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Washington Post:
Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration's troubled coronavirus response — The economy was grinding to a halt. Stocks were in free fall. Schools were closing. Public events were being canceled. New cases of the novel coronavirus were popping up across the country.
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Washington Post:
Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC's 450-page playbook for health crisis — The communication chaos on coronavirus is eroding the most powerful weapon we have: Public trust — Amid an outbreak where vaccines, drug treatments and even sufficient testing don't yet exist …
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Raw Story
Politico:
From complacency to emergency: How Trump changed course on coronavirus — President Donald Trump assured Americans on Wednesday the deadly coronavirus was on the brink of disappearing. Two days later, he admitted it wasn't. — In the span of 48 hours this week, from the moment markets plunged …
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Slate
Brian Fung / CNN:
Google says it's not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site anytime soon after Trump announcement
Google says it's not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site anytime soon after Trump announcement
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New York Times:
On a Saturday Night in Florida, a Presidential Party Became a Coronavirus Hot Zone — A weekend getaway at Mar-a-Lago put the president in contact with several people who later tested positive for the virus. He said he has no symptoms. — WASHINGTON — The lights were low …
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Political Flare, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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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 …
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The Moderate Voice, Politico, Talking Points Memo, TVNewser, The Week and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Republican chairwoman is ill and being tested for coronavirus after visiting Mar-a-Lago: report — On Saturday, Washington Post White House correspondent Josh Dawsey reported that Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, is being tested for coronavirus after reporting she is feeling unwell.
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The Atlantic, Political Flare, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump World Descended on Mar-a-Lago as It Became a Coronavirus Petri Dish
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Helped To Spread Coronavirus At Mar-a-Lago
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 …
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The Daily Caller, The Daily Dot, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vanity Fair and Althouse, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
There's a Giant Hole in Pelosi's Coronavirus Bill — The legislation passed by the House Friday night doesn't actually guarantee paid sick leave to most American workers. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Newt Gingrich / Newsweek:
I am in Italy amid the coronavirus crisis. America must act now—and act big — The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic poses two threats: public health and economic. — I am living in Italy, where my wife, Callista, is the ambassador to the Holy See. — I have watched first-hand …
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic — Vote to now be held on May 19 — Georgia elections officials postponed the presidential primary scheduled for next week because of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the second state forced to push back a vote in the race for the White House due to the outbreak.
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Please, Don't Go Out to the Bars Tonight — Gathering in groups right now is selfish and puts the lives of others at risk. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — The coronavirus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, are spreading across the United States faster than we can track or test.
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The Boston Globe
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized — (CNN)New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts bring into question reassuring assertions by US officials about the way the novel virus spreads.
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Mashable
Ariadne Labs:
Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day — I know there is some confusion about what to do next in the midst of this unprecedented time of a pandemic, school closures, and widespread social disruption. As a primary care physician and public health leader, I have been asked by a lot …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How a blogger in Florida put out an early warning about the coronavirus crisis — The news seemed so intriguing — and so potentially alarming — that Sharon Sanders stayed up almost until dawn on Dec. 31 to keep track of it. — From her home in Winter Haven, Fla., Sanders began compiling reports …
NBC News:
Mismanagement, missed opportunities: How the White House bungled the coronavirus response — Trump's own advisers acknowledged to NBC News that the failure to focus on widespread testing was a major misstep. — Luciana Borio once worked on President Donald Trump's National Security Council …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Mahablog, The Intercept, HuffPost, Vox and Outside the Beltway
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Live Blog / Coronavirus updates live: France to close all restaurants, clubs, cinemas — Here are the latest updates from around the world. — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he had been tested for coronavirus, with results coming in a few days.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: France Closes Most Businesses and Spain Moves Toward Locking Down — President Trump says he's been tested, Israel turns to surveillance, and a cruise ship exposed to the virus is heading to France. — RIGHT NOW New York reported its second coronavirus-related death.
Associated Press:
Georgia postpones presidential primary till May — ATLANTA — Georgia election officials are postponing the state's March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus. — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement that in-person early voting …
Marty Swant / Forbes:
Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian Bought A Billboard In Times Square To Inform People About COVID-19 — Alexis Ohanian wants you to stay home, and he's using Times Square to send the message. — The Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist has bought a billboard in the heart of New York telling people …
Jake Wittich / Chicago Sun-Times:
St. Patrick's Day partiers hit the town over officials' pleas amid coronavirus outbreak — Despite the cancelation of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Chicago amid fears of the spread of COVID-19, people still barhop around the River North neighborhood, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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.
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The White House, This Here Newsletter and Reason
Apple:
Apple's COVID-19 response — The global spread of COVID-19 is affecting every one of us. At Apple, we are people first, and we do what we do with the belief that technology can change lives and the hope that it can be a valuable tool in a moment like this. Teachers are innovating to make remote lessons come alive.
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Cristóbal Reyes / Orlando Sentinel:
1st Orange County coronavirus case is man who brunched at Mar-a-Lago; unclear whether Trump attended — The first case of coronavirus reported in Orange County is a man who told health officials he attended a brunch at Mar-a-Lago, but a health official couldn't confirm to reporters whether President Donald Trump attended that event.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Man busted with Andrew Gillum in hotel room with meth was gay escort — Andrew Gillum was caught in a room with more than just drugs. — The man who overdosed on crystal meth in a Florida hotel room with Gillum, a Democrat who made an unsuccessful bid for Florida governor …
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Deadline, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and The Guardian
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Western media parroting Chinese Communist Party propaganda — China is engaged in a wide-scale propaganda effort to convince the world that it is not responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, portraying itself with carefully distributed disinformation as being the most proactive, intelligent, and responsible of the world superpowers.
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PJ Media Home, Scripting News, Redstate and Twitchy
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
America's hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus in just EIGHT DAYS: Obama's Medicare boss issues dire warning as doctors say as many as 500,000 are already infected and 10 MILLION will need care — There are only 790,000 hospital beds 100,000 ICU beds total in all of the hospitals across the country
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Yahoo Finance and USA Today
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Forgets Year, Meanders Off Frame in Disastrous Livestream — Grandpa Joe Biden wants to run the country and save us from coronavirus when he can't even run a livestream and has no idea what year it is. — On Friday, Grandpa Joe held what his campaign billed as a “virtual town hall” in Illinois.
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Redstate and Louder With Crowder
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 …
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The Daily Beast
Gregory Barber / Wired:
How Long Does the Coronavirus Last on Surfaces? — Researchers looked at how long the virus can survive on cardboard, plastic, and stainless steel, as well as after being aerosolized and suspended in midair. — By now, let's hope you're safely ensconced at home—going a little stir-crazy …