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The Daily Beast:
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Townhall, The Daily Dot, Gothamist and New York Post
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Incompetent De Blasio Scapegoats the Jews
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
De Blasio warning to Jewish community sparks backlash in latest controversy over coronavirus measures
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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” …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kushner predicts much of the country will be ‘back to normal’ in June
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
Ethics Review Needed into Kushner Shadow Task Force
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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 …
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
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Raw Story, Morning Consult, Politico and Vanity Fair
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The economy shrunk at the fastest pace since the Great Recession — Everyone expects much worse numbers next quarter. — The US economy shrank 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020 — or a 4.8 percent annual rate of decline — according to data released Wednesday morning by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Fortune and American Greatness
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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Raw Story and The Intellectualist
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 …
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing — On March 27, as the U.S. topped 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Donald Trump stood at the lectern of the White House press-briefing room and was asked what he'd say about the pandemic to a child. Amid a meandering answer, Trump remarked …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
There's Nothing Wrong With Stacey Abrams's Campaign to Be Vice-President — Thanks to the postponement and cancellation of spring Democratic primaries — which has left Joe Biden the uncrowned but generally acknowledged nomination winner — the veepstakes are getting more early attention than usual.
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Guidelines call for 14-day drop in cases to reopen. No state has met them. — Diagnostic tests and contact tracing remain key to controlling the pandemic, experts say. — As a handful of states begin to ease stay-at-home restrictions, no state that has opted to reopen has come close …
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Talking Points Memo
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis and Trump tout Florida a coronavirus success as state announces 83 new deaths — The Republican governor from the Oval Office took aim at governors issuing strict orders. 'Florida's done better,' he said. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared Florida a coronavirus success story …
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