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9:35 AM ET, May 4, 2020

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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.”
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
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Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:   Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?
Discussion: The Week
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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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
Discussion: Breitbart
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
Discussion: The Hill
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks.  Weeks Later, They All Were Dead.  —  The coronavirus has taken a steep toll on the often-invisible army of employees who keep New York hospitals running.  —  They did not treat patients, but Wayne Edwards, Derik Braswell and Priscilla Carrow held …
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life... just days after warning of PPE shortages and being forced to work despite being infected  —  A third Russian doctor has plunged from a hospital window after complaining about medics facing intolerable coronavirus pressures.
Wall Street Journal:
Smart or Lucky?  How Florida Dodged the Worst of Coronavirus  —  Even though it's too early to draw clear conclusions, and the virus could flare again, there are lessons from its approach  —  MIAMI—When the coronavirus pandemic swept toward Florida, public-health professionals nationally warned …
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Bridge to the Post-pandemic World Is Collapsing  —  Outside of Boston, a marketing company is struggling to figure out how to cover its bills.  In Indiana, a dance studio is waiting on three emergency-loan applications.  In Baltimore, a deli is closed and desperate for help.
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 …
Discussion: NBC News and MSNBC
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Lincoln got better press treatment, Trump claims, as he ups pandemic death estimate  —  (CNN)After admitting US coronavirus deaths could hit 90,000, President Donald Trump is bemoaning his own plight — complaining that he has been treated worse by the press than Abraham Lincoln.
Discussion: Fox News
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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
What Republicans don't get: Donald Trump is our biggest obstacle to coronavirus recovery  —  Trump puts his own interests above the well-being of the country and limits the coronavirus response by his addictions to adulation and political gain.  —  Small groups of protesters egged on by the president …
Discussion: Raw Story
The City:
Early Precautions Draw a Life-and-Death Divide Between Flushing and Corona  —  Need to know more about coronavirus in New York?  Sign up for THE CITY's daily morning newsletter.  —  On paper, Flushing and Corona, two bordering neighborhoods in Queens, are more alike than different.
New York Times:
In the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, We Must Go Big.  Really, Really Big.  —  We should commit tens of billions toward a program.  —  The writers are economics professors.  —  The Covid-19 virus has killed over 200,000 people, overwhelmed health systems and confined billions of people in their homes.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
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Financial Times:   Cost of vaccinating billions against Covid-19 put at more than $20bn
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers  —  Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been “firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.”
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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court takes modest but historic step with teleconference hearings  —  The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments by teleconference Monday, taking a historic but modest step into the technological present.  —  Forced from gathering in their grand courtroom …
Discussion: CNN
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Pete Williams / NBC News:   Supreme Court justices to hear oral arguments in history-making phone call
Kevin McCarthy / Defeat the Virus:
A Plan for the People's House  —  Four Strategies to Reopen Congress and Restore America's Voice  —  Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”  —  Recently, we called on Speaker Pelosi to establish a clear, safe, and effective plan for reopening the House of Representatives.
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.
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Your Guide To The Obama Administration's Hit On Michael Flynn  —  New documents in the Michael Flynn case cemented that a small cadre of high-level FBI agents set a perjury trap for President Trump's then-national security advisor.  —  The unsealing last week of a series of documents …
Discussion: American Greatness
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.
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 …
 
 
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Bradley Byrne / Wall Street Journal:
Pelosi's Coronavirus Power Grab
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump says he shares his famed uncle's science genius.  A friend says the uncle ‘would have been horrified.’
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Dems deploying DARPA-funded AI-driven information warfare tool to target pro-Trump accounts
Associated Press:
IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virus
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms)
Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on World Press Freedom Day
Discussion: HuffPost
Shawn Langlois / MarketWatch:
Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in February that the coronavirus was ‘contained’
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Policy and Punditry Need to Adapt to New Virus Data
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Before Covid-19, Trump Aide Sought to Use Disease to Close Borders
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why you shouldn't hold your breath for the next coronavirus stimulus bill
Discussion: Fox News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants to replace FBI director Wray but may restrain himself during election year
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Faced with 20,000 dead, care homes seek shield from lawsuits
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Washington stumbled, governors stepped to the forefront
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dinner organizer says Biden was not at 2008 event where he was accused of sexual harassment
Discussion: Law & Crime and The Daily Caller