NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Philip Haney, DHS whistleblower, found dead, police say. “Haney, 66, ‘appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound,’ the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.” Hmm.

Plus: “Haney, a former DHS agent, was also the author of ‘See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government’s Submission to Jihad.’ He was an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, specifically its handling of radical Jihadist elements and Islamic terrorism.”

POSTMODERN PROBLEMS: Stunning: A Delusional Socialist Just Blew Away the Democrat Competition in Nevada. Now What?

My worry is less that Sanders could win in the fall — although I don’t completely discount the possibility — but that there’s enough of a constituency for bolshevism in the Democratic rank-and-file that he could win the nomination.

This is when sane people might encourage the DNC to go Full Bill Clinton and cheat, cheat, cheat.

AT AMAZON, save in Health and Household.

Plus, spring deals on Cleaning Supplies.

ROGER KIMBALL: Mike Bloomberg, American Julianus. “The billionaire former New York City mayor is throwing a lot of money around and renouncing plenty of sensible positions to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nod. His effort to buy the presidency will fail.”

Plus: “In fact, I’d like to go on record here to say that for a mere $5 million, I would be happy to endorse Mike Bloomberg. I am not sure how valuable my endorsement would be, but I calculate that it represents only .0078125 percent of his $64 billion fortune. I hope he will consider it. I will happily supply wire instructions. I should add that I have many friends who would be delighted to help out the mayor with a similar offer.”

I would require at least ten million.

I AGREE.

UPDATE: You can assume that Trump would crush Bernie, and you’re probably right. But any major-party nominee, however lame, has a nonzero chance of becoming President, and that’s bad when we’re talking about a commie.

ANOTHER UPDATE: From Richard Fernandez:

WELL, HE’S NOT WRONG:

More: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews speculates Democrats may be better off with Trump as president than Sanders.

Plus, seen on Facebook:

OUCH:

THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOMINATE AN ACTUAL COMMUNIST A “DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST” FOR PRESIDENT, WON’T THEY? Bernie Sanders Wins the Nevada Caucus. He’s on Track To Win the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves as usual.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Coronavirus cases spike in South Korea and Italy, as China outbreak continues to grow.

Coronavirus live updates: China reports 648 new cases, infections in South Korea spike.

Fear, Isolation Cloaks Town At Centre Of Italy’s Coronavirus Outbreak.

US Issues Travel Advisories for Japan, South Korea Because of Coronavirus.

The Coronavirus May Affect Social Security’s COLA in 2021.

Coronavirus fears have pushed the US dollar to a three-year high.

Safety First: Giorgio Armani to Hold Empty Show Following Italian Coronavirus Outbreak.

Alabama FEMA facility will be used as coronavirus quarantine center.

Coronavirus evacuees in Alabama: What you need to know about FEMA’s Anniston facility.

UPDATE: Just saw this on Facebook.

Plus: Coronavirus: Italy imposes strict lockdown in outbreak hotspots. “A dozen towns in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto have been effectively quarantined under the plan. Around 50,000 people from towns in two northern regions have been asked to stay at home by authorities. . . . Mr Conte said it would now be forbidden to enter or leave the outbreak areas, unless special permission was granted.”

Also: Coronavirus outbreak edges closer to pandemic status.

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? What should we do if a ‘planet-killer’ asteroid takes aim at Earth?

IT LOOKS LIKE AN OUTTAKE FROM THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN: Coronavirus flight from hell for American Diamond Princess passengers, as seen in photos.

AS BERNIE SANDERS CRUSHES NEVADA, NEVERTRUMPER BILL KRISTOL SEEMS TO HAVE BUYER’S REMORSE:

Earlier: Why do NeverTrumpers think they can run the Democratic party?

IT’S A PLANET, DAMMIT. Pluto was discovered 90 years ago this week. Controversy about its identity rages on.

ROGER SIMON: Crap Shoot: Caucusing at the Bellagio.

YA THINK? Maybe Global Supply Chains Were A Bad Idea: The coronavirus outbreak exposes the peril of far-flung parts networks and the risk of paralysis.

NEVADA CAUCUS MINIDRUNKBLOG: Results are coming in fast.

WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED LAS VEGAS? Chris Matthews compares Bernie’s likely victory in Nevada to the Nazis conquering France in 1940:

“I’m reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940 and the General Renault calls up Churchill and says ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘how can it be? You got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said ‘It’s over.’ So I had that suppressed feeling. I can’t be as wild as Carville but he is damn smart and I think he’s damn right on this one.”

Responding to James Carville, “‘You’re describing what sounds a lot like political suicide,’ said ‘Deadline: White House’ host Nicolle Wallace. ‘I think we need a psychologist to understand that.’” Video at link.

Flashback: Kevin Williamson in 2015 on “Bernie’s Strange Brew of Nationalism and Socialism.”

A year later, MSNBC Pushed Socialist Sanders as ‘Not Radical.’

THE JIHAD MURDER IN FLORIDA YOU HEARD NOTHING ABOUT:

A 17-year-old, Corey Johnson, murdered a 13-year-old, Jovanni Alexander Sierra, and stabbed two others in Florida in 2018, and this week it was reported that the victim’s family is suing the Publix grocery store chain for selling Johnson the knife, as the sale violated a Florida law that prohibits the sale of knives to anyone under age 18. That’s all well and good, but there is a good deal more to this story: this was a jihad massacre committed in the name of Islam and in accord with its teachings, but it has been swept under the rug. Apparently it doesn’t fit the establishment media narrative.

Read the whole thing. Evergreen:

WOMEN, WHO ARE BIOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT FROM MEN, DON’T PROCESS ALCOHOL AS WELL AS MEN, BUT NOW DRINK LIKE MEN, AND PAY A PRICE FOR IGNORING BIOLOGY: Study: Alcohol-linked deaths soar in U.S., hit women hardest.

CORN, POPPED: Bernie Bros Are LOSING IT: Nevada Caucus Workers Asked to Sign NDAs Barring Them from Talking to Media.

BETTING THE HOUSE ON RED: Odds Favor Sanders in Nevada Amid Claims of Russian Backing.

UPDATE: Ouch: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews wonders if moderate Dems will pass on Bernie and wait four years for a candidate they like.

Earlier: Bernie Sanders calls out MSNBC over campaign coverage.

Related: Investors Are Getting Worried About a Sanders vs Trump Election.

I SAW A TOM STEYER AD LAST NIGHT AND I WAS LIKE “HE’S STILL RUNNING?” Democrat Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Chickens Out of Interview with The Tennessee Star Report’s Michael Patrick Leahy.

SHOULD YOU EVEN BOTHER TO CARRY A RELOAD? “Let’s get this out in the open: You can count the number of private-citizen defensive gun uses in the U.S. when a rapid reload made the difference between a dead good guy and a live one without taking off both mittens. Reloading a handgun mid-gunfight, outside of a military or law enforcement context is pretty unlikely.”

FROZEN OR ON THE ROCKS? CHEERS TO NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY!