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2:55 PM ET, May 20, 2020

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NBC News:
Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns  —  NBC News: Pompeo's elite dinners on taxpayers' dime raising concern  —  WASHINGTON — As federal workers file out of the State Department at the end of a Washington workday, an elite group is often just arriving in the marbled …
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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 …
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 …
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David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Biden blasts Trump for taking hydroxychloroquine: 'C'mon man!'
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News:
'It's sick': Biden blasts Trump Jr.'s pedophilia ‘joke’
Discussion: Washington Times and Breitbart
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Biden on Trump to taking hydroxychloroquine 'What in God's name is he doing?'
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 …
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and The Hill
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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Politico:
Trump misstates Michigan mail-in ballot policy, threatens federal funding  —  President Donald Trump mischaracterized Michigan's absentee ballot policies on Wednesday while threatening federal funding to the state if election officials there do not retreat from measures meant to facilitate mail-in voting.
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Upbraids Michigan for Easing Vote-by-Mail
Discussion: Vox, Axios and Mother Jones
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
NBC News:
Here's how the early battleground map has opened up for Joe Biden  —  WASHINGTON — Maybe Joe Biden isn't leading President Trump by 7 points in Arizona, as one poll showed yesterday.  —  But Biden has been ahead of Trump in every Arizona poll released this year.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:   Republicans issue subpoena in Biden probe
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:   Senate Republicans aim to turn Biden-Burisma conspiracy theories into 2020's Benghazi
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
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: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Anti-China sentiment is on the rise
David Brody / CBN News:
EXCLUSIVE: Kayleigh McEnany's Emotional Tribute to Ravi Zacharias  —  In an exclusive interview with CBN News, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany got emotional discussing the recent passing of famous Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias, someone who made an enormous impact on her with his Christian faith.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Fox News
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David Brody / CBN News:   EXCLUSIVE: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Armed for Battle with God on Her Side
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.
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Where Does Ron DeSantis Go to Get His Apology?  —  The Florida governor explains a COVID-19 strategy that has gotten bad press and favorable results.  —  A couple of months ago, the media, almost as one, decided that Governor Ron DeSantis was a public menace who was going to get Floridians killed …
Discussion: Instapundit and TheBlaze
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Susan K. Livio / New Jersey Online:   5,368 dead and counting: An investigation of state failures as crisis rampaged through N.J. nursing homes
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Rice tried to protect Obama, blame Comey for withholding intelligence from Flynn & Trump team  —  Blame-shifting.  It is a Washington pastime.  It also appears to be the reason why former National Security Adviser Susan Rice wrote her now-infamous memo, documenting an Oval Office meeting …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Is Holocaust Denial Conservative Now?  —  Trump's no-enemies-to-the-right mentality has made it impossible for the right to police itself.  —  Among dozens of addled tweets from the commander-in-chief over the past few days, one in particular deserves pausing over, because it demonstrates …
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The Worst Is Yet to Come  —  The coronavirus and our disastrous national response to it has smashed optimists like me in the head.  —  For as long as I can remember, I have identified as an optimist.  Like a seedling reaching toward the golden sun, I'm innately tuned to seek out the bright side.
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
Biden Tops Trump in Vote, Economic Confidence  —  Joe Biden still bests President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, perhaps in part because voters express slightly more confidence in the likely Democratic nominee to handle the post-coronavirus economy.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
GOP House candidate demeans Muslims and compares Dreamers to pedophiles  —  Republican congressional candidate Ted Howze said earlier this month he had nothing to do with social media posts from his personal accounts that demeaned Muslims, accused prominent Democrats of murder and mocked a survivor of the Parkland school shooting.
Discussion: Raw Story and DCCC
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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Florida Gov. DeSantis calls scientist's data-manipulation claim a ‘nonissue’  —  Facing an explosive charge that his administration is manipulating coronavirus data to help make the case for reopening Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis played down the controversy Tuesday as a “nonissue.”
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
More than 5 million Americans will be infected with coronavirus and 290,000 will die by the end of July if social distancing isn't adhered to, according to COVID-19 model  — Forecast from University Of Pennsylvania's Wharton School model predicts COVID-19 cases will reach 5.4 million and death toll could be 290,000 by July 24
Discussion: The US Sun and New York Post
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.
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low  —  Last year's data are another sign of how American childbearing, which began declining during the 2007-09 recession, never fully rebounded  —  American women had babies at record-low rates last year and pushed U.S. births down to their smallest total in 35 years …
Washington Examiner:
Trump is right to hold WHO accountable  —  President Trump's effort to hold the World Health Organization accountable for its bungled handling of the coronavirus is well justified.  It is outrageous to expect taxpayers to continue supporting an international body which acts as a lapdog for Beijing.
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Standing with the Iranian People  —  Today, the United States is imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions on Iranian individuals and entities under human rights-related authorities.  These actions with respect to 12 Iranian individuals and entities by the Department of State …
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
Exclusive: Barr met with prosecutor now reviewing Russia probe immediately after Mueller investigation ended, documents reveal  —  (CNN)Almost immediately after special counsel Robert Mueller closed his investigation last year, Attorney General William Barr was huddling with the prosecutor …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Arrests Former Green Beret, Son, in Connection with Carlos Ghosn Escape From Japan  —  Michael and Peter Taylor are arrested in Ghosn case, extradition to Japan is sought  —  U.S. authorities arrested a former Green Beret and his son on suspicion they helped smuggle auto titan Carlos Ghosn …
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Strange Case of Ron Johnson  —  From champion of the IGs to crocodile tears.  —  I go way back with Ron Johnson.  —  A mutual friend introduced us in early 2010, when I was still a radio host in Wisconsin.  Democratic senator Russ Feingold was cruising to re-election …
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Biden Pledges Not to Fire Inspectors General, Gets Tripped up When Reminded It Happened Under Obama-Biden  —  There has been much speculation among Democrats and the mainstream media, and much gnashing of teeth over the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick last week.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Townhall
 
 
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New York Times:
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New York Times:
How the ‘Plandemic’ Movie and Its Falsehoods Spread Widely Online
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Tells California Its Reopening Plan Could Disfavor Churches
Discussion: Power Line and Reuters
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Pelosi formally authorizes remote voting for 45-day period
Discussion: Politico, Axios and IJR
Kai Kupferschmidt / Science:
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don't spread the virus at all?
NBC News:
Trump administration paying huge premium for mask-cleaning machines. Which don't do the job.
New York Times:
Iran Quietly Lowers the Temperature With U.S.
 Earlier Items: 
Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Christian Post
Errin Haines / Washington Post:
Biden campaign adds Karine Jean-Pierre as senior adviser
Discussion: Twitchy
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
10 Years Old, Tearful and Confused After a Sudden Deportation
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Failing at Governing But Winning at Authoritarianism
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Ukrainian lawmaker releases leaked phone calls of Biden and Poroshenko
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
The Town That Tested Itself
USA Today:
Trump calls high number of coronavirus cases in the US a ‘badge of honor,’ attributes it to testing
Discussion: Contemptor
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