(Recorded March 5, 2020) This Week: (1) The Coronavirus Bill; (2) The Daily Conference; and (3) Open by Easter.
This Week’s Links:
Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.
The Coronavirus Bill
- Fine Print of Stimulus Bill Contains Special Deals for Industries – The New York Times
- Coronavirus in Kentucky: U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie plans to reject bill
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- G.M. Suspends Production Indefinitely and Cuts Paychecks: Live Updates – The New York Times
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The Daily Conference
- Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Are a Ratings Hit. Should Networks Cover Them? – The New York Times
- “They Are a Clown Show”: Media Orgs Wrestle With Covering Trump’s Campaign-Rally COVID-19 Briefings | Vanity Fair
- Judd Deere on Twitter: “Pretty disgraceful that @CNN and @MSNBC have both cut away from this @WhiteHouse briefing with @realDonaldTrump and @Mike_Pence during a global pandemic. Thank you to @FoxNews for keeping Americans informed. #COVID19”
Open by Easter
- Job Vacancies and Inexperience Mar Federal Response to Coronavirus – The New York Times
- Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook – POLITICO
- Donald J. Trump on Twitter: “The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success. The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!”
- DHS wound down pandemic models before coronavirus struck – POLITICO
- Slow Response to the Coronavirus Measured in Lost Opportunity – The New York Times
- https://news.gallup.com/poll/298313/president-trump-job-approval-rating.aspx
- ‘Dumbest s—’: DeSantis takes heat as he goes his own way on coronavirus
- Thousands of Liberty University students expected to return to campus amid coronavirus outbreak | Local News | newsadvance.com
- Where did Onondaga County buy 60 ventilators to fight coronavirus? None of your business – syracuse.com
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-see-months-long-pandemic-fight-ahead-cbs-news-poll/
- Trump Has Given Unusual Leeway to Fauci, but Aides Say He’s Losing His Patience – The New York Times
- Analysis: Trump struggles to adjust to crisis presidency
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- Kyle Griffin on Twitter: “CNN’s Kaitlin Collins: “Who suggested Easter? Who suggested that day?”
Trump responds: “I just thought it was a beautiful time. A beautiful time. A beautiful timeline. It’s a great day.”” - Fed chairman Jerome Powell: ‘There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with our economy’
- Governor Mike DeWine on Twitter: “The truth is that protecting people and protecting the economy are not mutually exclusive. In fact, one depends on the other. We save our economy by first saving lives. And we have to do it in that order.”
- Opinion | Coronavirus Is Advancing. All Americans Need to Shelter in Place. – The New York Times
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- “A Politician Setting Himself on Fire Is How Trump Thrives”: Game-Planning the Biden Blitz | Vanity Fair
- Kenneth P. Vogel on Twitter: “NEW BIDEN SUPER PAC AD: Seems like a theme we’ll be hearing a lot for the next 7 months. https://t.co/8vHiTh6EBI”
- Priorities USA begins $6 million blitz of anti-Trump coronavirus ads – POLITICO
- Hillary Clinton on Twitter: “Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar eclipse.”
- ‘He is still in’: Bernie could remain in race through June – POLITICO
- Joe Biden, Struggling for Visibility, Faults Trump’s Response to Coronavirus – The New York Times
Image Credits: Donald Trump
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