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12:20 PM ET, April 23, 2020

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Jess Bidgood / The Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus in Oklahoma  —  Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Senator Elizabeth Warren, died on Tuesday night in Norman, Okla., about three weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.  —  Herring, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was 86.
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
‘Sadness’ and Disbelief From a World Missing American Leadership  —  The coronavirus pandemic is shaking bedrock assumptions about U.S. exceptionalism.  This is perhaps the first global crisis in more than a century where no one is even looking for Washington to lead.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Poll signals strengthening support for Biden over Trump in three Midwest battleground states  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three Midwestern battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 …
Discussion: American Greatness, CNN and The Hill
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Hold Edge for Prez, Senate; House More Competitive  —  6 in 10 support marijuana ballot question  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats Joe Biden and Cory Booker hold substantial leads among New Jersey voters in their races for president and U.S. Senate, respectively.
Discussion: The Hill
Ashley Kirzinger / The Henry J. Kaiser Family …:
KFF Health Tracking Poll - Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
Discussion: New York Times
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
Discussion: NBC News, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Reuters:
Special Report: HHS chief Azar had aide, former dog breeder, steer pandemic task force  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On January 21, the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravaged China.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
They lived in a factory for 28 days to make millions of pounds of raw PPE materials to help fight coronavirus  —  At his factory just off the Delaware River, in the far southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, Joe Boyce clocked in on March 23 for the longest shift of his life.
Discussion: Instapundit
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
The US economy has now erased all job gains since the Great Recession  — The Labor Department reported that the number of Americans applying for state unemployment benefits totaled 4.427 million last week.  — Combined with the prior four jobless claims reports, the number of Americans …
Discussion: Townhall and POLITICUSUSA
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David Gura / NBC News:
U.S. jobless claims reach 26 million since coronavirus hit, wiping out all gains since 2008 recession  —  “The doors are still closed.  There is still no smoke coming out of the chimneys in corporate America.  It is not surprising that you continue to see significant layoffs,” said one economist.
Rebecca Rainey / Politico:
Unemployment claims top 26 million 5 weeks into pandemic
Discussion: Breitbart
Katherine Landergan / Politico:
Murphy: McConnell's suggestion states declare bankruptcy ‘utterly irresponsible’  —  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday blasted as “completely and utterly irresponsible” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's suggestion that state governments facing financial disaster during …
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New York Times:
Hidden Outbreaks Spread Through U.S. Cities Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say  —  Hidden Outbreaks Spread Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say  —  New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle had undetected outbreaks long before testing showed a major problem, according to a model.
Discussion: CBS New York
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Stars Trumpeted a Malaria Drug, Until They Didn't
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's coronavirus rift with Kemp puts Georgia Republicans in a tough spot  —  President Donald Trump's opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to start reopening parts of Georgia's economy will force Republican candidates to pick between their party's leader or the state's top official amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Live Coronavirus Updates  —  Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Jessica Cheung and Austin Mitchell, and edited by M.J. Davis Lin  —  From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.  This is “The Daily.”  [MUSIC]  —  Today, across the U.S. protests are erupting against orders to remain at home and to restrict people's movements.
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Q&A With a Trump Economic Adviser
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Sankin / The Markup:
Want to Find a Misinformed Public?  Facebook's Already Done It  —  While vowing to police COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, Facebook let advertisers target users interested in"pseudoscience"  —  Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a post pledging to combat misinformation about COVID-19 circulating on Facebook.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Justice Alito's jurisprudence of white racial innocence  —  Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court's budget during a House hearing on March 7, 2019.  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  —  Alito gets very upset if you suggest that racism exists.  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court held …
Discussion: Slate
John F. Harris / Politico:
Stop Looking on the Bright Side: We'll Be Screwed By the Pandemic for Years to Come  —  The headline certainly sounded grave and full of portent: “Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently.  Here's How.”  —  Those words, emblazoned atop a POLITICO Magazine story last month in the opening days …
Bloomberg Law:
The Federalist Publisher's Tweet Was Illegal: Labor Board Judge  —  Listen  —  The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted last year that he'd send employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize, a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge decided.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Democrats' House Polling Lead: Remarkably Steady  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The Democratic lead in House generic ballot polling has been very consistent over the course of Donald Trump's presidency.  — Democrats also have a significant money edge in the lion's share of their most vulnerable districts.
