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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June — Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated. The Supreme Court heard a case remotely for the first time. J. Crew filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism — President Trump has spent the past three years attacking U.S. intelligence officials as corrupt and traitorous. He even hinted one official should perhaps be executed for telling the truth about his profound and likely criminal betrayal …
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.”
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon engineer quits after he ‘snapped’ when the company fired workers who called for coronavirus protections — Tim Bray, a senior engineer at Amazon, resigned on May 1 over concerns about the company's decision to fire workers who were outspoken critics of its labor practices.
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Financial Times
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 …
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes' lawyer facing prospect of sanctions after two recent, rare court warnings — The attorney representing Rep. Devin Nunes in six lawsuits has received two recent, rare warnings from judges that raise the prospect of courts sanctioning him. — People and organizations that Nunes' attorney …
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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 …
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New York Times:
What Joe Biden Needs to Do to Beat Trump — To win, he has to find a way to get beyond the basement tapes and project himself into our ever more digital world. — Mr. Axelrod was the senior strategist for President Barack Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012; Mr. Plouffe was Mr. Obama's campaign manager in 2008.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Axelrod says Reade allegation never came up during 2008 Biden vetting
Axelrod says Reade allegation never came up during 2008 Biden vetting
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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 …
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Fox News:
Justice Thomas asks rare question during Supreme Court oral arguments, in teleconference session — Famously quiet Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked two questions during the court's remote oral arguments, marking just his third time speaking during the sessions in over a decade.
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Kristin Myers / Yahoo Finance:
Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model — New data from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that relaxing lockdowns across U.S. cities and states could have serious consequences for the country's
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Raw Story and The Intellectualist
Lyz Lenz / Washington Post:
Biden should step aside. We can't sacrifice another woman for political gain. — The Democrats should drop Biden for the same reason the GOP should have dropped Kavanaugh. — It's a story we know all too well. A woman says a politician hurt her. He abused her. She's coming forward now.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
For the 5th time in two weeks, Trump tweaks projected death toll — When a president finds it necessary to revise a projected death toll five times in 13 days, there's a problem. — Two weeks ago today, Donald Trump said he believed the overall American death toll from the coronavirus could be as low as 50,000 people.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — There was the time Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up at a coronavirus press conference in — a solitary rubber glove, proceeding to repeatedly touch his face with the other, ungloved hand. And there was the time he went through heroic struggles in
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CNN
Washington Post:
Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. — After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as President Trump's top official for public health preparedness in 2017, he began pressing to increase government stocks of a smallpox vaccine.
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Ex-Green Beret Claims He Led Failed Raid Into Venezuela in Attempt to Overthrow Maduro — (CARACAS, Venezuela) — A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that the socialist government said ended with eight dead.
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.
Bryan Walsh / Axios:
Why Congress is lagging on remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic — Legislatures around the world have been experimenting with remote deliberation during the pandemic, but Congress still insists on in-person voting. — Why it matters: With social distancing rules in place …
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The Hill
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
San Diego man wears KKK hood to supermarket after county orders public to wear face masks — Officials have condemned a man in California who was pictured wearing a makeshift Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping at a supermarket. — Pictures of the man wearing a white hood similar to one worn …
Public Policy Polling:
Iowa Races Closely Matched — PPP's newest Iowa poll finds that both the Senate race and the Presidential race in the state have tightened since the winter. — In the Senate race Joni Ernst leads Theresa Greenfield just 43-42, an indication that Iowa could make for another tough hold …
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The Hill 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.”
Washington Post:
Maryland Gov. Hogan resists pressure to reopen quickly as coronavirus deaths, infections rise throughout Washington region — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday pushed back against pressure to lift his stay-at-home order, saying he respects the rights of demonstrators who gathered …
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Townhall
Caleb Jones / Associated Press:
Isolated by oceans: Hawaii, other islands tamp down virus — HONOLULU (AP) — Flying to a faraway beach might seem like the perfect way to escape a pandemic, but for isolated Pacific islands, controlling the coronavirus means cutting off tourism. — Hawaii has among the lowest COVID-19 infection …
William Wan / Washington Post:
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis — Anxiety and depression are rising. The U.S. is ill-prepared, with some clinics already on the brink of collapse. — Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, America is on the verge of another health crisis …
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 …
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Raw Story
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
How Bailout Backlash and Moral Hazard Outrage Could Endanger the Economy — People are increasingly focusing not on preventing a depression but on which recipients of federal rescue are morally worthy. — The United States economy is in free fall, with tens of millions of people unemployed …
Anne D'innocenzio / Associated Press:
J.Crew files for Chapter 11 as pandemic chokes retail — NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the pandemic forced most stores in the United States to close. — More retail bankruptcies are expected in coming weeks …