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Washington Post:
Draft report predicts covid-19 cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1 — A draft government report projects covid-19 cases will surge to about 200,000 per day by June 1, a staggering jump that would be accompanied by more than 3,000 deaths each day. — The document predicts a sharp increase …
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The plan is to have no plan — “There is no genius there, only a damaged human being playing havoc with our lives.” … The plan is to have no plan, to let daily deaths between and one and three thousand become a normal thing, and then to create massive confusion about who is responsible …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House is focused on per capita coronavirus death tolls. Here's where we rank. — The United States has the most confirmed coronavirus cases and the most confirmed coronavirus deaths in the world. This became true weeks ago, and the gap between us and the rest of the world is only growing.
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New York Times:
Models Project Sharp Rise in Deaths as States Reopen — An internal Trump administration report expects about 200,000 daily cases by June. The White House bars coronavirus task force officials from testifying to Congress without approval. … Here's what you need to know:
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Washington Post:
Trump cheers on governors even as they ignore White House coronavirus guidelines in race to reopen
Trump cheers on governors even as they ignore White House coronavirus guidelines in race to reopen
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
White House prohibits coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress in May
White House prohibits coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress in May
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC privately projects significant May surge in coronavirus cases and deaths
CDC privately projects significant May surge in coronavirus cases and deaths
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National Geographic:
Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab — In an exclusive interview, the face of America's COVID-19 response cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge. — SCIENCE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
Associated Press:
3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask — FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Pick for Intelligence Chief Follows a Slew of QAnon Accounts — John Ratcliffe's campaign Twitter account follows Pizzagaters, JFK Jr. conspiracists, and a 9/11 Truther account with just one follower besides himself. — For a nominee to helm the U.S. government's intelligence apparatus …
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Ivan Pentchoukov / theepochtimes.com:
CIA Watchdog Sitting on Secret House Report Allegedly Critical of Brennan's Role in Russian Meddling Assessment
CIA Watchdog Sitting on Secret House Report Allegedly Critical of Brennan's Role in Russian Meddling Assessment
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
After nearly 2 years, Grassley lifts hold on counterintel chief nominee
After nearly 2 years, Grassley lifts hold on counterintel chief nominee
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The Hill
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN sends Trump campaign cease-and-desist letter for misleading ad — New York (CNN Business)A lawyer for CNN's parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump's re-election campaign over the misleading contents of a new campaign ad.
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Australian intelligence knocks back US government's Wuhan lab virus claim — Australian intelligence agencies have questioned evidence trumpeted by United States officials supposedly linking the coronavirus to a Wuhan laboratory as concerns within the government grow that the push …
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Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid-19 leaked from lab
Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid-19 leaked from lab
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Really Aiming to Take Down Fox”: A Group Associated With Donald Trump Jr. Is Buying a Major Stake in OANN — Possibly hedging against a 2020 loss, the Trump family builds ties to a network that's much more loyal than Fox. — When liberals look at Fox News, they tend to see Trump TV …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats stand by Biden: ‘Credible and convincing’ defense against sex assault claim — Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats said Monday they back Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for president in spite of allegations by former aide Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 when he was a senator.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Democrats, Tara Reade and the #MeToo Trap
Democrats, Tara Reade and the #MeToo Trap
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The Daily Beast, Redstate and The Daily Caller
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
After Watching Biden Deny Reade's Claims, 1 in 4 Democrats Want a Different Nominee
After Watching Biden Deny Reade's Claims, 1 in 4 Democrats Want a Different Nominee
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Newspaper's Top Editor Is Now a ‘Homeless’ Blogger — A 54-year-old journalist lost his job running an Indiana newspaper, as well as the apartment that went with it. He moved to a Motel 6. — On Wednesday he was laid off. On Friday he was living in a Motel 6.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Most Events in the Lincoln Memorial Are Banned. Trump Got an Exception. — Citing the “extraordinary crisis” of the coronavirus, the interior secretary relaxed the rules so the president could hold a Fox News interview in one of the nation's most hallowed spaces.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ex-NBC Producer Rich McHugh Blasts Outgoing Chairman Andy Lack, Says NY AG's Office Probing the Network — Rich McHugh, a former NBC News producer who worked with Ronan Farrow, had some tough words for the network tonight over the departure of NBC News/MSNBC chairman Andy Lack.
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New York Daily News:
Goodbye to Trump's GOP: We've left the Republican Party and all other women should too — Call it a divorce. A case of “irreconcilable differences” perhaps, but we're gone. Splitsville. Outta there. — We left the GOP at different times for sure, but for the same reasons …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
GOP Ohio state lawmaker refuses to wear face mask because faces are the ‘likeness of God’ — © The Ohio House of Representatives — A Republican Ohio state representative cited his religious beliefs to explain why he would not wear a mask as recommended by Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Ohio GOP lawmaker says he won't wear a face mask because God doesn't wear one
Ohio GOP lawmaker says he won't wear a face mask because God doesn't wear one
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The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, despite easing of restrictions in some states, Post-U. Md. poll finds — Americans clearly oppose the reopening of restaurants, retail stores and other businesses, even as governors begin to lift restrictions that have kept the economy locked …
Don Sweeney / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI seizes four pipe bombs from home of Colorado anti-lockdown protester, feds say — A 53-year-old anti-lockdown protester in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of having pipe bombs and bomb-making materials at his home, the U.S. Attorney's Office says.
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Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Billions Could Live in Extreme Heat Zones Within Decades, Study Finds — As the climate continues to warm over the next half-century, up to one-third of the world's population is likely to live in areas that are considered unsuitably hot for humans, scientists said Monday.
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A man wore a KKK hood at a grocery store after San Diego County required face masks — Photos of a man wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping Saturday prompted a harsh rebuke from local leaders in San Diego County, and police now say they're looking into the unsettling imagery.
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Obama Is Mad at Black Voters, Not Trump Voters: 'That's My Trauma' — ‘BECOMING’ — The Netflix documentary “Becoming,” chronicling Michelle Obama's book tour, is light on newsworthy Trump attacks, focusing instead on the former first lady's next chapter.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus — BEIJING (Reuters) - An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Appeals Court Vacancy Is Under Scrutiny Ahead of Contested Confirmation Hearing — The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit publicly advanced a call by a progressive group for an ethics investigation into the circumstances of a plum vacancy.
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Chris Christie pushes to reopen country despite dire Covid-19 projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’ — (CNN)Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that the country needs to reopen, despite separate key coronavirus models forecasting that thousands may die daily in the United States …
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Anna Gronewold / Politico:
States were supposed to team up on reopening. It hasn't gone as planned. — ALBANY, N.Y. — When seven northeastern states announced they would reopen their virus-shuttered economies in lockstep when the time was right, it was seen as a very-public flexing of local government muscle …
Associated Press:
Venezuela: 2 US ‘mercenaries’ among those nabbed after raid — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said authorities arrested two U.S. citizens among a group of “mercenaries” on Monday, a day after a beach raid purportedly aimed at capturing the socialist leader that authorities say they foiled.
Center for Global Policy:
The Makhlouf Incident and the Infighting Within the Syrian Regime — On April 30, Rami Makhlouf, who is a cousin of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is thought to be Syria's wealthiest businessman, released a monologue defending himself against government accusations of tax evasion and attempts …
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Out Of This World! Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk's SpaceX — EXCLUSIVE: I'm hearing that Tom Cruise and Elon Musk's Space X are working on a project with NASA that would be the first narrative feature film - an action adventure - to be shot in outer space.
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