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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic — Mask-wearing voters in endless lines. Five polling places instead of 180. Voting amid the coronavirus crisis is full of challenges — and connected to G.O.P. efforts to limit who gets a ballot in the state.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship — Some legal scholars said the decisions by the state and U.S. supreme courts could undermine confidence in the rule of law. Others said they were the product of judicial philosophy, not partisanship.
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The Atlantic
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Next Coronavirus Bill Is Democrats' Last Chance to Ensure a Fair Election — As House Democrats set to work on the next round of economic relief legislation, they face a more urgent choice than they seem to realize. If they send that bill to President Trump without measures guaranteeing …
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Washington Post:
Long lines, anger and fear of infection: Wisconsin proceeds with elections under court order
Long lines, anger and fear of infection: Wisconsin proceeds with elections under court order
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Kamil Krzaczynski / Agence France-Presse:
Defiant Wisconsin holds election during virus crisis
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
They Turned Out to Vote in Wisconsin During a Health Crisis. Here's Why.
NBC News:
Coronavirus has ignited a battle over voting by mail. Here's why it's so controversial.
Coronavirus has ignited a battle over voting by mail. Here's why it's so controversial.
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The Nation, CNN, HuffPost and One America News Network
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
Bernie Sanders Rages over Wisconsin Election: It ‘May Very Well Prove Deadly’
Bernie Sanders Rages over Wisconsin Election: It ‘May Very Well Prove Deadly’
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and Rolling Stone
CNN:
Acting secretary of the Navy resigns after calling ousted aircraft carrier captain ‘stupid’ — Washington (CNN)Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday, a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt “stupid” in an address to the ship's crew …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Acting Navy secretary resigns over handling of virus-stricken aircraft carrier — Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday following an uproar over a profanity-laced address to the crew of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced.
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Acting Navy Secretary Modly resigns — Modly is officially out. — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday after traveling nearly 8,000 miles to Guam to berate thousands of sailors on Monday, later saying he stood “by every word,” and then subsequently apologizing …
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CNBC:
Acting Navy secretary quits after he ripped captain pleading for help over coronavirus — WASHINGTON — The Navy's top civilian has resigned after he criticized an aircraft carrier captain who pleaded for help with a coronavirus outbreak on his ship, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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CNN:
Grisham out as West Wing press secretary without having held a briefing — (CNN)White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving the job without ever having briefed the press. CNN has learned she is returning to the East Wing as first lady Melania Trump's chief of staff …
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New York Times:
Trump Has a New Press Secretary Who Knows How to Defend Him — Kayleigh McEnany, his campaign spokeswoman, replaces Stephanie Grisham, who had the job for nine months, and will return to Melania Trump's staff. — WASHINGTON — In President Trump's early days in the White House …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
‘Trump Has Never Lied’: New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's Long History of Bullshit and Lies — Along her rise to a White House gig, Trump's newest press secretary perfected the art of MAGA nonsense with a veritable greatest hits of bonkers claims. — After just 10 months on the job …
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The Hill
Politico:
Trump removes independent watchdog for coronavirus funds, upending oversight panel — President Donald Trump has upended the panel of federal watchdogs overseeing implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus law, tapping a replacement for the Pentagon official who was supposed to lead the effort.
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Associated Press:
Trump upends virus oversight, removing key official
Trump upends virus oversight, removing key official
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion stimulus spending
Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion stimulus spending
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Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and Law & Crime
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Ousts Pandemic Spending Watchdog Known for Independence
Trump Ousts Pandemic Spending Watchdog Known for Independence
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Daily Kos, Bloomberg and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist:
Staggering Surge Of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities — If you die at home from the coronavirus, there's a good chance you won't be included in the official death toll, because of a discrepancy in New York City's reporting process.
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Lis Smith / Vanity Fair:
“Go Everywhere”: How Dr. Anthony Fauci's Media Strategy Is Revolutionizing Coronavirus Messaging — The strategic playbook for political communications is being remastered in the most unlikely of places: Donald Trump's White House. No, not by the president during his highly rated, often bizarre media briefings.
