Democrat departs race after poor showing in South CarolinaFull report: Pete Buttigieg drops out of 2020 raceWhat is Super Tuesday? Your guide to the nightSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 2.01pm GMT This looks like a chewy read to keep you busy for a bit over a coffee. Atlantic magazine have just published their cover story for April online. By George Packer, he is arguing that “The president is winning his war on American institutions”.The [political class] were too sophisticated to see Trump’s special political talents—his instinct for every adversary’s weakness, his fanatical devotion to himself, his knack for imposing his will, his sheer staying power…They didn’t grasp the readiness of large numbers of Americans to accept, even relish, Trump’s contempt for democratic norms and basic decency. It took the arrival of such a leader to reveal how many things that had always seemed engraved in monumental stone turned out to depend on those flimsy norms, and how much the norms depended on public opinion. Their vanishing exposed the real power of the presidency. 1.51pm GMT It is difficult to over-estimate the importance of Super Tuesday tomorrow. 14 states across the country – Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia – as well as one US territory (American Samoa) and Democrats abroad will cast their votes on the same day. Related: What is Super Tuesday? Your guide to the night Related: California primary: what to know before the most populous state votes Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…