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7:00 PM ET, May 20, 2020

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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's name was never ‘masked’ in FBI document on his communications with Russian ambassador  —  A Republican effort to determine who may have leaked the name of Michael Flynn in connection to his 2016 contact with the Russian ambassador has centered on the question …
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Eli Lake / Commentary Magazine:
How it happened and why it matters  —  In their final encounter during the transition following the 2016 election, Donald Trump's incoming national-security adviser surprised Barack Obama's outgoing national-security adviser.  Susan Rice writes in her memoir that the Michael Flynn she was dealing …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Warner asks intel chief to fork over underlying ‘unmasking’ intel on Michael Flynn  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee has requested that the acting director of national intelligence hand over the underlying intelligence reports at the center of the so-called “unmasking” controversy.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just said the corrupt part out loud  —  During the impeachment of President Trump, an expert witness called by Democrats floated a theoretical scenario involving the president threatening a state hammered by a natural disaster, to illustrate the corruption of Trump's shakedown of Ukraine.
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Richard Hasen / Washington Post:
Trump's bogus attacks on mail-in voting could hurt his supporters, too
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Breitbart and Vox
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  May 20, 2020 - Biden Holds 11 Point Lead As Trump Approval On Coronavirus Dips, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Almost Half Say Second Wave Of Coronavirus ‘very Likely’ In Fall  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump 50 …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Mueller grand jury material from being turned over to House  —  The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday blocked a House committee from receiving grand jury material gathered by Robert Mueller's special counsel investigators, issuing a stay while a legal dispute over the records is on appeal.
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Grants Trump Request to Block Disclosure of Mueller Materials  —  Ruling shields grand-jury materials while administration argues they should remain secret  —  WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court blocked Congress from receiving grand-jury materials from Robert Mueller's investigation …
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science  —  (CNN)In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere …
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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
CDC's Redfield in the hot seat as White House looks for someone to blame  —  (CNN)A day after President Donald Trump privately excoriated the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Republican senators during a lunch on Capitol Hill, the fate of the agency's director, Dr. Robert Redfield, is in question.
Discussion: Raw Story
WFLA-TV:
Florida COVID-19 dashboard manager raises red flags about accuracy of state data after being fired  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Cap News/WFLA) - Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, which has been praised and celebrated by officials in Washington in recent months, is now at the center of a controversy …
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Gary Detman / WEAR-TV:
DeSantis: Florida COVID-19 dashboard designer faces cyber sexual harassment charges
Discussion: Power Line
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:   Florida Gov. DeSantis calls scientist's data-manipulation claim a ‘nonissue’
Politico:
Fired State Department watchdog was probing protocol office  —  The now-fired State Department inspector general had recently wrapped up an investigation into two other top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, determining that they had likely failed to report allegations of workplace violence …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
The Ultimate Disgrace of Mike Pompeo  —  The ouster of the State Department's inspector general, who had been investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on at least two charges of misconduct, is yet another instance of how corruption—and the tolerance, almost the expectation, of corruption …
NBC News:
Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Here's How Most Americans Really Feel About Wearing Face Masks  —  If there's a culture war over masks, someone forgot to tell most of the public, a new survey finds.  —  Most Americans consider wearing a mask near others a sign of respect and a matter of public health, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Targeting Hunter Biden, Senate panel approves subpoena for lobbying firm over Democrats' objections  —  A Senate committee moved Wednesday to subpoena documents related to the son of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in an election-year escalation of GOP congressional scrutiny of Biden's time as vice president.
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi accuses GOP of ‘political retribution’ in wake of subpoena vote
Discussion: Politico and Sara A. Carter
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘A moonshot mission’: Trump campaign eyes a return to megarallies  —  The Trump campaign has an order from the president: Find a way to get him back on the road and into megarallies to re-energize his base.  —  In recent meetings with top campaign officials and White House aides …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Swing state voters are sharply divided over coronavirus, CNBC/Change Research poll finds
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
White House's Own Data Crunchers: Southern Counties About to Get Hit Hard  —  TEMPTING FATES  —  The coronavirus task force has been using data from PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to chart the disease.  And the new projections aren't great.
