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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was a Cry for Help  —  An unnerving revelation struck me as I watched the president* deliver his address to the nation on Wednesday night concerning this country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.  At this point in his woebegone administration* …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Sparks ‘Total Chaos’ in His Own Administration  —  U.S. officials overseas didn't even know if they were allowed home and got little clarity from the president's team after his new policy was unveiled.  —  President Donald Trump's Oval Office address Wednesday evening …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
A President Unequal to the Moment  —  Crises clarify.  The bigger the crisis, the more the clarity, which is why the incompetence, dishonesty, and sheer callousness of the Trump Presidency have been clearer in recent days than ever before.  As the coronavirus, as of Wednesday an official pandemic …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Coronavirus is the Trump catastrophe we've been terrified of  —  President Donald Trump speaking from the White House in Washington, DC, February 7, 2017.  Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images  —  It's Hurricane Maria all over again, but the storm is coming for us all.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Who could have predicted Trump would be such a bad crisis manager? Everyone, actually.
Discussion: USA Today, IJR and The Week
Lauren Fruen / Daily Mail:   The panic came after Donald Trump addressed the Nation from the Oval Office about the widening crisis of the coronavirus
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Trump's travel ban sidesteps his own European resorts
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Says Some Domestic Travel Could Be Curtailed, and Senate Cancels Recess  —  A Brazilian official tested positive days after being with the president and Vice President Mike Pence, as Americans returning from Europe are grappling with the prospect of self-quarantine for 14 days.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump and Pence Won't Be Tested After Meeting With Infected Brazilian Official  —  “Both the president and vice president had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive,” the White House press secretary said.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump will not be tested …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Brazilian official who met Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago tests positive for coronavirus
Anthony Boadle / Reuters:
Brazilian official who met Trump testing for coronavirus - paper
Politico:
Pelosi and Mnuchin race to clinch a deal on coronavirus aid package  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are moving swiftly to try to reach a deal on a massive emergency aid package for Americans affected by the coronavirus, negotiating in dramatic fashion …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
America shuts down  —  Financial markets are careening.
Discussion: Politico
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn't Such a Hassle  —  In the United States, little if anything about the testing has been efficient or convenient.  In Australia, it is free and widely available.  —  SYDNEY, Australia — Tom Hanks had a cold, or so he thought: slight fever, body aches, chills, the usual.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump's Europe Travel Ban Is Met With Confusion and Anger
Washington Post:
Coronavirus burial pits so vast they're visible from space … Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness outside of China — evidence of unusual activity appeared at a cemetery near where the infections emerged.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disneyland Closing in Response to Coronavirus  —  The 65-year-old theme park in Anaheim, Calif., has suspended operations on only three prior occasions.  —  LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it would close the Disneyland resort in Anaheim for the first time since …
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Tariro Mzezewa / New York Times:
'If I'm Going to Get Sick and Die, I Might as Well Do It at Disney World'
Discussion: The Hill
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
CDC tested only 77 people this week; coronavirus testing slow around the nation  —  WASHINGTON — Despite insistent promises from the Trump administration, coronavirus testing in the United States appears to be proceeding with a marked lack of urgency.  An examination of state and federal records …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed to Inject $1.5 Trillion in Bid to Prevent ‘Unusual Disruptions’ in Markets  —  Move designed to prevent ominous trading conditions stemming from the coronavirus outbreak  —  The Federal Reserve said it would inject more than $1.5 trillion of temporary liquidity into Wall Street on Thursday …
Discussion: The Week, Common Dreams and The Wrap
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed to pump in more than $1 trillion in dramatic ramping up of market intervention amid coronavirus meltdown
Discussion: TechCrunch
CNN:
Coalition airstrikes underway against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq  —  (CNN)US-led coalition airstrikes are underway against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to a US official.  —  The strikes come one day after the US assessed an Iranian-backed group …
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Pentagon awaiting decision from Trump on how to respond to deadly rocket attack in Iraq
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Stocks Plunge 10% In Dow's Worst Day Since 1987  —  Benchmarks slide as S&P, Nasdaq join Dow in bear-market territory  —  The U.S. stocks selloff that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a bear market worsened Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic threatened to deeply harm global growth.
Discussion: The Week, VICE and Common Dreams
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Bloomberg:   U.S. Stocks Sink in Worst Day Since Black Monday: Market Wrap
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail  —  Chelsea Manning will be released from jail after a federal judge determined that her testimony was no longer necessary against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.  —  The grand jury investigating the anti-secrecy group is no longer active …
Discussion: Raw Story and Common Dreams
Phillip M. Bailey / Courier-Journal:
Mitch McConnell rejects Democrat's coronavirus plan as liberal ‘wish list’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a proposal aimed at extending paid sick leave and other ideas to combat the coronavirus pandemic is nothing but an “ideological wish list” for House Democrats.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Lee Fang / The Intercept:
GOP Lawmaker Who Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida Takes Paid Leave From Congress
Discussion: New York Times
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus  —  A top health official in Ohio estimated on Thursday that more than 100,000 people in the state currently have coronavirus, a shockingly high number that underscores the limited testing so far.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Joe Biden appoints Jen O'Malley Dillon as new campaign manager  —  Former vice president Joe Biden has named Jen O'Malley Dillon as his new campaign manager, a major shake-up that comes just as the party's leading candidate plans a major organizational expansion to prepare for the general election …
Joe Biden for President:
THE BIDEN PLAN TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE GLOBAL HEALTH THREATS  —  For more information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the coronavirus, please visit here.  —  The American people deserve an urgent, robust, and professional response …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus  —  New York (CNN Business)As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald Trump —  had one place they could go to for some sense of solace: Fox News.
The Boston Globe:
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  —  Symptoms Travel warnings Ask a question Live updates More coverage  —  Despite assurances from Governor Charlie Baker and top state health officials, Massachusetts doctors say a severe shortage of tests for Covid-19 is hindering efforts to control the local coronavirus outbreak.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Mr. President, Shut Up About Coronavirus  —  Trump can't stop himself from spreading misinformation.  So the first way to slow this pandemic is for him to just stop talking about it.  —  Doug Mills/Getty Images  —  As a self-designated, one-man task force assigned to smother …
Washington Post:
'I'm a hand-shaker': Many older Americans are playing down the coronavirus threat while others opt for safety  —  As experts plead for social distancing, some seniors continue to get together for movies, Zumba and concerts  —  At her home in The Villages, a sprawling central Florida retirement community …
The Seattle Times:
Inslee to order all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns  —  Gov. Jay Inslee is planning to announce the closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties for more than a month …
Discussion: Chalkbeat and The Hill
 
 
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Terry Gross / NPR:
White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A ‘Major Threat’ — But Response Fell Short
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Sanders warns of coronavirus ‘meltdown’ on par with World War II
New York Times:
How the Coronavirus Changed the 2020 Political Campaign
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
Omar marries political consultant, months after affair claim
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Sanders wins delegate-rich California, NBC News projects
Discussion: CNN, UPI and Townhall
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's Oval Office speech did the opposite of what it was supposed to do
Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Miami Herald:
At Miami's public hospital, doctors and nurses ‘begging’ to do coronavirus tests
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Senate Republicans were for Biden's anti-corruption efforts before they were against them
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Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Pastor says only “sissies” & “pansies” wash their hands to prevent coronavirus
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump passes coronavirus test with flying colors
 

 
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