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5:30 PM ET, April 1, 2020

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Campaign Panicked”: Inside Trump's Decision to Back Off of His Easter Coronavirus Miracle  —  An impulsive promise ("His view was: I need to show people there's a light at the end of the tunnel") led to Fauci pushback.  Poll numbers—and a friend in a coma—pushed Trump to reverse course.
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Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
California County Health Officials Urge Widespread Use of Masks in Public
Discussion: MarketWatch, ABC7 and Los Angeles Times
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Florida covid-19 cases surge to nearly 7,000 as Ron DeSantis resists statewide restrictions  —  “Longtime University of Miami healthcare employee dies from coronavirus.”  —  “Second man dies from coronavirus after attending Winter Party in Miami Beach.”  —  “Coronavirus cases …
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Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issues statewide stay-at-home order  —  DeSantis had come under criticism for not doing so, but on Wednesday he said the time is right.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Facing mounting pressure, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he's issuing a statewide stay-at-home order …
Discussion: The Hill
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Florida governor issues stay-at-home order after weeks of resistance
Bloomberg:
China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says  — Report submitted to White House on China's under-count  — U.S. has publicly reported more than twice as many cases  —  China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Literally Laughed at How He Can Game the Press With His ‘New Tone’  —  The president is acutely aware that if he acts in somber fashion, the media will quickly notice and praise him for it.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  As evening fell on Tuesday, Donald Trump did what he's done virtually every …
Mike Stunson / Sacramento Bee:
Coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death in the US, doctor says  —  It only took a month for coronavirus to become the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a San Diego doctor and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CBS News:
Party leaders agree with Joe Biden - the Democratic National Convention cannot proceed as originally planned  —  Democratic Party leaders across the country are calling on party bosses to curtail, postpone or dramatically rethink the party's national convention scheduled for July in Milwaukee …
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Politico:
Biden reignites talk of delaying Dem convention
Discussion: The Hill
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say  —  The government's emergency stockpile of respirator masks, gloves and other medical supplies is running low and is nearly exhausted due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving the Trump administration and the states …
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Loeffler reports more stock sales amid insider trading allegations  —  U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler's most recent financial disclosures show that millions of dollars in stocks were sold on her behalf at the same time Congress was dealing with the impact of the coronavirus.
John F. Harris / Politico:
Trump's Breakdown  —  Before Herbert Hoover earned a reputation as a tragic failure, he had a reputation for heroic success—a can-do businessman who arrived in the presidency with no previous elective experience.  He was one of the most celebrated men of his times.  Then times changed.
Discussion: Press Watch and Raw Story
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Fresh From White House, MyPillow Guy Retweets Post Connecting Company to QAnon  —  QAnon social media personalities who claim to have insights into covert government operations because they've read riddles on anonymous imageboards​ have put forward new proof that their bizarre conspiracy theories are true.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Charles Franklin / Marquette University Law School:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds strong support for coronavirus closings, even as it shows substantial economic impact  —  MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School poll of Wisconsin registered voters finds strong support for government actions to control the coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: Politico
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump's coronavirus bounce fizzles  —  Fewer voters are pleased with the way the Trump administration has handled the Covid-19 outbreak.  —  President Donald Trump.  More voters say the Trump administration isn't doing enough to combat the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
Ken Klippenstein / The Nation:
Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming  —  The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing.  —  Despite President Trump's repeated assertions that the COVID-19 epidemic was …
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Fox's Fake News Contagion  —  The network spent too long spraying its viewers with false information about the coronavirus pandemic.  —  Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  You can relax, Sean Hannity, I'm not going to sue you.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How COVID-19 Will Hit India  —  Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a three-week lockdown of the country, telling citizens that they were not to leave their homes, because of the coronavirus pandemic.  The scope of this order is hard to comprehend: India is a country …
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Democrats' climate-focused infrastructure pitch already running against headwinds  —  House Democrats want to include a climate-heavy infrastructure plan they outlined two months ago in a fourth coronavirus recovery package, even amid renewed Republican calls to reject anything resembling the “green new deal.”
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Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
Gerth: Mitch McConnell admits that Trump mishandled coronavirus response
Discussion: Raw Story
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The U.S. needs to know what went wrong  —  When America has recovered from the coronavirus crisis and people are back to work, Rep. Adam B. Schiff thinks Congress should consider a 9/11-style independent commission to examine why the nation was so unprepared for the pandemic.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
28 University of Texas spring breakers who flouted public health advice test positive for coronavirus  —  As stores and offices closed throughout March, many people watched with anger as thousands of college students poured into tropical locales, crowding beaches and bars to party during their regularly scheduled spring breaks.
