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Acosta on Trump Briefing: "Biggest Meltdown I Have Ever Seen From A President," "Walls Are Closing In"

realclearpolitics.com - CNN's Jim Acosta said President Trump did not sound like "he's in control" at Monday's White House coronavirus task force briefing. In an appearance on CNN following the briefing, Acosta called it th…

Wounded by media scrutiny, Trump turned a briefing into a presidential tantrum

theguardian.com - A toddler threw a self-pitying tantrum on live television on Monday night. Unfortunately he was 73 years old, wearing a long red tie and running the world’s most powerful country. Donald Trump, starv…

Trump says White House staff created ‘campaign-style’ montage — to keep the press ‘honest’

rawstory.com - … then let us make a small request. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Raw Story…

Opinion | Trump’s latest rage-fest is one of his most absurd and dangerous yet

washingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10 : President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press …

Nearly three-in-ten Americans believe COVID-19 was made in a lab

pewresearch.org - As news and misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic has spread, many Americans have encountered conflicting narratives about how the new coronavirus originated. Scientists have determined the viru…

Governors form groups to explore lifting virus restrictions; Trump says he alone will decide

washingtonpost.com - By Tim Craig and close Tim Craig National reporter Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Brady Dennis close Brady Dennis Reporter focusing on environmental policy and public health issues Email EmailBio Bi…

He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

nytimes.com - The shortcomings of Mr. Trump’s performance have played out with remarkable transparency as part of his daily effort to dominate television screens and the national conversation. But dozens of interv…

Global Covid-19 cases near 2 million as Putin warns Russia faces 'extraordinary' crisis

theguardian.com - The number of Covid-19 cases recorded worldwide is nearing 2 million, as Vladimir Putin warned warned officials to brace for “complex and extraordinary” scenarios in Russia as a result of the outbrea…

Virus cases about 2M worldwide; few new hot spots

apnews.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and the worldwide number of confirmed cases hovered around 2 million on Monday, even as the lack of fresh hot spots globally yielded …

South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots.

washingtonpost.com - A car with a sign calling for a safe and healthy workplace drives past Smithfield Foods during a protest on behalf of employees after many workers complained of unsafe working conditions due to the c…

Trump commits ultimate TV sin with daily briefings — he's boring

pressrun.media - Forever addicted to being in front of television cameras, Trump's strategy of hosting nonstop White House briefings on the pandemic has sparked a heated media debate about whether the marathon sessio…

Why coronavirus death rates can't be summed up in one simple number

theconversation.com - When people fall seriously ill from the new coronavirus, death rates become a highly personal matter. Yet we talk about them in the most impersonal of ways: with numbers. We are told, for instance, t…

Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus

mintpressnews.com - If you are using one of the many coronavirus incidence trackers, the Pacific country of Ecuador does not seem to be particularly badly affected by COVID-19. Officially, the country has less than 7,50…

The Federal Reserve is ‘money washing’ billions of dollars to bail out corporations as it panics over Trump’s crashing economy

rawstory.com - This article was paid for by Raw Story subscribers. Not a subscriber? Try us and go ad-free for $1. Prefer to give a one-time tip? Click here. Money laundering is a dirty word. Shady characters move …

Gov't Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution

mintpressnews.com - I‘m not from DC, but I live here. I’m now a part of this living, breathing being that is a city. This city. It helps me to think of cities that way, even ones that I don’t fully feel at home in – lik…

Forest fire burns 5km from Chernobyl nuclear plant

bbc.com - A forest fire that has been burning for several days in northern Ukraine is now just 5km (three miles) away from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. Tour operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said the Red…

How the Federal Reserve Is Bailing Out Big Corporations and Wall Street Banks | DCReport.org

dcreport.org - Money laundering is a dirty word. Shady characters move illicit wealth to make it look legitimately gained. Think “Breaking Bad,” but for embezzlers, extortionists and tax evaders as well as drug tra…

