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10:25 AM ET, May 5, 2020

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New York Post:
Trump: Coronavirus briefings will return, blasts ‘angry’ CBS News reporter  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that “everybody” enjoyed his White House coronavirus briefings — including himself — and vowed they will be back, just not daily.  —  In an Oval Office interview …
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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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
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:
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Researcher Behind Model Predicting 3,000 Daily Deaths Claims It Was Not ‘Intended to Be a Forecast’
Discussion: Mother Jones and Washington Post
New York Post:
Trump says coronavirus comeback underway: People are ‘starting to feel good’
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious  —  Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic …
Mike Dennison / KBAO-TV:
MSU Poll: Bullock leads Daines in Senate contest  —  Bullock up 46-39; within margin of error  —  MT's U.S. Senate race attracting money from across the country.  —  HELENA — A new poll from Montana State University shows Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock leading Republican Sen. Steve Daines …
Discussion: The Hill
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Democrats, Tara Reade and the #MeToo Trap  —  Don't compare the case against Joe Biden to the one against Brett Kavanaugh.  —  Here is one thing that Christine Blasey Ford and Tara Reade have in common: The Intercept reporter Ryan Grim was pivotal in publicizing their stories.
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Ayanna Pressley:
It's 2020 and we still don't know what survivor justice looks like
Discussion: HuffPost
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:   Team Trump's Gross Exploitation of Tara Reade
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
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 …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump's intel chief pick faces off against senators
Discussion: ABC News
Rep. Mark Walker / The Hill:   John Ratcliffe is the right choice for director of national intelligence — and for America
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says ‘bailouts’ unfair to GOP since states needing aid ‘run by Democrats in every case’  —  The president said in an interview that N.Y., Calif. and Illinois “have been mismanaged over a long period of time.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it would be unfair to Republicans …
Discussion: The Hill
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New York Post:
Blue-state coronavirus bailouts are unfair to Republicans, Trump says
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and NBC News
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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YouTube:
Mourning in America … Donald Trump's failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression.  —  There's mourning in America.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Money for Welfare Instead Funded Concerts, Lobbyists and Football Games, Audit Finds  —  According to a state audit, Mississippi allowed tens of millions of dollars in federal anti-poverty funds to be used in ways that did little or nothing to help the poor.
CNN:
Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully strike down Obamacare  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute that will be heard at the Supreme Court this fall …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19  —  The health authorities in New York City issued an alert saying that the children had a syndrome that doctors do not yet fully understand.  —  Fifteen children, many of whom had the coronavirus …
Discussion: STAT, Slate and Fox News
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
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 …
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Two-thirds of Americans doubt the coronavirus death toll  —  Most Americans say they doubt the U.S. death count — but whether they think it's actually higher or lower depends on whether they're Democrats or Republicans, according to the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Discussion: Washington Times
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.
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.
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.
New York Times:
Coronavirus in the U.S.: An Unrelenting Crush of Cases and Deaths  —  While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset those decreases.  —  In New York City, the daily onslaught of death from the coronavirus has dropped to half of what it was.
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.
Discussion: The Week
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NBC News:
Michigan security guard killed in mask dispute; suspect said he ‘disrespected’ them
Discussion: Daily Kos and Fox News
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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The Daily Beast:
NBC Shakeup May Spell the End for Ronan Farrow Nemesis Noah Oppenheim
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.
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Obama Is Mad at ‘Our Folks,’ 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.
Discussion: Mediaite, Fox News and HuffPost
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Lockdown Extremism Is a Vice  —  We've flattened the curve.  Now let states and municipalities decide when to loosen up.  —  We will be in a fight against the coronavirus for months, if not years, and yet it is time to declare mission accomplished on one very important goal.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The President Is Unraveling  —  In case there was any doubt, the past dozen days have proved we're at the point in his presidency where Donald Trump has become his own caricature, a figure impossible to parody, a man whose words and actions are indistinguishable from an Alec Baldwin skit on Saturday Night Live.
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's march  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a century's progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.  —  In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other COVID-19, the world learned about viruses …
 
 
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Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Treasury Expects to Borrow $4.5 Trillion in Fiscal Year as Stimulus Spending Soars
Josh Hawley / New York Times:
The WTO Should Be Abolished  —  In concert with other free nations …
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses challenger Randy Feenstra over Rep. Steve King in primary race
New York Times:
World Leaders Join to Pledge $8 Billion for Vaccine as U.S. Goes It Alone
Discussion: Foreign Policy
USA Today:
Stop politicizing, and start fixing, the Postal Service
Anna Gronewold / Politico:
States were supposed to team up on reopening. It hasn't gone as planned.
Dan Diamond / Politico:
How a 96-hour project helped Trump's team reverse its testing debacle
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Center for Global Policy:
The Makhlouf Incident and the Infighting Within the Syrian Regime
Associated Press:
Venezuela: 2 US ‘mercenaries’ among those nabbed after raid
Aris Folley / The Hill:
GOP Ohio state lawmaker refuses to wear face mask because faces are the ‘likeness of God’
Discussion: Fox News
New York Daily News:
Goodbye to Trump's GOP: We've left the Republican Party and all other women should too
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Biden Campaign Organizers Ratify Union Contract