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7:05 PM ET, April 8, 2020

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Joe Biden / Medium:
Statement From Vice President Biden  —  Today, Senator Sanders announced he was suspending his campaign.  Bernie has put his heart and soul into not only running for President, but for the causes and issues he has been dedicated to his whole life.  So, I know how hard a decision this was for him to make …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats salivate over Obama coming off sidelines  —  The decision by Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign means former President Obama is about to get back into the political spotlight.  —  Sources close to Obama and Biden say the two men have spoken “quite frequently,” as one put it …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Former Clinton Staffers Invited To “Bye, Bye Bernard” Zoom Call (It's Now Canceled)  —  The 2020 primary has ended, but the 2016 primary never will.  “He's finally gone (again!)”  —  Less than an hour after Bernie Sanders told supporters he was ending his presidential campaign …
Discussion: Twitchy
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Bernie Sanders Dropped Out Because His Campaign Believed Its Own BS  —  The Sanders campaign stayed in its bubble and held on to its theory of the race even when all of the real-world evidence was against it.  —  Bernie Sanders is finally ending his presidential campaign today.  —  This is not surprising.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Sanders had multiple conversations with Obama ahead of decision to end campaign  —  Sanders: Path towards victory is virtually impossible  —  (CNN)Former President Barack Obama played an active, albeit private, role in the Democratic presidential primary that effectively ended on Wednesday …
NBC News:
Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race
Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Never Lied
Discussion: The Mahablog and Common Dreams
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:   VP talk could intensify with Harris-DNC fundraising deal
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Biden will have a very hard time winning over the Berniesphere
Discussion: The Week
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Linda Tripp, the Clinton sex scandal whisteblower who secretly recorded private phone calls with Monica Lewinksy, dies at age 70 ‘after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer less than a week ago’  — Linda Tripp died on Wednesday morning and a close friend told DailyMail.com that ‘she died with a smile on her face’
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New York Post:
Linda Tripp, whistleblower in Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal, dead at 70  —  Linda Tripp, whose secret conversations with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, died on Wednesday, according to a report.  She was 70.
Washington Post:
Linda Tripp, whose tapes of Monica Lewinsky led to Bill Clinton's impeachment, dies at 70
Discussion: Mediaite
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 70
Discussion: New York Times, Axios and The Week
TMZ.com:
Clinton-Lewinsky Whistleblower Linda Tripp Dead at 70
Discussion: HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
How Delays and Unheeded Warnings Hindered New York's Virus Fight  —  The federal response was chaotic.  Even so, the state's and city's own initial efforts failed to keep pace with the outbreak, The Times found.  —  A 39-year-old woman took Flight 701 from Doha, Qatar …
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Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist:
Death Count Expected To Soar As NYC Says It Will Begin Reporting Probable COVID Deaths In Addition To Confirmed Ones  —  New York City officials will begin to count suspected COVID-19 deaths of people who die at home following a WNYC/Gothamist report revealing a staggering number of such deaths …
New York Post:
De Blasio heckled at Bronx hospital by bystanders demanding tests, treatment  —  Three livid bystanders heckled Mayor Bill de Blasio — demanding coronavirus tests and better healthcare — as he tried to speak to medical personnel outside Lincoln Hospital in The Bronx Wednesday.
Discussion: Gothamist
CNBC:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her CEO husband will liquidate individual stock shares after coronavirus trade furor  — Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and CEO husband Jeff Sprecher plan to liquidate their individual stock share positions and related options after weeks of criticism of the couple …
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Kelly Loeffler / Wall Street Journal:
I Never Traded on Confidential Coronavirus Information  —  But to end the distraction, my family will divest from individual stocks.  —  While the American people are enduring the impact of Covid-19, I have become a top target of baseless attacks from political adversaries and the media.
ABC News:
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources  —  “Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event,” a source says.  —  As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China's Wuhan region …
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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
Sanders exits as a historic social justice pioneer and a uniter in the fight to beat Trump
New York Times:
Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America.  Not Anymore.  —  Feb. 20This map shows every rural county in America, areas where the coronavirus outbreak initially was slow to spread.  Humboldt County in Northern California was the first rural county to report a case, on Feb. 20, a month after the virus first reached the U.S.
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  April 8, 2020 - Fauci, Governors Get Highest Marks For Response To Coronavirus, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say Trump's Response Not Aggressive Enough  —  As the number of coronavirus cases spreads throughout the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Why exactly is President Trump lashing out at the World Health Organization?  —  And do his criticisms have any merit?  —  President Trump is slamming the World Health Organization for its coronavirus response, threatening to cut off funding for it during a global pandemic.  —  So why is it his new target?
