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Jessica Valenti / GEN — :
It Will Be Hard to Get Over What Happened to Elizabeth Warren  —  I've had to come to terms with America's sexism again and again  —  knew going into Super Tuesday that Elizabeth Warren was unlikely to win big.  I had prepared myself for that.  What did take me by surprise, though …
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Washington Post:
Warren, Sanders allies scramble to find her an exit ramp  —  DETROIT — Top surrogates and allies of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are discussing ways for their two camps to unite and push a common liberal agenda, with the expectation that Warren is likely to leave the presidential campaign soon …
Connie Schultz / Connie Schultz …:
A Not-So-Super Tuesday  —  Last week, I sat on a stage in front of more than 200 women in Columbus, Ohio, and tried to answer a simple question.  —  I don't remember exactly how interviewer Angela Pace asked it, but I heard it this way: What do you want your granddaughters to remember about you?
Emma Roller / The Outline:
Elizabeth Warren was a good candidate, but it's time to go all in for Bernie
Discussion: VICE, VTDigger and Politics and Prozac
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Revolution Failed. But His Movement Can Still Win.
Discussion: Jacobin, VICE and Vox
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Maybe Next Time, Ladies
Discussion: Spectator USA
Pete Williams / NBC News:
In rare rebuke, Chief Justice Roberts slams Schumer for ‘threatening’ comments  —  “You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,” the NY senator said of Trump appointees.  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts publicly chastised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Abortion rights had a surprisingly hopeful day in the Supreme Court
Washington Post:
Roberts rebukes Schumer for saying justices will ‘pay the price’ for a vote against abortion rights
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Chief Justice John Roberts heading down collision course with himself
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Politico:
‘Biden can finish Bernie off in Michigan’  —  Super Tuesday weakened Bernie Sanders.  Michigan may break him.  —  It was Michigan where Sanders engineered a primary day miracle four years ago, upsetting Hillary Clinton and imprinting his populist agenda on the industrial Midwest.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders campaign hatches comeback plan
Discussion: The Bulwark
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   After Super Tuesday rush, will there be a Biden hangover?
Los Angeles Times:
California reports first coronavirus death; L.A. County declares emergency  —  California on Wednesday reported its first death related to coronavirus.  —  Placer County Public Health officials announced that a patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a cruise to Mexico last month died.
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Los Angeles Times:   L.A. County supervisors want answers to widespread voting problems
NBC News:
CDC medical screener at LAX airport tests positive for coronavirus
CNN:
Secret Service changing Biden protection plans after rally scare  —  (CNN)The Secret Service is scrambling plans to provide protection to presidential candidates after protesters stormed the stage of former Vice President Joe Biden's victory rally in Los Angeles late Tuesday in a harrowing scene.
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Washington Post:
After security breach at rally, Biden campaign considers requesting Secret Service protection
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
One Doctor's Life on the Coronavirus Front Lines.  ‘If We Fail, What Happens to You All?’  —  Short on supplies and sleep, medical staff are being stretched to the limit to stop a pandemic no one fully understands  —  Driving one evening in Wuhan, China, last month, Zhang Xiaochun pulled her car to the side of the road.
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
New White House questionnaire serves as litmus test for potential appointees  —  A White House questionnaire being sent to potential political appointees appears to be a litmus test of the applicant's loyalty to the president.  —  The questionnaire, a copy of which was obtained by CBS News …
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
Black voters, ‘Whole Foods moms’ and an anti-Trump base: Biden builds coalition that could boost Democrats in November  —  As Joe Biden racked up a string of unexpected victories in Super Tuesday primaries, he began to stitch together the kind of political coalition that had eluded his candidacy for months …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly new strategy against surging Biden undercuts itself
Discussion: Breitbart, Commentary and Mediaite
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FISA court bans officials involved in Carter Page wiretaps from seeking surveillance  —  Justice Department and FBI officials under review for their role in the flawed wiretaps of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page are banned from having any involvement in the pursuit …
Just The News:
Missouri case that toppled GOP governor boomerangs on Soros-backed prosecutor  —  St. Louis circuit attorney faces grand jury probe, chief investigator indicted in echoes of Trump-Russia collusion reversal in Washington.  —  Kimberly Gardner made history in 2016, roaring to an election victory …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Bloomberg attracted few votes — but his ads still grabbed the attention of many kids  —  Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, who dropped out of the Democratic primary Wednesday, did not attract many voters.  But his impact on the 2020 race may live on in the pre-voting demographic …
Discussion: Florida Politics
New York Times:
Coronavirus Testing Offered With Just a Doctor's Approval, C.D.C. Says  —  The move greatly increases the number of patients who qualify, but it's not clear there are enough tests for those who will want them.  —  Federal health officials announced on Wednesday that anyone who wants a coronavirus test may get one if a doctor agrees.
Discussion: ABC News
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Bloomberg:
Trump Blames Obama Decision for Coronavirus Test Kit Shortage
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
She Was Excited for a New School.  Then the Anti-Semitic ‘Jokes’ Started.  —  First, a deeply offensive photo.  Three students' college plans were soon derailed, and a community closed ranks.  —  The letters stretch over 30 feet, written into the sand on a beach in New Jersey.
Washington Post:
Coronavirus pummels Iran leadership as data show spread is far worse than reported  —  ISTANBUL — The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through Iran has delivered a jarring blow to the senior ranks of its government, infecting about two dozen members of parliament and at least 15 other current …
NorthJersey.com:
NJ Gov. Murphy confirms first ‘presumptive positive’ case of coronavirus in Bergen County  —  The first case of coronavirus in New Jersey is a man in his 30s who was hospitalized on Tuesday in Bergen County, the governor's office announced on social media Wednesday night.
Discussion: CBS New York, CBS Philly and The Hill
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
It Looks Like a News App in the Apple Store.  It's Really Russian Propaganda.  —  The app bills itself as a “one-of-a-kind free streaming service & TV library of news programs.”  But every single show is from Kremlin-backed TV channel.  —  Over the past few years, Russian-funded propagandists …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joey Flechas / Miami Herald:
Ultra's March festival canceled over coronavirus fears in Miami, sources say  —  The 2020 Ultra Music Festival will be postponed — possibly for a full year, which would effectively cancel this year's edition of Miami's marquee electronic dance music event, the Miami Herald has learned.
Discussion: SPIN, Variety, CBS Miami, The Wrap and The Hill
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
A Secret Memo Revealed How A Transgender Immigrant Bleeding From Her Rectum Waited 13 Days For Care While Jailed By ICE  —  An email from Homeland Security investigators to ICE leadership revealed poor health care conditions at a remote jail in New Mexico.  ICE officials waited months to move people from the facility.
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students  —  The worker at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire was confirmed with the disease only after attending the mixer.  Now a second man has tested positive.
 
 
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Discussion: US EPA and E&E News
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
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Discussion: CNN
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
The Gravity of Michael Ellis' Promotion to Senior Director for Intelligence at the White House
Center for Public Integrity:
Top Pentagon official contests White House claims about Ukraine aid delay