —  A song of Pete and Mike.
Discussion: The Guardian
ABC7:   Bernie Sanders brushes off Joe Biden's South Carolina win: 'We're going to do just fine on Tuesday'
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Super Tuesday's viral politics
Discussion: Associated Press, CNBC and The Guardian
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Public Enemy Fire Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat  —  “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well”  —  Public Enemy announced Sunday they are permanently “moving forward” without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hop's most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years.
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, SPIN, The Week and UPI
Richard Salame / The Guardian:
Texas closes hundreds of polling sites, making it harder for minorities to vote  —  Guardian analysis finds that places where black and Latino population is growing by the largest numbers experienced the majority of closures and could benefit Republicans  —  Last year, Texas led the US south …
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
New York state confirms first coronavirus case: Governor Cuomo  —  (Reuters) - New York state has confirmed its first coronavirus test, Goveror Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter Sunday evening, calling on residents to remain calm and not have any “undue anxiety.”
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Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:   Coronavirus in N.Y.: Panic Shopping for Masks, but Brunch Is Packed
Melanie Grayce West / Wall Street Journal:
First Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in New York State
Discussion: Fox News
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's first coronavirus cases found in Hillsborough and Manatee counties  —  The Hillsborough County case is an adult with a travel history to Italy.  The Manatee patient is an adult Manatee County resident without a history of travel to restricted countries such as China or Iran.
Discussion: Washington Post
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions  —  When Donald Trump came into office, there was a sense that he would be outmatched by the vast government he had just inherited.  —  The new president was impetuous, bottomlessly ignorant, almost chemically inattentive …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism  —  In his debut, our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google — a digital behemoth crowding out the competition.  —  The first time I met A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, I tried to hire him.
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How a Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research  —  An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial …
New York Times:
2nd Death Near Seattle Adds to Signs Coronavirus Is Spreading in U.S.  —  Officials see growing indications that the virus has been spreading undetected for weeks.  A cluster of cases at one nursing home have made Kirkland, Wash., a focus of concern.  —  KIRKLAND, Wash. …
CNN:
Obama tells Biden he won't endorse anybody yet  —  (CNN)In former President Barack Obama's conversation with Joe Biden after the South Carolina primary — the first congratulatory call the former president has been able to make to his former vice president during the 2020 campaign …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Obama Called Biden to Congratulate Him on South Carolina Win
Discussion: National Review, Breitbart and The Hill
Axios:
CDC lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated  —  The Trump administration has ordered an independent investigation of the lab.
Discussion: Politico, Coronadaily and Raw Story
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Klobuchar rally in Minnesota canceled amid protests  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar canceled a rally in her home state Sunday night as several dozen protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter,” “Klobuchar has got to go” and “Free Myon” — referencing the case of a black teenager convicted of murder after a flawed police investigation.
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
CDC hasn't revealed information to doctors that would help coronavirus patients  —  (CNN)As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the United States — including several announced over the weekend and one death — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed …
Discussion: The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Judge rules head of immigration agency was unlawfully named  —  A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews
Discussion: Fox News
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:   A Judge Ruled Trump's USCIS Director Wasn't Legally Appointed
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Federal judge rules Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully ran immigration agency
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Blue Virginia
Leah Nylen / Politico:
Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust probes  —  Attorney General William Barr has spent months taking greater control of the Justice Department's antitrust probes into the big tech companies, a development that could increase the peril for major players like Google and Facebook.
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans plot blue-state invasion in November  —  National Republicans are launching a multi-million-dollar field effort in four blue states, a move that comes as Democrats express mounting concern that a Bernie Sanders nomination could doom them in critical down-ballot contests.
Associated Press:
Virus kills member of council advising Iran's supreme leader  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Week
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Californians who already voted for Buttigieg or Steyer grapple with desire for a do-over  —  There may be plenty of second chances in life, but there are very few when it comes to voting — a bitter pill to swallow for those Californians who voted for any of the presidential candidates …
 
 
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