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Washington Post:
Pro-gun activists using Facebook groups to push anti-quarantine protests — A trio of far-right, pro-gun provocateurs is behind some of the largest Facebook groups calling for anti-quarantine protests around the country, offering the latest illustration that some seemingly organic demonstrations …
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Police: At least 10 killed in shooting rampage in Canada — TORONTO (AP) — A 51-year-old man went on a shooting rampage across the northern part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including a policewoman. Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead.
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Nova Scotia / Canadian Press:
At least 16 people dead after N.S. gunman's rampage, and police say toll could grow — Police confirmed gunman has died and identified RCMP officer who was killed — A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia, killing 16 people Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in Canadian history.
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NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, The US Sun and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs — State officials and labs say competition for supplies and questionable results are prolonging the national crisis — Amid efforts to expand coronavirus testing, laboratory operators and state health officials are navigating …
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Raw Story
Jasmin Barmore / Detroit News:
5-year-old with rare complication becomes first Michigan child to die of COVID-19 — A month ago, 5-year-old Skylar Herbert complained to her parents that she had a bad headache. — On Sunday, after spending two weeks on a ventilator, the Detroit girl died.
Washington Post:
Trump administration, congressional leaders near deal on virus aid that includes major boost for small businesses — Pact would add aid for hospitals and testing and around $300 billion to restart small-business loan program — The Trump administration and congressional leaders closed …
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CNN, The Week, Common Dreams, New York Times, Fox News, Axios, Politico and Mother Jones
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Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Trump Warns That Chris Wallace, Fox News Are ‘On A Bad Path’ After Pelosi Interview
Trump Warns That Chris Wallace, Fox News Are ‘On A Bad Path’ After Pelosi Interview
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New York Times, Raw Story and Sputnik News
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Speaker Pelosi rips Trump as ‘weak leader,’ tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ he's failed on coronavirus response
Speaker Pelosi rips Trump as ‘weak leader,’ tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ he's failed on coronavirus response
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Mediaite, The US Sun, Twitchy, The Hill, Mother Jones, New York Post and ABC News
Washington Post:
Americans at World Health Organization transmitted real-time information about coronavirus to Trump administration — More than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full …
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The Week, Vox, CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Mother Jones and Raw Story
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE — Whenever you start to think that the federal government under Donald Trump has hit a moral bottom, it finds a new way to shock and horrify. — Over the last few weeks, it has started to appear as though …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The U.S. Tried to Teach China a Lesson About the Media. It Backfired. — American journalists were showing the world the devastating effects of China's botched response to the coronavirus. Now, many have been kicked out. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is better known for yelling at journalists than consoling them.
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The Daily Caller
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
The Foundations of American Society Are Failing Us — The unequal impact of the pandemic and economic collapse are forcing us to rethink the assumptions of our system. — Mr. Sanders is a senator from Vermont and former Democratic candidate for president.
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Common Dreams
Reuters:
Exclusive: Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources — (Reuters) - Neiman Marcus Group is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection as soon as this week, becoming the first major U.S. department store operator to succumb to the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak …
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Vox, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, CNBC and The Week
David French / The French Press:
Evangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next. — On April 15, the United States hit a horrifying milestone. It not only crossed 30,000 total COVID-19 deaths, but for the fourth consecutive day, the daily death toll was so high that COVID-19 was the single leading cause of death in the United States.
Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies — Mandatory code being developed by ACCC will create ‘level playing field’ in media landscape, Josh Frydenberg says — Facebook and Google will be forced to share advertising revenue …
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The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Covid-19 Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver — Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver — The tests, many made in China without F.D.A. approval, are raising alarms. — Results are off. Doctors are misusing them.
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Gothamist
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CNN:
Piers Morgan says his friend President Trump is ‘failing the American people’ — New York (CNN Business)The coronavirus pandemic is “the biggest news story that any of us have every dealt with,” Piers Morgan says, and it requires “a different approach from the traditional news anchor approach.”
