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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  May 20, 2020 - Biden Holds 11 Point Lead As Trump Approval On Coronavirus Dips, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Almost Half Say Second Wave Of Coronavirus ‘very Likely’ In Fall  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump 50 …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
NBC News:
Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns  —  NBC News: Pompeo's elite dinners on taxpayers' dime raising concern  —  WASHINGTON — As federal workers file out of the State Department at the end of a Washington workday, an elite group is often just arriving in the marbled …
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Politico:
Fired State Department watchdog was probing protocol office  —  The now-fired State Department inspector general had recently wrapped up an investigation into two other top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, determining that they had likely failed to report allegations of workplace violence …
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
The Ultimate Disgrace of Mike Pompeo  —  The ouster of the State Department's inspector general, who had been investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on at least two charges of misconduct, is yet another instance of how corruption—and the tolerance, almost the expectation, of corruption …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Daily Kos, IJR and Law & Crime
CNN:
'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science  —  (CNN)In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere …
Discussion: Sputnik News, IJR, Raw Story and The Hill
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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
CDC's Redfield in the hot seat as White House looks for someone to blame  —  (CNN)A day after President Donald Trump privately excoriated the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Republican senators during a lunch on Capitol Hill, the fate of the agency's director, Dr. Robert Redfield, is in question.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just said the corrupt part out loud  —  During the impeachment of President Trump, an expert witness called by Democrats floated a theoretical scenario involving the president threatening a state hammered by a natural disaster, to illustrate the corruption of Trump's shakedown of Ukraine.
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NBC News:
Here's how the early battleground map has opened up for Joe Biden  —  WASHINGTON — Maybe Joe Biden isn't leading President Trump by 7 points in Arizona, as one poll showed yesterday.  —  But Biden has been ahead of Trump in every Arizona poll released this year.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Targeting Hunter Biden, Senate panel approves subpoena for lobbying firm over Democrats' objections
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:   Republicans issue subpoena in Biden probe
Washington Post:
Ukrainian lawmaker releases leaked phone calls of Biden and Poroshenko
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's name was never ‘masked’ in FBI document on his communications with Russian ambassador  —  A Republican effort to determine who may have leaked the name of Michael Flynn in connection to his 2016 contact with the Russian ambassador has centered on the question …
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Rice tried to protect Obama, blame Comey for withholding intelligence from Flynn & Trump team
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Where Does Ron DeSantis Go to Get His Apology?  —  The Florida governor explains a COVID-19 strategy that has gotten bad press and favorable results.  —  A couple of months ago, the media, almost as one, decided that Governor Ron DeSantis was a public menace who was going to get Floridians killed …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:   Florida Gov. DeSantis calls scientist's data-manipulation claim a ‘nonissue’
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Gobble Up His Favorite, Unproven COVID Drug—Some Are Even Trying To Cook It Themselves  —  IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?  —  QAnon users are posting make-at-home recipes for hydroxychloroquine as Trump says he's using the drug  —  Donald Trump's allies are seeking …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Anti-Trump Republicans flex their muscle  —  The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill  —  Republican strategists earlier this month sent a startling message to GOP senators facing reelection: “Don't Defend Trump.”  —  Then last week, a Rasmussen Reports poll …
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
‘Never Trump’ Republicans: Fringe, or force to be reckoned with?
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
David Brody / CBN News:
EXCLUSIVE: Kayleigh McEnany's Emotional Tribute to Ravi Zacharias  —  In an exclusive interview with CBN News, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany got emotional discussing the recent passing of famous Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias, someone who made an enormous impact on her with his Christian faith.
Discussion: Fox News and TheBlaze
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David Brody / CBN News:   EXCLUSIVE: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Armed for Battle with God on Her Side
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘A moonshot mission’: Trump campaign eyes a return to megarallies  —  The Trump campaign has an order from the president: Find a way to get him back on the road and into megarallies to re-energize his base.  —  In recent meetings with top campaign officials and White House aides …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Anti-China sentiment is on the rise
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Believer in QAnon conspiracy theory wins Republican Senate nomination in Oregon  —  Oregon Republicans on Tuesday elected a Senate nominee who believes in QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that has taken root among some far-right supporters of President Trump.
