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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June  —  Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated.  The Supreme Court heard a case remotely for the first time.  J. Crew filed for bankruptcy protection.
Discussion: Raw Story and SCOTUSblog
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, Bloomberg and Mediaite
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers  —  Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been “firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.”
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon engineer quits after he ‘snapped’ when the company fired workers who called for coronavirus protections  — Tim Bray, a senior engineer at Amazon, resigned on May 1 over concerns about the company's decision to fire workers who were outspoken critics of its labor practices.
Discussion: Financial Times
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks.  Weeks Later, They All Were Dead.  —  The coronavirus has taken a steep toll on the often-invisible army of employees who keep New York hospitals running.  —  They did not treat patients, but Wayne Edwards, Derik Braswell and Priscilla Carrow held …
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes' lawyer facing prospect of sanctions after two recent, rare court warnings  —  The attorney representing Rep. Devin Nunes in six lawsuits has received two recent, rare warnings from judges that raise the prospect of courts sanctioning him.  —  People and organizations that Nunes' attorney …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Smart or Lucky?  How Florida Dodged the Worst of Coronavirus  —  Even though it's too early to draw clear conclusions, and the virus could flare again, there are lessons from its approach  —  MIAMI—When the coronavirus pandemic swept toward Florida, public-health professionals nationally warned …
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Times:
What Joe Biden Needs to Do to Beat Trump  —  To win, he has to find a way to get beyond the basement tapes and project himself into our ever more digital world.  —  Mr. Axelrod was the senior strategist for President Barack Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012; Mr. Plouffe was Mr. Obama's campaign manager in 2008.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Justin Haskins / Fox News:   Joe Biden's poll numbers — he's in trouble with this key voting bloc
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Axelrod says Reade allegation never came up during 2008 Biden vetting
New York Times:
Why Biden's Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications  —  Joe Biden has hinted that he might serve only one term if he wins.  That would set up a woman as the front-runner for 2024 and perhaps define the Democratic agenda for the next decade.  —  WASHINGTON — For decades …
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
Discussion: Breitbart
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Bridge to the Post-pandemic World Is Collapsing  —  Outside of Boston, a marketing company is struggling to figure out how to cover its bills.  In Indiana, a dance studio is waiting on three emergency-loan applications.  In Baltimore, a deli is closed and desperate for help.
Lyz Lenz / Washington Post:
Biden should step aside.  We can't sacrifice another woman for political gain.  —  The Democrats should drop Biden for the same reason the GOP should have dropped Kavanaugh.  —  It's a story we know all too well.  A woman says a politician hurt her.  He abused her.  She's coming forward now.
Discussion: Redstate
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
For the 5th time in two weeks, Trump tweaks projected death toll  —  When a president finds it necessary to revise a projected death toll five times in 13 days, there's a problem.  —  Two weeks ago today, Donald Trump said he believed the overall American death toll from the coronavirus could be as low as 50,000 people.
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  —  There was the time Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up at a coronavirus press conference in  —  a solitary rubber glove, proceeding to repeatedly touch his face with the other, ungloved hand.  And there was the time he went through heroic struggles in
Discussion: CNN
Kristin Myers / Yahoo Finance:
Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model  —  New data from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that relaxing lockdowns across U.S. cities and states could have serious consequences for the country's
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense.  An old client benefited.  —  After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as President Trump's top official for public health preparedness in 2017, he began pressing to increase government stocks of a smallpox vaccine.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Ex-Green Beret Claims He Led Failed Raid Into Venezuela in Attempt to Overthrow Maduro  —  (CARACAS, Venezuela) — A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that the socialist government said ended with eight dead.
Bryan Walsh / Axios:
Why Congress is lagging on remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic  —  Legislatures around the world have been experimenting with remote deliberation during the pandemic, but Congress still insists on in-person voting.  —  Why it matters: With social distancing rules in place …
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life... just days after warning of PPE shortages and being forced to work despite being infected  —  A third Russian doctor has plunged from a hospital window after complaining about medics facing intolerable coronavirus pressures.
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Lesley Stahl shares her personal battle with coronavirus  —  “After two weeks at home in bed, weak, fighting pneumonia, and really scared, I went to the hospital.  I found an overworked, nearly overwhelmed staff.”  —  One of the rules of journalism is “Don't become part of the story.”
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Public Policy Polling:
Iowa Races Closely Matched  —  PPP's newest Iowa poll finds that both the Senate race and the Presidential race in the state have tightened since the winter.  —  In the Senate race Joni Ernst leads Theresa Greenfield just 43-42, an indication that Iowa could make for another tough hold …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he's been treated worse than Lincoln by the press  —  President Trump on Sunday complained that he has been treated worse by the media than any previous president, including Abraham Lincoln.  —  Trump defended his frequent clashes with the press during a Fox News virtual town hall …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Lincoln got better press treatment, Trump claims, as he ups pandemic death estimate
Discussion: Fox News
William Wan / Washington Post:
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis  —  Anxiety and depression are rising.  The U.S. is ill-prepared, with some clinics already on the brink of collapse.  —  Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, America is on the verge of another health crisis …
Fox News:
Justice Thomas asks rare question during Supreme Court oral arguments, in teleconference session  —  Famously quiet Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked two questions during the court's remote oral arguments, marking just his third time speaking during the sessions in over a decade.
Discussion: Althouse
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
San Diego man wears KKK hood to supermarket after county orders public to wear face masks  —  Officials have condemned a man in California who was pictured wearing a makeshift Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping at a supermarket.  —  Pictures of the man wearing a white hood similar to one worn …
Jason Sattler / USA Today:
What Republicans don't get: Donald Trump is our biggest obstacle to coronavirus recovery  —  Trump puts his own interests above the well-being of the country and limits the coronavirus response by his addictions to adulation and political gain.  —  Small groups of protesters egged on by the president …
Discussion: Raw Story
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
How Bailout Backlash and Moral Hazard Outrage Could Endanger the Economy  —  People are increasingly focusing not on preventing a depression but on which recipients of federal rescue are morally worthy.  —  The United States economy is in free fall, with tens of millions of people unemployed …
 
 
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Politico:
Get ready to see the truly ugly face of Covid-19's impact on the economy
Anne D'innocenzio / Associated Press:
J.Crew files for Chapter 11 as pandemic chokes retail
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Forces Change in Trump's Courtship of African-American Voters
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Both Parties Wonder: How Much Do Conventions Even Matter Anymore?
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
On Virginia-Tennessee border, one side is now open for business while the other is still on lockdown
New York Times:
The Coronavirus Proved Mail Voting Is a Great Idea
Associated Press:
'We don't know how it will end': Hunger stalks amid virus
Washington Post:
Maryland Gov. Hogan resists pressure to reopen quickly as coronavirus deaths, infections rise …
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Trump campaign touts pandemic response in new TV ad: ‘American comeback’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Fox News and Breitbart
The Guardian:
Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Your Guide To The Obama Administration's Hit On Michael Flynn
Discussion: American Greatness
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump says he shares his famed uncle's science genius.  A friend says the uncle ‘would have been horrified.’
The City:
Early Precautions Draw a Life-and-Death Divide Between Flushing and Corona
New York Times:
In the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, We Must Go Big. Really, Really Big.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies