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Department of Homeland Security:
Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf's Statement on Presidential Proclamation To Protect the Homeland from Travel-Related Coronavirus Spread  —  (WASHINGTON) Today President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation, which suspends the entry of most foreign nationals …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Speech Shows He Has No Idea What to Do About the Coronavirus  —  Guiding the United States through a pandemic would be a difficult task for any president under any circumstance.  The challenge has grown more forbidding by barriers decades in the making — the skeletal social safety net …
Discussion: Mediaite and CNN
Washington Post:
Besieged Trump announces Europe travel ban in effort to stem coronavirus pandemic
Discussion: Associated Press
CBS News:
President Trump announces landmark restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Trump's travel ban sidesteps his own European resorts
Laura McGann / Vox:   Trump's coronavirus speech was laced with xenophobia
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump calls coronavirus a ‘foreign virus’ in Oval Office address
Washington Post:   White House suspends travel from most of Europe to the United States beginning Friday
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump fears emergency declaration would contradict coronavirus message  —  President Donald Trump is reluctant to declare an expansive emergency to combat the escalating coronavirus outbreak, fearful of stoking panic with such a dramatic step, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: Facing virus outbreak, Trump's tactics fall short  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The escalating coronavirus crisis is presenting President Donald Trump with a challenge for which he appears ill-equipped, his favorite political tactics ineffective and his reelection chances in jeopardy.
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:   BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump will address the nation tonight and FINALLY promises 'to use …
Tomas Pueyo:
Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now  —  Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?  —  With everything that's happening about the Coronavirus, it might be very hard to make a decision of what to do today.  Should you wait for more information?  Do something today?
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus forecasts are grim: 'It's going to get worse'  —  A rash of alarming forecasts about the coronavirus pandemic emerged Wednesday.  The viral outbreak officially became a pandemic in the eyes of the World Health Organization, which cited the alarming spread of the disease called covid-19 …
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Raw Story
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive With Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits ‘Elvis Presley’ Film  —  EXCLUSIVE: We have just received word that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were tested positive for the Coronavirus.  Both were down in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann's untitled Elvis Presley film …
Reuters:
Exclusive: White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch could save lives by forcing Fox News to tell the truth about coronavirus — right now  —  The insidious feedback loop between President Trump and Fox News is no secret.  —  When Trump says “jump,” the network leaps into action.  And what the president hears on Fox often dictates …
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New York Times:
How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward  —  The legislation put forth by Democrats would guarantee 14 days of paid leave for workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Democrats hoping to pass an emergency paid sick leave bill to deal with the fallout …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Seething Over Having to Work With Pelosi on a Coronavirus Response  —  Among other things, the president fears that the House Speaker would use a private meeting to try and embarrass him.  —  All of official Washington has come to an agreement that swift, bold action is needed …
Washington Post:
Trump urged Mnuchin to pressure Fed's Powell on economic stimulus in explosive tirade about coronavirus  —  President Trump, in an explosive tirade Monday, urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to encourage Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell to do more to stimulate the economy …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Week
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Bloomberg:
Trump Likely to Reveal Sick Leave, Tax Extension Plan for Virus
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Is Unlikely to Endorse Bernie Sanders.  Here's Why.  —  Though Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders agree on many progressive issues, her campaign has highlighted a rift over how they build political coalitions.  And she doesn't think he can win.  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Mother Jones
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Republican tries to get doctor to downplay coronavirus threat — and it backfires spectacularly  —  One Republican lawmaker's attempt to downplay the threat posed by coronavirus blew up in his face on Thursday when a top government expert on infectious diseases told him that the threat is very real.
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Associated Press:   The Latest: Italy premier urges people not to hoard food
The Daily Beast:
Chelsea Manning Recovering After Trying to Take Her Own Life in Jail, Lawyers Say  —  ‘UNWAVERING’  —  Chelsea Manning tried to take her life on March 11, her legal team told The Daily Beast.  “She was taken to a hospital and is currently recovering,” said the statement from her legal team, which is helmed by Moira Meltzer-Cohen.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Chelsea Manning Attempted Suicide in Jail, Is Recovering, Lawyers Say
Discussion: Law & Crime
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
The Week Bernie Sanders Realized He Was Losing  —  BURLINGTON, Vermont — The hard reality of Tuesday night wasn't losing.  —  And he did lose.  He lost Idaho.  He lost Missouri.  He lost Mississippi so badly that it appears he will barely pick up delegates.
