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11:00 AM ET, March 31, 2020

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New York Times:
Behind Trump's Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers  —  An estimate of the number of possible deaths and polling that showed a cautious public changed, for now, the president's approach to the coronavirus pandemic.  —  WASHINGTON — The numbers the health officials showed President Trump were overwhelming.
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Washington Examiner:
Trump should cut the drama and pettiness out of his coronavirus response  —  Anthony Fauci has been clear that President Trump “has listened to what I have said and to what the other people on the task force have said.  When I have made recommendations, he has taken them.  He's never countered or overridden me.”
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's mixed messages confuse coronavirus response  —  President Trump praised the “pretty good job we've done” when he predicted in late February that the number of Americans infected by the coronavirus would dwindle to “close to zero” in a couple of days.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Everyone and everything Trump has blamed for his coronavirus response
Associated Press:
How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump's Easter plan
Discussion: The Hill
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest  —  A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.  —  Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are contributing to rapid drops in the numbers of fevers …
Discussion: HuffPost, Gothamist, The Week and Althouse
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy  —  The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Pelosi Floats New Stimulus Plan: Rolling Back SALT Cap  —  A proposal to retroactively lift a limit on state and local tax deductions would largely funnel money to high earners in high-tax states.  —  WASHINGTON — As lawmakers prepare for another round of fiscal stimulus to address economic fallout …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Grassley rips Pelosi bid to roll back deduction cap: 'Millionaires don't need a new tax break'  —  The office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she proposed rolling back a cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions as part of the next coronavirus response bill.
Washington Post:
CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public  —  Should we all be wearing masks?  That simple question is under review by officials in the U.S. government and has sparked a grass-roots pro-mask movement.  But there's still no consensus on whether widespread use …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: More people have died in the U.S. from the coronavirus than in the 9/11 attacks  —  The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.  For more free stories, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter.
Discussion: Scroll.in
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump insists on congratulations while America braces for the worst  —  (CNN)It is falling to President Donald Trump to lead America into its most tragic month in decades, as experts say the coronavirus pandemic could kill more citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
Discussion: YouGov and Breitbart
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The Boston Globe:
A president unfit for a pandemic
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Not Winning This Fight
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Exclusive: Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  On March 13, President Donald Trump promised Americans they would soon be able to access …
Rachel Tashjian / GQ:
Brooks Brothers Says It Will Manufacture 150,000 Masks Per Day  —  America's oldest retailer is one of the few brands that make clothing in the United States.  —  As health-care workers continue to face a dire shortage of personal protective equipment and fashion designers and manufacturers struggle …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
A GOP senator calls on Trump to reopen parts of the coronavirus-stricken economy because ‘death is an unavoidable part of life’  — Sen. Ron Johnson called on Trump to reopen segments of the US economy, saying “death is an unavoidable part of life” in a USA Today op-ed.
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Ron Johnson / USA Today:   Sen. Johnson: As we learn more about the coronavirus, try to put things into perspective
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Naturally, We Now Have a Cottage Industry of Coronavirus Truther Assholes  —  The #FilmYourHospital hashtag has taken off on the right.  It's absurd.  It's also wildly offensive.  —  Right-wing figures eager to downplay the coronavirus pandemic's death toll have hit on a new idea: filming quiet hospital parking lots.
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NBC News:
Coronavirus deniers take aim at hospitals as pandemic grows
Discussion: Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
Politico:
‘A Darwinian approach to federalism’: States confront new reality under Trump  —  The Trump White House is doubling down on a strategy to govern the coronavirus pandemic: pushing authority and responsibility for the response onto the states.  —  As the virus spreads across the U.S …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Trump to Governors: I'd Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though
Rose Garden / The White House:
Remarks by President Trump and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in a Press Briefing  —  THE PRESIDENT: Okay, thank you very much.  Thank you.  Very comfortable here.  A lot of room.  And we appreciate you being here.  —  Yesterday I announced that we would be extending our social distance guidelines through the end of April.
