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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Wants to Reopen the Economy Because He's Panicking About Reelection Polls — Progressive voters have spent weeks hand-wringing about the small polling bump President Trump received for appearing to take the coronavirus seriously, even berating cable-news networks for airing his briefings …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What if facts matter? — President Trump was irate on Thursday — not because unemployment claims topped 17 million, or because more than 16,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, or because we lack a national testing program, or because African Americans and Hispanics are dying in disproportionate numbers.
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Mediaite, Union of Concerned Scientists and Columbia Journalism Review, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to reopen much of the U.S. next month — The Trump administration is pushing to reopen much of the country next month, raising concerns among health experts and economists of a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Who is telling Trump to reopen the economy? — President Trump has formed a task force to look at reopening parts of the American economy amid the coronavirus outbreak. But he also said this week that he will “rely very heavily” on medical experts, and he declined to publicly set a new target date …
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Raw Story
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Faucian Bargain — Anthony Fauci has played his hand perfectly.
The Faucian Bargain — Anthony Fauci has played his hand perfectly.
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Business Insider Malaysia, The Daily Caller, STAT and The Hill
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Top Trump ally sounds 2020 election alarm over coronavirus response
Top Trump ally sounds 2020 election alarm over coronavirus response
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Associated Press, The Hill and Raw Story
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day — The G.O.P. has turned voting in person into a death threat. — The voting debacle in Wisconsin on Tuesday was further evidence of an incontrovertible reality in American politics: The Republican Party does not believe in free and fair elections …
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The Charlotte Observer:
NC's top Republican doesn't trust the governor to run a fair 2020 mail-in election. Really.
NC's top Republican doesn't trust the governor to run a fair 2020 mail-in election. Really.
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NPR, New York Times and Sun-Sentinel
New York Times:
Does Vote-by-Mail Favor Democrats? No. It's a False Argument by Trump.
Does Vote-by-Mail Favor Democrats? No. It's a False Argument by Trump.
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The American Independent, electionlawblog.org, Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, The Week, Reason and Politico
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Wisconsin Primary Shows That Democracy Is in Trouble
The Wisconsin Primary Shows That Democracy Is in Trouble
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Twitchy and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases in the US: Live Updates — Global supply chains have been disrupted, leading to shortages of key goods. Every country needs the same lifesaving tools, but nationalist-minded leaders are jeopardizing access for all. Michigan will ban travel between homes.
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The Week
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Washington Post:
A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it's not from the White House — In the absence of federal direction, states and America's top experts forge the path ahead. — A national plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and return Americans to jobs and classrooms …
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Yahoo Finance, The Verge and The Nation, more at Techmeme »
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
CDC Director: ‘Very Aggressive’ Contact Tracing Needed For U.S. To Return To Normal
CDC Director: ‘Very Aggressive’ Contact Tracing Needed For U.S. To Return To Normal
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Verge, Scripting News and MIT Technology Review, more at Techmeme »
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Democrats want to drop Joe Biden for Andrew Cuomo, poll finds — A majority of Democrats want to nominate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for president instead of Joe Biden, according to poll results shared exclusively with The Post. — The national poll found 56 percent of Democrats prefer Cuomo …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Barack Obama wins the Democratic primary
Barack Obama wins the Democratic primary
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Associated Press, Vox, Washington Monthly, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Yahoo News, New York Post and CNN
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's new ad attacking Biden on China is a complete and utter mess — The big headline from a new Trump campaign ad is that it features an image suggesting that Gary Locke, former Washington governor and U.S. ambassador to China, is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
New Trump attack ad appears to suggest Washington state's former Asian American governor is a Chinese official
New Trump attack ad appears to suggest Washington state's former Asian American governor is a Chinese official
Donald J Trump / YouTube:
Biden stands up for China
Biden stands up for China
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NBC News, The American Independent and Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese
New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese
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Spectator USA, Daily Kos and Althouse
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Barr: ‘Troubling’ evidence in review of Russia involvement in 2016 election that could lead to charges — Attorney General William Barr signaled that federal officials involved in launching the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and its links to the Trump campaign could face criminal prosecution.
