| Donna Brazile Tells RNC Chairwoman to ‘Go to Hell’ on Fox News Posted: 03 Mar 2020 08:22 AM PST  Former interim Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile lashed out Tuesday at Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel during a Fox News appearance, repeatedly telling McDaniel to "go to hell" for claiming the Democratic primary will be "rigged" against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).Hours before polls close in 14 Democratic primary states, Brazile—now a Fox News contributor—was asked by America's Newsroom anchor Sandra Smith to react to comments made by McDaniel earlier on the program."It does depend on how big a lead that Sanders takes out of California is," the GOP chair said. "If he picks up a huge proportion of delegates. I don't see anybody getting out soon. It is leading towards a brokered convention, which will be rigged against Bernie if those superdelegates have their way on that second vote."Tucker Carlson Goes Full Bernie Bro in Attack on CNNBrazile immediately became indignant over McDaniel offering up her take on the Democratic race, calling on her and other Republicans to "stay the hell out of our race," adding that she's "sick and tired" of Republicans telling her about the Democrats' process."First of all, they don't have a process," Brazile declared. "They are canceling primaries. They have winner-take-all. They don't have the kind of democracy that we see on the Democratic side.""For people to use Russian talking points to sow division among Americans is stupid," she continued. "So Ronna, go to hell! This is not about — go to Hell! I'm tired of it."After Fox anchors Smith and Ed Henry audibly shouted "whoa," Brazile went on to call McDaniel's remarks "stupid" while accusing her of "using Russian talking points."At the end of the segment, Henry said that since it was Super Tuesday, the network would need to make sure to bring on McDaniel and Brazile so they could go at it."I'm all about reconciliation," Brazile concluded. "It is Lent. I'm trying to keep my karma. But stop lying about the Democratic process."Trevor Noah Isn't Buying the Biden Surge: 'This Is Not Good'McDaniel later took to Twitter to respond to Brazile, retorting that she'd "be having a bad day too if my party was still hopelessly divided.""Talk of a brokered convention and the DNC trying to stop Bernie obviously hit a little close to home," the RNC chair added.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Biden Says Beto O’Rourke Will ‘Take Care of the Gun Problem with Me’ Posted: 03 Mar 2020 06:16 AM PST  While accepting Beto O'Rourke's endorsement Monday night, Biden told the former Texas congressman that he will be heavily involved in federal gun control efforts if Biden takes office."I want to make something clear: I'm going to guarantee you this in not the last you're seeing of this guy," Biden said to a crowd in Dallas. "You're going to take care of the gun problem with me. You're going to be the one who leads this effort. I'm counting on you. We need you badly, the state needs you, the country needs you, you're the best."> Joe Biden promises Beto O'Rourke, who pushed for gun confiscation for legal gun owners, will "be the one who leads" his gun control effort pic.twitter.com/qjgft8wFkt> > -- Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 3, 2020O'Rourke explained his endorsement for the former vice president as needing "somebody who can reestablish the moral authority of the United States."> Beto O'Rourke: "We need somebody who can reestablish the moral authority of the United States. We need somebody who will fight for democracy here and abroad, because democracy is under attack here and abroad. We need Joe Biden." https://t.co/JEMJiQn1ln pic.twitter.com/SikNRST8pc> > -- ABC News (@ABC) March 3, 2020 O'Rourke, who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race in November, made gun confiscation a central part of his platform, highlighting his commitment to aggressive measure by telling voters, "hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47" during the Democratic debate in September.Later in the race, O'Rourke admitted that police would "visit" gun owners unwilling to sell their semi-automatic rifles to the government in order to "recover that firearm and make sure that it is purchased."Biden's gun control plan, released in October, distanced the former vice president from O'Rourke by not requiring a mandatory "buyback" for owners of "assault weapons." But Biden has become increasingly vocal on guns in the race, telling a crowd in South Carolina that he is "coming" for gun makers."A guy has 12 assault weapons with bump stocks, which means you can fire it faster. You can pull the trigger faster," Biden told a CNN town hall in Nevada, referencing the Las Vegas hotel shooting. "Why in God's name should anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone be able to own that? It's just wrong, and we've got to — and I promise you, as president, I am going to get these guys."
