Property values are going to tank after this piece of investigative journalism.
.@CNN welcomes businessman and former Democratic presidential candidate @AndrewYang as a CNN Political Commentator.https://t.co/kTQyxkBCnN
—@CNNPR
THE FEED
A clever hire
democratic primaries
Despite Pledge, Sanders Doesn’t Plan to Release ‘Comprehensive’ Medical Records
learn to code
Lambda Coding Boot Camp Claims 86 Percent of Students Get Tech Jobs. They Don’t.
insurgents
A 26-Year-Old May Defeat One of Congress’ Most Conservative Democrats
More great news for Bernie Sanders
New @ABC News/WaPo national poll of the Democratic primary: https://t.co/8gYT47XcP6
Sanders: 32%
Biden: 17%
Bloomberg: 14%
Warren: 11%
Buttigieg: 7%
Klobuchar: 6%
—@ABC
Sanders: 32%
Biden: 17%
Bloomberg: 14%
Warren: 11%
Buttigieg: 7%
Klobuchar: 6%
Another encouraging turnout data point for Dems
NEWS: Stunning last day of turnout for Nevada caucus: Not
all ballots counted but the number Tuesday was about the same as the first three days COMBINED. Upwards of 33,000. So about 70,000 total.
Perspective:
84K turned out on Caucus Day in ‘16, with no early voting.
Damn.
—@RalstonReports
all ballots counted but the number Tuesday was about the same as the first three days COMBINED. Upwards of 33,000. So about 70,000 total.
Perspective:
84K turned out on Caucus Day in ‘16, with no early voting.
Damn.
A strange response
Bernie Sanders National Press Secretary @briebriejoy tells @johnberman requests for Bernie’s heath records are a “smear campaign” and says Bloomberg “has suffered heart attacks in the past.”
—@joshrogin
sports
The Most Famous High School Basketball Team in the World
Congratulations to the Prairie State
For the first time since Nov 7, 2007, Illinois does NOT have a former governor in prison. @cbschicago
—@CBS2Greg
vision 2020
How to Watch the Democratic Debate Tonight in Nevada
department of justice
AG Barr Could Resign If Trump Keeps Tweeting About DOJ Investigations: Report
pardons
President Trump’s Big Day of Pardons and Commutations
intelligencer chats
Are Markets Underrating the Coronavirus Threat?
Little reason for him not to be confident at this point
Sanders today, speaking with increasing confidence about the primary: “If win the caucus here we’re gonna do really well in South Carolina, California, in Super Tuesday. And if we do well on Super Tuesday we’re gonna win the Democratic nomination.”
—@rubycramer
vision 2020
There Is a Case for Bloomberg. It’s Just Bleak As Hell.
Trump is looking stronger than ever
Trump’s job rating:
Approve: 47% (tied for all-time high in NBC/WSJ poll)
Disapprove: 50%
Econ handling:
Approve: 53%
Disapprove 38%
Feb 14-17, RVs, MOE +/- 3.3%
—@mmurraypolitics
Approve: 47% (tied for all-time high in NBC/WSJ poll)
Disapprove: 50%
Econ handling:
Approve: 53%
Disapprove 38%
Feb 14-17, RVs, MOE +/- 3.3%
nypd
NYC Prosecutors Keep Lists of Police Officers Who Lie Too Much
Drain the…never mind
Crimes of those granted clemency by @realDonaldTrump today:
-failing to report felony
-criminal financial schemes
-conspiracy to hack a computer
-tax fraud + false statements
-obstructing an investigation
-selling a Senate appointment
-drug trafficking
-Medicare fraud
—@Travis_Tritten
-failing to report felony
-criminal financial schemes
-conspiracy to hack a computer
-tax fraud + false statements
-obstructing an investigation
-selling a Senate appointment
-drug trafficking
-Medicare fraud
politics
Trump Commutes Prison Sentence of Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
As they say, shots fired
It’s a shame Mike Bloomberg can buy his way into the debate. But at least now primary voters curious about how each candidate will take on Donald Trump can get a live demonstration of how we each take on an egomaniac billionaire. https://t.co/H02radEZcv
—@ewarren
the alt-right
This Obscure Foundation Helped Fund the Alt-Right
The very picture of discretion
Trump is asked if there is a search for anonymous in the White House.
“I know who it is,” Trump says.
Reporters ask who it is.
“I can’t tell you that,” Trump replies.
—@oliverdarcy
“I know who it is,” Trump says.
Reporters ask who it is.
“I can’t tell you that,” Trump replies.
coronavirus
Coronavirus Kills Wuhan Hospital Director As New Infections Fall
games
The Astros Cheating Scandal Has Only Gotten Nuttier
Coming on the heels of a furious campaigned headed by Blagojevich’s wife
BREAKING - @ABC News has learned President Trump expected to commute the sentenced of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich via multiple senior level sources - more to come @KFaulders @vlasto & me
—@Santucci
A catastrophe that is receiving little attention in the American press
CNN: The United Nations says 900,000 people, mostly women and children, have been displaced in northwest Syria in the last 11 weeks, could become the “biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st Century.”
—@ryanstruyk
In the annals of “didn’t see that coming”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump pardons Edward DeBartolo Jr., former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in gambling fraud scandal.
—@ZekeJMiller
democratic debate
Mike Bloomberg Will Be on the Debate Stage This Week
Quite the juxtaposition in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli court says Prime Minister Netanyahu corruption trial to begin March 17, two weeks after national elections.
—@ZekeJMiller
Trump not exactly taking William Barr’s advice to stay out of cases
“Judge Jackson now has a request for a new trial based on the unambiguous & self outed bias of the foreperson of the jury, whose also a lawyer, by the way. ‘Madam foreperson, your a lawyer, you have a duty, an affirmative obligation, to reveal to us when we selected you the…..
—@realDonaldTrump
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