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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 …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Mary B. McCord / New York Times:
Bill Barr Twisted My Words in Dropping the Flynn Case.  Here's the Truth.  —  The F.B.I.'s interview of Mr. Flynn was constitutional, lawful and for a legitimate counterintelligence purpose.  —  Ms. McCord was an acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department from 2016 to 2017.
Chuck Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The long list of people who thought Flynn's lies were material
Discussion: The Atlantic
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: VICE, Slate, Political Flare and Raw Story
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USA Today:
White House adopts new safety precautions as coronavirus moves closer to Trump's inner circle  —  WASHINGTON - With coronavirus exposure arriving in the West Wing, the White House is taking extra precautions to ensure the safety of the president and his staff after two administration aides tested positive for the coronavirus.
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
White House Economic Adviser Says ‘It Is Scary to Go To Work’ After Staffers Test Positive for Coronavirus
Discussion: CBS News, NBC News and Slate
Politico:
Kamala emerges as early Biden VP favorite as sting of debate attack fades  —  Kamala Harris was written off as a possible vice presidential pick for Joe Biden last year after a cutting debate performance where she seemed to suggest he was racially insensitive.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure  —  An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab.
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 …
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.
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
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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
USA Today:
Ben Crump: Ahmaud Arbery killing reminiscent of lynching  —  Imagine for a moment that two black men with rifles jumped out of a pickup in a residential neighborhood and shot to death a white jogger because they suspected him of committing a crime.  —  Imagine the fury of justice that would rain down upon them.
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National Review:
Mail-In Ballots Are a Recipe for Confusion, Coercion, and Fraud  —  So, naturally, Democrats are pushing to have them sent to every voter — or ‘voter.’  —  Enormous pressure is being mounted to use our current crisis as an excuse to transform how we vote in elections.
Discussion: Gregg Jarrett
John J. Pitney, Jr / The Bulwark:
Trump, Reagan, and “Mourning in America”  —  The Lincoln Project's “Mourning in America” ad has been the defining spot of the 2020 campaign.  —  The ad is a play on Ronald Reagan's classic 1984 reelection ad, “Morning in America.”  And it seems to have triggered President Trump.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business.  That's About to Change.  —  News organizations have long hoped that tech platforms would pay them for news.  Now regulators abroad are moving to make that happen.  —  It reads like a coroner's report on the news business, 623 pages filled with charts …
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:
Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body … PLEASE NOTE  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
Discussion: The Week and Gothamist
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden campaign ramps up digital staff amid tech woes, Dem pressure  —  Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign is beefing up its digital staff, just as it had been hit by a series of technical problems at a virtual event on Thursday — and amid alarm bells from Democratic allies …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's lying strategy on the economy  —  You don't need a cheat sheet on President Trump's 2020 campaign strategy.  —  Step one — the former “wartime president” now wants you to forget his stumbles on the battlefield of the coronavirus pandemic.  —  Next, playing the role of “CEO president …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Miami Herald:
‘Homicide report’ from shooting death seems to contradict Broward sheriff's statements  —  A 27-year-old police report documenting the details of the case against Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony — who as a 14-year-old shot and killed an 18-year-old in Philadelphia — confirms his acquittal of any crime in the incident.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Four Men Responsible For America's COVID-19 Test Disaster  —  The White House's inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the government's response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century  —  Dr. Robert Redfield …
Discussion: Raw Story
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
No, Gov. Cuomo, no: Please don't reopen schools last  —  To all the women screaming, “I love you Andrew Cuomo, and I want to have your baby!”:  Would you mind asking him where that baby will go to school?  —  Millions of New York parents would like to know what, exactly, is the plan for the kids.
 
 
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Richard Partington / The Guardian:
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Why the U.S. isn't prepared to meet overwhelming demand for a coronavirus vaccine
Discussion: The Week
Nectar Gan / CNN:
China hits back at so-called coronavirus ‘lies’ by US politicians as war of words escalates
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously
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Discussion: Politico
Adam Playford / Tampa Bay Times:
How Florida slowed coronavirus: Everyone stayed home before they were told to
Discussion: The Week
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran Says It's Ready for Unconditional Prisoner Swap With U.S. Amid Coronavirus Fears
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
A nurse without an N95 mask raced in to treat a ‘code blue’ patient. She died 14 days later
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Marcy Oster / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Republican Jewish Coalition will support primary challenger to Rep. Steve King of Iowa
James McAuley / Washington Post:
France mandates masks to control the coronavirus. Burqas remain banned.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Gowdy Identifies Reporters Who Allegedly Peddled Misleading Adam Schiff Leaks
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Redstate
Associated Press:
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Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Why aren't editorial boards screaming: Trump has to go?
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES