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Jess Bidgood / The Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus in Oklahoma — Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Senator Elizabeth Warren, died on Tuesday night in Norman, Okla., about three weeks after testing positive for coronavirus. — Herring, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was 86.
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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
‘Sadness’ and Disbelief From a World Missing American Leadership — The coronavirus pandemic is shaking bedrock assumptions about U.S. exceptionalism. This is perhaps the first global crisis in more than a century where no one is even looking for Washington to lead.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Poll signals strengthening support for Biden over Trump in three Midwest battleground states — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three Midwestern battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Hold Edge for Prez, Senate; House More Competitive — 6 in 10 support marijuana ballot question — West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats Joe Biden and Cory Booker hold substantial leads among New Jersey voters in their races for president and U.S. Senate, respectively.
Ashley Kirzinger / The Henry J. Kaiser Family …:
KFF Health Tracking Poll - Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
KFF Health Tracking Poll - Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
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New York Times
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump and Biden are deadlocked in six key 2020 election states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds
Trump and Biden are deadlocked in six key 2020 election states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
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NBC News, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Reuters:
Special Report: HHS chief Azar had aide, former dog breeder, steer pandemic task force — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On January 21, the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravaged China.
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
They lived in a factory for 28 days to make millions of pounds of raw PPE materials to help fight coronavirus — At his factory just off the Delaware River, in the far southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, Joe Boyce clocked in on March 23 for the longest shift of his life.
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Katherine Landergan / Politico:
Murphy: McConnell's suggestion states declare bankruptcy ‘utterly irresponsible’ — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday blasted as “completely and utterly irresponsible” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's suggestion that state governments facing financial disaster during …
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
We Don't Have To Do This Again
We Don't Have To Do This Again
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Says States Should Consider Bankruptcy, Rebuffing Calls for Aid
McConnell Says States Should Consider Bankruptcy, Rebuffing Calls for Aid
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
The US economy has now erased all job gains since the Great Recession — The Labor Department reported that the number of Americans applying for state unemployment benefits totaled 4.427 million last week. — Combined with the prior four jobless claims reports, the number of Americans …
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David Gura / NBC News:
U.S. jobless claims reach 26 million since coronavirus hit, wiping out all gains since 2008 recession — “The doors are still closed. There is still no smoke coming out of the chimneys in corporate America. It is not surprising that you continue to see significant layoffs,” said one economist.
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New York Times:
Hidden Outbreaks Spread Through U.S. Cities Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say — Hidden Outbreaks Spread Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say — New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle had undetected outbreaks long before testing showed a major problem, according to a model.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Coronavirus is invading Red America, new data show. That's ominous for Trump. — The political geography of our pandemic is shifting. And that's bad news for President Trump. — I don't mean that this is bad news for Trump's reelection chances, though that might prove the case.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's coronavirus rift with Kemp puts Georgia Republicans in a tough spot — President Donald Trump's opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to start reopening parts of Georgia's economy will force Republican candidates to pick between their party's leader or the state's top official amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rep. Collins sides with Trump in slamming Georgia governor's plan to reopen
Rep. Collins sides with Trump in slamming Georgia governor's plan to reopen
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Usama bin Laden wanted to kill Obama so ‘totally unprepared’ Biden would be president, declassified docs show — Usama bin Laden wanted to assassinate then-President Barack Obama so that the “totally unprepared” Joe Biden would take over as president and plunge the United States “into a crisis …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Stop Looking on the Bright Side: We'll Be Screwed By the Pandemic for Years to Come — The headline certainly sounded grave and full of portent: “Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here's How.” — Those words, emblazoned atop a POLITICO Magazine story last month in the opening days …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Justice Alito's jurisprudence of white racial innocence — Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court's budget during a House hearing on March 7, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — Alito gets very upset if you suggest that racism exists. — On Monday, the Supreme Court held …
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Aaron Sankin / The Markup:
Want to Find a Misinformed Public? Facebook's Already Done It — While vowing to police COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, Facebook let advertisers target users interested in"pseudoscience" — Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a post pledging to combat misinformation about COVID-19 circulating on Facebook.