Discussion: VICE, NPR and The Week
Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
The Soccer Match that Kicked Off Italy's Coronavirus Disaster  —  Decision to hold Atalanta-Valencia Champions League match in February accelerated spread of pandemic  —  On the afternoon of Feb. 19, Andrea Pontiggia was heading from Bergamo, Italy, to the biggest soccer match of his life—along with 40,000 of his closest friends.
ABC News:
Bernie Sanders, acknowledging ‘narrow path’ to nomination, continues to push agenda amid pandemic  —  COVID-19 has provided a test case for Sanders' theory of governance.  —  From his home in Burlington, Vermont early Tuesday morning, in a remote interview with a comedian stationed 250 miles away …
Discussion: Townhall, The Hill, Fox News and IJR
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   How ‘Never Bernie’ Voters Threw In With Biden and Changed the Primary
Dr. Robert M. Wachter / USA Today:
San Francisco is beating the coronavirus odds — so far.  What can other places learn?  —  Our leaders acted early.  But if we get complacent, resume normal life too soon and don't aggressively test and quarantine, we risk future tragedies.  —  Like a wildfire spraying hot embers …
Discussion: New York Times
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Nearly 3,000 sailors to leave carrier amid virus outbreak  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday, Navy officials said Wednesday as they struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak.
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Associated Press and NPR
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
That viral story on FDA approving two-minute coronavirus test looks like a cruel April Fools' hoax  —  A story that went viral about the Food and Drug Administration approving a two-minute test for coronavirus antibodies looks like a cruel hoax timed to coincide with April Fools' Day.
Discussion: Reason and National Review
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Trump's pandemic propaganda comes straight from Putin playbook  —  Be kind.  —  Share PRESS RUN  —  Trump's commitment to creating confusion with lies and contradictions continues unabated during the national health crisis.  Recently he has:  — Claimed one hundred thousand …
Harlan M. Krumholz / New York Times:
If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have the Illness, Even if You Test Negative  —  Just because a coronavirus test says you don't have the virus doesn't mean you aren't infected — or infectious.  —  You had some exposures that may put you at risk for coronavirus.
Discussion: ABC News and Kaiser Health News
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Less than half back Trump's pandemic response  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans give high marks to state and local governments for their handling of the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic that has swiftly remade everyday life.  But less than half approve of the job done thus far …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Denise Grady / New York Times:
Malaria Drug Helps Virus Patients Improve, in Small Study  —  A group of moderately ill people were given hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to ease their symptoms quickly, but more research is needed.  —  The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helped to speed the recovery of a small number …
Discussion: medRxiv and The Daily Caller
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Reporter Rips Acosta for Acting Like ‘Opposition Party’  —  The president of the White House Correspondents' Association criticizes CNN's Jim Acosta in a new book, writing that the combative reporter's “soapbox” approach to journalism has bolstered President Donald Trump.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Confronts a New Reality Before an Expected Wave of Disease and Death  —  Under the best-case scenario presented on Tuesday, more Americans will die from the coronavirus in the weeks and months to come than died in the Korean and Vietnam Wars combined.  —  WASHINGTON — Five weeks ago …
Discussion: emptywheel, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Meet With Oil CEOs About Helping Industry  —  Steep oil-price drop has U.S. industry reeling  —  President Trump is set to meet Friday with the heads of some of the largest U.S. oil companies to discuss government measures to help the industry weather an unprecedented oil crash, people familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
 
 
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Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Twitter Is Making the Coronavirus World a Better Place
The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi coronavirus: Gov. Tate Reeves orders a statewide shelter-in-place
Discussion: The Hill and Mississippi Today
Ali Gostanian / NBC News:
Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls on ICE to release detainees amid COVID-19 crisis
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Federal appeals court won't lift block on Florida law making it harder for ex-felons to vote
Discussion: The Hill
Michael Sullivan / NPR:
Don't Nag Your Husband During Lockdown, Malaysia's Government Advises Women
Discussion: Political Wire
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge signals he will expand voting but not delay Wisconsin's election amid coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: The Hill
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D.C.'s bipartisan China consensus may be unraveling
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