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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
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Which states are resisting tougher coronavirus measures?  —  This post has been updated.  —  The White House coronavirus task force came prepared at Tuesday's briefing with charts.  One of them, strikingly, projected a “goal” of between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths.  Another showed the curve of infections in various states.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and The Atlantic
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump backs Americans covering faces as task force debates mask guidelines
Discussion: Politico
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.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
MORE: Real-time stats and the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: NPR
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Sen. Loeffler Invested in Firm That Makes Protective Medical Garments, Says Report
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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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
Gerth: Mitch McConnell admits that Trump mishandled coronavirus response  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made a stunning admission Tuesday when he went on the “Hugh Hewitt Show” and acknowledged that President Donald Trump has botched the federal government's response to the coronavirus.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Clare Foran / CNN:
Pelosi: Trump and McConnell ‘should not try to hide behind’ impeachment excuse over coronavirus response
Discussion: Roll Call
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge signals he will expand voting but not delay Wisconsin's election amid coronavirus outbreak  —  MADISON - A federal judge is signaling he will not move next week's presidential primary but will expand people's ability to vote — possibly by allowing them to cast ballots by mail after election …
Discussion: The Hill
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gov. Tony Evers to use National Guard members to work the polls amid massive shortage of workers
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Devin Nunes Says Closed Schools Are ‘Overkill’ During Coronavirus Pandemic  —  Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) stated that it is “overkill” for schools in his home state of Califonia to be closed in light of the coronavirus pandemic on Laura Ingraham's Fox News program late Tuesday night - further downplaying the severity of COVID-19.
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
‘Biased and out of control’: Devin Nunes rips New York Times reporting on FISA memo
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
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
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden offers to call Trump at White House to discuss coronavirus response strategy  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Vice President Joe Biden is offering to call President Trump to discuss a strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic rocking the nation, Fox News has learned.
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and HuffPost
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 …
Bill Gates / Washington Post:
Here's how to make up for lost time on covid-19  —  Bill Gates is co-founder of Microsoft and a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  —  There's no question the United States missed the opportunity to get ahead of the novel coronavirus.  But the window for making important decisions hasn't closed.
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 …
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
D.C.'s bipartisan China consensus may be unraveling  —  For more than two years, Republicans and Democrats have more or less agreed the U.S. needs a China policy that acknowledges Beijing's hard authoritarian turn and the serious challenge China's growing power presents to U.S. interests.
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: Raw Story, emptywheel and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
What the Nurses See: Bronx Hospital Reels as Coronavirus Swamps New York  —  The pandemic has hit the borough hard, and Christina Norstein has witnessed things she never has before  —  Christina Norstein was hoarse, her nose swollen by mask marks.  She wasn't sleeping much, and woke up crying one morning after a day at work.
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Unprecedented, Vox and Breitbart
 
 
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