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Washington Post:
Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients, study says  —  An analysis of 96,000 patients shows those treated with hydroxychloroquine were also more likely to suffer irregular heart rhythms  —  A study of 96,000 hospitalized …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:   Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden: 'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black'  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden told a popular black radio personality Thursday that he “ain't black” if he was still weighing whether to support President Donald Trump in November's general election …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Biden Says Black Voters 'Ain't Black' if They're Considering Trump  —  The former vice president ignited controversy in a testy exchange in a radio interview with Charlamagne Tha God on The Breakfast Club.  —  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the apparent Democratic presidential nominee …
New York Times:
Two Very Different Democrats: What a Biden-Warren Ticket Might Be Like  —  If Joe Biden selects Elizabeth Warren as his running mate, the ticket would be a marriage of contrasting policy ideas and governing philosophies unlike any in decades.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks with Elizabeth Warren about once a week.
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:   Biden: If you can't choose me over Trump, 'you ain't black'
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Biden opens up 8-point lead over Trump
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden more trusted on coronavirus, Trump on economy
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Tara Reade's lawyer drops her as a client  —  Tara Reade's attorney announced Friday that he will no longer represent her as a client.  —  In a statement, Douglas Wigdor, who has represented victims of sexual assault in the past, said the decision did not have to do with the question …
Discussion: Raw Story
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Defense lawyers look to reopen cases where Tara Reade testified as an expert
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Monterey County Weekly:
A longtime expert witness in Monterey County domestic violence trials, Tara Reade is now best known …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Life at the Trump Tailgate: Spiked Slurpees, Culture Wars and the Coronavirus Hoax  —  YPSILANTI, Mich. — At the intersection of Rawsonville and Textile Roads, on a slender stretch of turf that runs the length of a half-deserted strip mall, Kathryn Prater and Kelra Rise are dancing.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump and his plan to win a second term unmasked in Michigan visit  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's debasing of fact, divide-and-rule tactics and endless quest for new political enemies may be disastrous in a pandemic.  But such behavior, combined with the promise of an American comeback …
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Post
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump battles with Michigan's female Democratic leaders in key 2020 swing state
Discussion: New York Post and VICE
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The coronavirus invades Trump country … Go deeper  —  Axios  —  World coronavirus updates  —  U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that OptiGene began trials for a 20-minute coronavirus test on Thursday, as the country wants to find out whether the test is effective on a large scale.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and The Hill
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KFF:   KFF Health Tracking Poll - May 2020
Marc Caputo / Politico:
A Trump election conspiracy collapses  —  MIAMI — A Trump election conspiracy theory has fallen apart after Florida's law enforcement agency said it had found no widespread voter fraud in the 2018 races for Senate and governor.  —  President Donald Trump had complained repeatedly about election …
Discussion: Raw Story, Press Watch and Daily Kos
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:   Election official: Number of Pa. mail-in ballot applications ‘off the charts’
Politico:
Plagued by stock trades, Loeffler vows she won't drop out  —  Kelly Loeffler is behind in the polls and best known for her fortuitously timed stock trades.  —  But the Georgia Republican insisted during a 25-minute interview that she's not going anywhere.  —  “Not only am I not dropping out …
Washington Post:
Virus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces or animals, revised CDC website states  —  The coronavirus primarily spreads from person to person and not easily from a contaminated surface.  That is the takeaway from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which this month updated its “How COVID-19 Spreads” website.
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
A new ad makes the case against Lindsey Graham with Graham doing all the talking  —  When I interviewed Jaime Harrison, the former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party now running against Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), he told me about a campaign event he did in a county …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Our Economy May Be Headed for a Decade of Depression  —  In September 2006, Nouriel Roubini told the International Monetary Fund what it didn't want to hear.  Standing before an audience of economists at the organization's headquarters, the New York University professor warned …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeal Court orders Flynn judge to explain himself  —  The federal judge overseeing the tumultuous case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn has until May 31 to explain his rationale for declining to immediately dismiss the case against Flynn after the Justice Department moved to drop the matter.
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Washington Post:   Appeals court orders Flynn judge to defend actions, as legal scholars weigh in
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows coronavirus conspiracy theories spreading on the right may hamper vaccine efforts  —  According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, 44 percent of Republicans believe that Bill Gates is plotting to use a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign as a pretext to implant microchips …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
When the Kids are the Henchmen  —  On the weirdness of Trump using his kids to do his political dirty work.  —  Political hatchet men are a staple of American campaigns.  Richard Nixon had Chuck Colson.  George H.W. Bush had Lee Atwater and Roger Ailes.  —  Donald Trump has, well, his adult children.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Ruane / Washington Post:
Longtime White House butler and friend of presidents dies of covid-19  —  When Wilson Roosevelt Jerman's wife, Gladys, was dying of lupus in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent steak and lobster to their rowhouse in Washington and asked his personal physicians to help treat her.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Church That Defied Coronavirus Restrictions Is Burned to Ground  —  A message at the scene that said, in part, “Bet you stay home now,” has led the police in Mississippi to suspect arson.  —  The burning of a church in northern Mississippi this week is being investigated as arson …
Toby Cecchini / New York Times:
Will Bars Exist in NYC After the Coronavirus?  —  Even when businesses like mine can open up for real, it will be very hard to keep them going in a socially distanced world.  —  Mr. Cecchini is a co-owner of two bars in Brooklyn and the author of “Cosmopolitan: a Bartender's Life.”
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
P.R.C. Proposal To Impose National Security Legislation on Hong Kong  —  The United States condemns the People's Republic of China (PRC) National People's Congress proposal to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.  The decision to bypass Hong Kong's …
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Associated Press:
Over 4,300 virus patients sent to NY nursing homes, AP counts  —  More than 4,300 recovering coronavirus patients were sent to New York's already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state directive that was ultimately scrapped amid criticisms it was accelerating the nation's deadliest outbreaks …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Eric Swalwell: Trump's Top Spies Aren't Telling ‘the Truth About Russia’
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Alex M. Azar II / Washington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Finds Bernie Sanders's Donors Elusive
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Ex Marla Maples Has Been Hitting Up Trump's COVID Hotline
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Never Trumpers and the Future of American Conservatism
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Arman Azad / CNN:
CDC estimates that 35% of coronavirus patients don't have symptoms
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
A Surprising Sign of a Democratic Revival in Ohio
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Is a Superspreader—of Distraction