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11:15 PM ET, April 12, 2020

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Emma Tucker / The Daily Beast:
Trump Makes First Public Rebuke of Fauci With #FireFauci Retweet  —  UNNERVING  —  President Trump delivered his first public rebuke of the nation's top infectious disease expert and a member of his coronavirus task force on Sunday evening by resharing a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Spends Easter Asking Confidants, ‘What Do You Think of Fauci?’  —  The president called various friends and allies over the weekend to ask for their opinion on the doctor he says he made a ‘star’—and even retweeted a call for his firing.  —  President Donald Trump spent much of this Easter weekend …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at Fauci Amid Criticism of Slow Virus Response  —  The president retweeted a post calling for the government's top infectious disease specialist to be fired after the doctor acknowledged that shutting down the country earlier could have saved lives.
Joe Biden / New York Times:
My Plan to Safely Reopen America  —  An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track.  —  Mr. Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.  —  People across America are stepping up to the plate.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
10 times Trump and his administration were warned about coronavirus  —  President Trump's tone on the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically shifted in the last month as the illness has swept across the U.S., which has now reported more confirmed cases than any country in the world.
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and Vox
Washington Post:   Live updates: Some churches defy restrictions on Easter; coronavirus cases could spike again …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How Mitch McConnell Became Trump's Enabler-in-Chief  —  The Senate Majority Leader's refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever.  —  On Thursday, March 12th, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, could have insisted that he and his colleagues work through the weekend …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top.  Now, He's Fighting for Disney's Life.  —  The former C.E.O. thought he was riding into the sunset.  Now he's reasserting control and reimagining Disney as a company with fewer employees and more thermometers.  —  The Walt Disney Company turned franchises …
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Ken Davidoff / New York Post:
Anthony Causi, beloved Post sports photographer, dies of coronavirus at 48  —  Anthony Causi, a longtime photographer for The Post whose prolific talent and larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the New York sports world, died Sunday of the coronavirus at North Shore University Hospital.
The Guardian:
Bolsonaro dragging Brazil towards coronavirus calamity, experts fear  —  Concerns grow that by downplaying threat, Brazil's president risks public health crisis  —  Medical experts have said they fear that Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, could be hastening the country's march towards …
CNN:
Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, amid US-China row on virus origin  —  Hong Kong (CNN)China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published …
CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION  —  Does Trump Have a Plan?  ; Interview With Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R- AR); Interview With Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM); Interview With National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci; Interview With Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ).  Aired 9-10a ET
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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David Beavers / Politico:   Governors, health experts push back on Trump's goal to reopen economy in May
Maya L. Harris / The Atlantic:
Some Patients Really Need the Drug That Trump Keeps Pushing
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Coronavirus may give President Trump a long sought chance to privatize the Postal Service  —  WASHINGTON — Amid a cash crunch threatening to put the U.S. postal service out of business, the Trump administration is being accused of blocking bipartisan efforts to provide money to the agency …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Virginia governor makes Election Day a holiday and expands early voting  —  (CNN)Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that he signed a series of new measures into law aimed at expanding access to voting in the commonwealth.  —  The new legislation will establish Election Day as a holiday …
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WJLA-TV:   Gov. Northam makes Election Day a state holiday, expands early voting in Virginia
New York Times:
‘There Will Be Losses’: How a Captain's Plea Exposed a Rift in the Military  —  The coronavirus crisis aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt spurred another chapter in the hollowing out of the Navy's leadership, in particular under the Trump administration.  —  WASHINGTON — The captain had reached a breaking point.
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear Trump's New 2020 Strategy Is Working  —  The president and his team aren't hiding their plans to make Beijing the main villain in America's fight against the pandemic.  —  President Donald Trump and his allies are leaning heavily into a new 2020 strategy tying Democrats …
Discussion: Raw Story
National Review:
In Some Places, Easter Isn't Being Celebrated.  It's Being Fined.  —  Some local officials have come after religious organizations with unseemly zeal.  —  For Christians, Easter is a time to celebrate resurrection.  But it's been hard for some Americans to do that because their local officials …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Coronavirus live updates: SF's Mayor Breed wins national media praise for leadership  —  To keep our community informed of the most urgent coronavirus news, The San Francisco Chronicle's critical updates are free to read.  Ongoing coverage is available to subscribers.  Subscribe now for full access and to support our work.
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:   The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve
New York Times:
Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden  —  Ms. Reade, a former Senate aide, has accused Mr. Biden of assaulting her in 1993 and says she told others about it.  A Biden spokeswoman said the allegation is false, and former Senate office staff members do not recall such an incident.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Despite encouraging signs, coronavirus is ‘advancing’ worldwide, WHO envoy warns  —  “We think it's going to be a virus that stalks the human race for a quite a long time to come,” WHO special envoy David Nabarro told “Meet the Press.”  —  WASHINGTON — A top envoy to the World Health …
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Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News:
Confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC surge past 100K: Health Department
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The test for those who want to reopen the economy too soon: You go first
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan Selasky / Detroit Free Press:
First known COVID-19 deaths of grocery store workers in Mich. reported at Kroger, Meijer
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Republicans betting on a political upset in California
Washington Post:
Don't like the Wisconsin election mess? Don't blame the courts.
Rachel M. Cohen / The Daily Beast:
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Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response
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