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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Why Trump's slump is likely to last all year — The president is losing ground in polls, faces a worsening economy, and is watching Democrats unify behind Joe Biden ahead of schedule. — President Trump is in an increasingly precarious position for reelection as he struggles to maintain focus …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Joe Biden racks up another big endorsement: Elizabeth Warren
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Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:
An Open Letter to Bernie's Supporters
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren endorses Biden as Democrats unite for the fall
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CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “It's legitimate to talk about” allegations against Joe Biden
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly new blame-shifting scam spotlights his own failures — President Trump is spinning his new decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization as an act of decisive leadership — one that showcases his devotion to effective crisis management, to gathering good empirical information …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Bill Gates, in rebuke of Trump, calls WHO funding cut during pandemic ‘as dangerous as it sounds’ — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates criticized President Trump's decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization as “dangerous,” saying the payments should continue particularly during the global coronavirus pandemic.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's inaction has a staggering toll — President Trump suspended payments to the World Health Organization — a move Bill Gates called “as dangerous as it sounds” — in a frantic attempt to deflect blame from his own delinquency in acting to protect Americans against the pandemic …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
CDC director: WHO remains ‘great partner’ despite Trump's funding freeze
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Mark Leon Goldberg / UN Dispatch:
The Trump Administration's Decision to Freeze Funding for the World Health Organization …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump's name printed on stimulus checks — The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump's name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that is expected to slow …
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Associated Press:
China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days — In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people …
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but He Didn't Want to Compete With Limbaugh — President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day, according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh, the conservative host.
Washington Post:
Trump wants to declare country open by May 1 — but the reality will be much slower — President Trump has all but decided to begin declaring the country ready to get back to business on May 1, two current and two former senior administration officials said, but a scramble is underway inside …
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David Lim / Politico:
Coronavirus testing hits dramatic slowdown in U.S. — The number of coronavirus tests analyzed each day by commercial labs in the U.S. plummeted by more than 30 percent over the past week, even though new infections are still surging in many states and officials are desperately trying to ramp up testing so the country can reopen.
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Melissa Harris-Perry / ELLE:
Stacey Abrams On Voting Rights, COVID-19, And Being Vice President — “I would be an excellent running mate.” — Experienced politicians know there is a right way to answer questions about pursuing higher office. Be demure. Redirect. Convey vague interest while insisting never to have given it serious consideration.
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WWJ Newsradio 950:
Furious Crowd Gathers At Michigan Capitol To Protest ‘Stay Home’ Order — Lineup of cars extends for miles outside of Lansing — (WWJ) Large and raucous crowds showed up in Michigan's capital Wednesday for what organizers are calling “Operation Gridlock.”
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Ingrid Jacques / Detroit News:
Grassroots backlash grows against Whitmer's excessive stay-home order — Perhaps “the woman in Michigan” has let all the attention get to her head. — The fawning interviews and puff pieces from cable news networks and progressive media outlets happy to carry the Democratic Party's water …
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Weed Up, Hoes Down in Whitmer's Michigan
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
GOP congressman says letting more Americans die of coronavirus is lesser of two evils compared to economy tanking — GOP lawmaker: More Covid-19 deaths the lesser of 2 evils — Washington (CNN)An Indiana congressman said Tuesday that letting more Americans die from the novel coronavirus is the …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Indiana congressman says he's willing to let more Americans die to save economy
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN accused of ‘literally publishing Chinese propaganda’ — CNN is under fire for allegedly publishing “Chinese propaganda” in a report that cites a media outlet controlled by the Chinese government. — On Monday, CNN.com ran an article about China People's Liberation Army (PLA) …
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Yahoo News:
Which elder-care facilities have COVID-19? Florida won't say, filling families with dread — A devoted grandson learns his grandmother died alone last weekend. The family was never told she had fallen ill. A fragile mother is moved from her room so the senior home can expand its “quarantine wing.”
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Wilfred McClay / The James G. Martin Center …:
A Radical Pseudo-historian Meets His Match — Historians tend to be skeptical about the influence of books and ideas upon important historical developments, preferring to draw upon material or broadly social and cultural causes as the best explanations of large-scale change.
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Leah Simpson / Daily Mail:
Florida man, 26, ‘commits murder’ a DAY after being released from prison early to help prevent the spread of coronavirus — Hillsborough County released 164 low-risk inmates on March 19 to help prevent the spread of coronavirus among jailers and staff — March 20 police were called …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
New poll: Nearly half of frequent Fox viewers say COVID-19 death toll is inflated — Forty-five percent of people who frequently watch Fox News say that fewer Americans have been killed by the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 than the official count indicates, according to a new poll.
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Washington Post:
Tillis declines to say whether Burr should step down as Senate Intelligence chairman because of stock trade investigation — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) declined to say Wednesday whether his North Carolina colleague, Sen. Richard Burr (R), should stay on as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
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The Times of Israel:
Top Israeli prof claims simple stats show virus plays itself out after 70 days — Isaac Ben-Israel, who is not a medical expert, says analysis worldwide shows new cases peaking after about 40 days, slams economic closures; leading doctor dismisses his claims
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB players, team employees participating in coronavirus study — Employees of Major League Baseball teams are participating in a massive study that will test up to 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies and should offer researchers a better sense of how widespread the disease …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
False Prophet — On February 28, Donald Trump stood before a crowd of supporters in South Carolina and told them to pay no attention to the growing warnings of a coronavirus outbreak in America. The press was “in hysteria mode,” the president said. The Democrats were playing politics.
Anna Merlan / The Guardian:
After the end of the world: the eerie silence of the Las Vegas Strip — The Las Vegas Strip looks like the morning after the end of the world. — On a recent day in late March, the strip was full of advertisements for things that read like transmissions from another planet where the air is easier to breathe.
New York Times:
The Heartbreaking Last Texts of a Hospital Worker on the Front Lines — Madhvi Aya worked long hours in the emergency room of a hospital in Brooklyn that was battered by the coronavirus. Then she caught the virus herself. — Lying in a hospital bed last month, Madhvi Aya understood what was happening to her.
Larry O'Connor / Townhall:
New York Death Count Spikes After Gov't Alters Methodology — “It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes.” It may have been Stalin and it may have been Napoleon. It may have been Boss Tweed. Regardless of the original source, this truism describes government corruption …
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Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Pritzker arranging secret flights from China to bring millions of masks and gloves to Illinois — The governor is worried President Trump might try to seize the supplies for the federal stockpile so he's keeping the details quiet, a source said. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is planning …
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Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Treating Coronavirus in a Central Park ‘Hot Zone’ — They've set up field hospitals in wartime, after natural disasters and during disease outbreaks overseas. But this is a first. — Rubber boots hung from a tree of wooden pegs in soggy Central Park after being sterilized with chlorine.
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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Denial didn't get America past the Depression and it won't work for Trump on coronavirus — It's terribly risky in a pandemic to have a president who is anti-fact, anti-science and without empathy. Bad leaders who ignore crises make them much worse. — In March, the president, said the worst would be over in 60 days.
The Daily Beast:
‘This Is Absurd’: Cable-News Staffers Fume as Networks Keep Airing Bonkers Trump Coronavirus Pressers — After Monday's briefing became free airtime for a Trump attack ad, news staffers once again wondered why anyone should carry the rally-like events live anymore.
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