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Christopher Wilson / Yahoo Sports:
QAnon follower wins Senate primary in Oregon
Discussion: Vox
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Americans harbor strong fear of new infections  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds, even as many state leaders step up efforts to return to life before the pandemic.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Is Holocaust Denial Conservative Now?  —  Trump's no-enemies-to-the-right mentality has made it impossible for the right to police itself.  —  Among dozens of addled tweets from the commander-in-chief over the past few days, one in particular deserves pausing over, because it demonstrates …
Discussion: NB Blog and Jerusalem Post
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Progressive group used cell phone data to track protesters at anti-lockdown rallies  —  A progressive health-care advocacy group used cell phone data to track the movements of demonstrators at lockdown protests in five states, according to a report.  —  The Committee to Protect Medicare collected …
Discussion: NaturalNews.com and Breitbart
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Sept. 11 convict now says he renounces terrorism, bin Laden  —  FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office shows Zacarias Moussaoui.  Moussaou, the only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, Al-Qaida and the Islamic State.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America's Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  There was supposed to be a peak.  But the stark turning point, when the number of daily COVID-19 cases …
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
GOP House candidate demeans Muslims and compares Dreamers to pedophiles  —  Republican congressional candidate Ted Howze said earlier this month he had nothing to do with social media posts from his personal accounts that demeaned Muslims, accused prominent Democrats of murder and mocked a survivor of the Parkland school shooting.
Discussion: Raw Story and DCCC
Rasmussen Reports:
Biden Tops Trump in Vote, Economic Confidence  —  Joe Biden still bests President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, perhaps in part because voters express slightly more confidence in the likely Democratic nominee to handle the post-coronavirus economy.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
More than 5 million Americans will be infected with coronavirus and 290,000 will die by the end of July if social distancing isn't adhered to, according to COVID-19 model  — Forecast from University Of Pennsylvania's Wharton School model predicts COVID-19 cases will reach 5.4 million and death toll could be 290,000 by July 24
CNN:
Exclusive: Barr met with prosecutor now reviewing Russia probe immediately after Mueller investigation ended, documents reveal  —  (CNN)Almost immediately after special counsel Robert Mueller closed his investigation last year, Attorney General William Barr was huddling with the prosecutor …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The Worst Is Yet to Come  —  The coronavirus and our disastrous national response to it has smashed optimists like me in the head.  —  For as long as I can remember, I have identified as an optimist.  Like a seedling reaching toward the golden sun, I'm innately tuned to seek out the bright side.
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Washington Examiner:
Trump is right to hold WHO accountable  —  President Trump's effort to hold the World Health Organization accountable for its bungled handling of the coronavirus is well justified.  It is outrageous to expect taxpayers to continue supporting an international body which acts as a lapdog for Beijing.
Washington Post:
Mask shortage for most health-care workers extended into May, Post-Ipsos poll shows  —  Front-line health-care workers still experienced shortages of critical equipment needed for protection from the coronavirus into early May — including nearly two-thirds who cited insufficient supplies …
 
 
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Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
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Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Townhall
New York Times:
How the ‘Plandemic’ Movie and Its Falsehoods Spread Widely Online
Kai Kupferschmidt / Science:
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don't spread the virus at all?
CBS Detroit:
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NBC News:
Trump administration paying huge premium for mask-cleaning machines. Which don't do the job.
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U.S. Arrests Former Green Beret, Son, in Connection with Carlos Ghosn Escape From Japan
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
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Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Christian Post
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
10 Years Old, Tearful and Confused After a Sudden Deportation
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Failing at Governing But Winning at Authoritarianism
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Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
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