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Why Have Women's Groups Gone Dead Silent on Biden Sex-Assault Accusation? — In the wake of the #MeToo movement, prominent women came forward expressing regret they didn't take allegations against then-President Bill Clinton seriously in the 1990s. — Women's groups and prominent feminist figures …

Discussion: National Review, Damian J. Penny, Fox News, TheBlaze, HuffPost, Twitchy, Mediaite, Breitbart, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

So, Tara Reade . . . For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters. — Did Joe Biden sexually assault Tara Reade in 1993, as she claims? I don't know. As is so often the case, there were no witnesses and no physical evidence, so it's literally her word against his.

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, Fox News and HuffPost

BuzzFeed News:

Democrats Will Have To Answer Questions About Tara Reade. The Biden Campaign Is Advising Them To Say Her Story “Did Not Happen.” — While Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate …

Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
There's Nothing Wrong With Stacey Abrams's Campaign to Be Vice-President

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Redstate and Politico

Washington Examiner:
The media owe Brett Kavanaugh an apology

Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:
Democrats react to Biden assault allegation with pleas for explanation — or with silence

Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Politico, The Hill, Fox News, Al Jazeera, NB Blog, IJR, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy

Damon Linker / The Week:
How Tara Reade's allegations could bring down Joe Biden

Discussion: Power Line, pjmedia.com, Arc Digital and The American Conservative

New York Times:

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests — Total deaths in seven states that have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic are nearly 50 percent higher than normal for the five weeks from March 8 through April 11, according to new death statistics …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Power Line and Raw Story

New York Times:

De Blasio Breaks Up Rabbi's Funeral and Lashes Out Over Virus Distancing — After overseeing the dispersal of hundreds of Hasidic mourners in Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de Blasio called the gathering “absolutely unacceptable.” — Mayor Bill de Blasio lashed out at Hasidic residents …

Discussion: National Review, Reason, NBC News, The Hill, Instapundit, ABC News, Jewish Insider, The Yeshiva World, Tangle, The Daily Caller and Just The News

Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:

De Blasio is stoking anti-Semitism. He's not alone. — On Tuesday night, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared war on New York's Jewish community. The very same mayor who went to the gym the day after closing New York City's schools, restaurants, and bars and who took a stroll in Prospect Park on Saturday …

Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Dot, New York Post and Gothamist

David Harsanyi / National Review:
Incompetent De Blasio Scapegoats the Jews

Discussion: The Federalist, Redstate and Breitbart

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
De Blasio warning to Jewish community sparks backlash in latest controversy over coronavirus measures

Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and The Guardian

Emma Tucker / The Daily Beast:

Jared Kushner Calls Coronavirus Response ‘a Great Success Story’ as Death Toll Nears 60,000 — UM, WHAT?! — President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has been largely absent amid the coronavirus crisis in recent weeks, said on Wednesday that “this is a great success story” …

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kushner predicts much of the country will be ‘back to normal’ in June

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Fox News

Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
Ethics Review Needed into Kushner Shadow Task Force

Discussion: Raw Story and Vanity Fair

Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:

Breaking: In Major Decision Rejecting Kris Kobach's Claims of Massive Voter Fraud, Tenth Circuit Unanimously Holds Kansas's Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Register to Vote Violates Constitution and Federal Law — In a major ruling, a 10th Circuit panel (consisting of 2 judges …

Brooke Singman / Fox News:

Trump says White House ‘fading out’ social distancing guidelines set to expire this week — President Trump on Wednesday said the administration will be “fading out” the federal social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus that are slated to expire Thursday.

Tyler Olson / Fox News:
White House, Pelosi respond to bleak GDP report amid efforts to lift coronavirus shutdowns

Discussion: Fox Business, Breitbart and CNBC

Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Mass layoffs begin in cities and states amid coronavirus fallout, threatening education, sanitation, health and safety — Millions of municipal workers could find themselves out of a job or without pay, according to local leaders, who say programs would fall into disarray unless Washington intervenes

Discussion: Raw Story, Morning Consult, Politico and Vanity Fair

Christina Maxouris / CNN:

US could be in for ‘a bad fall and a bad winter’ if it's unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus, Fauci warns — (CNN)A second round of the coronavirus is “inevitable,” the nation's top infectious disease doctor says, but just how bad it is will depend on the progress the US makes in the coming months.

