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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump lawyer: 'We're asking for temporary presidential immunity'  —  (CNN)They'd said it before, but President Donald Trump's attorney put it more bluntly than ever:  —  “We're asking for temporary presidential immunity,” Jay Sekulow told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers just made appalling arguments to the Supreme Court  —  When Donald Trump ran for president and claimed he'd release his tax returns as soon as the IRS was done auditing them, it was an obvious lie.  Since then, he has taken extraordinary steps to conceal what every president …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court seeks a middle ground on release of Trump's taxes  —  Over more than three hours of oral arguments Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely to grant President Trump the sweeping grant of total immunity he has asked for while fighting subpoenas for his taxes and other financial records.
Discussion: New York Times
Frank Figliuzzi / NBC News:
Trump's ‘Obamagate’ comments and Barr's Flynn meddling suggest troubling new pivot  —  Trump can't pull off this ruse by himself, of course, but he has a partner.  Barr is riding shotgun during this scorched-earth joyride against justice.  —  In my 25 years as an FBI special agent and …
Discussion: Fox News
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Taking #Obamagate Seriously  —  President Trump's bonkers theory, explained.  —  It is easy to overlook some of the everyday corruptions that President Trump has inflicted on the body politic.  After all, his unique blend of logorrhea, mendacity, and clownishness creates an atmosphere …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Byron York's Daily Memo: The big thing we still don't know about the Michael Flynn Case
New York Post:
It looks like President Obama ordered up phony RussiaGate scandal
CNN:
CNN Poll: Negative ratings for government handling of coronavirus persist  —  Three members of coronavirus task force in quarantine  —  (CNN)Most Americans (54%) continue to say the US government is doing a poor job preventing the spread of Covid-19, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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Washington Post:
Many governors win bipartisan support for handling of pandemic, but some Republicans face blowback over reopening efforts  —  Governors collectively have been winning widespread praise from the public for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak, often with the kind of bipartisan approval that has eluded President Trump.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Two big warning signs for Trump in the new coronavirus poll — signs he doesn't seem to want to see
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Breitbart
Hannah Gilberstadt / Pew Research Center:
Most Americans Say Federal Government Has Primary Responsibility for COVID-19 Testing
Discussion: Politico
Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County ‘with all certainty’ to keep stay-at-home orders in place for next three months  —  Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House Democrats unveil coronavirus rescue bill that would direct more than $3 trillion to states, individuals, health systems  —  Republicans rejected the legislation even before seeing it, describing it as a liberal wish list  —  House Democrats unveiled a coronavirus rescue bill Tuesday …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
House Democrats will release coronavirus legislation Tuesday
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Democrats push new round of stimulus checks in coronavirus bill
Discussion: Breitbart
Alayna Treene / Axios:
House Democrats unveil their $3 trillion coronavirus relief package
Associated Press:
Fauci warns of serious consequences if US reopens too soon  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, warned on Tuesday that “the consequences could be really serious” if cities and states reopen the U.S. economy too quickly with the coronavirus still spreading.
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and KTLA
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now  —  President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida.
Discussion: The Hill
Greenville News:
Why I endorse challenger Harrison over Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  Some of you have seen in news reports that I have endorsed Jaime Harrison for the U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina against Lindsey Graham.  —  Reactions have varied from support (by far the most people) to threats to never buy Michelin tires.
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Hill and Raw Story
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Devan Cole / CNN:   Former Lindsey Graham donor backs his Democratic challenger after questioning Graham's principles
David Crary / Associated Press:
As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, an Associated Press analysis shows thousands of people are getting sick from COVID-19 on the job.