Discussion: Breitbart, emptywheel and Althouse
Sam Whitehead / NPR:
CDC Director On Models For The Months To Come: ‘This Virus Is Going To Be With Us’  —  Toggle more options  —  When infectious pathogens have threatened the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been front and center.  During the H1N1 flu of 2009 …
Wall Street Journal:
NYU Langone Tells ER Doctors to ‘Think More Critically’ About Who Gets Ventilators  —  New York health center says it will support emergency-room staff who ‘withhold futile intubations,’ threatens to discipline doctors who talk to the press  —  NYU Langone Health, one of the nation's top …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rich Lowry / National Review:
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Manufacture  —  Trump critics and the media whipped up entertaining controversies when they had the luxury to do so.  Now a real crisis is here.  —  On January 21, the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus.
Katie Honan / Wall Street Journal:
Queens Stadium to Be Converted Into Temporary Hospital in Coronavirus Fight  —  Training facility at Billie Jean King Tennis Center will have 350 beds as Covid-19 cases surge in New York  —  New York City's emergency management office plans to build a 350-bed facility at the Billie Jean …
Discussion: The Hill, NPR and New York Post
New York Times:
Trump suggests coronavirus testing is no longer a problem.  Governors disagree.  —  Many people who have symptoms of the virus are still finding it difficult to be tested, and many who have been tested are waiting more than a week to get results.  The failures of the federal government …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times:
Hospitalizations for novel coronavirus-like illness declined last week in Washington, offering a glimmer of hope  —  Hospitalizations for patients with symptoms of COVID-19-like illnesses in Washington declined last week by more than 20%, a hopeful sign for the region and a nation gripped by the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’  —  A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor.  After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.  —  It was an old-fashioned Southern funeral.
CNN:
Idaho governor signs two bills that limit the rights of transgender people  —  (CNN)Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed two bills into law Monday that limit the rights of transgender people.  —  One measure bans transgender girls from playing on girls' and women's sports teams …
Zeke Faux / Bloomberg:
Suspected Mask Profiteer Arrested for Coughing on FBI Agents  — Brooklyn man allegedly sold N95 masks at inflated prices  — He was charged with assault after claiming he was infected  —  A Brooklyn man was arrested for coughing on FBI agents who came to investigate whether …
Louis Jacobson / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Virtual Conventions: Health Crisis Forces Both Parties, Particularly The Democrats, to Envision the Possibility  —  Dear Readers: This is the first of two issues of the Crystal Ball this week.  Below, Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson investigates how both parties might navigate having to hold …
Politico:
Trump has been nudging MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to run for office  —  President Donald Trump introduced those tuning into his nightly coronavirus task force briefing on Monday to a special guest: Mike Lindell, the multimillionaire inventor and CEO of the MyPillow empire.
Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Al Gore blasts Trump: 'You can't gaslight a virus'  —  Former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday night, saying that he mislead the public with his early comments on the virus.  —  “I'm afraid many [Americans] …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
IRS releases more info on how to get coronavirus stimulus checks ASAP  —  WASHINGTON — New information from the IRS on Monday shines more light on what people can do to get the checks from the government as quickly as possible while many families worry about paying the bills and buying food during …
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Border Wall Work in Arizona Speeds Up, Igniting Contagion Fears  —  Border town residents in Arizona say the huge influx of workers exposes them to the coronavirus.  Gov. Doug Ducey imposed a statewide stay-at-home order, but it was not expected to slow the federal project.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Coronavirus and the Conservative Mind  —  The pandemic has put psychological theories of politics to a very interesting test.  —  Over the past two decades, as conservatives and liberals have drifted ever farther from each other, an influential body of literature has attempted to psychologize …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s coronavirus response shows his staggering level of ignorance  —  After learning of Jerry Falwell Jr.'s decision to partially reopen Liberty University, my thoughts turned to the biblical account of Balaam's ass.  —  According to the Hebrew scriptures …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What they told us about the coronavirus  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  YOU'D BE FORGIVEN, in this time of trouble and distress, for wondering whether your federal government has a handle on this pandemic, or if it's a complete and utter train wreck.
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Yamiche Alcindor wants an answer, thank you very much  —  President Trump got one thing right in his Sunday coronavirus briefing.  “You had a long time, a long question,” he told PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor as he brushed aside her attempt to ask a second question.Of course …
Discussion: The White House
 
 
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ProPublica:
Taxpayers Paid Millions to Design a Low-Cost Ventilator for a Pandemic. …
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Stephen P. Halbrook / National Review:
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The Boston Globe:
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