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| Eddie Gallagher: 60 Minutes segment profiling Navy SEAL accused of 'normalising' war crimes Posted: 02 Mar 2020 01:01 PM PST  CBS news program 60 Minutes is facing criticism and calls for boycott for a piece the program aired profiling alleged war criminal Eddie Gallagher, whose punishment after posing for a "trophy photo" with a dead teenage ISIS fighter was reversed by President Donald Trump.The program featured 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin interviewing Mr Gallagher - a Navy SEAL who was tried for war crimes - at his home in Florida, conducting interviews and questioning him about his life since his war crimes trial. Mr Martin doesn't shy away from asking Mr Gallagher about his involvement in the death of a wounded, sedated teenage ISIS fighter who he was accused of stabbing in the neck while he was deployed in Iraq.
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| China threatens retaliation over US 'bullying' of state media Posted: 03 Mar 2020 01:03 AM PST  China threatened Tuesday to retaliate against US "bullying" after Washington imposed staff cuts on Chinese state media, two weeks after expelling three Wall Street Journal reporters. The US said its decision Monday to require Beijing's state-run media to cut the number of Chinese nationals employed in the US was based on levelling numbers between the countries rather than hitting back over content. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China "strongly opposes and condemns" the US announcement, adding that it effectively means the expulsion of Chinese journalists.
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| When Its Soldiers Were Killed In Syria, Turkey's Air Force Went to War Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:18 PM PST  Is more war in Syria imminent?
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| LIVE UPDATES: See the full results of Super Tuesday, with live vote counts and breaking news Posted: 03 Mar 2020 06:00 AM PST  Super Tuesday is the most important day of the primary calendar, and by the end of it we'll have a much narrower group of candidates.
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| Mexico speeds up extraditions of cartel bosses to U.S. Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:38 PM PST |
| Traveling during the coronavirus outbreak? Here’s what you need to know Posted: 03 Mar 2020 09:01 AM PST  With COVID-19 spreading around the globe, the U.S. State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued these travel advisories.
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| Snowy Wyoming highway pileup kills 3, injures dozens Posted: 02 Mar 2020 09:32 AM PST  At least three people died and dozens were injured in a pileup involving more than 100 vehicles amid blowing snow that closed part of Interstate 80 in Wyoming, officials said Monday. About 30 people were taken to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in the small city of Rawlins, hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Hinkle told the Casper Star-Tribune. The smaller pileup, on I-80 just 4 miles (6 kilometers) away from the larger pileup, injured at least seven people, including one person who was hospitalized in critical condition, Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jason Mower said.
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| Super Tuesday: Michael Bloomberg says he will eat at Chinese restaurant to show solidarity over coronavirus Posted: 03 Mar 2020 05:04 AM PST  Michael Bloomberg has said he will eat at a Chinese restaurant in the coming days to show solidarity with businesses who have been hit by public fears about coronavirus.The multi-billionaire and Democratic presidential candidate made the pledge during a Fox News town hall event in Virginia as he hopes to kickstart his 2020 campaign with a strong performance in Super Tuesday this week.
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| Trump proclaims his campaign rallies 'very safe' from coronavirus Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:25 PM PST  President Trump said Monday that campaign rallies like the one he had planned for later that evening in Charlotte, N.C., are "very safe."
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| Iran Wouldn't Mess With The Royal Navy If London Had More Ships Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PST  And Britain has taken notice.
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| Democratic voters in Texas and California view Sanders's socialism more favorably than capitalism, new poll shows Posted: 02 Mar 2020 10:24 AM PST  Joe Biden now has a convincing Democratic presidential primary win under his belt after he soundly defeated the field in South Carolina on Saturday. But Sen. Bernie Sanders remains the national favorite for the nomination, and a new poll from CBS suggests he's not giving up that standing anytime soon.
