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1:15 AM ET, April 20, 2020

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Washington Post:
Pro-gun activists using Facebook groups to push anti-quarantine protests  —  A trio of far-right, pro-gun provocateurs is behind some of the largest Facebook groups calling for anti-quarantine protests around the country, offering the latest illustration that some seemingly organic demonstrations …
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Police: At least 10 killed in shooting rampage in Canada  —  TORONTO (AP) — A 51-year-old man went on a shooting rampage across the northern part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including a policewoman.  Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead.
Discussion: The Week and ABC News
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Nova Scotia / Canadian Press:
At least 16 people dead after N.S. gunman's rampage, and police say toll could grow  —  Police confirmed gunman has died and identified RCMP officer who was killed  —  A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia, killing 16 people Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in Canadian history.
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs  —  State officials and labs say competition for supplies and questionable results are prolonging the national crisis  —  Amid efforts to expand coronavirus testing, laboratory operators and state health officials are navigating …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jasmin Barmore / Detroit News:
5-year-old with rare complication becomes first Michigan child to die of COVID-19  —  A month ago, 5-year-old Skylar Herbert complained to her parents that she had a bad headache.  —  On Sunday, after spending two weeks on a ventilator, the Detroit girl died.
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Washington Post:
Americans at World Health Organization transmitted real-time information about coronavirus to Trump administration  —  More than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE  —  Whenever you start to think that the federal government under Donald Trump has hit a moral bottom, it finds a new way to shock and horrify.  —  Over the last few weeks, it has started to appear as though …
Discussion: WBUR and Daily Kos
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The U.S. Tried to Teach China a Lesson About the Media.  It Backfired.  —  American journalists were showing the world the devastating effects of China's botched response to the coronavirus.  Now, many have been kicked out.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is better known for yelling at journalists than consoling them.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
The Foundations of American Society Are Failing Us  —  The unequal impact of the pandemic and economic collapse are forcing us to rethink the assumptions of our system.  —  Mr. Sanders is a senator from Vermont and former Democratic candidate for president.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Reuters:
Exclusive: Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources  —  (Reuters) - Neiman Marcus Group is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection as soon as this week, becoming the first major U.S. department store operator to succumb to the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak …
David French / The French Press:
Evangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test.  The Competence Test is Next.  —  On April 15, the United States hit a horrifying milestone.  It not only crossed 30,000 total COVID-19 deaths, but for the fourth consecutive day, the daily death toll was so high that COVID-19 was the single leading cause of death in the United States.
Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies  —  Mandatory code being developed by ACCC will create ‘level playing field’ in media landscape, Josh Frydenberg says  —  Facebook and Google will be forced to share advertising revenue …
New York Times:
Covid-19 Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver  —  Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver  — The tests, many made in China without F.D.A. approval, are raising alarms.  — Results are off.  Doctors are misusing them.
Discussion: Gothamist
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Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:   Dozens of coronavirus antibody tests on the market were never vetted by the FDA, leading to accuracy concerns
CNN:
Piers Morgan says his friend President Trump is ‘failing the American people’  —  New York (CNN Business)The coronavirus pandemic is “the biggest news story that any of us have every dealt with,” Piers Morgan says, and it requires “a different approach from the traditional news anchor approach.”
The Sunday Times:
Coronavirus: 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster … On the third Friday of January a silent and stealthy killer was creeping across the world.  Passing from person to person and borne on ships and planes, the coronavirus was already leaving a trail of bodies.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Boris Johnson skipped five virus briefings in early days of pandemic
Discussion: NBC News
Patrick Cooley / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus in Ohio: More than 1,800 inmates at Marion Correctional test positive  —  Patrick Cooley Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch  —  The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rose to 11,602 cases on Sunday  —  Coronavirus has overtaken a vast majority of the prison population …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump, Fox News are trying to gin up a new Tea Party to distract you from their deadly failures  —  One carried a sign with Patrick Henry's famed Revolutionary-era quote — “Give me liberty or give me death!”  — and parked herself in front of a shuttered Baskin-Robbins to show her determination …
Liz Sly / Laredo Morning News:
Stirrings of unrest could portend turmoil as economies collapse  —  BEIRUT -As more than half the people in the world hunker down under some form of enforced confinement, stirrings of political and social unrest are pointing to a new, potentially turbulent phase in the global effort to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Klobuchar to appear on Biden podcast amid VP rumors  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the next guest on Joe Biden's podcast “Here's the Deal,” which was previewed by Axios before it comes out tomorrow.  —  Why it matters: You can't have conversations with Democratic operatives …
Discussion: The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Hold these Republicans accountable for deaths caused by recklessness  —  President Trump tweeted a series of all-caps messages Friday that Virginia, Michigan and Minnesota —states with responsible stay-at-home orders — should “LIBERATE” themselves.  It's not clear whether this was a suggestion …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
DNC cheers 23 tweets from reporters ripping Trump, New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and Al Jazeera  —  The Democratic National Committee's 2020 war room rolled out some new ammunition in its bid to take down President Trump and belittle his fight against the coronavirus …
Discussion: NB Blog
The Seattle Times:
AND THE TEAM PLAYED ON  —  As COVID-19 fears grew, public officials and sports executives weighed health risks — and a PR message — but let 33,000 fans into a Sounders match on March 7.  At what cost?  —  Despite coronavirus concerns, some 33,000 fans attended the Seattle Sounders vs …
Kristen Jordan Shamus / Detroit Free Press:
Family ravaged by coronavirus begged for tests, hospital care, but was repeatedly denied  —  The man who raised Keith Gambrell, who loved him like a son and married his mother, died in a blue recliner of novel coronavirus in his Grosse Pointe Woods home.  —  Gary Fowler, 56 …
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
New Zealand's Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet  —  Jacinda Ardern's leadership style, focused on empathy, isn't just resonating with her people; it's putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.  —  The coronavirus pandemic may be the largest test …
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
More Americans Fear Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions Too Soon, WSJ/NBC Poll Says  —  Nearly 60% of respondents worry that lifting stay-at-home orders quickly will fuel the pandemic  —  Americans are worried about lifting stay-at-home orders too quickly amid the coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: Slate and Mother Jones
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Washington Post:
FloridaMorons trends after people flock to reopened Florida beaches  —  Aerial snapshots of people flocking to a reopened beach in Jacksonville, Fla., made waves on the Internet on Saturday.  —  Local news aired photos and videos of Florida's shoreline dotted with people, closer than six feet apart …
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Jamil Anderlini / Financial Times:
Why China is losing the coronavirus narrative
Washington Post:
Trump says government will step up coronavirus testing efforts, after governors blast federal inaction
Discussion: Politico and The Seattle Times
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo owes a genuine back-to-work plan to New Yorkers
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Oklahoma City Marks 25 Years Since America's Deadliest Homegrown Attack
Discussion: TalkLeft
Alayna Treene / Axios:
First look: Victoria Coates denies being “Anonymous”
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
Addressing the strain the coronavirus has put on America's food supply chain with José Andrés
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump, Facing Criticism, Vows to Increase Swab Production
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
K Street is booming. But there's a creeping sense of dread.
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Hyung-jin Kim / Associated Press:
North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump ‘a nice note’
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
'They're killing us,' Texas residents say of Trump rollbacks
Daily Mail:
U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches 40,000 as more than 1,900 people die in 24 hours …
Brooke Baldwin / CNN:
How fighting coronavirus taught me about the gift of connection
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
No Fight Over Red Ink Now, but Virus Spending Will Force Tough Choices
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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