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March 2, 2020

New: EMILY's List endorses Elizabeth Warren for president shortly after Amy Klobuchar's exit...

New: EMILY's List endorses Elizabeth Warren for president shortly after Amy Klobuchar's exit makes her the last major woman candidate left in the Democratic race.



https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1234597329849737217
February 29, 2020

Exclusive: U.S. weighs restrictions at border with Mexico over coronavirus threat

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering imposing entry restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border to control the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, according to two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials.

Mexico’s government said on Friday it had detected three cases of coronavirus infection in three men who had all recently traveled to Italy, making the country the second in Latin America to register the fast-spreading virus.

The concern over containing the virus at the southern U.S. border comes as the Trump administration also weighs possible restrictions on the entry of travelers from South Korea, Italy and Japan.

The White House on Friday ordered the DHS to draft a range of options to respond to outbreaks in those countries, according to one of the officials and a third DHS official, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss the deliberations.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-mexico-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-weighs-restrictions-at-border-with-mexico-over-coronavirus-threat-idUSKBN20N0WP



https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1233822070724796418
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1233825603725529089
February 29, 2020

POTUS has told aides that Azar and others have an "alarmist" view of the virus. He has wanted...

POTUS has told aides that Azar and others have an "alarmist" view of the virus. He has wanted little to do with providing information about it himself, according to multiple officials. But watching others deliver info, he has the impulse to put himself in front of the podium.

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1233818991191347207
February 29, 2020

Trump got irritated when a (visibly pregnant) reporter from NBC, @HallieJackson, slipped quietly...

At one point during a lengthy pool spray shortly ago in the Cabinet Room, Trump got irritated when a (visibly pregnant) reporter from NBC, @HallieJackson, slipped quietly out of the room.

He said NBC is worse than CNN, and that he made lots of money for NBC with The Apprentice.

He re-upped the attack again soon after, saying it was "pretty pathetic" that the NBC reporter had slipped out of the room.

(I don't know why she left. But reporters had been standing for nearly 90 minutes, either outside the room or in it.)


https://twitter.com/josh_wingrove/status/1233175340060696577



February 28, 2020

School policy forbids kids from saying 'no' when asked to dance

One mom is fighting back on behalf of her 11-year-old daughter.

Alicia Hobson’s 11-year-old daughter, Azlyn, was counting down the days until the Valentine’s Day dance at her Utah middle school.

“She was so excited she could barely sleep,” Hobson told TODAY Parents, noting that the sixth grader picked out her outfit a week ahead of time.

"It was supposed to be the best day ever," Hobson, 37, said.

But it wasn't.

That afternoon, when Azlyn got home, she had an "emotional explosion" in the kitchen, while recounting how a boy who makes her uncomfortable had asked her to dance.

“She politely said, ‘No thank you,’” Hobson revealed. The problem? At Rich Middle School in Laketown, Utah, it's against the rules to say "no," and principal Kip Motta allegedly intervened when he heard Azlyn decline the invitation at the dance.

“He said something like, ‘No, no. You kids go out and dance,’” Hobson revealed. “He basically shooed Azlyn and the boy off onto the dance floor.”

https://www.today.com/parents/sixth-grader-utah-couldn-t-say-no-when-asked-dance-t174793
February 28, 2020

When you try to fake-like black people and suddenly remember you left the tiki torches out in the...

When you try to fake-like black people and suddenly remember you left the tiki torches out in the living room



https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1233441538518089731

I can't even.
February 27, 2020

INBOX: "Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will make a major political announcement at the 2020 Con...

INBOX: "Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will make a major political announcement at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference."

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1233051227027640321

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