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Deconstructed Podcast: Is Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus Deaths?

theintercept.com - Deaths from Covid-19 continued to mount this week as the U.S. surpassed 200,000 confirmed cases, more than any other country in the world. Experts increasingly point to President Donald Trump’s willf…

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Warns of ‘a Lot of Death’ and New Virus Hot Spots

nytimes.com - President Trump appeared to suggest on Saturday that the federal government was placing large amounts of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in its Strategic National Stockpile, speaking optimi…

US braces for more virus deaths; Europe hopes crisis peaking

apnews.com - NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. warned of many more coronavirus deaths in the days ahead as the global pandemic muted traditional observances from family grave-cleaning ceremonies in China to Palm Sunday fo…

Live updates: Coronavirus cases top 300,000 in U.S.; Trump optimistic sports will return ‘sooner rather than later’

washingtonpost.com - By Timothy Bella, close Timothy Bella Deputy editor for Morning Mix Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Paul Schemm, close Paul Schemm Overnight foreign editor based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email EmailB…

Coronavirus Hasn’t Stopped Jared Kushner’s Real Estate Empire from Hounding Tenants with Debt Collection, Eviction Lawsuits

theintercept.com - Jared Kushner’s family real estate company, which owns and manages thousands of apartment units, continued its aggressive eviction practices and debt collection lawsuits as Americans wait for governm…

Jared Kushner Keeps Proving Nepotism Is A Bad Way to Handle Pandemics

vanityfair.com - In theory, the sweeping coronavirus rescue package passed by Congress and signed by the president last week was not supposed to benefit Donald Trump or anyone else in his family and their businesses.…

Amid Critical Supply Shortage, FEMA Is Spending Millions to Protect Trump Properties

theintercept.com - Tyson Slocum, a program director with the advocacy group Public Citizen, told The Intercept by phone that the program “doesn’t seem to be in line with FEMA’s core objectives” and that he had “a finan…

Virus hot spots in South poised for disproportionate suffering

politico.com - The models POLITICO examined could still change. Public health experts can't account for how well people will follow social distancing measures, how many beds and ventilators a governor can acquire —…

What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures

theconversation.com - Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what the future holds for my loved ones. My vulnerable friends and relatives. I wonder what will happen to m…

Notes on a Nightmare #4: The Criminality of Donald Trump ❧ Current Affairs

currentaffairs.org - In New York City, some days the sirens are almost nonstop, according to my co-editor who lives there. Nearly 1,400 people have died in the city and the papers are full of grim report after grim repor…

Coronavirus Florida: Sarasota residents asking children to help make 'World's Largest Zombie Movie'

heraldtribune.com - The project lets K-12 filmmakers around the globe shoot segments for a zombie movie set to premiere online May 1. This content is being provided for free as a public service to our readers during the…

430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced

nytimes.com - “I was surprised at how lax the whole process was,” said Andrew Wu, 31, who landed at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Beijing on March 10. “The guy I spoke to read down a list of q…

All across the United States, the coronavirus is killing more men than women, data show

washingtonpost.com - Medical workers take in patients April 3 at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. (Spencer Platt/AFP/Getty Images) By Chris Mooney, close Chris Mooney Repor…

Women in ICE Detention, Fearing Coronavirus, Make Video to Protest Unsafe Conditions

theintercept.com - Women locked in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana are terrified that they have been exposed to a person ill with the coronavirus, and they fear that they, too, will…

China joins U.N. human rights panel, will help pick experts on free speech, health, arbitrary detention - UN Watch

unwatch.org - Mr. Jiang Duan, who holds the rank of Minister at China’s mission to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, will play a key role in selecting the world body’s monitors on health, freedom of speech, a…

Georgia governor opens beaches a day after issuing statewide stay-at-home order

news.yahoo.com - Many Georgia beach communities decided to close down their waterfronts due to concerns over coronavirus, but under a statewide stay-at-home order issued Thursday, all beaches are opening back up -- w…

42 states now have stay-at-home orders for coronavirus. These are the 8 that don't.

cbsnews.com - It may seem like the entire United States is shutting down and staying indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic. But some parts of the country are still holding off. As of April 3, 42 states and Washi…

New York asked Trump for ventilators. China just gave it 1,000.

vox.com - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced on Saturday that the Chinese government is helping “facilitate a donation” of 1,000 ventilators to his state, and said they would arrive at JFK Airport later …

America’s emergency medical stockpile is almost empty. Nobody knows what happens next.

vox.com - The Strategic National Stockpile, a relatively obscure office in the federal government that manages the country’s emergency medical supplies, exists to respond to a crisis like the coronavirus pande…

