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The Daily Beast:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing — The Georgia Republican is the second Senator who has gotten rid of their holdings right as the stock market went bad. — The Senate's newest member sold off seven figures worth of stock holdings in the days and weeks …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from the stunning GOP stock-selling revelations — We already know President Trump spent weeks misleading the country by playing down the potential impact of the coronavirus, at a time when many officials in his government surely knew what a dire threat it posed …
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The Mahablog, The American Independent, 12-Point, Double-Spaced, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Fox News and The Week
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions
Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions
New York Times:
Senator Sold Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Stocks After Suggesting U.S. Was Prepared for Coronavirus
Senator Sold Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Stocks After Suggesting U.S. Was Prepared for Coronavirus
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National Review, The Federalist, Fox News, Washington Post and Breitbart
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Dianne Feinstein who sits on the Intelligence Committee which was also briefed on coronavirus, sold up to $6m in stock
Dianne Feinstein who sits on the Intelligence Committee which was also briefed on coronavirus, sold up to $6m in stock
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Fox News, Washington Post and New York Times
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Republican Jim Inhofe dumped up to $450,000 in stock — the fourth GOP senator implicated in scandal: report
Republican Jim Inhofe dumped up to $450,000 in stock — the fourth GOP senator implicated in scandal: report
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Patterico's Pontifications and Political Flare
Noah Manskar / New York Post:
Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Jim Inhofe made stock trades before coronavirus pandemic
Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Jim Inhofe made stock trades before coronavirus pandemic
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Defense One, Mediaite and The Week
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Insider Trading Scandal Is Just Latest Reason Burr Should Be Removed As Intel Chair
Insider Trading Scandal Is Just Latest Reason Burr Should Be Removed As Intel Chair
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Talking Points Memo, Redstate, Politico and Washington Post
ProPublica:
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
NBC News employee dies after testing positive for coronavirus — Larry Edgeworth “was the guy you wanted by your side no matter where you were,” NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote to staff members. — A longtime employee of NBC News died Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, MSNBC and The Wrap
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bloomberg campaign transfers $18 million to DNC — (CNN)Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign transferred $18 million to the Democratic National Committee on Friday, turning to the committee to fund and manage the effort to take down President Donald Trump instead of creating a Bloomberg-backed independent expenditure.
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Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg transfers his campaign assets to Democratic Party to fight President Trump in swing states — Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to donate significant componentsof his shuttered presidential campaign to the Democratic Party, a historic bequest that includes …
Kansas City Star:
Kansas official: Pandemic isn't a problem here because there are few Chinese people — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — The chairman of the Riley County Commissioners suggested this week that the global coronavirus pandemic is not a problem locally because unlike in Italy …
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Coronavirus upends nation as three in four Americans' lives changed by pandemic: POLL — A new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows a far different portrait of a country. — As a deepening public health crisis rocks the nation, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday shows a far different portrait …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci predicts Americans will likely need to stay home for at least several more weeks
Fauci predicts Americans will likely need to stay home for at least several more weeks
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The Hill
Sarah Chaney / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Asks States to Keep Quiet About Jobless Figures — Coronavirus crisis spurs a spike in unemployment claims as industries are forced to shut down — The Trump administration asked states to abstain from releasing unemployment-claims figures prior to the publication …
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The Big Picture and The Smoke Eater
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Susan Shultz / Darien Times:
CANCELED: Town of Darien has canceled drive-through coronavirus testing — UPDATE: Darien's drive-through testing has been canceled, according to a tweet from First Selectman Jayme Stevenson. The testing was to start Thursday. Some neighbors expressed complaints with the location of testing so close to their home on social media.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Red and Blue America Aren't Experiencing the Same Pandemic — Even a disease as far-reaching as the coronavirus hasn't entirely crossed the chasm between red and blue America. — In several key respects, the outbreak's early stages are unfolding very differently in Republican- and Democratic-leaning parts of the country.
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Instapundit and WCMH-TV
CNBC:
New Yorkers ordered to mostly stay inside to fight coronavirus: 'We're all under quarantine now,' Gov. Cuomo says — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press conference Friday to update the public on the COVID-19 outbreak in New York state. — New York institutes ‘pause’ with 100% non-essential workforce reduction
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Danielle Muoio / Politico:
De Blasio: 'People are going to die who don't have to' unless Trump steps up supplies
De Blasio: 'People are going to die who don't have to' unless Trump steps up supplies
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Breitbart and National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown — No society can safeguard public health for long at the cost of its economic health. — By The Editorial Board — Financial markets paused their slide Thursday, but no one should think this rolling economic calamity is over.
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Instapundit and Power Line
New York Times:
Under the Virus's Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies — From border controls to anti-union efforts, the Trump administration is using the coronavirus to seek policies that the president wanted before the pandemic. — WASHINGTON — The White House, under the guise of its coronavirus response …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Cult of Personality Did This — The president of the United States is a menace to public health. — I don't mean that I disagree with him on policy, although I do. I don't mean that I abhor the president's expressed bigotry toward religious and ethnic minorities, although that is also true.
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Raw Story and Kaiser Health News
Abigail Abrams / TIME:
Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 — When Danni Askini started feeling chest pain, shortness of breath and a migraine all at once on a Saturday in late February, she called the oncologist who had been treating her lymphoma. Her doctor thought she might be reacting poorly to a new medication …
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Raw Story
Chicago Tribune:
Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue lockdown order requiring residents ‘shelter in place’ starting Saturday, sources say — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to issue a “shelter-in-place” order for the entire state starting Saturday, essentially commanding residents to stay in their homes as the officials …
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Newsom orders all 40M Californians to stay home in nation's strictest lockdown — BERKELEY — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered California's nearly 40 million residents to stay home, making it the first state to impose that strict mandate on all residents to counteract a looming surge of new infections.
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covid19.ca.gov:
Stay home except for essential needs
Stay home except for essential needs
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Michael Donnelly:
COVID-19: NYC should brace for impact and shut down now. — Five days ago I wrote this medium post (COVID-19: New York Will Be The Next Italy, But Doesn't Have to Be). In it, I forecast that NYC's hospitals would be at capacity as early as March 30. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell defends crafting $1 trillion stimulus plan without Democrats — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended the Senate Republicans coming up with a proposed $1 trillion economic stimulus plan to battle the coronavirus without any input from Democrats …
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Annalyn Kurtz / CNN:
Goldman Sachs predicts 2.25 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims this week, the highest on record — New York (CNN Business)Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and economists expect it's only going to get worse from here. And quickly, too.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
We Need Time to Absorb All This — Everyone is thinking through the reality of the coronavirus pandemic and how to rise to the occasion. — This is a quick piece that touches on where we are, where we may be going, and an attitude for the journey. — The screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan once …