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6:05 PM ET, March 5, 2020

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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race  —  Ms. Warren, a senator and former law professor, staked her campaign on fighting corruption and changing the rules of the economy.  —  BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop …
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Warren declines to endorse Biden or Sanders after dropping out  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Elizabeth Warren declined to throw her support behind another candidate on Thursday, saying she and her supporters “don't have to decide right this minute” whom to back after dropping out of the Democratic primary.
Discussion: ABC News, Vox, The Hill, Associated Press and IJR
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence  —  In November 2019, as the Democratic presidential candidates prepared for the primaries that had been taking place unofficially for more than a year and that would begin in earnest in February, FiveThirtyEight's Clare Malone profiled Pete Buttigieg.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Super Tuesday's true meaning? Americans are desperate to show we're better than Trump
Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost and IJR
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:   Warren, Klobuchar, Harris, Gillibrand: Did gender sink Democratic women in 2020? Nope.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee  —  Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to form a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.
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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with massive lead over Bernie Sanders  —  Even before Mike Bloomberg dropped out of the race for President, voters in Florida were consolidating behind Joe Biden.  —  More than 61% of likely Florida voters favor Biden, according to the most recent survey …
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:   Slotkin throws support behind Biden in Democratic primary
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Back on top: nationally, Democrats are again rallying around Biden: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Ipsos and The Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads [UPDATED]  —  This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter.  To get independent accountability journalism straight to your inbox, please subscribe:  —  Subscribe now  —  UPDATE (3/5, 2 PM) …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads, Citing Census Interference Policy  —  Company points to rules aimed at avoiding confusion in decision to bar reelection ads labeled ‘Official 2020 Congressional District Census’  —  Facebook Inc. FB -3.53% removed Trump campaign ads that referred to a census …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:   Facebook takes down Trump 2020 campaign's ‘Census’ ads
Politico:
White House sidelines Azar from coronavirus response  —  There will be a notable omission when Vice President Mike Pence visits Washington state Thursday as part of the Trump administration's coronavirus response: health Secretary Alex Azar.  —  The White House on Wednesday also benched Azar …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and C-SPAN.org
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Will Miss Coronavirus Test Rollout Goal, Senators Say  — GOP senators says kits to be in mail by end of this week  — Distribution, training ‘going to take time,’ Lankford says  —  The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Pence admits 'we don't have enough tests' to meet demands as delay in coronavirus testing persists
Discussion: New York Times
Cindy Krischer Goodman / Sun-Sentinel:
Federal rules changed to allow more testing for coronavirus. Florida isn't going to follow them.
Discussion: CBS Miami
Washington Post:
Judge cites Barr's ‘misleading’ statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions  —  A federal judge in D.C. sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday for a “lack of candor,” questioning the truthfulness of the nation's top law enforcement official in his handling …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:   Judge demands unredacted Mueller report, questioning Barr's ‘credibility’
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
On immigration, Attorney General Barr is his own Supreme Court.  Judges and lawyers say that's a problem.
Discussion: Just Security
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
The former President said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'There's something that will take your mind off it for a while'  —  Bill offers an apology to Lewinsky in the documentary that will premiere on Friday, and says he felt ‘terrible’ that her life was defined by their affair.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'He's trying to kill us': Trump blasted for spreading coronavirus ‘misinformation’ in Fox News interview with Sean Hannity  —  President Donald Trump spread misinformation about the coronavirus during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity — and faced furious outrage afterward.
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
First patient in Nevada tests presumptively positive for novel coronavirus, is in ‘airborne isolation’  —  A Clark County man who is in his 50s and has an underlying health condition is the first patient in Nevada who has tested presumptively positive for the novel coronavirus, Southern Nevada Health District officials said Thursday.
Discussion: New York Times
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Coronavirus outbreak expands to 18 states
Discussion: KUT and The Tennessean
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan  —  The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead.  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled …
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
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Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
How Bernie Sanders Can Still Win It All
Discussion: Washington Post, Jezebel and Bloomberg
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich  —  Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.  —  One Tuesday night in October 2018, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner …
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 …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Bidens  —  A Republican effort to subpoena records about Joe Biden and his son Hunter could be derailed amid concerns from at least one GOP senator that the push appears politically motivated.  —  The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties  —  President Trump's company charged the Secret Service $157,000 more than was previously known — billing taxpayers for rooms at his clubs at rates far higher than his company has claimed …
Discussion: Public Citizen, The Hill, Raw Story and Vox
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul votes against bill funding coronavirus emergency aid  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voted against an emergency response coronavirus bill Thursday afternoon after his proposed amendment to the bill was turned down.  —  The bill had already received more than 60 affirmative votes …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Hannah Sampson / Washington Post:
Sick cruise passengers await coronavirus results at sea as officials debate quarantine  —  A Princess Cruises ship that recently carried people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus was still being kept off the coast of California Thursday as officials sent kits to test passengers …
Discussion: Politico, WREG-TV, VICE, KTLA and princess.com
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
State Department blames “swarms of online, false personas” from Russia for wave of coronavirus misinformation online  —  A top State Department official said Thursday that Russia is behind “swarms of online, false personas” that sought to spread misinformation about coronavirus on social-media sites …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Intellectualist
Twitter:
Updating our rules against hateful conduct  —  Editorial note: This blog was first posted in July 9, 2019, and updated March 5, 2020, to reflect additional changes made to our rule against hateful conduct  —  We create our rules to keep people safe on Twitter, and they continuously evolve …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Tennessee Man Ordered Removed to Germany Based on Service as Concentration Camp Guard During WWII  —  A U.S. Immigration Judge in Memphis, Tennessee, has issued a removal order against a German citizen and Tennessee resident, on the basis of his service in Nazi Germany in 1945 as an armed guard …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Wendell Goler, longtime Fox News White House correspondent, dead at 70  —  Longtime Fox News White House correspondent Wendell Goler died this week at age 70.  —  “Wendell was a gifted correspondent, a wonderful colleague and a FOX News original whose reporting was respected on both sides of the aisle.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Do Such Elderly People Run America?  —  When Joe Biden climbed to the stage in California to celebrate his Super Tuesday comeback in the Democratic primary, three things happened in a matter of minutes.  He basked in the thunderous applause from the crowd.  He mistook his wife for his sister.
Discussion: Snopes.com
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
Top Green Party Candidate Says He'll Run Against Dems—Even If They Nominate Sanders  —  The party's candidate appeared on RT earlier this year, marking the first time this year any candidate in any party had appeared on the Russian propaganda organ.  —  In both 2000 and 2016 …
 
 
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CBS San Francisco:
ICE Agents Ignore Sanctuary Law, Make Arrest In Front Of San Francisco Courthouse
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Why Democrats Are Still Not the Party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Discussion: The Nation and OpenSecrets.org
Washington Post:
U.S. markets tank as coronavirus outlook worsens
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Politico:
Squabble over mask shortage erupts as coronavirus spreads
Sarah Wallace / NBC New York:
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