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Biden, Warren: There's no oversight of coronavirus relief — because that's what Trump wants — Sixty-four thousand dead. Thirty million people out of work. Small businesses collapsing. Communities of color hit exceptionally hard. — Even the most ideological conservatives …
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Balloon Juice
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34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump's desperate attempts to reopen America — The epidemiological models under review in the White House Situation Room in late March were bracing. In a best-case scenario, they showed the novel coronavirus was likely to kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans.
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Mother Jones, NBC News, Vox, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story
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What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
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abc7NY, Vox and Digby's Hullabaloo


Kudlow defends claiming U.S. had coronavirus “contained” in February — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow defended his claim on Feb. 25 that the U.S. had “contained” the coronavirus “pretty close to airtight,” arguing on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that his comments were “based on the actual facts” at the time.
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Politico
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Pompeo says there's “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on ABC's “This Week” Sunday that there's “enormous evidence” to support the theory that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, not a nearby wildlife market.
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Fox News and The Daily Caller

Pompeo Says ‘Enormous Evidence’ Connects Virus to Wuhan Lab
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HuffPost


Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. — The former vice president had been expected …
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The Hill
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How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump — To understand the President's path to the 2020 election, look at what he has provided the country's executive class. — Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of future Presidents, was the eight-time club champion on the golf course …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


City's proclamation requiring face masks in stores and restaurants is amended after threats of violence — (CNN)An emergency proclamation issued Thursday in Stillwater, Oklahoma, requiring the use of face masks in stores and restaurants was amended Friday after threats of violence.
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stillwater.org and The Hill
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Oklahoma city ends face mask rule for shoppers after store employees are threatened
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New York Post, Slate, Law & Crime, Althouse and fox8.com


Tara Reade Isn't Ready to Respond to Biden Sexual-Harrassment Denial — Reade also says safety concerns prompted her to cancel TV interview — WASHINGTON—The woman accusing former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual harassment and sexual assault said she isn't ready to respond to his recent interview denying her claims.
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Joe Says It Ain't So — With partisan goggles, we plunge back into the muck.

AP Admits Not Reporting, Deleting Tara Reade 2019 Interview Detailing Charges Against Joe Biden
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The Hill, Axios and Just The News

Tara Reade says ‘creepy’ voice messages, online harassment targeting her, family
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Breitbart, No More Mister Nice Blog and Slate


The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists — White supremacists seek to stoke the fear and disruption caused by the pandemic to push their agenda and to recruit. — America's extremists are attempting to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a potent recruiting tool …


Birx decries Michigan protests: It's ‘devastatingly worrisome’ — “They will feel guilty for the rest of our lives.” — White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on Sunday she found it …


Anti-Vaccination Activists Are Growing Force at Virus Protests — Public health experts fear that their messaging could further harm the country's response to the pandemic. — The protest on Friday in Sacramento urging California's governor to reopen the state resembled the rallies …
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Quartz


Florida county's medical examiner begged officials to close beaches, internal emails reveal — Beaches in Florida's St. Johns County remained open to record crowds through most of March, despite mounting concerns raised by the county's medical examiner and residents.


Fears rise that Trump will incite a global vaccine brawl — When global leaders gathered virtually last month at the behest of the World Health Organization to commit to distributing a future coronavirus vaccine in an internationally equitable way, the United States didn't join in.
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Vanity Fair, France 24 and Raw Story


The big problem coronavirus poses for White House economists — Another 3.8 million Americans file for unemployment benefits — (CNN)The numbers evoke the worst economic nightmares in American history. But White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett freely admits he can't map the path out.


She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next? — Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.” — I told Laurie Garrett that she might as well change her name to Cassandra. Everyone is calling her that anyway.


Ohio governor says his face mask order went ‘too far’ — On May 11, consumer and retail stores in Ohio will be allowed to reopen. — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday that a statewide order mandating face masks be worn in stores went “too far.” — “It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far.


Endangered Republicans keeping distance from Trump — As the president's numbers slip, Republicans are recalibrating their strategy for winning in tough times. — At the end of a recent column, I argued that the odds of a Democratic blowout in this November's election were now as likely as a Trump victory.
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Washington Post and Daily Kos


These Arizona sheriffs say they won't enforce governor's stay-at-home order. But they don't expect a free-for-all — Two Arizona county sheriffs, one on the western edge of the state and another just south of Phoenix, say they won't enforce the stay-at-home order imposed by Gov. Doug Ducey …
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Townhall


Monty Bennett, Trump donor and largest recipient of PPP funds, will return money — The largest recipient of COVID-19 bailout loans, Trump campaign donor Monty Bennett, announced Saturday he would return all money received through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Hotel Group Will Return Tens of Millions in Small Business Loans
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The Hill