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Associated Press:
Barr says Russia probe was started ‘without basis’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr believes the Russia investigation that shadowed President Donald Trump for the first two years of his administration was started without any basis and amounted to an effort to …
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Mother Jones
Ezra Klein / Vox:
I've read the plans to reopen the economy. They're scary. — Medical personnel from Riverside University Health Systems administer a coronavirus test during drive-through testing. Bob Riha Jr./Getty Images — There is no plan to return to normal. — Over the past few days …
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Talking Points Memo and AppleInsider
irs.gov:
Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here — Who is eligible for the Economic Impact Payment? — U.S. citizens or resident aliens who: — Have a valid Social Security number, — Could not be claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, and — Had adjusted gross income under certain limits.
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Politico, Internal Revenue Service, GovExec.com, The US Sun, HuffPost and One America News Network
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New York Times:
Deaths in New York City Are More Than Double the Usual Total — Over the 31 days ending April 4, more than twice the typical number of New Yorkers died. — That total for the city includes deaths directly linked to the novel coronavirus as well as those from other causes, like heart attacks and cancer.
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New Republic, The Guardian and VICE
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19
No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19
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The Intercept, Gothamist and New York Post
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘The Woman in Michigan’ Goes National — The phone rings once. — “Hello?” — It's a man's voice: gruff, impatient. — “Hi there,” the female caller says. “May I please speak with John?” — “Who's this?” — “Gretchen Whitmer.” — A three-second pause. — “Governor Whitmer?”
CBS News:
Views of Trump's handling of coronavirus outbreak slip again - CBS News poll — Most Americans continue to think the battle against the coronavirus outbreak is going badly, and few would feel comfortable being out in crowded spaces now. There's a collective uncertainty about where things are headed next …
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Daily Kos, Mediaite and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia faces blowback as he curtails scope of worker relief in unemployment crisis — Labor Department comes under fire over handling of worker protection, unemployment program — The Labor Department is facing growing criticism over its response to the coronavirus pandemic …
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Mother Jones
Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Washington Post Reporter Found Dead — No cause of death has been announced. — Washington Post reporter Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment on Thursday, according to a newsroom memo from Tracy Grant, the Post's managing editor for staff development and standards.
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The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Everything Is Awful. So Why Is the Stock Market Booming? — Investors are betting that powerful interventions from Washington will protect the long-term profitability of major companies. — What on earth is the stock market doing? — Death and despair are all around.
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Wall Street Journal
Detroit Free Press:
New Whitmer order bans ‘travel between residences,’ with a few exceptions — LANSING — After Friday, Michigan residents will no longer be able to jump in the car — or cross the street — to visit friends and relatives inside the state, or to go to the cottage Up North, with limited exceptions.
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Redstate, The Gateway Pundit and PJ Media Home
Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Quarantined With a Newborn, Alone — Raising a baby is already isolating. The pandemic highlighted how fragile my social networks are. — When I gave birth to my son at the end of January, an unexpected miracle to me at the age of 45, I never could have imagined spending my maternity leave in the middle of a global pandemic.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags? — A Silicon Valley C.E.O., Jared Kushner, and the race to get P.P.E. for America's hospitals. — On Saturday, March 21st, while Donald Trump was tweeting about the “Chinese virus” and circulating praise for the “great job we've done …
Major Crunch / Duffel Blog:
Pentagon worries Capt. Crozier's concern for his sailors may be contagious — PENTAGON - Pentagon officials have expressed concern in recent days that the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt may have infected other commanders with a desire to place the well-being of their troops …
CNN:
Navarro publicly said Americans had ‘nothing to worry about’ while privately warning coronavirus could cost lives and dollars — (CNN)White House trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly said Americans had “nothing to worry about” while he privately warned the White House that the coronavirus pandemic …
Washington Post:
With the country distracted, the EPA tees off on the environment — THE NOVEL coronavirus has halted much of the country — but it has not stopped the Trump administration from ramming through unwarranted and unwise rollbacks of major environmental rules. Administration officials …
CREW:
The Trump Family Is Taking 12x More Protected Trips Than The Obama Family — Last fiscal year, the Trump family took more trips that required Secret Service protection than the Obama family took in seven, according to a budget document released by the Treasury Department.
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