It’s ‘People, People, People’ as Lines Stretch Across America

nytimes.com - The scenes are especially jarring at a moment when freeways are empty and city centers are deserted, and public-health experts are urging people to slow the transmission of the coronavirus by avoidin…

These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America

motherjones.com - Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining u…

Why the Stock Market Is Healthy as Americans Die From Coronavirus

theintercept.com - As Americans were thrown out of work and into sudden fear of hunger, our economic system encouraged farmers to intentionally destroy their crops. At least 60,000 gallons of milk were dumped into dair…

North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles: Seoul

sg.news.yahoo.com - North Korea on Tuesday fired several suspected cruise missiles towards the sea, the South's military said. The "multiple projectiles" fired from Munchon in the east of the country were believed to be…

Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic

news.yahoo.com - In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in South Flori…

Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic, While the US Capitalizes on Disaster

mintpressnews.com - Like most everyone else, I don’t get out much lately due to shelter-in-place. But when I walk around my community, I am heartened by neighbors asking if there is anything we might need. I suspect thi…

What went wrong with the media’s coronavirus coverage?

vox.com - The coronavirus pandemic has crippled America. So far, the virus has killed more than 20,000 people in the United States and has sickened more than 500,000 people. It’s clear now that the US governme…

The case for ending the Covid-19 pandemic with mass testing

vox.com - We now know you can’t effectively fight the coronavirus pandemic without widespread testing to find out who has the disease. Developed countries that have managed to keep their case counts and deaths…

Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic

propublica.org - ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Two and a half years ago Hurricane Maria ripped open homes a…

Nature is bouncing back during the coronavirus crisis—but for how long?

motherjones.com - General overall view of sparse traffic on the Interstate 710 freeway amid the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Los Angeles.Sports/Newscom/Zuma This piece was original…

Coronavirus: China reports most new infections in weeks - BBC News

bbc.co.uk - Criticism of the UK government's response to coronavirus is growing after one of its top scientific advisers said the country was likely to be among the worst affected in Europe. The warning from Sir…

Perspective | What it really means when Trump calls a story ‘fake news’

washingtonpost.com - President Trump at the White House news briefing Friday. After the president spent Easter trashing media investigations that found his coronavirus response slow and lacking, a few things became clear…

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News digest brought to you by the Doomstead Diner.

Acosta on Trump Briefing: "Biggest Meltdown I Have Ever Seen From A President," "Walls Are Closing In"

Wounded by media scrutiny, Trump turned a briefing into a presidential tantrum

Trump says White House staff created ‘campaign-style’ montage — to keep the press ‘honest’

Opinion | Trump’s latest rage-fest is one of his most absurd and dangerous yet

Nearly three-in-ten Americans believe COVID-19 was made in a lab

Governors form groups to explore lifting virus restrictions; Trump says he alone will decide

He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

Global Covid-19 cases near 2 million as Putin warns Russia faces 'extraordinary' crisis

Virus cases about 2M worldwide; few new hot spots

South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots.

Trump commits ultimate TV sin with daily briefings — he's boring

Why coronavirus death rates can't be summed up in one simple number

Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus

The Federal Reserve is ‘money washing’ billions of dollars to bail out corporations as it panics over Trump’s crashing economy

Gov't Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution

Forest fire burns 5km from Chernobyl nuclear plant

How the Federal Reserve Is Bailing Out Big Corporations and Wall Street Banks | DCReport.org

It’s ‘People, People, People’ as Lines Stretch Across America

These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America

Why the Stock Market Is Healthy as Americans Die From Coronavirus

North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles: Seoul

Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic

Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic, While the US Capitalizes on Disaster

What went wrong with the media’s coronavirus coverage?

The case for ending the Covid-19 pandemic with mass testing

Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Nature is bouncing back during the coronavirus crisis—but for how long?

Coronavirus: China reports most new infections in weeks - BBC News

Perspective | What it really means when Trump calls a story ‘fake news’

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