Discussion: policylab.chop.edu
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Anti-Trump Republicans flex their muscle  —  The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill  —  Republican strategists earlier this month sent a startling message to GOP senators facing reelection: “Don't Defend Trump.”  —  Then last week, a Rasmussen Reports poll …
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
‘Never Trump’ Republicans: Fringe, or force to be reckoned with?
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Believer in QAnon conspiracy theory wins Republican Senate nomination in Oregon  —  Oregon Republicans on Tuesday elected a Senate nominee who believes in QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that has taken root among some far-right supporters of President Trump.
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Christopher Wilson / Yahoo Sports:
QAnon follower wins Senate primary in Oregon
Discussion: Vox
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Gobble Up His Favorite, Unproven COVID Drug—Some Are Even Trying To Cook It Themselves  —  IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?  —  QAnon users are posting make-at-home recipes for hydroxychloroquine as Trump says he's using the drug  —  Donald Trump's allies are seeking …
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Ex-Lawyer Michael Cohen Will Be Released to Home Confinement  —  Cohen expected to serve rest of his three-year sentence under house arrest due to the coronavirus pandemic  —  President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will be released from a federal prison due to coronavirus concerns …
Discussion: Associated Press and Mediaite
Shawn Yancy / WTTG-TV:
Former White House butler Wilson Roosevelt Jerman dies of COVID-19  —  Remembering former White House butler who died from COVID-19  —  Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, one of the White House's longest-serving employees, died last weekend from COVID-19.  He was 91.
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Pelosi: ‘Morbidly obese’ was taste of Trump's ‘own medicine’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she called President Donald Trump “morbidly obese” because he's put down women for their weight.  And besides, she suggested, the president could lose …
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Americans harbor strong fear of new infections  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds, even as many state leaders step up efforts to return to life before the pandemic.
CNN:
Trump said Obama administration was handling early days of Swine Flu outbreak ‘fine,’ cautioned not to overreact  —  (CNN)Donald Trump in April 2009 said the Obama administration was handling the ​early days of the 2009-2010 H1N1 outbreak ​"fine​" and warned against overreacting to the new virus.
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Progressive group used cell phone data to track protesters at anti-lockdown rallies  —  A progressive health-care advocacy group used cell phone data to track the movements of demonstrators at lockdown protests in five states, according to a report.  —  The Committee to Protect Medicare collected …
Discussion: NaturalNews.com
CBS Detroit:
‘How Can I Be Sick?’  Woman Who Took Hydroxychloroquine For 19 Years To Treat Lupus Still Got COVID-19  —  OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (CBS Local) — A Wisconsin woman who has taken hydroxychloroquine for 19 years to treat lupus says the anti-malarial drug will not protect someone from COVID-19.
Discussion: CBS Denver and CBS New York
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America's Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  There was supposed to be a peak.  But the stark turning point, when the number of daily COVID-19 cases …
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
GOP senator: Recess is “unfathomable” before passing next COVID-19 bill
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Biden, amid Reade allegations, hires aide who said candidates should not run if accused of sexual misconduct
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Gosh, what could be behind the right's hatred of Stacey Abrams?
Discussion: Twitchy and Fox News
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Senators release bill to offer $4,000 skills training credit to workers displaced by coronavirus
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Sept. 11 convict now says he renounces terrorism, bin Laden
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Live Updates: Michigan Dam Breaks and Flooding Force Thousands to Evacuate
David Brody / CBN News:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Armed for Battle with God on Her Side
Discussion: TheBlaze
Rasmussen Reports:
Biden Tops Trump in Vote, Economic Confidence
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
10 Years Old, Tearful and Confused After a Sudden Deportation
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The Worst Is Yet to Come
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Is Holocaust Denial Conservative Now?
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and NB Blog