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| Remain in Mexico: asylum seekers at border see hopes raised then dashed Posted: 02 Mar 2020 02:15 AM PST  Many hoping to enter the US but kept out by Trump policy remain stuck in squalid and dangerous conditionsEsmeralda Martínez got the news via a WhatsApp message: a court had invalidated the US "remain in Mexico" program, which had obliged her to stay put south of the border while her asylum claim was heard.It had been six months since she fled Guatemala after the murder of her husband. For a brief moment, it seemed she and her 13-year-old daughter Jazmín might be able to move on from the dismal frontier encampment where they have been stranded.She packed her court papers in a black and yellow backpack, stuffed her clothes into a suitcase and prepared to move on.But just hours after Friday's ruling, the same three-judge panel suspended its own order pending fresh arguments, leaving the policy formally known as migrant protection protocols (MPP) in full effect.Despite the confusion, the temporary invalidation of MPP offered rare hope for about 2,500 migrants living in the insecure and insalubrious tent city along the Rio Grande in the city of Matamoros, a stronghold of the notorious Gulf cartel.Dozens of asylum seekers, some clutching printed copies of the 57-page court decision, headed straight to the bridge separating Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas. They were turned back by US border guards."We were all hoping for this inhumane and macabre program to be invalidated," said Joel Fernández, 51, a Cuban asylum seeker who also had his bags packed.MPP has forced more than 60,000 migrants to wait in some of Mexico's most dangerous cities. The Mexican government pledged to provide work permits and access to healthcare, housing and educational opportunities, but those promises have largely gone unfulfilled.And as they wait, the migrants are easy targets for criminal gangs.In one month last year, three-quarters of asylum seekers seen by physicians working for Doctors Without Borders in the city of Nuevo Laredo reported having been kidnapped for ransom."It's tough living here," said Martínez, 30, as a pot of beans boiled over an open fire outside her tent. "It's cold. It's unsafe. We've been followed three times [by the gangs]".Over the weekend, immigration lawyers attempted to clear the confusion, convening scrums of migrants and trying to answer their questions."There's good news and bad news," said Jodi Goodwin, a Brownsville immigration attorney. "Everyone must continue preparing their cases; you need to continue going to court."She also cautioned against illegal entry to the US."The risks if you jump the river are one these consequences: you go to prison or you go to Guatemala [where the US is now sending asylum seekers] or you'll face expedited expulsion," she said.The number of asylum claims in cities like Brownsville has been declining. A crackdown by Mexican authorities has choked the migrant flow, while expedited expulsion and the new policy of sending migrants to Guatemala has reduced the numbers of people waiting for an asylum decision."We're seeing dramatically lower numbers in Brownsville," said Charlene D'Cruz, a border fellow for Lawyers for Good Government's Project Corazon.MPP "worked" as proponents hoped, D'Cruz said, because "it took 60,000 people out" of the traditional asylum process. "But what do we mean by success? Humanity-wise, we have completely failed as a people."As the number of asylum seekers from Central America and further afield slowly dwindles in Matamoros, a new group has replaced them: Mexicans fleeing rampant violence in central and southern states.Mariana came to the camp with her family six weeks ago from Veracruz state, where she says a drug cartel tried to forcibly recruit her teenage son.Her turn to apply for asylum was fast approaching – and couldn't come fast enough."We've gone hungry. We've been cold. We've had to bathe in the river," she said as she cooked eggs and chilies for her children. "This is a desperate place."
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| Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed turns to UK Supreme Court in battle with ex-wife Posted: 03 Mar 2020 06:26 AM PST  Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has applied to Britain's top court to try to stop publication of two judgments given in a legal battle with his former wife over the wardship of their two children. Mohammed has been involved in a dispute with Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah, over the welfare of their two children since last May. Andrew McFarlane, president of London's High Court Family Division, who has been overseeing the case, has issued two judgments and in January decided these should be made public.