The Sunday Times:
Coronavirus: 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster … On the third Friday of January a silent and stealthy killer was creeping across the world. Passing from person to person and borne on ships and planes, the coronavirus was already leaving a trail of bodies.
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Balloon Juice, Financial Times, Sputnik News and The Guardian
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Boris Johnson skipped five virus briefings in early days of pandemic
Boris Johnson skipped five virus briefings in early days of pandemic
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NBC News
Patrick Cooley / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus in Ohio: More than 1,800 inmates at Marion Correctional test positive — Patrick Cooley Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch — The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rose to 11,602 cases on Sunday — Coronavirus has overtaken a vast majority of the prison population …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump, Fox News are trying to gin up a new Tea Party to distract you from their deadly failures — One carried a sign with Patrick Henry's famed Revolutionary-era quote — “Give me liberty or give me death!” — and parked herself in front of a shuttered Baskin-Robbins to show her determination …
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New York Times, The Atlantic, The Mahablog and Vox
Liz Sly / Laredo Morning News:
Stirrings of unrest could portend turmoil as economies collapse — BEIRUT -As more than half the people in the world hunker down under some form of enforced confinement, stirrings of political and social unrest are pointing to a new, potentially turbulent phase in the global effort to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Klobuchar to appear on Biden podcast amid VP rumors — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the next guest on Joe Biden's podcast “Here's the Deal,” which was previewed by Axios before it comes out tomorrow. — Why it matters: You can't have conversations with Democratic operatives …
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The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Hold these Republicans accountable for deaths caused by recklessness — President Trump tweeted a series of all-caps messages Friday that Virginia, Michigan and Minnesota —states with responsible stay-at-home orders — should “LIBERATE” themselves. It's not clear whether this was a suggestion …
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Raw Story
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
DNC cheers 23 tweets from reporters ripping Trump, New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and Al Jazeera — The Democratic National Committee's 2020 war room rolled out some new ammunition in its bid to take down President Trump and belittle his fight against the coronavirus …
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NB Blog
The Seattle Times:
AND THE TEAM PLAYED ON — As COVID-19 fears grew, public officials and sports executives weighed health risks — and a PR message — but let 33,000 fans into a Sounders match on March 7. At what cost? — Despite coronavirus concerns, some 33,000 fans attended the Seattle Sounders vs …
Kristen Jordan Shamus / Detroit Free Press:
Family ravaged by coronavirus begged for tests, hospital care, but was repeatedly denied — The man who raised Keith Gambrell, who loved him like a son and married his mother, died in a blue recliner of novel coronavirus in his Grosse Pointe Woods home. — Gary Fowler, 56 …
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
New Zealand's Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet — Jacinda Ardern's leadership style, focused on empathy, isn't just resonating with her people; it's putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus. — The coronavirus pandemic may be the largest test …
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The Spinoff and The National Interest
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
More Americans Fear Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions Too Soon, WSJ/NBC Poll Says — Nearly 60% of respondents worry that lifting stay-at-home orders quickly will fuel the pandemic — Americans are worried about lifting stay-at-home orders too quickly amid the coronavirus pandemic …
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Slate and Mother Jones
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
In new poll, 60 percent support keeping stay-at-home restrictions to fight coronavirus
In new poll, 60 percent support keeping stay-at-home restrictions to fight coronavirus
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Redstate, KXAN-TV, Politico, Axios, Bloomberg, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Post
Washington Post:
FloridaMorons trends after people flock to reopened Florida beaches — Aerial snapshots of people flocking to a reopened beach in Jacksonville, Fla., made waves on the Internet on Saturday. — Local news aired photos and videos of Florida's shoreline dotted with people, closer than six feet apart …
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Daily Kos, PJ Media Home, The Guardian, The Hill, Orlando Sentinel, Slate and Post and Courier
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike
‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike
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Daily Kos