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4:05 PM ET, May 4, 2020

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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Daily Death Toll Will Nearly Double by June, Trump Administration Models Predict  —  Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate.  The Supreme Court hears a case remotely for the first time.  An internal government report projects about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month.
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC privately projects significant May surge in coronavirus cases and deaths  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is projecting that by June 1, the U.S. will see a surge in daily new coronavirus cases from about 25,000 to 200,000, and an increase in daily deaths from about 1,750 to about 3,000 …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
White House prohibits coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress in May  —  White House coronavirus task force members are prohibited from testifying before Congress this month under new guidance from the Trump administration issued Monday.
Washington Post:
Draft report predicts covid-19 cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
David Marcus / The Federalist:
The Media Is Blatantly Lying About Trump's Coronavirus Response
Discussion: Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: National Review and New York Post
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Reuters:
Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: Bloomberg and National Review
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Trump has plan to remove US dependency on China supply chain
Discussion: The Guardian
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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The Moscow Times:
Third Russian Doctor Falls From Hospital Window After Coronavirus Complaint  —  A paramedic who complained about being forced to work despite contracting coronavirus is in critical condition after he fell from a hospital window in western Russia this weekend, local media reported.
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Will Stewart / Daily Mail:   THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
McCarthy breaks with McConnell over Trump's testing offer for Congress  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday he disagreed with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to decline the Trump administration's offer to provide Congress with rapid-results coronavirus testing.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Senate secretary declines to release possible Reade report  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of the Senate has declined Joe Biden's request to release any potential documents pertaining to an allegation of sexual assault against him from a former Senate staffer, citing confidentiality requirements under the law.
Discussion: Axios, Forbes and NPR
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Fox News:
Secretary of Senate says cannot comply with Biden request to release records on purported Reade complaint
Discussion: Redstate and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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Public Policy Polling:
Iowa Races Closely Matched
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy
Detroit News:
Police probe shooting of Flint security guard in confrontation over mask at Family Dollar  —  Michigan State Police investigators are looking into reports that a Flint dollar store security guard was fatally shot Friday after an argument with a customer who refused to wear a mask in the store.
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.
Discussion: Sean Hannity and Althouse
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Charlotte Plantive / Agence France-Presse:
In historic first, US Supreme Court broadcasts live
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Chrissy Clark / The Federalist:
A Rundown Of Major U.S. Corporate Media's Business Ties To China  —  It seems a number of major US media outlets have financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and it shows in their coverage.  —  Despite the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) record of oppression, corporate media outlets …
Discussion: Politico and Redstate
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David Wertime / Politico:
'Not the World's Number One': Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.
Discussion: Twitchy and Raw Story
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Biden campaign unveils “Lift Every Voice” plan for African Americans  —  In a new agenda for African American communities unveiled Monday, Joe Biden is calling for the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting hate crimes, a $900 million initiative to fight gun violence …
Discussion: The Hill
United States Department of State:
Briefing With Senior Administration Official and Senior State Department Official On U.S. Global Leadership in the International COVID-19 Response  —  SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The United States and President Trump are leading the global effort to combat this pandemic.
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.
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A New York Congressman Says That Trump Shows No Malice  —  Last November, Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York's Second Congressional District, on Long Island, announced that he would retire at the end of his current term.  King, who is seventy-six, has served in Congress since 1993.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Discussion: CNN
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
The six states at the center of the battleground map six months from Election Day  —  Six months from Election Day, most Americans have set aside a presidential campaign that's been upended by the worst pandemic in modern history.  —  While the coronavirus has tossed the mechanics of politicking …
Discussion: Fox News
The Daily Beast:
Fake News Kingpin Is Back to Cash In On 2020's Hellscape  —  He transformed fake news into a lucrative business in 2016.  Now Teodor Mircevski is making money off false coronavirus and 2020 election stories—and Americans are falling for it.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
 
 
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David Chazan / Telegraph:
Coronavirus was present in France in December, doctor claims
USA Today:
‘It makes no sense’: Feds consider relaxing infection control in U.S. nursing homes
Discussion: Raw Story
Emma Best:
Documents Reveal New Details in WikiLeaks' Exchanges with Guccifer 2.0
Discussion: emptywheel
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For A.O.C., ‘Existential Crises’ as Her District Becomes the Coronavirus Epicenter
Macleans.ca:
China was in violation of International Health Regulations. What do we do now?
David Kaye:
Against balancing  —  The New York Times' Editorial Board led …
Lorne Cook / Associated Press:
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research
Discussion: Axios
Caleb Jones / Associated Press:
Isolated by oceans: Hawaii, other islands tamp down virus
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Get ready to see the truly ugly face of Covid-19's impact on the economy
William Wan / Washington Post:
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis
Lyz Lenz / Washington Post:
Biden should step aside. We can't sacrifice another woman for political gain.
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Ex-Green Beret Claims He Led Failed Raid Into Venezuela in Attempt to Overthrow Maduro
Washington Post:
Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited.
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here  —  Outside of Boston …
Discussion: Reason
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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