Gretchen Whitmer: ‘There’s Going to Be a Horrible Cost’

theatlantic.com - Donald Trump’s exchanges with Democratic politicians usually go something like this: He picks a petty fight, almost always lobbing a tweet with a low-grade schoolyard taunt. The politician he targete…

Trump, GOP challenge efforts to make voting easier amid coronavirus pandemic

washingtonpost.com - By Elise Viebeck, close Elise Viebeck Enterprise and investigations reporter focused on politics Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Amy Gardner and close Amy Gardner National political reporter Email Em…

Opinion | The only official fired over the virus? A captain who tried to protect his crew.

washingtonpost.com - Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, addresses the crew in December 2019. (U.S. Navy via Reuters) By Max Boot close Max Boot Columnist covering national securit…

Trump: ‘I Agree 100%’ With Navy Decision to Fire Captain Brett Crozier

thedailybeast.com - President Trump on Saturday came out in support of the Navy's decision to fire Captain Brett Crozier after he raised the alarm about the spread of the coronavirus on his ship, the USS Theodore Roosev…

Scientists ask: could summer heat help beat Covid-19?

theguardian.com - Balmy days are coming, with temperatures forecast to reach 20C in some regions. The warm weather will bring welcome respite to lockdown Britain - and put pressure on authorities trying to control cro…

The Mystery of ‘Excess Fatality’

nymag.com - Less than two weeks ago, Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera published the results of an informal study that appeared to show that, in some regions of the country, non-coronavirus deaths were risin…

1,350 New York Readers on the Mounting Difficulties of Life During the Pandemic

nymag.com - This is the third installment of a weekly poll about how the coronavirus crisis is affecting our readers. New York’s coronavirus death toll tripled over the course of the week to nearly 3,000, as the…

Pandemics and the Shape of Human History

newyorker.com - It’s impossible to say how many people died in the first New World pandemic, both because the records are sketchy and because Europeans also brought with them so many other “virgin soil” diseases, in…

Bill Withers's Life Was as Rich as His Songs

theatlantic.com - Bill Withers hadn’t released a new song of his own in decades, but even before he died at age 81 of cardiac problems on Monday, the soul singer was on the minds of many people amid the globe’s curren…

Bill Withers Was Always There if You Needed Him

newyorker.com - The singer and songwriter Bill Withers liked to describe himself as a “regular guy.” Many stars want us to believe that they are relatable because they are somehow just like us, but this wasn’t what …

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News digest brought to you by the Doomstead Diner.

Deconstructed Podcast: Is Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus Deaths?

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Warns of ‘a Lot of Death’ and New Virus Hot Spots

US braces for more virus deaths; Europe hopes crisis peaking

Live updates: Coronavirus cases top 300,000 in U.S.; Trump optimistic sports will return ‘sooner rather than later’

Coronavirus Hasn’t Stopped Jared Kushner’s Real Estate Empire from Hounding Tenants with Debt Collection, Eviction Lawsuits

Jared Kushner Keeps Proving Nepotism Is A Bad Way to Handle Pandemics

Amid Critical Supply Shortage, FEMA Is Spending Millions to Protect Trump Properties

Virus hot spots in South poised for disproportionate suffering

What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures

Notes on a Nightmare #4: The Criminality of Donald Trump ❧ Current Affairs

Coronavirus Florida: Sarasota residents asking children to help make 'World's Largest Zombie Movie'

430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced

All across the United States, the coronavirus is killing more men than women, data show

Women in ICE Detention, Fearing Coronavirus, Make Video to Protest Unsafe Conditions

China joins U.N. human rights panel, will help pick experts on free speech, health, arbitrary detention - UN Watch

Georgia governor opens beaches a day after issuing statewide stay-at-home order

42 states now have stay-at-home orders for coronavirus. These are the 8 that don't.

New York asked Trump for ventilators. China just gave it 1,000.

America’s emergency medical stockpile is almost empty. Nobody knows what happens next.

Gretchen Whitmer: ‘There’s Going to Be a Horrible Cost’

Trump, GOP challenge efforts to make voting easier amid coronavirus pandemic

Opinion | The only official fired over the virus? A captain who tried to protect his crew.

Trump: ‘I Agree 100%’ With Navy Decision to Fire Captain Brett Crozier

Scientists ask: could summer heat help beat Covid-19?

The Mystery of ‘Excess Fatality’

1,350 New York Readers on the Mounting Difficulties of Life During the Pandemic

Pandemics and the Shape of Human History

Bill Withers's Life Was as Rich as His Songs

Bill Withers Was Always There if You Needed Him

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