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| ‘Wrong from Day One’: Trump Slams Fed Chairman over Coronavirus Response Posted: 03 Mar 2020 06:24 AM PST  President Trump on Tuesday slammed the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates in response to the coronavirus outbreak across the globe, pointing to other countries' efforts to increase the money supply as a way to soften the blow the virus has had on the global economy."Australia's Central Bank cut interest rates and stated it will most likely further ease in order to make up for China's Coronavirus situation and slowdown. They reduced to 0.5%, a record low. Other countries are doing the same thing, if not more so," the president wrote in a pair of early morning tweets."Our Federal Reserve has us paying higher rates than many others, when we should be paying less. Tough on our exporters and puts the USA at a competitive disadvantage. Must be the other way around. Should ease and cut rate big," Trump said, adding that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell "has called it wrong from day one. Sad!"A day earlier, Trump criticized the Fed for "as usual" being "slow to act" as the virus continues to cause economic harm."The U.S. should have, for all of the right reasons, the lowest Rate. We don't, putting us at a competitive disadvantage. We should be leading, not following!" Trump wrote.In July, the Fed slashed interest rates for the first time since the 2008 economic crisis, a long-expected move aimed at preserving the record economic expansion in the U.S. amid concerns that it may be nearing its end.Since then, officials have been reticent about whether they will cut interest rates again. Powell told Congress last month that he does not currently plan to lower rates in the near future.Powell admitted, however, that the coronavirus epidemic could lead to "disruptions in China that spill over to the rest of the global economy," and said it was "very likely" the outbreak would disrupt economic activity in the United States.Powell said in a statement that the Fed is "closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook" and will "use our tools and act as appropriate to support the economy."The coronavirus has killed infected more than 3,000 people worldwide, including six people in the U.S., and infected over 90,000. The stock market tanked last week along with markets worldwide as fears of the spreading epidemic rattled investors.
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| Ethiopia chides US for 'undiplomatic' role in Nile Dam talks Posted: 03 Mar 2020 07:40 AM PST  Ethiopia on Tuesday accused the United States of being "undiplomatic" in trying to resolve a row over a giant dam on the Nile River but vowed to continue with ongoing talks. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, has been a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Cairo since Ethiopia launched work in 2011. The US Treasury Department stepped in last year to facilitate talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan -- another downstream country -- after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reached out to US President Donald Trump, a close ally.
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| Nearly 10% of Iranian lawmakers infected with coronavirus, state media reports Posted: 03 Mar 2020 07:13 AM PST  The prevalence of coronavirus among Iran's political leadership appears to be a unique example of the virus' deep impact on the nation's authorities.
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| People on a remote tropical island violently protested a sister cruise ship to the Diamond Princess stopping there, despite no known coronavirus cases on board Posted: 03 Mar 2020 04:26 AM PST  Réunion Island residents threw stones and bottles at buses carrying the Sun Princess passengers into town. Police responded with tear gas.
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| India Is Turning To Israel After Its Russian-Made Missiles Turned Into Duds Posted: 03 Mar 2020 02:30 AM PST  Can Israeli missiles be integrated on a Russian jet?