Discussion: Observer, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, The Hill and MSNBC

Joe Walsh / Washington Post:

You can't win, Justin Amash. You can only help Trump get reelected. — We both came in with the tea party wave. Reelecting this president isn't the way to go out. — President Trump is everything our Founders feared. He routinely misleads or outright lies to the American people …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Axios, Politico, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, NPR, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Dispatch, IJR, CNN and The Gateway Pundit

Domenico Montanaro / NPR:

Poll: Half Of Americans Financially Affected By Coronavirus — Half the country has been personally economically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and overwhelming numbers of Americans do not think schools, restaurants or sporting events with large crowds should reopen until there is further testing …

Discussion: The Week, Fox News and POLITICUSUSA

PBS NewsHour:
Despite widespread economic hardship, most Americans not ready to reopen, poll says

Discussion: The Guardian

Kathleen McGrory / Tampa Bay Times:

Florida medical examiners were releasing coronavirus death data. The state made them stop. — When the medical examiners' list was available, it showed more deaths than the state's count. — State officials have stopped releasing the list of coronavirus deaths being compiled …

Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist

Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:

Antibody tests support what's been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.

Discussion: The Week, ProPublica and Raw Story

Joseph Curl / Washington Times:

COVID-19 turning out to be huge hoax perpetrated by media — Media hyped the virus and alarmed Americans to the point of shutting down the economy — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — When the postmortem is done on the media's coverage of COVID-19 (and it will be), it will be clear that the virus …

Discussion: Associated Press

Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:

Threatening Retaliation for Protected Activity Is No Joke — Last week, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded that the Federalist's top manager, Ben Domenech, violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when, on the same …

Ben Domenech / Wall Street Journal:
How My Joke on Twitter Became a Federal Case

Discussion: Reason

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:

The American People Should See Trump's Coronavirus Briefings in Their Entirety — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … To get to the White House Rose Garden during the pandemic, you first walk through a tent outside of the grounds, where your temperature is checked …

Discussion: The Media Nut and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Collins / USA Today:

‘My Fellow American’: Donald Trump letter to stimulus check recipients raises objections — WASHINGTON - Americans who received a stimulus check from the federal government also are getting something else in the mail: a letter from President Donald Trump. — A one-page letter …

Discussion: Fortune and American Greatness

Des Moines Register:

Coronavirus in Iowa: State tells workers to return to jobs or lose their benefits — Gov. Reynolds announced limited-capacity reopenings starting May 1 for restaurants, fitness centers, retailers, and spiritual and religious gatherings for 77 counties in the state. Other businesses will currently remain closed until May 15.

Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo

Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
States Warn That Workers Will Lose Unemployment If They Refuse To Return To Jobs

Discussion: The American Independent, The Nation, The Texas Tribune, Slate and The Hill

Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:

Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate — The Mesa City Police Department's homicide division is investigating the death of Gary Lenius, the Arizona man whose wife served him soda mixed with fish tank cleaner in what she claimed was a bid to fend off the coronavirus.

Discussion: Redstate, New York Post, National Review, TheBlaze, Louder With Crowder, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy

Politico:

Roger Stone search warrants reveal new clues — and mysteries — about 2016 — Nearly three-dozen search warrants unsealed late Tuesday reveal a web of contacts between longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and other key figures in the long-running probe …

Discussion: Fox News

Matt Stevens / New York Times:

Does Andrew Yang Want to Be New York's Post-Coronavirus Mayor? — The ex-presidential candidate has boosted his profile, giving money to Bronx residents and starting a podcast and an antidiscrimination campaign. — On the night Andrew Yang dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary …

W.J. Hennigan / TIME:

Trump Says U.S. Will Run 5 Million Daily Virus Tests ‘Very Soon.’ His Testing Chief Says That's Impossible — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the U.S. will be able to carry out five million coronavirus tests per day, but the top official overseeing testing strategy told TIME earlier …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Vox, Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Guardian

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

GOP faces pressure to get tougher with Trump — Republicans in the Senate are under growing pressure to take the administration to task for its response to the coronavirus. — GOP senators, with a few exceptions, have been reluctant to criticize the administration, but they are starting …