CNBC:
Dow futures drop more than 800 points as Trump speech disappoints investors  —  Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes fell early Thursday after an address from President Donald Trump failed to quell concerns over the possible economic slowdown from the coronavirus.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Wall Street Journal:
Stocks Approach Bear Market As Dow Falls More Than 5%
Discussion: The Week and POLITICUSUSA
Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days  —  An employee disinfects the glass cover of a butcher counter to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in a food store in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 11, 2020.  For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild …
Mara Gay / New York Times:
My People Have Been Through Worse Than a Twitter Mob  —  When you're a black woman in America with a public voice, a trivial math error can lead to a deluge of hate.  —  Mara Gay is a member of the editorial board.  —  Late Thursday night, I appeared on TV.  On Friday morning, I woke up to a text message from a friend.
Washington Post:
The first U.S. layoffs from the coronavirus are here  —  Job losses have begun in ports, bakeries and travel agencies.  Economists worry more layoffs are coming as businesses see plummeting sales.  —  Hundreds of Americans lost jobs this week as the coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll …
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Trump's Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say  —  Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica's investigations into the president's business practices.  —  The Trump Organization paid bribes, through middlemen, to New York City tax assessors to lower …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Law & Crime and Raw Story
1100 Pennsylvania:
Trump, Pence posed with Brazilian official now suspected of having coronavirus  —  Report: Bolsonaro's press secretary, who was at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, now has coronavirus-like symptoms  —  This weekend at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence posed for a photo …
The Economist:
Graphic detail  —  POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP has penetrated nearly every facet of American life.  Today it influences not only Americans' decisions at the ballot box, but also their views on race, immigration, the environment and helping the poor.  Even scientific beliefs now fall along partisan lines.
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Citing caution on coronavirus, Trump cancels trip to influential Jewish coalition event in Las Vegas  —  President Trump has canceled a three-day trip to Nevada and Colorado, including a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, due to “an abundane of caution” over the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: FOX5 Las Vegas
Blair Miller / KOAA-TV:
Colorado's first drive-up COVID-19 testing facility opens in Denver, is free of charge  —  People will need to have doctor's note saying they meet criteria for testing  —  DENVER - Colorado's first drive-up testing facility for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) opened Wednesday …
Discussion: TheDenverChannel.com
Mark Landler / New York Times:
A Fumbled Global Response to the Virus in a Leadership Void  —  While world leaders are at last speaking out about the gravity of the pandemic, their voices are less a choir than a cacophony, with the United States absent from its traditional conductor role.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate staffer tests positive for coronavirus  —  A staffer in Sen. Maria Cantwell's D.C. office has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Washington Democratic senator announced on Wednesday night.  —  The announcement marks the first known instance of a congressional staffer getting …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
A ‘New Normal’ for Hospitals on the Front Lines Fighting Coronavirus  —  A look inside the suburban hospital in Kirkland, Wash., where 15 coronavirus patients have died.  —  KIRKLAND, Wash. — At 6:04 p.m. on Tuesday night, the staff at EvergreenHealth in Washington State got another warning …
Discussion: The Verge
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chairman cancels Hunter Biden-related subpoena vote  —  Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) cancelled a vote scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on a subpoena stemming from his months-long probe into Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings.
Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity: It “may be true” that the “deep state” is using coronavirus to manipulate markets, suppress dissent and push mandated medicines  —  As an MIT PhD in Biological Engineering who studies & does research nearly every day on the Immune System, the #coronavirus fear mongering …
 
 
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Mohara / The Office of Governor Larry Hogan:
Governor Hogan Announces New Cases of COVID-19 in Maryland, Additional Actions
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Kristin Huang / South China Morning Post:
Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor says officials muzzled her for sharing report on WeChat
Discussion: Breitbart
Tom Cotton / National Review:
Joe Biden Is China's Choice for President
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Trump to Question Travel Policies to Europe
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Federal Taxes and Spending Set Records Through February
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Iranian, Russian, Chinese Media Push COVID-19 ‘Bioweapon’ Conspiracies
Billy Corriher / The Supreme Courts:
Georgia governor cancels high court election, plans to fill the seat himself
Politico:
A remote White House? Trump team weighs teleworking
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Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Broadway Usher Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Post
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Young people capitalize on cheap coronavirus flights: ‘If I die, I die’
Discussion: New York Post
Axios:
Congressional doctor predicts 70-150 million U.S. coronavirus cases
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