vision 2020
Joe Biden Owes It All to African-American Voters
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THE FEED
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U.S. Intel Warned Trump of Coronavirus Threat as Early as November: Report
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The Novel Coronavirus Is Devastating Black Communities. This Was Predictable.
Kelly Loeffler tries to undo some of the damage from her recent stock trades
Sen. Kelly Loeffler said Wednesday that she and her husband will liquidate their individual stock shares, amid accusations that the Georgia Republican sought to profit from information she received at a closed-door coronavirus briefing in January.
Loeffler, the wealthiest member of Congress, has repeatedly denied the accusations, noting that she and her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, rely on independent third-party advisers to make their investment decisions. Sprecher is chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
“Although Senate ethics rules don’t require it, my husband and I are liquidating our holdings in managed accounts and moving into exchange-traded funds and mutual funds,” Loeffler wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. “I will report these exiting transactions in the periodic transaction report I file later this month.”
She added: “I’m not doing this because I have to. . . . I’m doing it because the issue isn’t worth the distraction.”
Partisanship infects everything in America
BREAKING: Kansas Republican leaders revoke Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order limiting church gatherings to 10 people. #ksleg
—@jonshorman
coronavirus
Coronavirus in New York: Latest Updates
vision 2020
No, Warren Didn’t Rob Bernie of the Nomination
Not a lot of variation here
President Trump’s overall approval ratings in five new polls out today:@politico/@MorningConsult: 44% (RVs)@NavigatorSurvey (D): 44% (RVs)@CNNPolitics/@ssrs_research: 44% (adults)@MonmouthPoll: 44% (adults)@QuinnipiacPoll: 45% (RVs)
—@POLITICO_Steve
Cuomo announces a major change to New York electoral policy
#BREAKING: All New Yorkers will be able to vote absentee on the June 23rd primaries.
New Yorkers shouldn’t have to choose between their health and their civic duty.
—@NYGovCuomo
New Yorkers shouldn’t have to choose between their health and their civic duty.
coronavirus
Social Distancing Enforcement Drones Arrive in the U.S.
Bernie’s message to his supporters
Let us go forward together. The struggle continues.
—@BernieSanders
The good news and the tragic news out of New York
.@NYGovCuomo says there is progress in the coronavirus fight because the curve “is flattening” in New York.
“It’s not a time to get complacent,” he says. “We have to remain disciplined going forward.”
But he says yesterday 779 died people and that is the highest number yet.
—@Yamiche
“It’s not a time to get complacent,” he says. “We have to remain disciplined going forward.”
But he says yesterday 779 died people and that is the highest number yet.
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Diary of a Hospital: Losing Hope in the ICU
vision 2020
Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign
Mr. Magnanimous is at it again
Bernie Sanders is OUT! Thank you to Elizabeth Warren. If not for her, Bernie would have won almost every state on Super Tuesday! This ended just like the Democrats & the DNC wanted, same as the Crooked Hillary fiasco. The Bernie people should come to the Republican Party, TRADE!
—@realDonaldTrump
What might come next
if you expect Bernie to outright endorse Biden today, slow down. Remember: in 2016 he and Clinton’s team had a looong set of negotiations about specific policy and political concessions before he got there. This process’ll be different, but he still talks about the lessons of ‘16
—@gdebenedetti
2020 elections
After Its Disturbing Election Day, What Happens Next in Wisconsin?
Bernie is out
New: @BernieSanders is dropping out of the presidential race.
—@Robillard
life after warming
The Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Climate-Change Future
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The Rapid Increase of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths in One Chilling Graphic
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Scenes From Your Pandemic
The public is giving Washington progressively worse marks on coronavirus
A majority of Americans – 55% – now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus in the United States, up eight points in about a week, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS as the nationwide death toll from the virus rose above 12,000.
Eighty percent feel the worst of the outbreak is yet to come, most (55%) feel President Donald Trump could be doing more to fight the outbreak, and 37% say they have grown more concerned about coronavirus in the last few days, far outpacing the 5% who say their fears have eased recently.
About 1 in 5 (22%) say they personally know someone who has been diagnosed with the virus, a figure that is double the share who said so in a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted just two weeks ago.
The latest official word on Boris Johnson
NEW. Today Prime Minister Boris Johnson is clinically stable, responsive to the treatment and he is in good spirits, his spokesman says.
—@antoguerrera
the top line
Here’s Why So Many Planes Are Still Flying, Nearly Empty
coronavirus
Trump Fires Watchdog Overseeing $2 Trillion in Coronavirus Stimulus Funds
2020 elections
Georgia Republican Raffles Assault Rifle, Cites ‘Looting Hordes From Atlanta’
coronavirus
Nobody Is Sure How a Bronx Zoo Tiger Got Coronavirus
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Acting Navy Secretary Resigns After Calling Captain With Coronavirus ‘Stupid’
the national interest
Trump in 2nd Day of Meltdown Over Government Report on Hospital Shortages
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5 Ways Joe Biden Can Make His Bad Podcast Better
Almost all in the last 30 days
CNN: 12,000 people in the United States have died from coronavirus.
—@ryanstruyk
vision 2020
No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the Coronavirus
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The Wisconsin GOP Is Risking Voters’ Lives to Protect Its Minority Rule
revolving door
Trump Campaign Aide Kayleigh McEnany Named White House Press Secretary
Surely nothing to worry about here
News: Trump has sidelined acting DoD IG Glenn Fine, a move that also removes him as chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a DoD IG spox tells me.
“Mr. Fine is no longer serving as the Chair because he is no longer serving in an acting IG capacity,” they said.
—@ZcohenCNN
“Mr. Fine is no longer serving as the Chair because he is no longer serving in an acting IG capacity,” they said.
More cautious optimism
.@CDCDirector Redfield tells KVOI am Tucson that since most people in US are currently staying home and social/physical distancing, the US death toll due to the novel coronavirus could be “much lower” than the number of deaths models previously have projected.
—@jaketapper
A shakeup in the press shop
Kayleigh McEnany will be new White House press secretary.
Alyssa Farah will be director of strategic communications.
Hogan Gidley will remain in same role as deputy press sec.
Ben Williamson will be senior advisor for communications, sources tell me.
—@JenniferJJacobs
Alyssa Farah will be director of strategic communications.
Hogan Gidley will remain in same role as deputy press sec.
Ben Williamson will be senior advisor for communications, sources tell me.
wisconsin primary
Here’s What Voting in the Middle of Pandemic Looks Like
coronavirus
Ammon Bundy: ‘I Want the Virus Now’
A terrible number, but a lagging indicator of where the hospital system is now
NEW: @NYGovCuomo says there are now 138,836 confirmed cases of #coronavirus in New York State. 5,489 deaths. An increase of 731 from day before, the largest single one day increase yet.
—@ZackFinkNews
Some good news out of New York
daily ICU admissions down significantly, @NYGovCuomo says.
—@chrissmithnymag
A notable achievement
Breaking: Stephanie Grisham is out as WH press secretary.
She is leaving the job without ever having briefed the press.
—@jimsciutto
She is leaving the job without ever having briefed the press.
the national interest
The Next Coronavirus Bill Is Democrats’ Last Chance to Ensure a Fair Election