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Jonathan Kravis / Washington Post:
I left the Justice Department after it made a disastrous mistake.  It just happened again.  —  Jonathan Kravis was a federal prosecutor for 10 years.  —  Three months ago, I resigned from the Justice Department after 10 years as a career prosecutor.  I left a job I loved because I believed …
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DOJ Alumni Statement / Medium:
DOJ Alumni Statement on Flynn Case  —  We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations.  Each of us proudly took an oath to defend the Constitution and pursue the evenhanded administration …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Twitchy
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials call for AG Barr to resign over Flynn case  —  It's not clear how the judge in Flynn's case will react to DOJ's reversal.  —  Nearly 2000 Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe …
Discussion: Raw Story, Twitchy and Axios
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
More than 1,900 former Justice Dept. employees again call for Barr's resignation
Discussion: Breitbart
Brooke Singman / Fox News:   Durham moving ‘full-throttle’ on Russia probe review, top federal prosecutors involved: sources
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest effort to gaslight America is falling apart  —  The news that the novel coronavirus has invaded President Trump's inner circle — and that the White House is implementing aggressive testing and tracing to combat it — is a devastating story on an obvious and immediate level, but also on a deeper and longer-lasting one.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
CEOs, Farm Bureau President Told To Remove Face Masks Before Meeting With Mike Pence  —  The vice president walked in soon afterward — without a mask — shortly after learning his press secretary had tested positive for COVID-19.  —  Four CEOs of food companies and the president …
Discussion: WHOTV, VICE, Political Flare, Raw Story and Slate
CNN:
White House spent the weekend scrambling as they did contact tracing for staffer who tested positive for coronavirus  —  Washington (CNN)Trump administration officials spent the weekend scrambling as they attempted to do contact tracing for Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, IJR and Daily Kos
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun-Times:   Pritzker and staff ordered to stay home after senior staffer tests positive for COVID-19
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds taking extra precautions after White House visit, had no ‘direct contact’ with Mike Pence aide
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and New York Times
USA Today:   White House adopts new safety precautions as coronavirus moves closer to Trump's inner circle
Jim Mustian / Associated Press:
Study: Virus death toll in NYC worse than official tally  —  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
NYC won't reopen before June ‘unless something miraculous happens,’ de Blasio says
Discussion: Politico
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:   No, Gov. Cuomo, no: Please don't reopen schools last
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Why Kamala Harris Isn't Clamoring to Be Biden's Running Mate  —  The California senator is considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden.  But unlike other possible contenders, she has avoided making a pitch for the ticket.  —  Six years ago, when President Barack Obama had to replace …
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Gates Has Regrets  —  Years before the Covid-19 pandemic, the billionaire tried to warn global leaders of the threat from new infectious diseases.  Few listened.  ‘I feel terrible.’  —  TEXT  —  118 RESPONSES  —  Five years ago, Bill Gates warned that the biggest potential killer the world faced wasn't war, but a pandemic.
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency He thinks he'll survive Tara Reade's accusation.  But he knows he can't be an average-Joe Democrat anymore.  —  When fourth-term senator Joe Biden built his Wilmington, Delaware, home in 1996, he had no plans to turn it into a backup office …
Wall Street Journal:
Factories Close for Good as Coronavirus Cuts Demand  —  Some manufacturers that furloughed employees during lockdowns say plants won't reopen  —  Factory furloughs across the U.S. are becoming permanent closings, a sign of the heavy damage the coronavirus pandemic and shutdowns are exerting on the industrial economy.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
RIP Democracy  —  Jack Cable sat down at the desk in his cramped dorm room to become an adult in the eyes of democracy.  The rangy teenager, with neatly manicured brown hair and chunky glasses, had recently arrived at Stanford—his first semester of life away from home—and the 2018 midterm elections were less than two months away.
