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11:35 AM ET, March 19, 2020

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Tim Mak / NPR:
Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago, Secret Recording Shows  —  Toggle more options  —  The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned a small group of well-connected constituents three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of the coronavirus …
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 2  —  The matriarch of the large New Jersey family, herself sick with the virus, “doesn't realize her two oldest children have passed.”  —  Grace Fusco — mother of 11, grandmother of 27 — would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday …
Discussion: New York Post, KRON4, The US Sun and INSIDER
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden  —  More than 80 career national security professionals have signed an open letter of support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that President Trump …
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Axios:
Tulsi Gabbard suspends presidential campaign, endorses Biden  —  Tulsi Gabbard announced Thursday that she will suspend her 2020 Democratic presidential campaign and endorsed Joe Biden.  —  The state of play: While she was one of the final three candidates left in the race …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Tulsi Gabbard ends White House bid, endorses Biden
Discussion: KRON4
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:   After Bernie  —  It is never really enough to be right.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's corporatist response to coronavirus shows no concern for national debt  —  A trillion here, a trillion there and soon you're talking real money.  —  The national debt has surged from $20 trillion to $23 trillion since President Trump took office …
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Trump team's new mission: Defend the ‘wartime president’
Discussion: ABC News
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.  —  New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54.  But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.  —  American adults of all ages …
Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
China Is Avoiding Blame by Trolling the World  —  The evidence of China's deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record.  In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and allowing it to spread unchecked in the crucial early days and weeks …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Root, ABC News and CNBC
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Neither Biden Nor Sanders Would Have Saved American Lives With Travel Bans Like Trump Did
Discussion: Townhall
Cornelia Griggs / New York Times:
A New York Doctor's Coronavirus Warning: The Sky Is Falling  —  Alarmist is not a word anyone has ever used to describe me before.  But this is different.  —  Dr. Griggs is a pediatric surgery fellow.  —  I've had hard conversations this week.  “Look me in the eye,” I said to my neighbor Karen …
Reuters:
Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus  —  SEOUL - In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul's busy train station.
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
You Cheered as He Fucked Up.  No Take Backs, Trumpists.  —  The virus doesn't follow him on Twitter.  It does what it does, and exploits time and complacency in its human hosts.  Trump gave it a six-week pass.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The cliché about authoritarian leaders being strong …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Deadly Coronavirus Mix in Florida: An Aging Population and Lots of Young Visitors  —  In Florida, where a quarter of the population is older than 60, Gov. Ron DeSantis has started to control public gatherings.  But testing has been slow.  —  MIAMI — At the Florida community of The Villages …
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Washington Post:
As layoffs skyrocket, America's unemployment safety net is underprepared to help many in need  —  Laid off workers are struggling to apply for unemployment aid as government websites crash and phone lines have hours-long waits  —  American workers are getting laid off at an unprecedented pace …
Discussion: Politico and Common Dreams
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Timeline: The early days of China's coronavirus outbreak and cover-up  —  Axios has compiled a timeline of the earliest weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in China, highlighting when the cover-up started and ended — and showing how, during that time, the virus already started spreading around the world, including to the United States.
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. lawmakers urged to self-quarantine after senator's positive coronavirus test  —  AJC AT THE GOLD DOME: CORONAVIRUS March 18, 2020  —  'I'm shaking with rage'  —  All of Georgia's state lawmakers were urged Wednesday to self-isolate themselves for weeks after a state senator who participated …
Politico:
Trump wanted to bury Biden after the primary.  Now he can't.  —  President Donald Trump's top political advisers in recent weeks envisioned unleashing a massive advertising campaign against Joe Biden to define him for the general election before he had a chance to recover from the primary.
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
The Note: Sanders-Warren wing gets another moment, amid coronavirus crisis  —  Sander's campaign is signaling that he is clear-eyed about the road ahead.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign is signaling that he is clear-eyed about the road ahead, with his campaign manager saying he would use …
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Washington Post:
Campaign signals Sanders may be open to exit
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
The Daily Beast:
Trump's China Hawk Is Trying to Commandeer the Coronavirus Stimulus and Others in the White House Are Alarmed  —  A draft executive order obtained by The Daily Beast shows that Navarro has his sights on a massive disruption of the medical-supply chain to make it more America-centric.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica:
Elections May Have to Change During the Coronavirus Outbreak.  Here's How.  —  States may shift primary dates, but only Congress can change the federal elections.  We spoke to an elections expert to learn what you need to know about how coronavirus could affect the way voters cast their ballots in November.
