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Monday, April 27, 2020

Washington Post: President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat

NY Times: Jakartar's Trash Mountain: 'When People are Desperate for Jobs, They Come Here'

The Atlantic: The Very Real Threat of Trump’s Deepfake

Reuters: 'Another pandemic': In Latin America, domestic abuse rises amid lockdown

The Oregonian: 30% of Oregonians put off ‘important’ health care due to coronavirus

Politico: Trump owed tens of millions to Bank of China

One Zero: People Are Future-Proofing Their Homes With… Straw

The Hill: Trump blasts Fox News, says he wants 'an alternative'

The Hill: Tyson Foods takes out full-page ad: 'The food supply chain is breaking'

Seattle Times: Northwest maple syrup? UW testing local bigleaf maples for sweet industry

NY Times: 260,000 Words, Full of Self-Praise, From Trump on the Virus

Washington Post: Trump’s claim the Postal Service loses money on every e-commerce package it delivers. Is this true?

Washington Post: After covid-19, aging in America may never be the same

Washington Post: Freed of briefing duty, wounded Trump airs full collection of grievances on Twitter, retweeting claim of ‘coup attempts'

The Guardian: 'Quarantinis' and beer chugs: Is the pandemic driving us to drink?

The Guardian: Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists

The Guardian: Oakland: Traumatized migrant kids were being shot. One school district came up with a plan to save them

KTLA: Flood of small business bankruptcies expected in coming weeks, attorneys say

LA Times: Looking to escape ‘endless’ litigation, L.A. is open to federal oversight for homelessness

LA Times: L.A. street vendors fought 10 years for the right to sell. Then COVID-19 came along

LA Times: Social limits needed through summer, Birx says, as some states ease coronavirus restrictions

Press Democrat: ‘Just had to get out’: Shutdown fatigue turns thousands of beachgoers into rulebreakers

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Krebs on Security: Scams: When in Doubt: Hang Up, Look Up, & Call Back

NY Daily News: A spike in New Yorkers ingesting household cleaners following Trump’s controversial coronavirus comments

BBC: Coronavirus: 17 police officers die of Covid-19 in Peru

BBC: Coronavirus: New York to allow tests in pharmacies

Washington Post: White House faces internal debate over ‘liability shield’ for firms seeking protection from coronavirus lawsuits

Washington Post: 13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy

CNN: 'They are trying to steal everything.' US coronavirus response hit by foreign hackers

Politico: Trump team moves to scrap protections for LGBTQ patients

Politico: IRS recalls thousands of employees to work and asks them to bring their own safety gear

Politico: USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared

Huffington Post: Trump Organization Seeking Aid From U.K., Ireland For Golf Resorts

Huffington Post: FEMA Reportedly Took The 5 Million Masks Ordered For Veterans To Send To Stockpile

NY Post: Why Los Angeles gangbangers are turning into urban cowboys

Politico: How overly optimistic modeling distorted Trump team’s coronavirus response

Food and Wine: This 1,000-Year-Old Mill Has Resumed Production Due to Demand for Flour

NY Times: Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid Doctor’s Visits

NY Times: Virunga: 12 Rangers Among 17 Killed in Congo Park Ambush

NY Times: Closed Hospitals Leave Rural Patients ‘Stranded’ as Coronavirus Spreads

Washington Post: British pubs are closed, but Brits won’t give up their pub quizzes

Washington Post: Trump expands battle with World Health Organization far beyond aid suspension

The Hill: VA under fire as coronavirus infections among veterans, staff surge

The Hill: Brad Pitt plays Anthony Fauci on 'Saturday Night Live,' takes aim at Trump

The Hill: Fauci confident US will double coronavirus testing capacity over next several weeks

The Guardian: Ocean plastic was choking Chile’s shores. Now it’s in Patagonia’s hats

The Guardian: 'A high-risk perfect storm': loneliness and financial despair take toll on US mental health

The Guardian: 'Heads we win, tails you lose': how America's rich have turned pandemic into profit

The Guardian: Trump says briefings 'not worth the effort' amid fallout from disinfectant comments

The Guardian: Why the DeVos family's backing of the Michigan protests is no surprise