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2:30 PM ET, April 24, 2020

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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Lysol maker: Please don't drink our cleaning products  —  New York (CNN Business)The company that makes Lysol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fact Check: No, Trump Didn't Propose Injecting People with Disinfectant  —  CLAIM: President Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant to cure coronavirus.  —  VERDICT: False.  Trump was speaking generally about new information about sunlight, heat, and disinfectant killing the virus.
Washington Post:
Trump asked if disinfectants could be injected to kill the coronavirus inside the body.  Doctors answered: ‘People will die.’  —  After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air, President Trump pondered whether …
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Lysol manufacturer warns against internal use after Trump comments  —  A spokesperson for the cleaning product company said it had a responsibility to give accurate info to the public.  —  WASHINGTON — The manufacturer for Lysol, a disinfectant spray and cleaning product …
New York Times:
Trump and the Coronavirus: A Sour President, Home Alone at the White House  —  As his administration grapples with reopening the economy, President Trump is worried about his re-election and how the news media is portraying him.  —  Trump Asks if Sunlight Can Kill Viruses.  ‘Not as a Treatment,’ Birx Says.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Media erupt over Trump comments on disinfectant and sunlight to cure coronavirus: Here's what he said
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump's comments prompt doctors to warn against injecting disinfectants …
Discussion: Novara Media
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump suggests ‘injection’ of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and ‘clean’ the lungs
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
After backlash that Trump's disinfectant ‘ingestion’ idea could be deadly, WH claims taken ‘out of context’
Discussion: Townhall
NBC News:
America is failing to handle its worst crisis in 80 years
NBC News:
Facebook ads, conspiracy theorists pushed bleach consumption and UV ray cures
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
Politico:
Trump owes tens of millions to the Bank of China — and the loan is due soon  —  Donald Trump is warning “China will own the United States” if Joe Biden is elected president.  —  But Trump himself is tens of millions of dollars in debt to China: In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's poor poll numbers trigger GOP alarms over November  —  Senior Republicans and President Donald Trump's campaign are wrestling with how to best position him for November as the coronavirus poses a grave threat to his reelection.  —  With Trump's poll figures sagging …
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Fears Suburban Women Will Destroy Him in 2020—and That Coronavirus Is Making It Worse  —  The voting bloc already was a major problem.  Could it get even worse?  —  President Donald Trump has been warned by his political advisers in recent weeks that his perilously low standing …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden says he thinks Trump will try to delay the presidential election
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
New Poll Shows a Hidden Danger for Trump: Double Haters
Discussion: National Review and NBC News
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems  —  Close supervision is strongly recommended
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
FDA issues warnings on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine after ‘serious poisoning and death’ reported
Discussion: Raw Story and Discourse Blog
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:   Citing a ‘primary outcome’ of death, researchers cut chloroquine coronavirus study short over safety concerns
Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
CBO's Current Projections of Output, Employment, and Interest Rates and a Preliminary Look at Federal Deficits for 2020 and 2021  —  CBO has developed preliminary projections of key economic variables through the end of calendar year 2021, based on information about the economy …
David Eggert / Associated Press:
Whitmer extends stay-home order through May 15, eases rules  —  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday lengthened her stay-at-home order through May 15, while lifting restrictions so some businesses can reopen and the public can participate in outdoor activities like golf …
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Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Legislature wants to create committee to oversee Whitmer's coronavirus response
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Man Who Died Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner Remembered as Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer  —  In death, he has become famous as a cautionary tale about the risks of mindlessly following the armchair medical advice President Donald Trump has dispensed from the White House podium.
