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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Wants Flynn Back for 2020, Sees Him as Its ‘Nelson Mandela’  —  Can a disgraced former national security adviser become a campaign MAGA hero?  We may soon find out.  —  With the Justice Department announcing Thursday that it would drop the case against Michael Flynn …
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Washington Post:
After Flynn reversal, Trump signals his FBI director is on thin ice  —  President Trump voiced uncertainty Friday over the future of his FBI director, Christopher A. Wray, a day after the Justice Department moved to throw out the guilty plea of the president's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn.
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and The Mahablog
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
If Michael Flynn did nothing wrong, why didn't he tell the truth?  —  With the Justice Department's move Thursday to drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, it's useful to go back to a basic question: If Flynn did nothing wrong when he called the Russian ambassador on Dec. 29 …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Skeptical judge could hold up Trump administration's bid to clear Flynn, legal experts say  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges …
New York Times:
The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case
Discussion: Washington Post
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:   Kushner Details His Wild Idea to Use Russia's Secret Comms
Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:   Pardoning Flynn would have looked bad. Dropping the charges is far worse.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Never Seen Anything Like This’: Experts Question Dropping of Flynn Prosecution
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:   Justice Finally Arrives for Michael Flynn
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Trump says “the jury's still out” on FBI Director Chris Wray
Discussion: Breitbart and The Week
Matt Fountain / San Luis Obispo Tribune:
Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office  —  A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her ex-husband she was sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden in 1993.  —  The declaration — exclusively obtained …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Prominent lawyer, Trump donor representing Biden accuser  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, is being represented by a prominent lawyer and political donor to President Donald Trump's 2016 Republican campaign.
Discussion: Reason, The Hill and The Week
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Vice President Mike Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus  — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus.  — The confirmation came one day after news that President Donald Trump's personal valet had also tested positive.  —  Pence staff member tests positive for coronavirus: NBC
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and WHOTV
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Aide Tests Positive for Virus Ahead of Pence Trip
Discussion: CNN
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:   No, Mike Pence Did Not Deliver Empty Boxes To A Nursing Home For A Publicity Stunt
Gabby Orr / Politico:
The 2024 election test arrives early for Mike Pence
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
A record 20.5 million jobs were lost in April as unemployment rate jumps to 14.7%  — Nonfarm payrolls fell by 20.5 million in April and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, both post-World War II records.  — Economists had been expecting a loss of 21.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate to surge to 16%.
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Ben White / Politico:
Political fantasy battles economic reality after tens of millions of jobs lost  —  The U.S. economy is sitting in its deepest hole since the Great Depression, with more than 33 million Americans losing their jobs in just seven weeks and an unemployment rate now at 14.7 percent …
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
A devastating jobs report for April will show virus's impact
Discussion: Politico and Observer
Anna Merlan / VICE:
‘Plandemic’ Is Dangerous, Viral Nonsense  —  Judy Mikovits has an urgent story to tell.  In essence, it goes like this: Top government scientists are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lot else besides.  She knows because she was once one of them, before they tried to destroy …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Discredited Doctor and Sham ‘Science’ Are the Stars of Viral Coronavirus Documentary ‘Plandemic’
NBC News:   As ‘#Plandemic’ goes viral, those targeted by discredited scientist's crusade warn of ‘dangerous’ claims
Nelly Miles / Georgia Bureau of Investigation:
Ahmaud Arbery Death Investigation  —  Glynn County, GA (May 7, 2020) - On May 7th, 2020, the GBI arrested Gregory McMichael, age 64, and Travis McMichael, age 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery.  They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault.  The McMichaels were taken into custody …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Almost one in five say they won't get vaccinated  —  As a number of states begin to reopen their economies, a clear majority of Americans believe they are moving too fast, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll.  Even residents of the reopened states agree.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Reopening the country seen as greater risk among most Americans: POLL
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and The Week
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Americans more worried about reopening too quickly than not opening quickly enough, survey shows
Discussion: The Hill
Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
I worked for Jared Kushner.  Of course he says his covid-19 failure is a success.  —  President Trump's son-in-law always casts himself as the genius cleaning up someone else's problems.  —  Jared Kushner's coronavirus response team, we learned this week, is fumbling because it's largely staffed with inexperienced volunteers.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump officials' dysfunction harms delivery of coronavirus drug  —  A complete breakdown in communication and coordination within the Trump administration has undermined the distribution of a promising treatment, according to senior officials with direct knowledge of the discussions.
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and The Hill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
'We're going to fill it': Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy  —  Senate Republicans are quietly beginning to contemplate the possibility of an election-year confirmation battle for the Supreme Court.  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's hospitalization this week and the looming end …
Washington Post:
White House pandemic supply project swathed in secrecy and exaggerations  —  On May 1, as White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, an illustration of an airplane flying to the moon appeared on the monitors beside her.
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pro-Biden super PAC launches $10 million ad blitz  —  One of the top two super PACs supporting former Vice President Joe Biden's White House bid announced on Friday that it's launching a $10 million pre-Democratic convention ad blitz that kicks off this weekend.
Discussion: NBC News, Fox Business and YouTube
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says he'd help Biden get access to rapid COVID tests
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Trump said the Secret Service told him to stay at his hotel.  There's no record that's true.  —  Yet again, the president used the Secret Service as an excuse for his profiteering, and yet again Secret Service records suggest he's not telling the truth.  —  In February, President Trump traveled …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Obama Defense Official Evelyn Farkas Admitted She Lied On MSNBC About Having Evidence Of Collusion  —  Former Obama administration defense official Evelyn Farkas testified under oath that she lied during an MSNBC interview when she claimed to have evidence of alleged collusion …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rod Dreher:
Anti-Mask Snowflakes Of The Right  —  Look, I understand people are mad about social distancing and wearing masks, but a lot of people on the Right are losing their minds.  Here's something from a column by Dan Fagan in my local paper, the Baton Rouge Advocate: … I'd say you've boiled your brain, Cap.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The White House's coronavirus cure is even more magical than we could have imagined  —  We've all hoped and prayed for something to save us from this pandemic.  Will it be a vaccine?  A therapeutic drug?  Large-scale testing and tracing?  An antibodies-rich llama or pack of virus-sniffing dogs?
Discussion: The Hill
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Trump tightens grip on coronavirus information as he pushes to restart the economy
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Martha McSally: Next coronavirus relief package should not be a ‘cash cow’ for mismanaged cities  —  Sen. Martha McSally won't commit to backing additional financial support for state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying taxpayers should not bail them out for years of mismanagement.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Formal Talks Paused on Next Stimulus Package, Trump Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow Says
Washington Post:
Here's how college students can return to campus in the fall
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting
Discussion: Twitchy
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
He Had Never Sold a Ventilator. N.Y. Gave Him an $86 Million Deal.
Discussion: National Review
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Has Trump Reached the Lying-to-Himself-and-Believing- It Stage of the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Deb Erdley / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Elected officials, businesses in 4 Pa. counties sue to end coronavirus shutdown
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Armed black citizens escort Michigan lawmaker to capitol after volatile rightwing protest
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal
Discussion: New York Times
CyberDust ID / blog maverick:
I Hired a Team of Secret Shoppers to Find Out How Businesses Were Opening in Dallas. It's Not Good.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
States face economic death spiral from coronavirus
Dean Welte / KTIV-TV:
Gov. Ricketts: Nebraska won't release specific COVID-19 numbers at meatpacking plants
William Feuer / CNBC:
California identifies nail salons as source of coronavirus community spread, Gov. Newsom says
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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