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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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Mother Jones, Balloon Juice, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog and Axios
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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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One America News Network, Politico, Breitbart, CNBC, Just The News, Raw Story, The Hill and Reason
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Chris Christie pushes to reopen country despite dire Covid-19 projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’
Chris Christie pushes to reopen country despite dire Covid-19 projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’
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The Daily Beast, Palmer Report and The Week
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 Week
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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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Palmer Report and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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Associated Press and Raw Story
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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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Power Line and Instapundit
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
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.
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
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Raw Story
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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New York Times:
Live Coronavirus News and Updates
Live Coronavirus News and Updates
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New York Post, Palmer Report and fox8.com
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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Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Breitbart, The Intellectualist and New York Times
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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NPS.gov, CNN, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
White House faces bad news on lockdown results
White House faces bad news on lockdown results
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The Daily Caller, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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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YouTube, The Hill, The Sun and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Sun, The Daily Caller, National Review and New York Post
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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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Vanity Fair, FiveThirtyEight and The National Interest
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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Clayton Sandell / ABC News:
Colorado man planning armed protest against state's coronavirus restrictions arrested for pipe bombs — Bradley Bunn first came to the attention of authorities on social media. — A Colorado man arrested after federal agents allegedly discovered pipe bombs in his home had also been helping organize …
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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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Political Wire, Fox News and Politico
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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
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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Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and KTLA
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The coronavirus is invading the battleground states — The political geography of our pandemic keeps shifting — and now the coronavirus is invading the battleground states in ways that could upend the 2020 presidential race. — William Frey of the Brookings Institution …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gizmodo and Mediaite
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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 …
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.
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
New committee to ‘Draft Michelle Obama’ urges Biden to pick her as VP
New committee to ‘Draft Michelle Obama’ urges Biden to pick her as VP
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Slate and IJR
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Poll: Ernst lead evaporates in Iowa Senate race — The Senate race in Iowa is tightening, according to a new poll that shows Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) lead over her likely Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield narrowing to just 1 point. — The survey from the Democratic-leaning firm …
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POLITICUSUSA and Public Policy Polling
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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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Palmer Report
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Massachusetts golf course owner set to defy state's lockdown, will reopen for business — A Massachusetts business owner is planning on reopening her two family-run golf courses this week in defiance of the statewide ban on golfing implemented by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
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The Hill
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Kyle Morris / Breitbart:
Massachusetts Golf Course to Reopen During Lockdown
SFGATE:
Gavin Newsom announces California will enter Stage 2 of reopening Friday — California will move into Stage 2 of the state's reopening plan by the end of this week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a press conference Monday. — “On Friday I said we were days not weeks …