BERNIE SANDERS IS THE CORBYNIZER: Sanders calls Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘racist’ during Democratic debate.

(Classical reference in headline.)

HELL, IT’S NOT GONNA BE EASY TO KEEP OURS RUNNING: How Do You Keep China’s Economy Running With 750 Million in Quarantine? “The ‘demon virus’ threat has rattled the confidence of many Chinese in the regime’s ability to protect people’s lives and jobs.”

SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76! Biden says 150 million people killed by guns since 2007. “That number, if it were true, would be significant as the Census Bureau estimated the U.S. population was 329.45 million in 2019.”

UGH: ‘We are starting to see in Italy what we hoped we wouldn’t see,’ says Mayo Vaccine Research Group physician.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

U.S. SOLDIER TESTS POSITIVE TO CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH KOREA.

I HAVEN’T WATCHED TONIGHT’S DEBATE, BUT THIS TAKE FROM A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK SOUNDS APT: “So much for the ‘return dignity to the White House’ trope. Sheesh, what a low-rent crew.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: From another friend: “I haven’t watched all the Dem debate tonight, but I’ve seen enough to see one thing clearly. The main reason Comrade Sanders is leading is that the rest of the field is absolutely terrible. Between Vice President Yells at Clouds, the Fake Indian, the Boy Mayor of a Town Smaller than Round Rock, the two Movie Supervillains and the Forgettable Senator, this is surely the weakest major party presidential field ever.”

OPEN THREAD: Make this one special.

“HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING AND A GOOD FRIEND.”

Michelle might want to say that she didn’t know, but everyone knew.

WOW: “Almost half of all blacks and Hispanics who attend Harvard were admitted because of illegal racial preferences in admissions according to a brief just filed by the Department of Justice.”

SPACE: NASA preparing for long-duration SpaceX commercial crew test flight.

MULTIPLICITY: Watch Side-by-Side Video of Re-Pete Buttigieg and Obama Giving the Same Speech.

“You know how when you make a copy of a copy, it’s not as sharp as… well… the original.”

‘PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1:’ Bernie-Bro Mark Ruffalo Invites Other Countries To Stop Trump’s Election.

Is Ruffalo really in any position to make such a request, given the racist industry of which he’s a part? Mark Ruffalo: ‘Hollywood has been white supremacist for 100 years.’

Related: Seven Awkward Questions the Press Should Ask Mark Ruffalo.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Emily Halnon: My boyfriend’s wedding dress unveiled my own shortcomings over masculinity. “Those feelings illuminated some unanticipated boundaries of where I define attractiveness in men and when I still crave traditional masculinity. I realized I wanted less dress and more flannel shirts, trucker hats and sandstone Carhartts. . . . My boyfriend’s wedding dress pushed me to perform a scrupulous inventory of my deepest ideas about masculinity and helped me identify my shortfalls as a woman who wants to help rewrite gender norms. As I went through this exercise, I chatted with a handful of girlfriends about it, who could all identify their own small hang-ups with masculinity: their need for men who are bigger and taller than they are, or who are better than them at sports, or who don’t cry in front of them.” It’s hilarious, and sad, that she’s been conditioned to feel guilty about this.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus in China die of both infection and fatigue. “The rate of new infections and deaths overall appears to be slowing in China. But the toll on medical workers reflects the harrowing costs of a politically delayed response that overwhelmed Wuhan and Hubei’s healthcare systems. Hospital staff were left underprotected, overworked and increasingly vulnerable, even as they became the touchstones between a frightened public and a misdirected government.”

Coronavirus latest updates: WHO mission director warns world is ‘simply not ready.’

Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy.

Austria Seals off Innsbruck Hotel After Reporting First Two Coronavirus Cases.

UK schools close as coronavirus panic spreads across Europe.

Cruise Ship Denied Entry to Cayman Islands.

Could a coronavirus pandemic be stopped? US warns of ‘severe’ disruptions.

Coronavirus monitoring systems strained to the extreme.

Was Coronavirus Made In a Lab? The DHS Can’t Rule It Out.

CDC expects eventual community spread of coronavirus in US.

CDC hopes the coronavirus outbreak is seasonal like the flu and subsides in the summer. Yeah, me too.

How to Prepare for the Coronavirus.

Sen. Mike Braun on coronavirus spread: ‘I think we’ve got the infrastructure and we are prepared.’

The coronavirus is tanking the stock market. Here’s what not to do.

US Economy Takes Hit in Wake of Coronavirus Spread. We’re not in the “wake” yet. Maybe the bow wave.

Electronics manufacturers expect coronavirus to delay shipments for several weeks, trade group finds.

DRUNK SOBERBLOG: Liveblogging the South Carolina Democratic Debate.

I’m unavailable tonight, so Tyler O’Neil is taking on the liveblog duties. I don’t know what he’s drinking, but let’s hope it’s strong.

PLUS: Devastating: Trump PAC Uses Obama to Eviscerate Biden’s Support Among Black Voters in SC.

Related (From Ed): Live at 8 p.m. ET: Nuke the commie: “If you’ve avoided the Democratic debates until now, here’s your — likely — last chance to watch one that counts. The next debate won’t happen until March 15, long after the Super Tuesday states will have voted. Bernie will be there; Mike Bloomberg will almost certainly be there; Pete Buttigieg will *probably* be there. But that may be it. If the Sanders express rolls through South Carolina on Saturday, taking out Biden and Tom Steyer, and then speeds to a bunch of victories seven days from now on Super Tuesday, that’s probably it for Warren and Klobuchar. Mayor Pete might stick around a bit longer, enticed by the prospect of a three-way debate where he’d be the clear middle option between the socialist Bernie and the plutocrat Bloomy. But unless something happens to change the trajectory of the primary tonight and on Saturday, when South Carolina votes, that mid-March debate won’t matter. Bernie will be home free.”

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE MONEY: San Francisco declares local emergency amid coronavirus outbreak. “This declaration will help the city get resources they need to respond to an outbreak. . . . Three people have been treated for the coronavirus in the city. None of the patients are San Francisco residents.”

UPDATE (From Ed): To be fair, we are talking about San Francisco, after all: Fecal transmission may be responsible for coronavirus’s rapid spread.

DEMOCRACY DIES IN PROJECTION: ‘WTF. Really?’ WaPo sure picked an interesting photo to accompany its story about ‘racist rumors about coronavirus:’

“Nothing to see here, just [the Post] running an article about ‘racist rumors about coronavirus’…featuring an Orthodox Jew in the foreground!”

FILE UNDER THINGS I HOPE ARE TRUE: Larry Kudlow says US has contained the coronavirus and the economy is holding up nicely. Kudlow has done an excellent job, and I like him personally, but nobody knows whether we’ve contained the coronavirus successfully, or where the economy is headed, at this point. On the other hand, I guess he’s expected to say stuff like this, to the point that it might promote panic if he didn’t. . . .

OF COURSE.

Here’s the link.

FLORIDA DEMOCRATS SUE TO KEEP BERNIE SANDERS OFF PRIMARY BALLOT.

ATTEMPTED BOMBING AT PENTAGON STOPPED BY POLICE.

HMM: Debating the Value of PSA Prostate Screening.

HE’S NOT WRONG: Bloomberg in Closed-Door Meeting: Warren Is ‘Scary’ and the Left Will ‘Set Up the Guillotines.’