memeorandum: Andrew Cuomo managed to kill grandma — and New York's economy with it too (Bob McManus/New York Post)

8:00 AM ET, May 26, 2020

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The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading — In early April, Jason Furman, a top economist in the Obama administration and now a professor at Harvard, was speaking via Zoom to a large bipartisan group of top officials from both parties. The economy had just been shut down …

Megan Sheets / Daily Mail:
Rep Ilhan Omar says she believes Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden …

Discussion: Washington Times and Fox News

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Can we stop pretending Trump is fit to be president?

Discussion: The Mahablog, JONATHAN TURLEY, The Guardian and Raw Story

Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months

Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart, The Week, The Guardian, Fox News, fox5sandiego.com, WPRI-TV and Axios

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump vastly outspending Biden in presidential campaign ad wars

Discussion: NBC News

CNN:

A white woman has apologized after calling police on a black man and saying 'there's an African American man threatening my life' — (CNN)A white woman has apologized for calling police on a black man in Central Park on Monday, after the two argued about her unleashed dog.

Discussion: Raw Story and Quiz Category

NBC New York:
Central Park Confrontation Goes Viral, as White Woman Calls Cops on Black Man Over Dog Leash

Discussion: New York Post, Heavy.com, Slate, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Redstate

Ally Mutnick / Politico:

Top Republican yanks endorsement of House candidate who made offensive social media posts — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is rescinding his endorsement of GOP congressional candidate Ted Howze after POLITICO uncovered dozens of derogatory social media posts from his accounts.

Discussion: Associated Press, Raw Story, DCCC and The Hill

detroitnews:

Purported Northern Michigan boat launch request fuels controversy for Whitmer — The owner of a Northern Michigan dock company says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's husband wanted his boat placed in the water before the Memorial Day weekend as Whitmer urged residents not to rush to the region.

Discussion: New York Post, Fox News and Jezebel

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: When powerful people think the rules aren't for them — DRIVING THE DAY — HERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST to the JOE BIDEN vetting squad: News reports have Michigan Gov. GRETCHEN WHITMER'S husband pulling the “don't-you-know-who-I-am” card with a vacation boat dock worker …

Discussion: New York Times

Kali Holloway / The Daily Beast:

Shaun King Keeps Raising Money, and Questions About Where It Goes — ‘LEVELS OF CONFLICT’ — He blamed issues at The North Star on over-ambition, but seven former employees of the site King launched with great fanfare painted a darker picture. — When Shaun King and progressive journalist …

Van Gordon Sauter / Wall Street Journal:

The ‘Liberal Leaning’ Media Has Passed Its Tipping Point — A return to balance would be commercially unviable. The best solution may be an honest embrace of bias. — About 35 years ago I was sitting at lunch next to Jeane Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who became a foreign-policy adviser …

Discussion: Mediaite and his vorpal sword

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Trump's poor handling of the crisis may lose him the GOP's most reliable voters — One of the most durable political assets that Republicans have enjoyed throughout the 21st century is their edge among Americans 65 and older, who tend to turn out at the polls more reliably any other group.

Discussion: Raw Story

David Siders / Politico:
Trump sees a ‘rigged election’ ahead. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making.

Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone

Kara Swisher / New York Times:

Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain — The president is spreading a vile conspiracy theory on the platform. Maybe Twitter should finally hold him to its rules. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. — “Please delete those tweets,” …

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and JONATHAN TURLEY

Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:

Trump Calls Marine Corps Veteran and Congressman ‘an American Fraud’ on Memorial Day — SEMPER FI — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Memorial Day to call a sitting congressman and Marine Corps veteran “an American fraud.” In the Monday afternoon tweet, Trump …

Discussion: The Week, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Politico:

'Something isn't right': U.S. probes soaring beef prices — Supermarket customers are paying more for beef than they have in decades during the coronavirus pandemic. But at the same time, the companies that process the meat for sale are paying farmers and ranchers staggeringly low prices for cattle.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

In crucial Florida, some senior voters cast a skeptical eye toward Trump's reelection — Allen Lehner was a Republican until Donald Trump became his party's nominee in 2016. The 74-year-old retiree says he couldn't bring himself to vote for someone who lied, belittled others …

Discussion: Raw Story

Ella Nilsen / Vox:

The voters Joe Biden needs to win the election, explained — Here's what a winning coalition looks like for Biden. — Joe Biden's national polling lead against President Donald Trump has been relatively stable for months. But the looming question for Biden is whether he can get the right combination …

Mitch Daniels / Washington Post:

Why failing to reopen Purdue University this fall would be an unacceptable breach of duty — Mitch Daniels, a Post contributing columnist, is president of Purdue University and a former governor of Indiana. — On Feb. 1, watching the outbreak of a new virus in China, our university suspended travel to that country.

Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Collegian

Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:

Can NASA and Elon Musk lift off? — Wednesday's historic launch from Cape Canaveral would make Musk's SpaceX the first private company to carry people into orbit — and open a new era for America's space program. If it works. — POLITICO illustration / NASA; iStock

Allan Smith / NBC News:

'I'm looking for the truth': States face criticism for COVID-19 data cover-ups — As states ramp up their reopenings, some are coming under criticism for making public misleading statistics or concealing information related to the coronavirus outbreak. — While the U.S. has reported …

Discussion: WND and The Daily Caller

CNN:

Fact check: Trump has spent far more time at golf clubs than Obama had at same point — Washington (CNN)Criticized for golfing twice on a Memorial Day weekend during which the US coronavirus death toll approached 100,000, President Donald Trump responded Sunday and Monday by drawing attention …

Discussion: KDFX-TV, Common Dreams, Breitbart and WND

Susan Hattis Rolef / Jerusalem Post:

The opening of Netanyahu's trial - in search of justice or a vendetta — Grosso modo Netanyahu's position is that, in general, the whole legal process against him has no justification or legitimacy. — This article was written before the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:

My Mother Died of the Coronavirus. It's Time She Be Counted. — Not having an accurate, honest, nationwide way to tally Covid-19 cases will only add to the current tragedy. — Dr. Rosenthal is a contributing opinion writer. — We recently received the death certificate for my mother …

Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:

Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube — British environmental photographer's copyright claim prompts website to remove film that has been condemned by climate scientists — YouTube has taken down the controversial Michael Moore-produced documentary Planet of the Humans …

Discussion: HEATED and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »

Bob McManus / New York Post:

Andrew Cuomo managed to kill grandma — and New York's economy with it too — So Gov. Cuomo killed grandma and cratered New York's economy. But he looked good doing it. — Too harsh? Well, report cards are snapshots, and the pandemic is an evolving event.