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White Pages to Go the Way of VHS

By Adam K. Raymond

Time to find a new doorstop: Verizon plans to discontinue the distribution of the White Pages across New York. The move, it says, will save around 5,000 tons of paper. For those afraid that you’ll soon have nothing to rip in half to impress ladies, relax — the Yellow Pages live on. [NYT]

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25 mins ago

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

Social Distancing Enforcement Drones Arrive in the U.S.

By Adam K. Raymond

Cities in New Jersey and Florida are using drones to encourage people to disperse, go home, and stay there.

Coronavirus in New York: Latest Updates

By Chas Danner, Matt Stieb, and Benjamin Hart

The racial disparity of COVID-19 deaths is becoming clear.

Most Popular

12:46 p.m.

Bernie’s message to his supporters

Let us go forward together. The struggle continues.

—@BernieSanders

12:39 p.m.

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

diary of a hospital

diary of a hospital

Diary of a Hospital: Losing Hope in the ICU

As told to Anna Silman

“I don’t know how long I can keep doing this for.”

Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign

His campaign once rode high, but Biden’s surge overwhelmed it and then the coronavirus overshadowed it.

11:52 a.m.

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

11:49 a.m.

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

After Its Disturbing Election Day, What Happens Next in Wisconsin?

Republicans will probably benefit from their extraordinary efforts to hold down turnout, but we won’t know for sure until next week.

11:22 a.m.

Bernie is out

New: @BernieSanders is dropping out of the presidential race.

—@Robillard

life after warming

life after warming

The Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Climate-Change Future

By David Wallace-Wells

The warming of the planet will lead to pandemics that are far more dangerous and disruptive.

The Rapid Increase of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths in One Chilling Graphic

By Adam K. Raymond

Data show that COVID-19 is, for at least one day, the leading cause of daily deaths in the U.S.

Scenes From Your Pandemic

New York wants to see your view of daily life under the coronavirus pandemic.

8:57 a.m.

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.

CNN Poll: Majority of Americans now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing coronavirus spread

—CNN

8:05 a.m.

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

Here’s Why So Many Planes Are Still Flying, Nearly Empty

Schedule reductions haven’t lined up with the drop in demand amid COVID-19, as obstacles like logistics, DOT obligations, and algae get in the way.

Trump Fires Watchdog Overseeing $2 Trillion in Coronavirus Stimulus Funds

The president removed the head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee as part of a larger purge of inspectors general.

Georgia Republican Raffles Assault Rifle, Cites ‘Looting Hordes From Atlanta’

One hyper-conservative Georgia congressional district shows there’s still a market for ideological extremism, even during a pandemic.

Nobody Is Sure How a Bronx Zoo Tiger Got Coronavirus

By James D. Walsh

The four-year-old Malayan tiger Nadia is the first wild animal in captivity to test positive in the world.

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trump administration

Acting Navy Secretary Resigns After Calling Captain With Coronavirus ‘Stupid’

Thomas Modly resigned after audio leaked of him insulting a Navy captain, who was removed after requesting aid for coronavirus patients on his ship.

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the national interest

Trump in 2nd Day of Meltdown Over Government Report on Hospital Shortages

By Jonathan Chait

President rages over survey showing doctors and nurses lack protective equipment, can’t get coronavirus test results.

5 Ways Joe Biden Can Make His Bad Podcast Better

For one thing, the presumptive Democratic nominee shouldn’t be uttering the words “subscribe to us on iTunes.”

4/7/2020

Almost all in the last 30 days

CNN: 12,000 people in the United States have died from coronavirus.

—@ryanstruyk

No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the Coronavirus

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks America craves token bipartisanship and ideological incoherence. That ain’t right.

republican party

republican party

The Wisconsin GOP Is Risking Voters’ Lives to Protect Its Minority Rule

Republicans are disenfranchising voters by holding an election mid-pandemic so that they can keep disenfranchising Democrats through gerrymanders.

Trump Campaign Aide Kayleigh McEnany Named White House Press Secretary

By Adam K. Raymond

The Trump loyalist once said that the president never lies to the American people.

4/7/2020

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

4/7/2020

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

4/7/2020

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