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Bloomberg Law:
The Federalist Publisher's Tweet Was Illegal: Labor Board Judge — Listen — The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted last year that he'd send employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize, a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge decided.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The risk of a US double-dip depression is real — Reopening states to boost the economy despite the scientific evidence will do more damage than good — If you think one lockdown is painful enough, imagine a second. It is too soon to gauge the lasting impact of putting the US economy into a deep freeze for weeks.
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The Bulwark:
February 7: A Day That Will Live in Infamy — February 7 is a day that changed the world. — It's a day that defines the Trump administration's failures on COVID-19. — A day that will shape the campaign around the president's reelection. — On February 7, Dr. Li Wenliang …
Washington Post:
Fox News hosts go mum on the covid-19 drug they spent weeks promoting — At the height of Fox News's coverage of a would-be treatment for the novel coronavirus, the network's medical correspondent, Marc Siegel, offered a remarkable testimonial during Tucker Carlson's show.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Democrats' House Polling Lead: Remarkably Steady — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The Democratic lead in House generic ballot polling has been very consistent over the course of Donald Trump's presidency. — Democrats also have a significant money edge in the lion's share of their most vulnerable districts.
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
In New York's largest hospital system, 88 percent of coronavirus patients on ventilators didn't make it — New data shows many of those hospitalized had high blood pressure, obesity or diabetes — Throughout March, as the pandemic gained momentum in the United States …
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Danielle Garrand / CBS News:
Publix is buying excess milk and produce from farmers — and donating it to food banks — Farmers around the country have been forced to dump milk and waste fresh produce as schools, restaurants and other institutions remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Daily Caller, Florida Politics and Deadline
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cable news stars like Hannity make headlines. But more people are watching David Muir's ABC newscast. — NEW YORK — I asked a media-savvy friend recently to guess what is the most-watched program on TV right now. — “Hannity's show?” she offered. — It's “World News Tonight” on ABC, I told her.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The Democrats Totally Want A Depression — If the Malevolent Donkey Party was actively seeking to plunge the country into an economic tailspin, while still maintaining some level of deniability to the credulous suckers out there, exactly what would it be doing differently?
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'We can't afford to wait': coronavirus could shut out droves of new US voters — Covid-19 is severely curbing voter registration across the US - which could have huge consequences in November — In a typical election year, canvassers across the country would be beginning to fan out on street corners …
Henry Grabar / Slate:
It's Time for Americans to Go Outside Again — Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. — The past week's tiny anti-lockdown protests are the exception that proves the rule: The U.S …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Q&A With a Trump Economic Adviser — We spoke to Stephen Moore, a member of President Trump's economic task force, about the risks of reopening, what he's advising the president and his predictions of a coming “economic civil war.” — Conservative economist Stephen Moore has been busy these days.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Stores struggle to get shoppers to wear masks — New York (CNN Business)A handful of states and cities have mandated that shoppers wear coverings in grocery stores and other public places as they try to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. — But retailers are struggling …
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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid Doctor's Visits — Afraid of Covid-19, parents are postponing well-child checkups, including shots, putting millions of children at risk of exposure to preventable deadly diseases. — As parents around the country cancel well-child checkups …
Vicky Ward / CNN:
The naive—and reckless—rule breakers of Covid-19 — Vicky Ward is a senior reporter at CNN. She is the former executive editor of Talk Magazine, a former contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of “The Devil's Casino,” “The Liar's Ball” and “Kushner, Inc.” The opinions expressed here are her own.
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Nicholas J. Fuentes / The Daily Dot:
Nick Fuentes and his white nationalist ‘Groyper Army’ have a new home on TikTok — He's been booted from YouTube and Reddit—but he's targeting a new frontier. — White nationalists and far-right figures have found a new platform to spread their messages and expand their following, moving to TikTok, Gen Z's current favorite app.