Discussion: Washington Post
David Siders / Politico:
Trump is getting trounced among a crucial constituency: The haters  —  President Donald Trump is losing a critical constituency: voters who see two choices on the ballot — and hate them both.  —  Unlike in 2016, when a large group of voters who disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton broke sharply …
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Lost the Plot  —  A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre Trump action.  The official responded with one of the master quotes of the Trump era.  —  President Trump, the official said, is not playing …
Discussion: Power Line
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever  —  Some Twitter employees will never return to their office.  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they'd be allowed to work from home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown passes.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
‘Believe Women’ was a slogan.  ‘Believe All Women’ is a straw man.  —  There's a bit of semantic gaslighting going on right now, so subtle that I recently had to go digging through news archives and online databases to verify that I hadn't lost my mind.  —  In 2017, as the hashtag #MeToo rose …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Schumer calls Biden denial of Tara Reade assault allegation ‘sufficient’
Discussion: The Federalist, The Hill and Fox News
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
American Travelers Are About to Be Pariahs in This New World  —  SEAT'S TAKEN  —  As tourist-centric countries begin testing travel corridors and reciprocal quarantine regulations, American travelers might find themselves locked out of the post-pandemic world.
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Sweden's coronavirus strategy is not what it seems  —  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  As societies battened down the hatches and imposed quarantines, one European country appeared to take a different approach.  In Sweden, there have been no invasive lockdowns to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
From PepsiCo to GM, Big Advertisers Set to Cancel Commitments to TV Networks  —  Companies are seeking to take advantage of options that became available May 1 to cancel up to 50% of third-quarter spending  —  Big advertisers from General Motors Co. to PepsiCo Inc. to General Mills Inc …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Loving Congressman Accidentally Pushes to Ban Trump Campaign Spending at Trump Properties  —  Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) tried to troll his colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).  But he may have just ended up targeting the president as well.  —  A House Republican freshman and steadfast ally …
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
ProPublica Joins News Organizations in Suing for Small Business Program Loan Info  —  The Small Business Administration, which is administering the lending program, has said it will disclose the names of companies that got loans — just not yet.  News organizations are suing to stop the delay.
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Deadline
Errin Haines / Washington Post:
Family seeks answers in fatal police shooting of Louisville woman in her apartment  —  Breonna Taylor was working as an EMT in Louisville when the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, helping to save lives while trying to protect her own.  —  On March 13, the 26-year-old aspiring nurse …
Discussion: The Root and USA Today
Axios:
No firm timeline for Israeli annexations in West Bank: U.S. officials  —  The Trump administration does not view the new Israeli government's July 1 deadline to begin the process of annexing parts of the West Bank as a “do or die” date, a senior U.S. official tells me.
Kristen Soltis Anderson / Washington Examiner:
Trump reelection in big trouble amid struggles with seniors  —  Just a few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center announced that millennials overtook baby boomers as the largest generation in the country.  More than 72 million strong, those born between 1981 and 1996 eclipsed their elders, a demographic reality that was inevitable.
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Agence France-Presse:
Pence to ‘keep distance’ from Trump: White House  —  Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Mike Pence, whose press secretary tested positive for coronavirus, has decided to “keep his distance” from President Donald Trump for a few days, the White House said Tuesday.
Chris Talgo / The Hill:
Universal basic income and the end of the republic  —  The U.S. economy is sinking, and some on the far left have a preposterous plan to prevent Americans from drowning in more unpaid bills and debt: Stay home and don't worry about anything.  The government will send you a check for $2,000 every month.
 
 
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Detroit lawmaker critical of Gov. Whitmer's nursing home executive order
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Mensah M. Dean / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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CREW FEC Complaint Results in Full Payment of $50k Fine From Koch-Linked Dark Money Group
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Marquette University:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds reduced but majority support for COVID-19 restrictions …
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Boris Epshteyn / Townhall:
The Left and Much of the Media Sow Division While Trump, Kushner, and the Administration Save Lives
Discussion: The Federalist
The Daily Beast:
How George Conway Moved Into Donald Trump's Head
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
After Latest Briefing, Maddow Says ‘Something Is Wrong’ With Trump: ‘Not Able to Keep It Together’
 

 
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