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9:10 AM ET, March 5, 2020

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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?
USA Today:
Super Tuesday reveals Joe Biden, hiding in plain sight
Discussion: Vox
Washington Post:
Black voters, ‘Whole Foods moms’ and an anti-Trump base: Biden builds coalition that could boost Democrats in November
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Schumer to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh: Nice Little Court, Ya Got There, Hate to See Anything Happen to It ...  The senator's despicable attack is part of a concerted effort to delegitimize the court.  —  f, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Schumer Successfully Blocks Black Woman From N.C. Senate Nom
Discussion: Townhall and New York Times
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Abortion rights had a surprisingly hopeful day in the Supreme Court
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.
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Rod Dreher:
Trump: Public Health Menace  —  The president in his meeting this week with his coronavirus task force (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)  —  This is a thing that just happened: … You just shake your head in disbelief at the utter idiocy of this man, and his reckless irresponsibility.
Discussion: news.com.au and Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN: Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL plans to take to the Senate floor this morning to go after Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER for saying Supreme Court justices would “pay the price” for anti-abortion rulings.
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
What does Gov. DeSantis owe Trump?  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The close relationship between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump is souring, and the bad blood is threatening to spill into the president's reelection effort in the nation's biggest swing state.
Public Policy Polling:
Democrats lead by at least 4 in 4 GOP held Senate seats  —  New PPP polls find Sara Gideon leading Susan Collins 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race.  Additionally a PPP poll for a private client last week found Cal Cunningham …
Discussion: Political Wire
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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly new strategy against surging Biden undercuts itself
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Florida Rep. Val Demings endorses Joe Biden for president  —  Rep. Val Demings endorses Biden for president  —  (CNN)Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings on Thursday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, saying Biden “has been there in the trenches fighting for those things that are important to the American people.”
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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
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem  —  Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday, along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.
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
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
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.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Here's What Barack Obama Is Thinking Now  —  Barack Obama got exactly what he wanted out of the Democratic primary—and not just because Joe Biden has suddenly pulled ahead.  His party managed to start sorting out its year-long mess without him.  —  But Obama is still not going to speak out.
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.
Associated Press:
Former United Nations secretary-general dies at 100  —  LIMA, Peru — Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy …
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 …
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
I.C.C. Allows Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry to Proceed  —  The decision by the International Criminal Court is the first time the prosecutor has been authorized to investigate U.S. forces.  —  LONDON — An international court ruled on Thursday that its chief prosecutor could open …
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden Touted Connections Last Year While Pitching UCLA Law On Letting Him Teach Drug Policy Course  — Hunter Biden cited political connections in 2019 while pitching the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law on letting him teach a drug policy course …
Discussion: The Independent
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
James Murdoch makes investment to combat fake news  —  The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation  —  James Murdoch, the younger son of Rupert Murdoch, is making a seven-figure investment in start-ups aimed at combating fake news, only weeks after criticising …
Washington Post:
U.S. health system is showing why it's not ready for a coronavirus pandemic  —  The growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States is revealing serious gaps in the health system's ability to respond to a major epidemic, forcing hospitals and doctors to improvise emergency plans daily …
 
 
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Exclusive: Moldova's Most Notorious Oligarch Has Been In The U.S. Despite Sanctions, Officials Say
Discussion: New York Times
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Is Exposing the Limits of Populism
Government.nl:
Minister Blok: stop humanitarian catastrophe with a no-fly zone over Idlib
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Wyatt DobrovichFago / FOX News Radio:
Gen. Jack Keane On Presidential Medal Of Freedom Announcement: “Shocked And Overwhelmed”
Discussion: Townhall
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
She Was Excited for a New School. Then the Anti-Semitic ‘Jokes’ Started.
 Earlier Items: 
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Bloomberg attracted few votes — but his ads still grabbed the attention of many kids
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Wall Street, Encouraged by Biden's Wins, Breaks Out Its Checkbooks
Washington Post:
Coronavirus pummels Iran leadership as data show spread is far worse than reported
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Revolution Failed. But His Movement Can Still Win.
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
It Looks Like a News App in the Apple Store. It's Really Russian Propaganda.
Discussion: Raw Story