Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• Coronavirus cases have now reached over 100,000, with over 3,300 people who have died.

• U.S. futures point to a deeply negative open. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield dropped below 0.8% for the first time ever.

• The final jobs report before coronavirus took hold showed a strong U.S. economy that added 273,000 jobs in February, and the jobless rate fell to 3.5%

• Romney is in position to deliver another vote against Trump, this time to block Trump from spinning up an investigation into Joe Biden and his son.

THE ELECTION

• Liz Warren’s exit and the role of women in U.S. politics.

• Bloomberg plans new group to support Dem nominee.

• What happened to Bernie’s 2016 turf?

THE COMMENT

“The DSA has grown 10-fold since Bernie’s campaign in 2016. And it’s going to keep growing regardless of what happens in 2020,” Kristin Porter, a 33-year-old paralegal in Ohio said at a happy hour organized by the Columbus chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. “That’s the difference between Obama and Bernie — this isn’t about the success of one person, it’s about the success of a movement. Bernie is building a movement that will be able to take power back. It’s just a matter of time.”

THE STRANGEST

• A Massachusetts school had been using electric shocks to condition students’ behavior for decades.

THE AV ROOM

• JUST TRYING TO DO A SOUND CHECK

• AMBER ALERT

• DID NOT DO THE MATH