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it. — HAVELOCK NORTH, New Zealand — It's been less than two weeks since New Zealand imposed a coronavirus lockdown so strict that swimming at the beach and hunting in bushland were banned. They're not essential activities …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Schiff demands that Grenell explain Trump's purge of inspectors general — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to the acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell on Tuesday demanding he turn over documents explaining his management …
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Marshall Allen / ProPublica:
A Nurse Bought Protective Supplies for Her Colleagues Using GoFundMe. The Hospital Suspended Her. — She raised more than $12,000 to buy and distribute protective gear for her colleagues, who say they felt inadequately protected against COVID-19. How a confrontation in one of the nation's …
ABC News:
Disaster in motion: Where flights from coronavirus-ravaged countries landed in US — Thousands of flights came into US as coronavirus raged. — An ABC News joint investigation with its owned television stations sheds new light on the likely flow of the coronavirus from global hotspots …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, union focused on plan that could allow season to start as early as May in Arizona — Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May and has the support of high-ranking federal public health officials …
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
A ‘Liberty’ Rebellion in Idaho Threatens to Undermine Coronavirus Orders — Even some public officials have challenged social-distancing requirements, calling them assaults on the Constitution. One group wants to gather up to 1,000 people for Easter. — SANDPOINT, Idaho …
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Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Senate Intel Chair Sold Dutch Fertilizer Stock in 2018, Right Before a Collapse — The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, sold off almost $47,000 dollars worth of shares in a small Dutch fertilizer company in 2018, just weeks before its stock began a sharp 40% collapse.
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Law & Crime
Miami Herald:
‘Flu-like’ data might help track coronavirus spread. Why did Florida stop publishing it? — Flu season normally winds down in Florida as March turns to April. This year was no exception — but with an alarming anomaly. While positive flu tests declined as expected …
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Florida Politics and WFLA-TV
Niall Ferguson / Globe and Mail:
Let's Zoom Xi. He has questions to answer — Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford — In Liu Cixin's extraordinary science-fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, China recklessly creates, then ingeniously solves, an existential threat to humanity …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Today is Bernie Sanders' last meaningful day as a presidential candidate — (CNN)For much of the past five years, Bernie Sanders has either been running for president or talking about running for president, an absolutely remarkable streak of longevity. — That streak, unfortunately …
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National Review and VTDigger
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
There has to be a more balanced course on coronavirus than the one we're on now — So if you've been sick, you know that intensive care is not something that doctors recommend lightly. Boris Johnson is clearly in danger, and that's a bad sign. — Johnson is in his mid-50s and hale enough to lead a country.
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The Gateway Pundit
Joe Concha / The Hill:
ABC's Karl shuns responding to Trump's personal attacks: 'It's not what matters' — Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, says he doesn't want to engage in a “personal back-and-forth” with President Trump, arguing “it's not what matters.”
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Warned of Coronavirus Pandemic in January — A memo from Peter Navarro is the most direct warning known to have circulated at a key moment among top administration officials. — A top White House adviser starkly warned Trump administration officials in late January …
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Eliza Barclay / Vox:
The US doesn't just need to flatten the curve. It needs to “raise the line.” — How everybody can do their part to help doctors fight coronavirus, in one chart. — Covid-19 deaths in the US have risen dramatically, and experts warn the coming days and weeks will be extremely grim.
John Anderer / Study Finds:
Study: Air Pollution May Play Role In Italy's High Coronavirus Death Rate — AARHUS, Denmark — You would be hard pressed to find anywhere on Earth right now that isn't feeling the effects of COVID-19. That being said, Italy has been hit the hardest with more than 16,000 coronavirus deaths to date.
ABC News:
‘Hot mess’: Small businesses besieged by problems getting coronavirus loans — Small business owners across the U.S. struggle to get federal aid to stay afloat — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michael Shemtov is struggling to keep his small cafe in Charleston, SC, afloat.
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Politico
Arman Azad / CNN:
Adjusted coronavirus model predicts fewer people in US will need hospitals, but 82,000 will still die by August — (CNN)An influential model tracking the coronavirus pandemic in the United States now predicts that fewer people will die and fewer hospital beds will be needed compared to its estimates from last week.
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Calls to US helpline jump 891%, as White House is warned of mental health crisis — Some federal officials worry the U.S. isn't prepared to meet nation's needs. — The national hotline providing emergency help to people suffering from emotional distress has received nearly nine times …