02/24/2020 05:10 CDT

DEEP STATE BACKTRACKS ON RUSSIA BRIEFING; SANDERS’ VICTORY IN NEVADA MOVES DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT ONE STEP CLOSER TO MELTDOWN; BLOOMBERG SAGS

TODAY’S TOP TEN

MORE RUSSIA DISINFORMATION FROM DEEP STATE

GRENELL CALLS DNI’S BLUFF AND UNCOVERS overstated briefing on Russian interference. The Last Refuge.

• Deep State snakes slither back. Michael Goodwin.

SANDERS TORCHES THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, cruises to victory in Nevada Caucus. Free Beacon.

• “Nearly insurmountable … ” Politico.

BIDEN DENIES CALLING SOUTH CAROLINA his firewall despite evidence to the contrary. Free Beacon.

DEMOCRAT ELIZABETH WARREN REVERSES COURSE and accepts Super PAC money. Power Line.

BAD NEWS FOR BLOOMBERG AS POST-DEBATE POLL shows staggering fall in favorability. Daily Wire.

BLOOMBERG MONEY MANAGER STEVE RATTNER uses media appearances to attack boss’s rivals. The Intercept.

DEVIN NUNES SUING WASHINGTON POST over “garbage report.” American Greatness.

INTEL OFFICIAL K.T. MCFARLAND SAYS MUELLER’S prosecutors traumatized her. The Tennessee Star.

NOAA’S ADJUSTED U.S. DATA TURNS SUMMER COOLING into summer warming. Real Climate Science.

NBC’S CHUCK TODD WAS AMY KLOBUCHAR’S landlord in Arlington, Virginia. The Federalist.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Picture for Democrats is getting darker by the day. Conrad Black.
• Stone sentencing ends fake Russian collusion. Andrew McCarthy.
• Roger Stone deserves a new trial. Jonathan Turley.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Liberal MSNBC host frets Democrats not far left enough on “climate change.” NewsBusters.
• Gowdy: I don’t know anyone who thinks Russia prefers Trump over Sanders. Breitbart.
• Radcliffe: Democrats are spreading Russian propaganda. Real Clear Politics.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Woman wins $100,000 lottery prize after taking grandfather’s advice. CBS 2 Chicago.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@ggreenwald) It’s basically satire at this point. Anonymous intelligence officials leak to the media evidence-free and utterly vague claims that Russia supports whichever candidates they hate, and we’re all supposed to just swallow it uncritically because of their history for truthfulness: Tweet.
• (@mickhsmith) Wind turbines, apart from the fibreglass blades, are made mostly of steel, with concrete bases. They need about 200 times as much material per unit of capacity as a modern combined cycle gas turbine. Steel and cement are made using coal. Take note Eco Warriors. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM FRIDAY

• CONSERVATIVE COFFEE SHOP AIMS TO PROVIDE alternative to “typical liberal American coffee establishments.” TheBlaze.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

• IT'S THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS NOW! REVOLUTION ON LEFT Drudge.