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| Bloomberg Has ‘No Intention’ of Dropping Out, Complains That Biden Is Taking Votes From Him Posted: 03 Mar 2020 08:29 AM PST  MIAMI, Florida—Mike Bloomberg started the most important day of his 2020 campaign scolding a sea of reporters about rival Joe Biden's momentum and refusing to drop out of the Democratic primary."Joe's taking votes away from me," Bloomberg said at his campaign's Little Havana field office when asked by a reporter about moderates dropping out to support Biden in the last 24 hours. "Have you asked Joe whether he's going to drop out?" Bloomberg then challenged. "When you ask him that then you can call me." When a reporter asked a follow up, Bloomberg scolded that it was the same question that had just been asked. "I have no intention of dropping out," Bloomberg said. "We're in it to win it."The former New York City mayor has staked his last minute 2020 campaign on a strong showing in today's Super Tuesday contests. But Biden's once struggling effort has surged since his win Saturday in the South Carolina primary. Recent rivals like former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) ended their runs this week and pledged their support to Biden. When a female reporter asked a lengthy question and Bloomberg interjected to answer, he grew increasingly indignant as she continued her query. "Are you going to ask or are you going to give a lecture?" Bloomberg said. Asked later about what states he expects to win and what a win would look like on Super Tuesday, Bloomberg dodged the question. "You don't have to win states, you have to win delegates," he said. "And I think what happens here is nobody gets a majority."That would mean a contested convention for the Democrats which may hinder the party as it tries to beat President Donald Trump in November's general election. Pressed on whether he wants a contested convention, the former mayor said he didn't "think that I could win any other ways." Bloomberg also used the Little Havana setting to slam Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over his affectionate comments for deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's literacy program. "We will not win Florida with a candidate who sings the praises of Fidel Castro and downplays the atrocities committed in Cuba," Bloomberg said. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| China warns of retaliation over U.S. 'bullying' of state media Posted: 03 Mar 2020 04:37 AM PST  China threatened Tuesday to retaliate against U.S. "bullying" after Washington imposed staff cuts on Chinese state media, two weeks after expelling three Wall Street Journal reporters.
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| Coronavirus spreading fast outside China, airports to increase screenings Posted: 02 Mar 2020 03:45 AM PST  GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travelers. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside China as inside in the previous 24 hours, adding that the risk of coronavirus spreading was now very high at a global level. At a briefing in Geneva, he said outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan were the greatest concern, but that there was evidence that close surveillance was working in South Korea, the worst affected country outside China, and the epidemic could be contained there.
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| Prosecutor: Ex-convict was in bed with victim when arrested Posted: 02 Mar 2020 01:32 PM PST  An ex-convict accused of forcing young women he met in his daughter's dormitory into prostitution or forced labor after winning their trust was in bed with a victim when he was arrested, a prosecutor said Monday as the New Jersey man lost a bid to be freed on bail. The detail of Lawrence Ray's arrest was revealed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon as she argued against bail in Manhattan federal court. A woman he described as his wife was a victim, the prosecutor said, and they lived in a residence in which Ray kept a lock on the refrigerator door, restricting their access to food.
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| Trump repeatedly misunderstands health officials advising him about coronavirus Posted: 02 Mar 2020 02:05 PM PST  Donald Trump contended on Monday that a vaccine to prevent coronavirus cases could be ready in three months, only to be corrected by one of his top public health officials after he repeatedly appeared to misunderstand drug company executives' statements about their plans to test possible vaccines.The president, during a Cabinet Room meeting with top pharmaceutical industry executives, said he has heard a vaccine could be ready in just three or four months. But Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, later clarified the remark, telling reporters getting a vaccine properly tested, cleared and distributed likely would take one year.