Discussion: Twitchy
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
If Joe Biden Needs a Black Woman for Vice President, Who Should It Be?  —  Among black leaders close to Joe Biden, a commitment to selecting a woman is not enough.  They have publicly and privately pushed him to select a black woman to fuel black voter enthusiasm.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ANALYSIS: Inside a week that could define Kemp's political career  —  Gov. Brian Kemp's brutal week started with the threat of a protest at the Capitol urging him to lift coronavirus restrictions as he was planning to do just that.  It ended with a cacophony of horns from a caravan …
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Amid The Pandemic, U.S. Militia Groups Plot ‘The Boogaloo,’ AKA Civil War, On Facebook  —  Extremists are promoting anti-government violence on Facebook during the coronavirus pandemic.  The social media giant appears to be doing little about it.  —  Thousands of armed right-wing militants …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Bloomberg:
McConnell's Hometown Will Be Hit Hard Without Federal Bailout  — Congress's fourth rescue doesn't offer city budget relief  — Louisville, Kentucky, facing $115 million deficit, mayor says  —  When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell panned the idea of providing federal aid …
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Emerging Infectious Diseases journal:
Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center, South Korea … Shin Young Park, Young-Man Kim, Seonju Yi, Sangeun Lee, Baeg-Ju Na, Chang Bo Kim, Jung-il Kim, Hea Sook Kim, Young Bok Kim, Yoojin Park, In Sil Huh, Hye Kyung Kim, Hyung Jun Yoon, Hanaram Jang, Kyungnam Kim, Yeonhwa Chang, Inhye Kim …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump team moves to scrap protections for LGBTQ patients  —  The Trump administration is moving to scrap an Obama-era policy that protected LGBTQ patients from discrimination, alarming health experts who warn that the regulatory rollback could harm vulnerable people during a pandemic.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Clairmont / Washington Examiner:
Social distance warriors  —  Snitching?  There's an app for that.  —  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently took to the airwaves to announce that responsible citizens could turn state's witness in reporting crimes against public health: “When you see a crowd, when you see a line that's not distanced …
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for ‘Shameless Greed’  —  Pop singer Taylor Swift took another swing at billionaire investor George Soros on Thursday, condemning the “shameless greed” of the financier for partnering with her ex-manager Scooter Braun to release a new album of her songs.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Eat More Potatoes, America  —  Is It Really Too Much to Ask That We Focus, People?  —  In just about every major publication in the country today, the lead story is that President Trump has once again said something outrageous in yesterday's briefing about the virus response.
The Daily Beast:
Top Dem Operative David Brock Accused of Illegally Profiting From His Political Empire by Conservative Group  —  The complaint with the IRS, which comes from Patriots Foundation, details legally murky interactions between various entities in the Brock network.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and VodkaPundit
Nathaniel Flakin / Left Voice:
Noam Chomsky Is a Liberal  —  According to the distinguished professor, saying #NeverBiden is basically the same as refusing to vote against Hitler.  This is a flawed analogy.  If we can learn anything from the early 1930s in Germany, it's that we must fight against capitalist politicians.
 
 
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
Sixth Circuit Ruling on ‘Fundamental Right to a Basic Minimum Education’
Discussion: Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 50,000
Simon Romero / New York Times:
How New Mexico, One of the Poorest States, Averted a Steep Death Toll
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Reuters:
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China: governor
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Live updates: D.C., Maryland and Virginia report more than 100 covid-19 fatalities …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Just What Will Voting Look Like This Fall?
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's obsession with Iranian gunboats
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Opposed to Bailouts, but in This Case Willing to Take One
Aaron Glantz / Reveal:
Bailout money bypasses hard-hit New York, California for North Dakota, Nebraska
Discussion: The Intercept
Phil Owen / The Wrap:
Giuliani Calls COVID-19 Contact Tracing ‘Ridiculous’: ‘We Should Trace Everybody for Cancer’ (Video)
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Moving Out and Not Coming Back  —  On the menu today …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Facing the Coronavirus, Republicans Aren't So Pro-Life After All
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan Glasser / New Yorker:
Fifty Thousand Americans Dead from the Coronavirus, and a President Who Refuses to Mourn Them
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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