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2:05 PM ET, May 25, 2020

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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months  —  NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.  —  Since abruptly canceling …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Can we stop pretending Trump is fit to be president?  —  At various times over the past three and a half years, many of us have asked what would happen if President Trump truly went over the edge or if his behavior became so frightening that his unfitness for the most powerful position on Earth could no longer be denied.
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Out of the house: Biden makes first public campaign stop in weeks  —  NEW CASTLE, Delaware (Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday made his first campaign trip outside his Delaware home since quarantining himself due to the coronavirus pandemic 10 weeks ago …
Discussion: The Hill
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Trump honors fallen warriors at Memorial Day ceremonies, assures ‘we are the captains of our own fate’
Discussion: Breitbart
Baltimore Sun:
President Trump speaks at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, likening military service to those on front lines …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump doubles up on Memorial Day events
Discussion: Breitbart
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President  —  So many mysteries surround Donald Trump: the contents of his tax returns, the apparent miracle of his graduation from college.  Some of them are merely curiosities; others are of national importance, such as whether he understood the nuclear-weapons briefing given to every president.
Politico:
Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina  —  President Donald Trump on Monday morning threatened to move August's Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless there are guarantees the state will let everyone attend.  —  “I love the Great State …
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Threatens to Pull Republican Convention From North Carolina  —  President calls on governor to guarantee event can be held at full capacity, without coronavirus-related restrictions  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump threatened to move the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina …
Fox News:
Trump threatens to find new GOP convention site if North Carolina governor won't allow full attendance
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Tweets and Golfs, but Makes No Mention of Virus's Toll  —  Coronavirus deaths in the United States approached a staggering 100,000, a number the president once predicted would never be reached.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump's motorcade pulled into his golf club in Virginia …
Discussion: Common Dreams, The Hill and Vox
Courier-Journal:
Beshear hanged in effigy as Second Amendment supporters rally at Capitol before Memorial Day  —  What started out as a freedom-loving celebration of the Second Amendment ahead of Memorial Day turned into Gov. Andy Beshear being hanged in effigy and protesters chanting outside the governor's mansion.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Is This the Blueprint for Sanders and AOC to Take Over the Democratic Party?  —  “When [Donald] Trump assumed the presidency after a 2016 election that Democrats should have won by a landslide ...” writes John Nichols in his new book, “the crisis came into focus.  It was not the Republican Party that was ruining our politics.
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Why Joe Rogan's Spotify Deal Matters  —  Talking to the podcasting king about his monster Spotify deal.  —  Ms. Weiss is an Opinion staff writer and editor, and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.”  —  When I saw the news that the king of all podcasting, Joe Rogan …
Discussion: The Wrap and Althouse
Wenxin Fan / Wall Street Journal:
Wuhan Tests Nine Million People for Coronavirus in 10 Days  —  City used ‘sample pooling’ for mass-testing regimen after a handful of fresh cases sparked concern  —  HONG KONG—The central Chinese city of Wuhan said early Monday that it had collected coronavirus swab tests from more than nine million …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants Schools ‘Opened ASAP’ After Watching Fox News Segment  —  ‘VERY GOOD INFORMATION’  —  “Schools in our country should be opened ASAP.  Much very good information now available,” Donald Trump tweeted on the eve of Memorial Day as the U.S. coronavirus death toll approached 100,000.
Discussion: The Sun
Axios:
WHO temporarily suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns  —  The World Health Organization is temporarily pausing tests of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment in order to review safety concerns, the agency's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu said Monday.
Discussion: Politico, NBC News and who.int
Star Tribune:
Trump and the 2020 presidential race  —  The Star Tribune, MPR News and KARE 11 interviewed 800 Minnesota registered voters between May 18 and May 20.  Findings from questions about President Donald Trump's job performance and the 2020 presidential race are below.  Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:   Minnesota Poll: Biden holds small lead over Trump in 2020 presidential race
Nick Perry / Associated Press:
New Zealand leader carries on with TV interview during quake  —  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview  —  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat …
Discussion: The Wrap
David Siders / Politico:
Trump's ‘rigged election’ talk sparks fear of post-election chaos  —  First he lit into Michigan and Nevada, threatening to withhold federal funding because of his assertion that both states were preparing to commit voter fraud through mail-in ballot applications.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts  —  The political appointee President Trump installed last week to investigate waste, fraud and abuse at the Transportation Department is the same official in charge of one of the agency's key divisions.
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:   Trump's Firing of Watchdogs Must Be Checked
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Furious backlash after Boris Johnson defends aide's lockdown journey  —  U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a tense bank holiday Cabinet meeting this morning with the Tory Party in a state of near-mutiny over his decision to stand by lockdown-flouting aide Dominic Cummings.
 
 
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Swastikas Are Carved Into Three Military Gravestones. A Veteran Wants Them Removed.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
It is hard to imagine the field of political economy without Alberto Alesina
Discussion: Bloomberg
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
African-Americans Are Highly Visible in the Military, but Almost Invisible at the Top
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
A feel-good ad from Facebook boasts a coronavirus group. But it's not quite what it seems.
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South.
Mike Pence / Fox News:
Vice President Mike Pence: This Memorial Day our freedoms are cherished even more. Here's why
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Trump ‘has a point’ about WHO flaws, says Germany's health minister
Discussion: Politico
WKMG:
Video: Massive crowds gather in Daytona Beach, residents fear for their safety
Discussion: NPR
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
They Survived the Worst Battles of World War II. And Died of the Virus.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Promotes Posts From Racist and Sexist Twitter Feed
Discussion: VICE, The Hill and Slate
 

 
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