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| Philippines Probes Dollar Smuggling Amid Chinese Cash Influx Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:30 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte backs a probe into cases of dollar smuggling after a lawmaker sounded the alarm on large amounts of cash brought in by Chinese nationals assisted by local authorities."It will be investigated," Duterte's spokesman Salvador Panelo said at a briefing Tuesday.The Bureau of Customs has identified two syndicates known as "Rodriguez" and "Chinese" it says has brought in $200 million and $168 million respectively since mid-2019, according to a Department of Finance statement on Monday.The money is brought in by couriers traveling two-to-three times a week and paid between 12,000 pesos ($237) and 50,000 pesos per flight, the finance department said. Military and police officers escort them upon their arrival at the Manila airport, enabling them to skip checks, it said.The finance department statement came days after Senator Richard Gordon, who heads the chamber's blue ribbon committee, called for an investigation on the influx of Chinese nationals and the "inordinate amount of money" they bring.About $180 million in cash was transported from China from December to February, Gordon said on Feb. 28. Travelers can carry up to $10,000 or its equivalent in any foreign currency into or out of the Philippines.In August last year, the Chinese embassy in Manila said a huge amount of gambling-related funds were flowing illegally out of China and into the Philippines, pushing back on the Philippines' online gaming sector that targets gamblers in mainland and employs hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers.Last month, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said that some immigration officials allow Chinese nationals without credentials to enter so they can work in online casinos. That prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order a revamp in airport immigration.(Adds Duterte spokesman's comments from first paragraph.)\--With assistance from Ditas Lopez and Cecilia Yap.To contact the reporters on this story: Andreo Calonzo in Manila at acalonzo1@bloomberg.net;Siegfrid Alegado in Manila at aalegado1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Cecilia Yap at cyap19@bloomberg.net, Clarissa Batino, Ruth PollardFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Iran And Israel Teamed Up To Destroy This Country's Nuclear Weapons Program Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:30 AM PST  And the region was better off.
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| Bloomberg News' former Washington editor Al Hunt was accused over the course of years by multiple women of giving unsolicited massages and verbally berating employees for minor infractions Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:45 AM PST  Al Hunt, Bloomberg News' former Washington editor, was accused by multiple women of giving unsolicited massages and verbally berating employees.
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| A vegan woman was left 'traumatized' after being served a chicken burger at KFC Posted: 02 Mar 2020 10:12 AM PST  Vanessa Franco recently visited a KFC in Colliers Wood, London to try their new vegan burger, but got a chicken burger instead.
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| Justices seem divided over court access for asylum seekers Posted: 02 Mar 2020 10:28 AM PST  The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether the government can deport people who fail initial asylum screenings without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge. The Trump administration is seeking a sweeping ruling that it could potentially use to deport millions of people, even those arrested far from the border and who have been in the country for years, said Lee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who is representing the man at the Supreme Court. Three conservative justices questioned whether a ruling in favor of the man, Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, would clog the courts with a flood of immigration claims.
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| Meghan McCain: Bernie Sanders and His Supporters ‘Are the Dirtiest Thugs I’ve Ever Seen’ Posted: 02 Mar 2020 08:59 AM PST  The View's Meghan McCain continued to rail against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his supporters on Monday, declaring them the "dirtiest thugs" she's ever seen on social media and claiming the Democratic primary will "get a whole lot worse before it gets better."Following former Vice President Joe Biden's dominant South Carolina primary win this past weekend, the hosts of the ABC talk show were in quite a celebratory mood over the moderate candidate getting a boost."I think there has to be some retooling for the campaign, but he certainly goes into Super Tuesday with the momentum that I think he has needed for so long to sort of recapture, again, the soul of our country, and I'm just very, very happy that he's where he is right now," co-host Sunny Hostin exclaimed to audience applause.Meghan McCain Confronts AOC: How Do You Defend 'Bernie Bros'?After the table noted that Biden's victory was due largely to black voters turning out for him, McCain criticized the media for supposedly dismissing Biden's chances after his disappointing showings in the previous primaries and caucuses."When you have people writing stories saying Joe Biden's zombie campaign, who are you listening to and talking to?" McCain grumbled. "Is it because you're bored with him because you've been covering him for so many years? Are you talking to voters in South Carolina? There clearly was a lot of enthusiasm and continues to be a lot of enthusiasm, and continues to be a lot of enthusiasm for this man, that the media just wanted to write off."Claiming this is now just a two-person race between Sanders and Biden, the conservative co-host then asserted that "people get very nervous" when the Vermont senator talks about "completely remaking" the health care system before predicting that Super Tuesday will be a "cage match.""This is his Alamo, this is his absolute last chance to become president," McCain said about Sanders. "Him and his supporters are the dirtiest thugs I've ever seen on all of social media!""They are not going to let this go, they are not going to let it go easy," she continued. "The argument between the AOCs of the party and the more traditional Democrats, I think it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better."While the entire View table has been largely critical and skeptical of the democratic-socialist candidate, McCain has led the charge in raging against the senator and the so-called "Bernie Bros" who support him. In recent weeks, she has blasted Sanders' "misogynistic" supporters for attacking Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), claimed Sanders himself has a "problem with women," said she "can't stand" Sanders, and wondered aloud if he's more "in the tank" for Russia than President Donald Trump.SNL: Larry David's Bernie Sanders Exposes His 'Army of Internet Trolls'Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Trump suggests using flu vaccine on coronavirus and is instantly corrected by health experts: ‘No’ Posted: 03 Mar 2020 02:04 AM PST  Donald Trump asked medical experts if coronavirus could be treated with a flu vaccine that already exists at a meeting with pharmaceutical executives on Monday.The Trump administration called the meeting to discuss early work for developing a vaccine for the virus, which has killed more the 3,000 people and infected nearly 90,000 worldwide.