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Buzz Aldrin has some advice for Americans in quarantine  —  “We looked at this one crack in the floor, and there were ants crawling in and out.”  —  Buzz Aldrin knows a thing or two about quarantines.  After returning from the Moon in 1969, Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins spent 21 days …
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Coronavirus Recession Could Doom Trump's Reelection Chances  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The coronavirus public health crisis likely will lead to an economic downturn of unknown length and severity.  — Historically, second-quarter GDP growth in the election year …
Discussion: Washington Post and Blue Virginia
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Detail New Virus Therapies, but Expansion Could Be Controversial  —  President expected to detail plan at a briefing Thursday  —  WASHINGTON—The White House, desperate to get drugs to Americans amid a coronavirus pandemic, plans to detail a range of therapies …
ICE:
Updated ICE statement on COVID-19  —  Statement attributable U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  —  To ensure the welfare and safety of the general public as well as officers and agents in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Jason Hopkins / The Daily Caller:
ICE Scaling Back Enforcement Operations Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Disinformation and blame: how America's far right is capitalizing on coronavirus  —  The pandemic, a situation in which people are panic-buying supplies, is ideal for a movement powered by fear and lies  —  The far right in America has received the coronavirus pandemic in much the same manner …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Surrounded by experts, Trump still needed an intervention by Tucker Carlson to take coronavirus seriously  —  We live in stupid, scary times.  —  And nothing illustrates this more vividly than one bizarre development among many others: That a Fox News host managed to get the president …
Discussion: Unprecedented
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC, the top U.S. public health agency, is sidelined during coronavirus pandemic  —  As the United States enters a critical phase in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the country's leading public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appears to be on the sidelines …
New York Times:
The President vs. the Experts: How Trump Downplayed the Coronavirus  —  From the start of the coronavirus outbreak, statements from the presidential pulpit have been far out of step with those of health experts and many inside the administration.  President Trump contradicted some officials while they were standing right next to him.
New York Times:
Need a Coronavirus Test?  Being Rich and Famous May Help  —  A shortage in testing has left sick people and health care workers around the U.S. without answers.  Yet the list of celebrity patients grows every day, raising questions about privileged access.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Virus shutdowns prompt sweeping questions about the future of news and entertainment  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  One week ago, America's great shutdown began in earnest.
Discussion: NPR and Hollywood Reporter
Jennifer Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Truckers Facing Coronavirus Hurdles in Keeping Supply Chains Moving  —  Potential travel restrictions, controls at loading docks slow operations and raise alarms for freight haulers  —  Truckers are trying to navigate growing challenges on highways and at loading docks as they seek …
David Catron / The American Spectator:
Biden's Unpresidential Coronavirus Rhetoric  —  His public statements and campaign ads have been exploitative and dishonest.  —  Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign on May 18, 2019, in Philadelphia (Matt Smith Photographer/Shutterstock.com)  —  One reason it's difficult for any politician …
Discussion: The Hill and NB Blog
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks  —  Audience: These considerations are intended for use by federal, state, and local public health officials; leaders in occupational health services and infection prevention and control programs; and other leaders in healthcare settings …
Discussion: Roll Call
Kyle Hopkins / Anchorage Daily News:
Rep. Don Young tells Alaska seniors ‘beer virus’ fears are overblown, skips vote on COVID-19 relief  —  Alaska's lone member of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, told a gathering of senior citizens last week that dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic — the “beer virus,” he called it …
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Frequent CNN guest Rick Wilson mocks Melania Trump to ‘#BeInfected’ with coronavirus  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Tucker Carlson he's certain efforts to slow coronavirus spread are having an impact  —  Former GOP strategist-turned-NeverTrump commentator Rick Wilson took a nasty shot …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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CNN:
Trump loses his touch with the markets as coronavirus threat grows
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
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