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and The Hill
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CNBC:
‘Now is not the time’: WHO responds to Trump's threat to cut funding
Discussion: The Root and Politico
Bloomberg:
Trump's New Chief of Staff Rattles White House in Crisis Mode  — Grisham replacement, other staff moves have raised tensions  — Meadows called Republican holdouts on ‘stay-at-home’ orders  —  President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has escalated tensions …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Lawmakers demand answers on Kushner supply chain influence  —  Chairs of two key House panels sent a letter to FEMA demanding information in a week on efforts by the president's senior adviser and son-in-law.  —  Two Democratic House committee leaders are demanding answers from the Trump administration …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Kushner's team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system
Francisco Alvarado / The Daily Beast:
This South Florida City Is a Looming Coronavirus Hot Spot You Haven't Heard About  —  In one of the most Hispanic cities in America, “the potential for terrible things to happen is unimaginable,” one expert said.  —  Since early March, Paula Gomez has taken several precautions to ward off the coronavirus.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
5 facts about Fox News  —  Fox News, the influential cable network launched by Rupert Murdoch in 1996, holds a unique place in the American media landscape, particularly for those on the ideological right.  While Democrats in the United States turn to and place their trust in a variety …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
The coronavirus crisis is devastating the news industry.  Many newspapers won't survive it.  —  Two months ago, Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Brie Zeltner became consumed by one topic: the coronavirus crisis that would soon sweep into her state.  —  The veteran health-care journalist chronicled …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Dennis Quaid Believes Trump Is ‘Doing a Good Job’ Handling Coronavirus  —  IN CONVERSATION  —  In a wide-ranging talk, the renowned actor opens up to Marlow Stern about the pandemic, his new podcast “The Dennissance,” and the cocaine frenzy that was 1980s Hollywood.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hannity's latest propaganda actually exposes Trump's epic failures  —  Sean Hannity's latest effort to portray President Trump as a heroic and decisive leader throughout the coronavirus crisis belongs in a time capsule.  It will aid future study of one of the most monumental …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Prize-Winning Reporter Writes Book on Melania Trump  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump.  Mary Jordan's “The Art of Her Deal,” which draws upon more than 100 interviews, comes out June 16.
Discussion: The Hill
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
How Hollywood Works Now: MSNBC's Chris Hayes Was “Made For This Moment”  —  A darling of the progressive left has refashioned his nightly political show into an hourlong coronavirus education hour, even as he works from a remote home studio.  —  Shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 12 …
Sharon Begley / STAT:
With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19  —  Even as hospitals and governors raise the alarm about a shortage of ventilators, some critical care physicians are questioning the widespread use of the breathing machines for Covid-19 patients …
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
The Terrifying Story of an Unwitting Potential ‘Super-Spreader’ in Chicago  —  Before social distancing set in, a funeral, birthday party, and some hugs helped kick off a disastrous cluster, according to a new federal report.  —  The night before a funeral in February …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll shows Americans turning against Trump  —  With more than 400,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 14,000 deaths in the United States, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans are souring on President Trump's leadership during the pandemic.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Federal stockpile of emergency medical equipment depleted, House panel says  —  The federal government's emergency stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) is depleted, and states will not be receiving any more shipments, administration staff told a House panel.
Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
Anthony Fauci sets stage for mandatory — lucrative! — vaccine  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  Anthony Fauci, America's most-listened-to medical professional on the coronavirus, and apparently on all the political, economic, cultural and social precautions every man, woman and child in the nation …
 
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The media's struggle to digest Trump's coronavirus briefings
Discussion: Redstate, NPR and wabe.org
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
DHS warns pandemic ‘stressors’ could trigger attacks on houses of worship
Alan Yuhas / New York Times:
Don't Expect a Quarantine Baby Boom
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Coronavirus Is the Crisis of Conspiracy Theorists' Wildest Dreams
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Durbin warns of ‘dangerous and risky’ Senate return on April 20
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
SFGATE:
A massive wave of evictions is coming. Temporary bans won't help.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: New York Reports a Record Number of Deaths, and the W.H.O. Warns …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Wow: Paul Krugman Thinks There's a Correlation Between Hydroxychloroquine Push and ‘Right-Wing Medical Quackery’
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Aides hope to give Trump his economic ‘big bang’ starting in May
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Big banks took “free money' in 2008.  They're turning their back now on small businesses, SBA official says
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
41 Transit Workers Dead: Crisis Takes Staggering Toll on Subways
 

 
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