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6:40 PM ET, May 24, 2020

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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Promotes Posts From Racist and Sexist Twitter Feed  —  On a somber Memorial Day weekend, the president did not mention the mounting coronavirus toll and instead retweeted personal attacks on his political rivals.  —  WASHINGTON — On a weekend when the nation was bracing …
Discussion: Slate
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New York Times:
Remembering the Nearly 100,000 Lives Lost to Coronavirus in America  —  America is fast approaching a grim milestone in the coronavirus outbreak — each figure here represents one of the nearly 100,000 lives lost so far.  But a count reveals only so much.  Memories, gathered from obituaries across …
John Grippe / New York Times:
The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names  —  A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.  —  Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
Craig Pittman / Washington Post:
Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host  —  A little after 8 a.m. on July 20, 2001, a couple arriving for an appointment opened an unlocked front door at an office in the Florida panhandle town of Fort Walton Beach and discovered a woman lying on the floor, dead.
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to stop promoting Scarborough conspiracy theory: ‘It will destroy us’  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called on President Trump to stop promoting “the completely unfounded conspiracy” theory regarding the death of an intern for MSNBC “Morning Joe” anchor and former Florida lawmaker Joe Scarborough.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the secret talks to overhaul the GOP platform  —  For the past six months, top Trump campaign officials, reporting to Jared Kushner, have been working on a radical overhaul of the Republican Party platform.  —  Driving the news: The Trump campaign's Bill Stepien has been leading the process …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump seeks visual contrast with Biden as economy begins to reopen
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jordan Green / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Husband of Reopen NC leader ‘willing to kill people’ in resistance to emergency orders  —  The husband of the woman who leads the Reopen NC movement says people should be willing to kill, if necessary, to resist the “New World Order” and emergency orders imposed by state government to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Sen. Blackburn: Biden comment ‘shows what the Democrats think of African-American voters’  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden may have walked back his controversial comment about black voters made during a Friday radio interview, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insists it reveals a truth …
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
O'Brien: U.S. likely to impose sanctions if China moves ahead with Hong Kong law
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Politico
CNN:   Hong Kong protest over proposed national security law met with tear gas
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Trump Sows Doubt on Voting.  It Keeps Some People Up at Night.  —  A group of worst-case scenario planners — mostly Democrats, but also some anti-Trump Republicans — have been gaming out how to respond to various doomsday options for the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Despite Trump opposition, it's ‘difficult to tell’ if country may need to close again: Birx  —  “This only works if we all follow the guidelines and protect one another”: Birx  —  As Americans continue to emerge from quarantines and stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic …
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CNN:
Priest: Mr. President, we don't need to open churches to practice our faith
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:   Places of worship ‘may not be safe’ for some, Birx says
William Boston / Wall Street Journal:
More Than 100 in Germany Found to Be Infected With Coronavirus After Church's Services  —  Social distancing was observed and building disinfected for affected Sunday May 10 ceremonies, says senior member  —  BERLIN—At least 107 people have been found to be infected with the new coronavirus …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden is running ahead of Clinton's 2016 pace  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new national Fox News poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden with a 48% to 40% lead over President Donald Trump.  —  The average of all polls taken at least partially this week have Biden up by a 48% to 41% margin.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Full Measure:
Full Measure: May 24, 2020 - Interview with the President  —  Sharyl: Thank you for being on our program.  —  President Trump: Well, thank you.  —  Sharyl: Do you think that coronavirus has been as transformative to our country as 9/11 was?  —  President Trump: Well, I think the concept of 9/11 was, it was a little more direct.
Associated Press:
Alligator rumored to have been Hitler's dies in Moscow  —  MOSCOW (AP) — An alligator that many people believe once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo.  —  The zoo said the alligator, named Saturn, was about 84 years old when he died on Friday.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Crumbs for the Hungry but Windfalls for the Rich  —  Billions are going to zillionaires under the guise of pandemic relief.  —  While President Trump and his allies in Congress seek to tighten access to food stamps, they are showing compassion for one group: zillionaires.
Grace-Marie Turner / Forbes:
600 Physicians Say Lockdowns Are A ‘Mass Casualty Incident’  —  More than 600 of the nation's physicians sent a letter to President Trump this week calling the coronavirus shutdowns a “mass casualty incident” with “exponentially growing negative health consequences” to millions of non COVID patients.
Washington Post:
On the front lines of the pandemic, grocery workers are in the dark about risks  —  By the end of April, employees at a Walmart in Quincy, Mass., were panicking: Sick colleagues kept showing up at work.  Other employees disappeared without explanation.  The store's longtime greeter …
CNN:
Democrats see Warren as rising VP contender as coronavirus reshuffles 2020 race  —  (CNN)Joe Biden is thinking big.  —  Confronted with the prospect of taking office next year in the depths of a historic economic and health crisis, Biden is now talking about a bolder presidency …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Key swing state warns of November election ‘nightmare’  —  PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania could determine the presidency.  But it might not be clear for days who won the state on Nov. 3.  —  Election officials throughout the critical battleground, which is implementing no-excuse mail-in voting …
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Rick Scott says he's fine with absentee voting as long as laws prevent fraud
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:
Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols and Panic Rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ Collapsed  —  The warm California sun shone down on Adam Bierman as he stepped up to the ceremonial ribbon strung across the entrance of his latest triumph: a new store on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, the hottest retail strip west of the Mississippi.
Faith Karimi / CNN:
A second hairstylist who worked while symptomatic potentially exposed 56 clients to Covid-19, officials say  —  (CNN)Two Missouri hairstylists potentially exposed 140 clients to coronavirus when they worked for up to eight days this month while symptomatic, health officials said.
Discussion: Daily Kos and NBC News
 
 
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
They Survived the Worst Battles of World War II. And Died of the Virus.
Ryan Colby / Becket:
MINNESOTA TO REOPEN ALL CHURCHES AFTER CATHOLICS AND LUTHERANS STAND UP FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM …
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump's national security adviser says China response to coronavirus was like Chernobyl
Kyle Morris / Breitbart:
Michael Moore Torches Biden: He Lacks ‘Necessary Enthusiasm’ to Beat Trump
Discussion: Deadline and New York Post
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet
Discussion: The Hill
Jason Slotkin / NPR:
North Carolina Reports Highest 1-Day Spike Of COVID-19 Cases
Discussion: The Guardian, NCDHHS and The Hill
Elisha Sauers / Virginian-Pilot:
Northam checks on Oceanfront during beach's opening weekend
Discussion: Twitchy
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Why Joe Biden can do no wrong
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James Arkin / Politico:
The political neophyte Democrats are betting on to capture the Senate
Daily Mail:
Peng (right) married Xi (left) in 1987, when he was the divorced deputy mayor of the city of Xiamen
New York Times:
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Covid Dreams, Trump Nightmares
Discussion: Althouse
Associated Press:
Trump's pitch to voters: Trust me, economy will soar in 2021
Paula Froelich / New York Post:
Bolivian orchestra stranded at ‘haunted’ German castle surrounded by wolves
Discussion: Variety and Althouse
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Rats are getting aggressive hunting for food amid restaurant closures, CDC warns
Discussion: Slate and New York Post
 

 
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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