Washington Post:
Does Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis know what he's doing?  We're about to find out.  —  Florida Man is devil-may-care and slightly oafish, beloved but not admired, newsworthy above all.  Florida Man — christened as a meme in the previous decade but perhaps as old as the state itself …
Discussion: Redstate
Agence France-Presse:
Do it yourself: Ikea masturbation video goes viral in China  —  Beijing (AFP) - Ikea has said it will take “more careful” security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online.  —  The pornographic clip shows …
David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
The Supreme Court Can't Help Trump Now Without Hurting Itself  —  The conservative majority may want to contort the law so Trump can hide his taxes, but the legitimacy of the courts will take a hit if they do—especially if Biden wins the election  —  The Supreme Court is about to hear cases …
Joe Biden / Washington Post:
How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice  —  Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  —  The coronavirus, to date, has taken the lives of more than 79,000 Americans.  One of every 5 U.S. workers has filed for unemployment …
Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Gov. Whitmer becomes target of dozens of threats on private Facebook groups ahead of armed rally in Lansing  —  Dozens of angry Michiganders, fueled by conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus, are promoting violence and mobilizing armed rallies against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Facebook …
Discussion: Detroit Metro Times
Dion Rabouin / Axios:
Despite polling disadvantage, betting markets see Trump winning re-election  —  Even after the White House's delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, unprecedented job losses and a bruising recession, investors and betting markets are still putting their money on President Trump to win re-election in November.
Jessica Shaw / New York Times:
Coronavirus Stranded New Yorkers in Paradise.  What Now?  —  Some feel sheepish about their choice to retreat from stricken cities, for intervals that are stretching on.  Others have found it liberating.  —  The day before Megan LeCrone, a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet …
Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama on Michael Flynn  —  The lawyer President misstates the crime and the real threat to justice.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read that he ventured into the Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated the supposed crime and ignored …
Discussion: The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators worry Trump, COVID-19 could cost them their majority  —  Senate Republicans looking at polls showing GOP incumbents losing ground are concerned that President Trump's handling of the pandemic has put their majority in danger.  —  The two biggest criticisms of Trump …
Julia Marcus / The Atlantic:
Quarantine Fatigue Is Real  —  Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, Americans need a manual on how to have a life in a pandemic.  —  In the earliest years of the HIV epidemic, confusion and fear reigned.  AIDS was still known as the “gay plague.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
It's not Alabama's State House that needs replacing  —  This is an opinion column.  —  The federal government gave Alabama a blank check for $1.8 billion.  —  It should have known better.  —  That money was supposed to help Alabama protect its citizens from COVID-19 and cover the costs …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Majority disapprove of coronavirus protests  —  A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll that also finds the still-expansive support for such limits — including restaurant closures …
 
 
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Why It Doesn't Matter That Trump Is Beating Biden Online
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
Jeffrey M. Jones / Knight Foundation:
Americans Struggle to Navigate COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Time in Sarah Palin's Shadow
Discussion: Twitchy
Pavielle Haines / Mischiefs of Faction:
Democrats, Republicans Agree on the Science, Disagree on the Politics of Covid-19
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘He has shrunk’: Lis Smith blasts former boss de Blasio's coronavirus response
The Independent:
George Soros: Coronavirus endangers our civilisation
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Joshua Emerson Smith / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Meet the woman who spearheaded California's recent back-to-work protests
Discussion: Raw Story
Lee Hawkins / Wall Street Journal:
New York City Medical Examiner Doing Limited Coronavirus Testing on Dead
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Good Riddance to the Handshake
Miami Herald:
‘Homicide report’ from shooting death seems to contradict Broward sheriff's statements
Discussion: Florida Politics
National Review:
Mail-In Ballots Are a Recipe for Confusion, Coercion, and Fraud
Discussion: Gregg Jarrett
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's lying strategy on the economy
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
John J. Pitney, Jr / The Bulwark:
Trump, Reagan, and “Mourning in America”
Washington Post:
Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body
Discussion: Gothamist and The Week