The Bulwark:
February 7: A Day That Will Live in Infamy  —  February 7 is a day that changed the world.  —  It's a day that defines the Trump administration's failures on COVID-19.  —  A day that will shape the campaign around the president's reelection.  —  On February 7, Dr. Li Wenliang …
Danielle Garrand / CBS News:
Publix is buying excess milk and produce from farmers — and donating it to food banks  —  Farmers around the country have been forced to dump milk and waste fresh produce as schools, restaurants and other institutions remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cable news stars like Hannity make headlines.  But more people are watching David Muir's ABC newscast.  —  NEW YORK — I asked a media-savvy friend recently to guess what is the most-watched program on TV right now.  —  “Hannity's show?” she offered.  —  It's “World News Tonight” on ABC, I told her.
Washington Post:
Fox News hosts go mum on the covid-19 drug they spent weeks promoting  —  At the height of Fox News's coverage of a would-be treatment for the novel coronavirus, the network's medical correspondent, Marc Siegel, offered a remarkable testimonial during Tucker Carlson's show.
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Henry Grabar / Slate:
It's Time for Americans to Go Outside Again  —  Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers.  Subscribe to support our journalism.  Start your free trial.  —  The past week's tiny anti-lockdown protests are the exception that proves the rule: The U.S …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The Democrats Totally Want A Depression  —  If the Malevolent Donkey Party was actively seeking to plunge the country into an economic tailspin, while still maintaining some level of deniability to the credulous suckers out there, exactly what would it be doing differently?
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Consortium Linked To Steele Dossier Firms Paid $485K To Tech Company That Contributed To Senate Intel Report  — Tax filings show that non-profit groups linked to Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele paid nearly half-a-million dollars to a cyber security firm that contributed a report …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Usama bin Laden wanted to kill Obama so ‘totally unprepared’ Biden would be president, declassified docs show  —  Usama bin Laden wanted to assassinate then-President Barack Obama so that the “totally unprepared” Joe Biden would take over as president and plunge the United States “into a crisis …
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid Doctor's Visits  —  Afraid of Covid-19, parents are postponing well-child checkups, including shots, putting millions of children at risk of exposure to preventable deadly diseases.  —  As parents around the country cancel well-child checkups …
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'We can't afford to wait': coronavirus could shut out droves of new US voters  —  Covid-19 is severely curbing voter registration across the US - which could have huge consequences in November  —  In a typical election year, canvassers across the country would be beginning to fan out on street corners …
Nicholas J. Fuentes / The Daily Dot:
Nick Fuentes and his white nationalist ‘Groyper Army’ have a new home on TikTok  —  He's been booted from YouTube and Reddit—but he's targeting a new frontier.  —  White nationalists and far-right figures have found a new platform to spread their messages and expand their following, moving to TikTok, Gen Z's current favorite app.
New York Times:
Banks Gave Richest Clients ‘Concierge Treatment’ for Pandemic Aid  —  Some businesses seeking coronavirus loans got to avoid flaky online portals or backed-up queues.  Many other small businesses couldn't get their loan requests submitted before the money dried up.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CBS News:
Americans prioritize staying home and worry restrictions will lift too fast - CBS News poll  —  Health concerns still take precedence over economic concerns by a wide margin for Americans in their views on when to re-open the economy — both in what they want for the nation, and in what they'd do themselves.
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
SBA warns big companies on seeking small business loans after backlash  —  The Trump administration on Thursday warned large, publicly traded companies to think twice before applying for small business rescue loans amid a growing furor over Wall Street-backed firms receiving the money.
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Covid-19 is invading Red America, new data show. That's ominous for Trump.
Discussion: Brookings
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Stores struggle to get shoppers to wear masks
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Guards chief: U.S. warships will be destroyed if they threaten Iran in Gulf
Discussion: National Review, Townhall and CNN
Jessica Weiss / Washington Post:
How coronavirus changes the political outlook in China and the U.S.
Discussion: ABC News and Fox News
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The risk of a US double-dip depression is real
Discussion: Washington Post
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
As coronavirus upends 2020, Trump may have a hard time keeping Pennsylvania red. Here's why.
Discussion: Raw Story
Maryellen Stewart / Vox:
Most people dying from Covid-19 are old. Don't treat them just as statistics.
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Under Trump, coronavirus scientists can speak — as long as they mostly toe the line
Ari Feldman / The Forward:
Orthodox Jews are donating plasma by the thousands to fight Covid-19
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Observations on the Great Hunkering (11)
Discussion: Boston Herald and Stanford News
New York Times:
Luxury Hotel Company Is Biggest Beneficiary of Small-Business Funds
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Natasha Daly / National Geographic:
Seven more big cats test positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Long / Washington Post:
There's a growing possibility of a W-shaped economic recovery — and it's scary
Discussion: Vanity Fair
The White House:
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During …
Washington Post:
States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn