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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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ProPublica:
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Soon after he offered public assurances …
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions — Georgia's two U.S. senators bought and sold stocks during the same time they were receiving briefings on the coronavirus outbreak, leading to questions about whether they used inside information to guide their financial dealings.
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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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The Federalist, Washington Post, Fox News, The Week and Breitbart
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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Political Flare
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
At Least 2 GOP Senators Dumped Millions In Stock After Coronavirus Briefings
At Least 2 GOP Senators Dumped Millions In Stock After Coronavirus Briefings
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Fox News
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / OpenSecrets.org:
Senate Intel chair unloaded stocks in mid-February before coronavirus rocked markets
Senate Intel chair unloaded stocks in mid-February before coronavirus rocked markets
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, New York Post, The Independent, Raw Story, The Progressive Pulse, Common Dreams, The Hill, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Week and Twitchy
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Burr sold stocks, gave dire warning to private group before coronavirus took off in US
Burr sold stocks, gave dire warning to private group before coronavirus took off in US
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The Week, HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
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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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Her Facebook Friends Asked If Anyone Was Actually Sick. She Had an Answer. — Heaven Frilot is normally a private person. But this is not a normal time. So she and her husband are now the face of the coronavirus for their conservative Louisiana community.
New York Times:
California Governor Orders All Residents to Stay Home — The Trump administration asked states to hold off on releasing grim data on unemployment claims, and Italy's death toll surpassed China's. … Staying at home “is not a permanent state,” California's governor says.
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CNN, POLITICUSUSA, HuffPost, The Week and Seeking Alpha
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Jobless Claims Mount as Employers and Workers Face Bleak Outlook
Jobless Claims Mount as Employers and Workers Face Bleak Outlook
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Flare
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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Power Line
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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National Review, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
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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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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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Political Wire, The Hill, UPI and Politico
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Politico:
Who wins in the Senate GOP's big bailout
Who wins in the Senate GOP's big bailout
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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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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.
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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Nihar Kabinittal / 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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Redstate, The Federalist, The Hill, Breitbart, The Week, Mediaite, Politico and Washington Times
Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:
US drugmaker doubled price on potential coronavirus treatment — Therapy touted by President Trump made more expensive in January as China outbreak spread — The only US drugmaker that makes a potential treatment for the coronavirus that was touted by President Donald Trump raised the price …
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US Food and Drug …, The Week and CNN
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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 …
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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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Today we are switching our coverage of Donald Trump to an emergency setting — “This means our journalism will work in a different way, as we try to prevent the President from misinforming you through us.” — Even this far into his term, it is still a bit of a shock to be reminded …
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The Atlantic, Balloon Juice, ABC News and The National Interest
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic — One: Don't trust the president. — So Donald Trump is now calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus.” Of course he is: Racism and blaming other people for his own failures are the defining features of his presidency. But if we're going to give it a nickname …
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Bulletin of the Atomic …, Outside the Beltway and Political Flare
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Of Course Trump Deserves Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis
Of Course Trump Deserves Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis
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Just Security, AIER, Washington Post and Center for American Progress
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Coronavirus and Poverty: A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat — Americans with tight financial resources have fewer options as they navigate coronavirus closures and layoffs. — BRENHAM, Texas — With her six hungry children in the car, Summer Mossbarger was one of the first in line for lunch at the drive-through.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Coronavirus Is Just More Fodder for Chinese Propaganda Campaign — The media's obsession with proving Trump is racist because he calls it the ‘Chinese coronavirus’ is perfectly in sync with the Communists' propaganda effort. — If there's one thing worth knowing about China …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Extends Individual Tax Filing Deadline to July 15 — WASHINGTON—The U.S. will extend the individual tax filing deadline until July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Twitter. — The Internal Revenue Service earlier this week deferred the payment deadline for most people until July 15 …
Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:
A Rikers Island Doctor Speaks Out to Save Her Elderly Patients from the Coronavirus — Rachael Bedard is a geriatrician who works on Rikers Island, caring for the oldest and sickest people in the New York City jail system. This week, as Mayor Bill de Blasio banned large gatherings …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci predicts Americans will likely need to stay home for at least several more weeks — “I cannot see that all of a sudden, next week or two weeks from now it's going to be over. I don't think there's a chance of that,” he said. — WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci …
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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Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
Voter photo ID bill passes Kentucky legislature, heads to Gov. Beshear's desk — An amended bill requiring voters to present photo identification to vote is heading to the governor's desk for his signature or veto. — Kentucky voters are currently required to present identification …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's new public health ‘star’ — After being sidelined for much of the Trump administration, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has suddenly emerged as a key player in its messaging about the coronavirus outbreak, often echoing the president's arguments and winning his favor.