Top Items:
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Contrary to Trump's claim, Google is not building a nationwide coronavirus screening website — Instead, Verily is building a triage website just for the Bay Area — Google is not working with the US government in building a nationwide website to help people determine whether …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Raw Story, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, Sputnik News, Slate, Spectator USA, Political Flare, Protocol, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Variety, Bloomberg and POLITICUSUSA
RELATED:
Wired:
Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement — Google's not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website. And the company had no idea the president would say it was. — President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US government's coronavirus testing apparatus …
Discussion:
Letters from an American, CBS San Francisco, CNBC, New Republic, Vox and The Independent, more at Techmeme »
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump's False Claims About His Response to the Coronavirus — The president inaccurately described travel restrictions he had announced, falsely blamed his predecessor for testing shortages and misstated the role Google was playing in mitigating the outbreak.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones, Morning Consult, Defense One, ScreenRant and GeekWire
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus? — Donald Trump insists that he's fine. He feels “extremely good,” in fact, and also “very good.” He'd be happy to get a coronavirus test, he said Friday, if one were ever needed. But, he tells us, there's no reason. The president is doing great.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Trump defiant on testing and handshakes even as third Mar-a-Lago case emerges — President Trump said Friday that he has not yet been tested for the novel coronavirus, even as three people who were with him at the Mar-a-Lago Club last weekend have now tested positive. — Trump said he would be tested “fairly soon.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Politico and The Hill
BuzzFeed News:
A Map Of The Coronavirus Exposures In Trump's Orbit In Just Two Weeks — A growing number of people in President Donald Trump's orbit have been in contact with someone known to be infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus — with a few testing positive themselves.
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications
Washington Post:
Live updates: Third Mar-a-Lago guest tests positive for coronavirus; Pentagon halts domestic travel
Live updates: Third Mar-a-Lago guest tests positive for coronavirus; Pentagon halts domestic travel
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them — Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging. Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks. — On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States …
Chris Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Fox Business Host Trish Regan on Hiatus After Virus Comments — The Fox Business show hosted by Trish Regan is going on hiatus following controversial comments she made on the air Monday about the coronavirus. — The hiatus also applies to another host, Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery …
Discussion:
HuffPost
RELATED:
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox Business Benches Trish Regan After Outcry Over Coronavirus Comments — The host of “Trish Regan Primetime” told viewers this week that concerns about the coronavirus were “yet another attempt to impeach the president.” — The Fox Business anchor Trish Regan, whose on-air dismissal …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Week and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Business Puts Trish Regan, Kennedy Shows on Hiatus
Fox Business Puts Trish Regan, Kennedy Shows on Hiatus
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu — Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate. Not one public health expert he trusts has called that comparison valid.
Discussion:
The White House and Reason
RELATED:
Kay Coles James / Fox News:
Trump's coronavirus national emergency declaration helps mobilize nation — Trump on coronavirus: We want to make sure those who need testing can get one safely and conveniently — President Trump's declaration of a national emergency Friday to deal with the coronavirus pandemic is anything but a sign to panic.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Former Judge Resigns From the Supreme Court Bar — In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, he detailed why he's lost faith in the court. — James Dannenberg is a retired Hawaii state judge. He sat on the District Court of the First Circuit of the state judiciary for 27 years.
Beth Cameron / Washington Post:
I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it. — The federal government is moving too slowly, due to a lack of leadership. — When President Trump took office in 2017, the White House's National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact.
Discussion:
Vox, Raw Story, Axios, Breitbart, HuffPost, Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mother Jones and Slate
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Two senators take extreme measures to show allegiance to Trump — Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, a freshman senator up for reelection in November, launched a highly unusual new TV ad this week. — The content was standard, pro-Trump, anti-Democrat fare.
Associated Press:
Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops — BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans.
Washington Post:
White House, House Democrats reach deal on coronavirus economic relief package, Pelosi announces — The White House and House Democrats reached agreement Friday on a coronavirus relief package to spend tens of billions of dollars on sick leave, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other measures to address the unfolding crisis.
Discussion:
The Federalist, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, NBC News, Snopes.com and Mother Jones
RELATED:
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
How Trump may have flattened the political curve of coronavirus
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Patagonia is closing all of its stores and shutting down its website because of the coronavirus — KEY POINTS — Patagonia is closing all of its stores and its online operations because of the coronavirus. — It said it will update customers more broadly about its next steps on March 27.
Associated Press:
Spain to follow Italy into lockdown as virus cases soar — BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Spanish media reported. — Spain's decision came as European countries took ever …
Paul Farrell / Heavy.com:
Travis Dyson: Andrew Gillum Found in Hotel Room With Male Escort & Crystal Meth, Cops Say — Travis Dyson is the 30-year-old Florida man who was found in a hotel room with Democratic politician Andrew Gillum on March 13. Police said Dyson appeared to have suffered a drug overdose.
Discussion:
Daily Mail, The Other McCain, Slate and The Capitolist
RELATED:
Politico:
Biden readies plan to finish off Bernie — Joe Biden has long complained about the crowded debate stage and a restrictive format that doesn't allow enough time for candidates to speak. — Now, in his one-on-one debate Sunday with Bernie Sanders, he finally gets the debate terms he wanted …
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Mexico is considering closing its border to stop Americans bringing coronavirus into its country as US case count passes 2,000 — Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said: 'Mexico wouldn't bring the virus to the United States, rather the United States would bring it here'
Discussion:
Political Flare
Douglas Quan / Toronto Star:
'We're hustlers': Amid coronavirus fears, this couple has made more than $100,000 reselling Lysol wipes — JOIN THE CONVERSATION — VANCOUVER—As Manny Ranga and his wife, Violeta Perez, loaded up their Ford F-150 pickup outside a Costco near downtown Vancouver this week, some passersby couldn't help but stop and stare.
Discussion:
TheBlaze and The Independent
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
What Would a Proper Coronavirus Stimulus Plan Look Like? — After a record fall on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly two thousand points on Friday, as Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus and negotiators from his Administration tried …
Discussion:
Politico and New York Times
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
As Europe Shuts Down, Britain Takes a Different, and Contentious, Approach — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely kept Britain open, opting for more targeted measures, a strategy that has startled some epidemiologists. — LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain once …
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is shutting down American life as states try to battle outbreak — Much of life in America, and across the globe, has ground to a near halt in recent days as the coronavirus spreads, closing schools, thwarting travel, forcing employees to telework and shuttering beloved institutions.
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Thoughts on the Pandemic — Several reporters have emailed me, asking my thoughts about the current economic situation in light of the ongoing pandemic. Here they are, in abbreviated form: — A recession is likely and perhaps optimal (not in the sense of desirable but in the sense of the best we can do under the circumstances).
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
How to Run an Election in a Pandemic — Three days from now, millions of voters in Arizona, Illinois, Florida, and Ohio will grasp the same door handles, drag their fingers across the same touch-screen voting machines, and wait in long lines with dozens of other people.
Discussion:
Shadowproof, Associated Press and Politico
Chad P. Bown / PIIE:
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19 — Hexuan Li provided outstanding data assistance. Melina Kolb, William Melancon, and Oliver Ward assisted with graphics. David J. Vanness, Mihir Torsekar, Rod Hunter, and many other experts helped identify COVID-19 related health products.