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New York Times:
Why Biden's Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications — Joe Biden has hinted that he might serve only one term if he wins. That would set up a woman as the front-runner for 2024 and perhaps define the Democratic agenda for the next decade. — WASHINGTON — For decades …
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Miami Herald:
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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CNN and Balloon Juice
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Elizabeth Warren tops Democrats' wish list for Biden's vice president — Economic expertise and crisis management skills are top qualities Democratic voters want to see in a vice-presidential pick for their party — even more so than executive or legislative experience …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Mother Jones, Axios, CNN, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Lesley Stahl shares her personal battle with coronavirus — “After two weeks at home in bed, weak, fighting pneumonia, and really scared, I went to the hospital. I found an overworked, nearly overwhelmed staff.” — One of the rules of journalism is “Don't become part of the story.”
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Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas — Texas' rural health care system may not have the budgets to survive the coronavirus pandemic. 60 Minutes met with a few of the people trying to make sure rural communities still receive care.
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers? — Coronavirus is another blow to farmers who have already seen their paychecks dwindle because of the trade war with China. Washington is providing multibillion-dollar bailouts for both crises, but is the money going to the right people?
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
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Redstate, The Daily Caller and One America News Network
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pompeo says there's “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab
Pompeo says there's “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab
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Slate, The Daily Caller, NBC News, One America News Network, ABC News and Fox News
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
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Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Cuomo announces 7-state consortium for buying PPE
Cuomo announces 7-state consortium for buying PPE
Discussion:
Politico and The Mahablog
New York Times:
The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others? — Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to. — The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran …
Shawn Langlois / MarketWatch:
Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in February that the coronavirus was ‘contained’ — Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was “contained.” In fact, it was “pretty close to airtight,” he claimed.
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HuffPost
U.S. Department of Justice:
The Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Support of Church That Ministers to Underserved Communities — The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in a Virginia federal court concerning the First Amendment's freedom of religion in support of Lighthouse Fellowship Church …
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The Daily Caller
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump — It looks, at first, like one of a zillion unfunny video clips that now circulate on the internet: “Once Upon a Virus” features cheap animation, cheesy music, and sarcastic dialogue between China—represented by a Lego terra-cotta warrior with a low …
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New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms) — A new generation is making gains on everything from layoff protections to gender neutral pronouns. Can they bring that same energy to saving the industry? — As the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc in the news business …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Washington stumbled, governors stepped to the forefront — The history of the United States has generally been written with the states in a subordinate role or cast in a negative light — but no longer. The story of America's confrontation with the coronavirus pandemic is one in which states and their governors have been dominant.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dinner organizer says Biden was not at 2008 event where he was accused of sexual harassment — A past organizer for Delaware's First State Gridiron Dinner now says Joe Biden did not attend the event in 2008, after a woman recently claimed the former vice president and senator sexually harassed her there, Fox News has learned.
Discussion:
Law & Crime, The Daily Caller and Althouse
Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
Democrats, It's Time to Consider a Plan B — Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden demand action. — Ms. Bruenig is an Opinion writer. — If you're lucky when you report your sexual assault, you'll become known as a person who was sexually assaulted.
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Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost and The Hill
Harry Enten / CNN:
How Trump has broken the polls — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Ipsos/Reuters poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 45% to 39% margin. — The Ipsos poll is just the latest to find Biden ahead. He's never not been ahead in the polling average.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
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The Hill
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Policy and Punditry Need to Adapt to New Virus Data — When we began our foray into quarantine seven weeks ago, there was a unifying and eminently sensible rationale behind it: “Bend the curve.” The idea was this: If allowed to go unchecked, COVID-19 would overwhelm hospitals, leaving patients without beds.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
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 …
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Got Dow 36,000 Author to Model the Coronavirus. It Didn't Go Well. — President Trump's habit of promising unrealistically low casualty counts is one of the more inexplicable unforced errors in the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo, CNN, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
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abc7NY, Digby's Hullabaloo and Vox
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Pence: ‘I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic’ — Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said that he should have worn a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic, a reversal that came after a harsh backlash for not adhering to the hospital's policy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants to replace FBI director Wray but may restrain himself during election year — President Trump is not happy with FBI director Christopher Wray and would love to replace him, according to three sources who've discussed the matter with the president.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why you shouldn't hold your breath for the next coronavirus stimulus bill — Don't expect fast action on the next coronavirus stimulus package, known on Capitol Hill as “phase 4.” Senior sources in the Republican Senate conference tell me that most GOP senators want to wait a bit before passing another big aid bill.
Discussion:
Fox News
Alex Thompson / Politico:
The Biden campaign faces a mind-boggling challenge: How to make Joe go viral — How does a campaign take a 77-year-old man — who admits he needs his granddaughter's help with his cellphone and pitches himself as sober and reasonable — and make him go viral?