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| Chinese man sentenced to death for virus checkpoint killing Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:45 PM PST  A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak. The virus has infected more than 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 in mainland China -- prompting a wide network of temperature checks, travel restrictions, residential checks and closures nationwide. On Sunday a court handed down a death sentence to a 23-year-old man after he stabbed two officials at one local village checkpoint.
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| North Korea Says It Has No Coronavirus – Despite Mounting Clues to the Contrary Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:52 AM PST  There are reasons to be particularly concerned about the possibility of an outbreak in North Korea
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| Former Bloomberg employees, citing confidentiality agreements, say they fear speaking out about a toxic workplace culture Posted: 02 Mar 2020 08:47 AM PST  At least a dozen former Bloomberg LP employees said they signed agreements with the company that limited their ability to speak freely, with some describing a powerful sense of fear at risking the ire of Mike Bloomberg.
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| This Is the Horrific Evil American Soldiers Saw in Nazi Germany's Concentration Camps Posted: 02 Mar 2020 07:00 AM PST  A horror the world must never forget.
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| Putin boasts about new Russian weapons, calls them defensive Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:24 AM PST  President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has developed unique offense weapons without the intention of starting a war with anyone but to maintain "strategic balance" and "strategic stability" in the world. The three-hour long interview marks Putin's 20 years in power and is being divided into 20 parts being released over a period of weeks and each dedicated to a separate issue. In episodes that have already been released, Russia's leader talked about the recent government reshuffle, Ukraine, mass protests in Moscow this summer and the use of modern technology.
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| California's rules for independent party voters could suppress the Bernie vote Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:46 PM PST  The state's arcane and complex voting system could steal hundreds of thousands of votes from Bernie SandersIn February, California mailed 3.7m primary ballots that, to the astonishment of many who received them, excluded the presidential candidates. These ballots do have candidates for all other primary races, including for Congress, but not the race for president.Within this mountain of primary ballots, artifacts of California's arcane and complex voting system, lies the potential to cripple the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders, the favored candidate among independent party voters.Particularly at risk of losing their vote are 18- to 24-year-olds and Latinx voters, groups that strongly favor "Tio Bernie". A quarter of independent voters, more than 1 million people, are Latinx, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.Even if Sanders, as expected, wins the plurality of California's votes, he could well be shorted out of hundreds of thousands of votes and scores of delegates. The other candidate at risk in California's odd, troubled balloting: Mike Bloomberg.How did this happen? While Californians, including independent voters, vote overwhelmingly for Democrats in general elections, 5.3 million Golden state voters register "NPP",: no party preference.These 5 million independents legally have the right to vote in the Democratic primary, but the Democratic party has created an inscrutable obstacle course for them to do so, one that amounts to another type of voter suppression.dividerThe problem begins with a postcard.Last autumn, all 5 million NPP voters were mailed a postcard allowing them to request a ballot with the Democratic party presidential choices. However, as many states have learned, postcards with voter information largely look like junk mail and get thrown out.If the independents don't respond to the postcards, they get a ballot without presidential choices. But they have one more chance to vote for a candidate in the primaries: at the ballot box.At the polling