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Tim Herrera / New York Times:
My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion  —  The symptoms have been easy to deal with.  The health care system has not.  —  Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours.  Two hours of hold music.  Two hours in a hospital.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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New York Times:
Once Political B-Listers, Governors Lead Nation's Coronavirus Response  —  Governors of both parties have taken a lead role in confronting the crisis, asserting themselves in ways that have only highlighted the initial lack of seriousness from the White House.
New York Times:   Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic
New York Times:
Trump Finally Enlists Much of Government in Coronavirus Attack  —  Hospital ships stayed in port, veterans hospitals awaited orders and requests for help went unanswered, as much of the government remained on the sidelines.  —  WASHINGTON — The mayor of Seattle wanted “mass tents” …
CNBC:
Mnuchin warns senators of 20% US unemployment without coronavirus rescue, source says  — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators that the unemployment rate could hit 20% if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage, sources told Reuters.
Discussion: Reuters
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A global pandemic in the age of political venom
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
OPM chief Dale Cabaniss abruptly resigns  —  Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, resigned abruptly on Tuesday, effective immediately.  —  Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:   Federal personnel chief quits abruptly amid coronavirus planning for the workforce of 2.1 million
Mike Pence / USA Today:
We need the American people's help to fight coronavirus now  —  The American people have already pulled together in so many ways in response to this virus, just as we've always done during other challenging times.  —  In the fight against the coronavirus, the Trump administration …
Discussion: TechCrunch
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William Booth / Washington Post:
A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads  —  Percentage of occupied hospital beds that would need to be emptied or added  —  A new Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Four Pillars to Safeguard Voting Rights with Vote by Mail  —  Increasingly, we are seeing calls for states to adopt no-excuse absentee and vote by mail.  This is a very important step in ensuring the right to vote, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: Politico
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The Pandemic Is Too Big for Trumpworld to Spin  —  Last Friday, we got a sign that Fox News changed the party line on the coronavirus.  Then suddenly, Trump changed his tune, too.  Hmmm...  BEAST INSIDE  —  The Trumpy media from top to bottom is having a rough time of it these days.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Illinois Rep. Lipinski loses to insurgent Marie Newman in high-profile Democratic primary rematch
NBC News:
Senate coronavirus vote delayed after Rand Paul pushes doomed amendment  —  Mitch McConnell had said he wanted to pass the bill at “warp speed.”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would move at “warp speed” to pass coronavirus legislation on Tuesday, but Sen. Rand Paul …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
US and Canada preparing to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries  —  (CNN)The United States and Canada are preparing to issue a joint statement in the next 24-48 hours to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries, a Trump administration official tells CNN.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval Rating Slips to 44%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the COVID-19 pandemic hits the U.S. and President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal becomes a distant memory for Americans, his 44% job approval rating is down five percentage points, and back to where it was before the Senate acquitted …
Discussion: The Week and Opinion Today
New York Times:
Biden Sweeps Three States and Takes Commanding Lead, as Virus Reshapes American Politics  —  With a broad coalition, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, in a rout that could add to pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign.
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Questioning the Clampdown  —  Will people lose faith when they find out they are expected to get the virus anyway?  —  Experts now agree the virus's spread can be slowed but not contained.  It will take its place among mostly seasonal respiratory infections.
Bloomberg:
Hospital Workers Make Masks From Office Supplies Amid U.S. Shortage  —  'We're not getting new supplies and our stores are almost depleted.'  —  Hospital workers in Washington state have been making protective medical gear out of office supplies and other run-of-the-mill materials as they deal …
New York Times:
At Party for Donald Trump Jr.'s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab  —  Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president's private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“Dishonesty...Is Always an Indicator of Weakness”: Tucker Carlson on How He Brought His Coronavirus Message to Mar-a-Lago  —  The Fox News host believes that an administration (and GOP, and Democrats, and media) obsessed with impeachment couldn't help but see the coronavirus through a political lens.
Discussion: Washington Post, The Week and Deadline
Ted Anthony / Associated Press:
Analysis: American attitudes make virus response a hard sell  —  When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight.  Hold the line.  Stand together.  This won't stop us.  Keep on living your life.  We will prevail.
Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown.  ‘Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.’  —  The coronavirus is pushing a wealthy region with high-tech health care toward a humanitarian disaster  —  BERGAMO, Italy—Ambulances here have stopped using sirens.  The frequent blaring only adds to local fears.
Discussion: The US Sun
New York Times:
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages  —  The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts  —  President Donald Trump's increasingly urgent campaign to attack the coronavirus outbreak is having a notably meager impact in the immigration courts, where dramatic moves could undercut his signature policy of getting tough on undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers.
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Greg B. Smith / The City:
FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS  —  A resident of a city homeless shelter tested positive for coronavirus — a first-of-its-kind case that sent the woman's dorm roommates into quarantine, officials said Tuesday.  —  Department of Homeless Services (DHS) …
Politico:
Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back  —  For Republicans, this time is different.  —  Senior GOP lawmakers are moving quickly to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to save a slew of industries and millions of jobs from the devastation of the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Discussion: Slate, Daily Kos and The Hill
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can't  —  Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find.  —  The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators.
Ida Garibaldi / Washington Post:
Hello from Italy.  Your future is grimmer than you think.  —  Within weeks, our old lives were gone  —  My family lives in the Veneto, in Northern Italy, one of the regions worst hit by the novel coronavirus.  We are on lockdown.  It's scary.  It's lonely.  It's uncomfortable.  And did I mention scary?
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
They Went Off the Grid.  They Came Back to the Coronavirus.  —  25 days rafting through the Grand Canyon meant no access to the news — and a new reality when the trip ended.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  Every time Zach Elder sets out on a rafting trip …
CNBC:
Dow plunges 1,000 points as stretch of unprecedented volatility continues because of coronavirus  —  Stocks set to fall sharply at open following Tuesday's bounce  —  Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as the markets remained highly volatile with the government response to the coronavirus fallout still unfolding.
Discussion: The Week
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's coronavirus propaganda campaign is putting lives at risk  —  The Chinese authorities are engaged in a full-scale effort to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic.  Some in the West might be tempted to dismiss the significance of Beijing's propaganda efforts.  But they shouldn't.
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
China's coronavirus information warfare hydra  —  China's coronavirus messaging isn't about truth, but rather the advancement of a multiheaded information warfare effort.  —  Like the hydra of Greek mythology, Xi Jinping's monster is designed to destroy all who stand against the Communist Party's interests.
Discussion: UPI
 
 
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Michael Tanner / National Review:
Big Government Has Hurt Our Ability to Deal with This Crisis
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
The Coronavirus Is Conspiracy Theory Gold For QAnon
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Walljasper / Reuters:
U.S. limits Mexico guest worker visas, sends farmers scrambling
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
White House postpones Spain state visit, cites coronavirus
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jessie Van Berkel / Star Tribune:
Unemployment requests spike as Minnesota businesses close for COVID-19
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
DHS faces coronavirus with scores of vacancies and a leadership vacuum
 Earlier Items: 
Arlene Martinez / USA Today:
In California: Millions locked down; 911 gets calls about neighbors coughing
Ewilliams / DCist:
Coronavirus Is Causing Industry-Wide Layoffs In D.C., Hitting Service Workers Particularly Hard |
Discussion: PoPville
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Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming
 

 
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