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8:45 AM ET, May 21, 2020

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New York Times:
Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show  —  Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth, which by April had subsumed New York City, New Orleans and other major cities, researchers found.
Discussion: New York Post
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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Offered To Pay Christopher Steele ‘Significantly’ To Dig Up Dirt On Michael Flynn  — Former British spy Christopher Steele peddled an unfounded rumor in December 2016 that Michael Flynn had an extramarital affair with a Russian woman, according to documents released earlier in May.
Discussion: Townhall
Eli Lake / Commentary Magazine:
How it happened and why it matters  —  In their final encounter during …
Discussion: Fox News and American Greatness
New York Times:
For Spy Agencies, Briefing Trump Is a Test of Holding His Attention  —  President Trump's intelligence briefings have gotten renewed attention since he blamed them for failing to sound the alarm early on about the coronavirus.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has blamed many others …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conflating the results of two different types of coronavirus tests …
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Daniel Rivero / WLRN Miami Herald News, Events, Radio:
CDC's National Dashboard Includes COVID-19 Data That Expert Says Mixes ‘Apples To Oranges’
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fauci conspicuously stops doing TV interviews as White House moves to reopen economy  —  New York (CNN Business)The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could infrastructure week make a comeback?
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump's promise of ‘Warp Speed’ fuels anti-vaccine movement in fertile corners of the Web
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots  —  Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are likely bots, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University said on Wednesday.
Politico:
Senior officials advised against Trump emergency arms sales to Saudis  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disregarded the advice of high-level officials at the State Department, Pentagon and within the intelligence community in invoking an emergency waiver last year to circumvent congressional review …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate  —  Jo Rae Perkins won her primary campaign in Oregon as the QAnon conspiracy theory has continued to gain momentum in Republican circles.  —  SEATTLE — Republicans in Oregon have selected a Senate candidate who promotes …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Two Weeks Ago, She Predicted Trump Would Use COVID to Arrest Obama.  Now She's a GOP Senate Candidate
Discussion: The Hill
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump to take part in CNN global town hall  —  Who is first lady Melania Trump?  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump will take part Thursday evening in CNN's weekly global town hall on coronavirus.  Her remarks, which will be pre-recorded, are the first solo broadcast message from Trump since the onset of the pandemic.
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Pelosi quips that Trump has ‘doggy doo on his shoes’ in ongoing spat
Discussion: Althouse
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Kelly Loeffler's Husband Pours $1 Million Into Pro-Trump Super PAC  —  BIG MONEY  —  Embattled Sen. Kelly Loeffler's (R-GA) husband made his largest-ever federal political contribution last month with a seven-figure donation to a super PAC supporting President Donald Trump's re-election …
Politico:
Hillary rakes in millions for Biden — but he's still far behind Trump  —  Hillary Clinton collected $2 million for Joe Biden's new joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee this week — an enormous one-night haul for the once cash-strapped campaign.
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and Breitbart
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders, seeking peace with Joe Biden, asks his own delegates to turn down the volume
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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 …
Washington Post:
Reopening guidance for churches delayed after White House and CDC disagree  —  Guidance for reopening houses of worship amid the coronavirus pandemic has been put on hold after a battle between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House, which was resistant to putting limits …
Discussion: NBC News, Washington Monthly and IJR
USA Today:
Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects, CDC now says.  But it still ‘may be possible’.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has always warned that “it may be possible” to become infected with coronavirus by touching contaminated surfaces or objects.
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Chris Smith / BGR:
CDC: Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces
Discussion: New York Post
David Marcus / New York Post:
End New York City's lockdown now!  —  Sometimes, a good rant is all a writer can offer.  Bear with me.  —  Last Friday morning, some 3,500 New Yorkers lined up at a Catholic church in Queens to receive free food hours before it even opened, ­according to the New York Police Department.
Discussion: Townhall
Washington Post:
Trump escalates campaign to discredit mail balloting, threatening federal funds to two battleground states  —  President Trump on Wednesday escalated his campaign to discredit the integrity of mail balloting, threatening to “hold up” federal funding to Michigan and Nevada in response …
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Josh Christenson / Washington Free Beacon:
Kamala Harris Pushes Bill Condemning the Term ‘Chinese Virus’ as Racist  —  Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) introduced a bill last week that would malign people as racists for using the term “Chinese Virus,” connecting it to hate crimes.  —  Senate Resolution 580 condemns …
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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Kamala Harris introduces resolution condemning ‘Chinese Virus’ as racist
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.
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Coronavirus testing is ‘a mess’ in the US, report says  —  (CNN)Coronavirus testing in the United States is disorganized and needs coordination at the national level, infectious disease experts said in a new report released Wednesday.  —  Right now, testing is not accurate enough to use alone …
CNN:
Michael Cohen to be released Thursday and will serve remaining prison sentence at home  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen will be released early from prison on Thursday and is expected to serve out the remainder of his sentence at home as coronavirus continues …
Justin Baer / Wall Street Journal:
The Day Coronavirus Nearly Broke the Financial Markets  —  The March 16 stock crash was part of a broader liquidity crisis that threatened the viability of America's companies and municipalities  —  An urgent call reached Ronald O'Hanley, State Street Corp.'s chief executive, as he sat in his office in downtown Boston.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 and Raw Story
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren pivots on Medicare for All in bid to become Biden's VP  —  In the thick of primary season, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden brawled over Medicare for All: He called her approach “angry,” “elitist,” “condescending”; she shot back anyone who defends the health care status quo …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:
Trump Just Provided the Flailing Economy a Much-Needed Boost  —  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that gives his cabinet “tremendous power to cut regulation.”  The order gives America's flailing economy, still half-shuttered by the coronavirus crisis and government lockdowns …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Let's Remember That the Coronavirus Is Still a Mystery  —  Respond to it with humility, and apprehension, too.  —  The odd thing about reporting on the coronavirus is that the nonexperts are supremely confident in their predictions, while epidemiologists keep telling me that they don't really know much at all.
Gary Cheung / South China Morning Post:
Beijing to introduce national security law for Hong Kong  —  Draft resolution for Hong Kong law to proscribe secessionist and other activities in city to be presented as motion to National People's Congress on Friday, sources say Move would represent major shift from Beijing's earlier position …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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: The Hill and Fox News
 
 
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John F. Harris / Politico:
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Politico:
House Dems clash over DCCC's refusal to back a Latina in Texas primary
Discussion: The Hill
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Emergency relief screw-up hits 5 million student loan borrowers
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate
Discussion: Redstate and Fox News
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Why Clean Shirts Become the Stuff of Dirty Laundry
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
A Case From a Judge's Past May Offer a Clue About How the Michael Flynn Inquiry Will Proceed
Discussion: Law & Crime and Fox News
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Why is coronavirus hitting Britain's minority doctors so hard?
 

 
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