station, though, things remain confusing. According to rules set by the national Democratic party, the independent voters have to bring in their NPP ballot to the polling station and request to exchange it for a "crossover Democratic" ballot that lists the candidates.However, if the voter fails to ask for the "crossover" ballot by its specific name, the poll worker is barred from suggesting it and they won't receive it.Jen Abreu, a poll worker, told me about the disaster this created in 2016: "If this NPP voter did not specifically ask for a Democratic crossover ballot, they were given an official NPP ballot, which did not list presidential candidates."There's another, new way NPP voters may obtain a presidential ballot: re-register from NPP to Democrat right at the polling station on election day and thereby get a presidential ballot.However, this same day registration option is little known, not advertised by the state – and I found not a single sign at the four voting centers I visited that mentioned the new option.dividerWhat's the impact of this labyrinthine ballot dance? A lot, according to the statistician Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc, a private firm employed by both the Republican and Democratic parties.Mitchell recently completed a poll of 700 independent voters and found that while 61% wanted to vote in the Democratic primary, nearly half (45%) were clueless about how to get a Democratic ballot. Another third of NPP voters believed that they could not exchange their no-candidate ballots – though the law says they may.This year, hundreds of thousands of these voters have already mailed back the NPP ballot without presidential candidates because, according to Mitchell's polling, they assumed they had no ability to exchange it.This past week, Mitchell's pollsters also asked 300 NPP voters whom they'd vote for if they had obtained the correct ballot. About 26% preferred Sanders, which translates to 553,000 potential lost votes, by Mitchell's estimates. Mike Bloomberg, meanwhile, could come up 383,000 votes short.dividerThe Democratic National Committee chiefs, who created and uphold the rules, show little sympathy for the millions of non-Democrats who want to exercise their right to vote in their primary but refuse to register as Democrats.And that could be because they will continue to back only establishment candidates. Notably, Joe Biden is endorsed by the California official who directs this tragi-comic voting process, the secretary of state, Alex Padilla.By contrast, in Colorado, another vote-by-mail state, the secretary of state simply ignores the DNC, sending every independent voter both a Republican and a Democratic party primary ballot – providing an easy way to vote as they choose.Will California's voters choose the Democratic candidate ... or will the DNC obstacle course bend the outcome? * Greg Palast has investigated vote suppression for 20 years for the Guardian, Rolling Stone and the BBC's Newsnight
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| Americans are growing less confident in Trump's coronavirus response, poll shows Posted: 02 Mar 2020 02:12 PM PST  Approval ratings for the coronavirus response from President Trump and the Centers for Disease Control are dipping, a new poll released by Morning Consult on Monday shows.Of those surveyed, 49 percent approved of the job Trump is doing to prepare the U.S. for the virus, which is down 7 percent from the previous week's poll and 12 percent from earlier this month. His disapproval rating, meanwhile, jumped up from 27 percent to 37 percent.The CDC maintains a higher rating than the president, but it dropped 3 percent in Monday's poll. There was only a 1-point change in the agency's disapproval rating, however.> The U.S. Is Struggling to Contain Coronavirus. Voters Have Taken Notice https://t.co/UMUR35w8DO via @ymurad__ pic.twitter.com/qeErzIzSOS> > — Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) March 2, 2020Morning Consult notes the decline is likely a result of news about local outbreaks in the country, which include multiple deaths, as well as reports about false negative tests.The poll, conducted between Feb. 28 and March 1, surveyed 1,997 registered voters. The margin of error is two percentage points. Read more at Morning Consult.More stories from theweek.com The end of Chris Matthews The 3 most likely Super Tuesday outcomes 5 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's coronavirus response
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