Aides have said a key reason the president went to Camp David this weekend was to look presidential. https://t.co/FUynHpL6tU
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020
Trump is intimidated by @NicolleDWallace, who is infinitely stronger, smarter and more talented than he is. His insulting her is a badge of honor. But Trump's hatred of dogs is weird. Do they scare him too?
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 2, 2020
Over 67k Americans are dead from a virus that knows no borders. Where are the tests that would allow us to stem the spread and move toward intelligent opening? Or is that too hard for you to focus on for one damn day? https://t.co/l8FyUx3sts
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) May 2, 2020
this is not a parody account. https://t.co/BIVpylMGzT
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020
Now he's up to 35 tweets and retweets, including five promos for OANN, two promos for Fox News, and two RTs of an account called @SexCounseling https://t.co/gqlQLMIrY3
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 2, 2020
The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO
https://t.co/0xU2josV4M— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) May 2, 2020
Sunday shows preview: America braces for next month of pandemic https://t.co/I218lElUnT pic.twitter.com/JnBOQfpHqC
— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020
We live in a country of idiots. pic.twitter.com/i0xsQPTzZx
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) May 2, 2020
The nation's capital is under a stay-at-home order to slow down the spread of the virus but that didn't stop crowds from gathering between the US Capitol and the Washington Monument.https://t.co/2AQe7PxnQi
— CNN (@CNN) May 2, 2020
Lockdown is breaking down.
This has gotten more obvious by the day here in relatively hard hit Westchester. Target’s parking lot looked fuller yesterday than on a normal pre-Covid Friday.https://t.co/QdbgUFl7u9
— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) May 2, 2020
Honestly, I think the failure of DC’s response so far is eventually just going to lead much of the city to say fuck it in a couple weeks. People aren’t going to stick to the plan if there is no actual plan.
— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) May 2, 2020
Atlanta is out of control.
The state “re-opened” and people forgot that coronavirus exists.
It looks like the walking dead.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 2, 2020
The East Village isn’t playing. pic.twitter.com/NoUBmiJ9tq
— paul schwartzman (@paulschwartzman) May 2, 2020
On Wednesday, when I began writing this piece, the UT model predicted with 100% certainty that we had already passed the peak of coronavirus deaths. A new peak was reached that day, with 2,700 deaths. Another came two days later, with 2,909 deaths Friday. https://t.co/KhjTifrzD4
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) May 2, 2020
and, just in time…
Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America – The New York Times https://t.co/fZ7BlPjzlc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020
while…
“Today the USPS comprises nearly a quarter of the entire federal workforce. Nearly half of its…workforce are people of color. They handle….nearly half of all the mail in the entire world.” #SaveTheUSPS https://t.co/VH3MO783Tj
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 2, 2020
“What New York will look like – how and under what circumstances we will come to feel ‘clean’ – remains the great uncertainty.” Really good @GiniaNYT column on the opportunity for reinvention now, and how NYC mostly squandered those after 9/11 and Sandy. https://t.co/2OGyFTWBEG
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) May 2, 2020
"Let us remember empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery. Even at an appropriate social distance, we can find the way to be present in the lives of others," former President Bush shared in a new video. https://t.co/X3bOEnOkks
— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020
Nice words, but hey, we got this to look forward to…
Who better to ask about the probable course of this pandemic than someone who saw it coming? Here, in my Sunday column, is a conversation with Laurie Garrett, coronavirus Cassandra. https://t.co/sz195sgGXZ
— Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) May 2, 2020
Meanwhile…
Obama’s vetting of Biden included nearly 10 lawyers who spent nearly two months digging through records and interviewing dozens of people about Biden. Tara Reade’s name — or any other allegations — never came up.
My latest with @AnnieLinskey @WaPoSean: https://t.co/dNta3IiBLD
— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2020
New: Biden accuser Tara Reade says she’s “not sure” what exactly she wrote in her sexual harassment complaint in 1993. (She has said it definitely doesn’t mention assault.) https://t.co/6p2T9etQuN
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 2, 2020
Trump privately muses that the Tara Reade allegation against Biden could be “bullshit” and that it doesn’t sound like something Biden would do… even as his campaign staff ramps up the attacks https://t.co/FPMBYxxgqJ
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) May 2, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Coronavirus kills Boris Johnson's smirking deceits – me in @ObserverUK on the death of the age Brexit populismhttps://t.co/PKpNQAWliJ
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) May 2, 2020
Not the most comforting mathematical exposition but it’s worth knowing if only for shaking the confidence of those who say this govt has done a good job. More have died than in the blitz. Where’s Marc Francois now with his WW2 rhetoric? https://t.co/nR13hLZZ1L
— Mike Harding #lightacandlefotheEU (@HardingMike) May 2, 2020
A hard Brexit during coronavirus ‘unforgivable’ SNP leader tells Boris Johnson https://t.co/MnIahJE7w8
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 2, 2020
‘Brinkmanship on the Northern Ireland protocol is undermining confidence in the good faith Britain brings to the negotiations and putting even a rudimentary agreement at risk.’ https://t.co/giwJlvqjh2
— Colin Harvey (@cjhumanrights) May 2, 2020
.@MichaelGove has told the leaders of Stormont’s pro-remain parties that the U.K. Gov does not accept the need for a permanent EU presence in Belfast. pic.twitter.com/5eWhrDpQ0r
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 2, 2020
But he was in good spirits the whole way through!? https://t.co/QTW1v0ffh3
— Jonny Bell (@Jonny_BelTel) May 2, 2020
I dunno, I think my main reason would be “while at home, I may be required to maintain my property in some unforeseen way as a matter of daily survival, but the same cannot be said for looking at a painting or triceratops skeleton” pic.twitter.com/f3oAp1LhY5
— . (@twlldun) May 2, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Some good news in latest HSE figures on #COVID19ireland: the number of confirmed cases in ICU has fallen below 100 for the first time in a month – it stood at 99 as of 6:30pm last night.
Similar in confirmed hospitalised cases: lowest since first week of April pic.twitter.com/zSIYAr4FNr
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 2, 2020
What happens if Covid-19 shuts off the Irish emigration safety valve? Great article by @jenoconnell on why the downturn ahead will be very different to the last, especially for young people https://t.co/Vja3EWGwQr
— Ciara Kenny (@ciaraky) May 2, 2020
Our president is “glad” that a terrifying fascist dictator is “back and well.” pic.twitter.com/fl2FCnqvGW
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 2, 2020
Hmmmm, do you think “holed up” is the best choice of words here, given the context? https://t.co/25iA0C4hrM
— Bambleweeny 57 Submeson Brain (@FubsyShabaroon) May 2, 2020
Here's how China is attempting to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections https://t.co/gFLl0fCYCj
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) May 2, 2020
Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it makes you realise what a total oxygen thief Boris Johnson is…https://t.co/aw94YRUKC4
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) May 2, 2020
In news about money, and people with money…
“This is quite an experiment,” Buffett said. “I remain convinced … that nothing can basically stop America.” https://t.co/MTGWVE8NUt
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020
or, er…
one 7-word Elon Musk tweet cost Tesla’s market valuation $2bn per word https://t.co/vDbw5iz2sI via @financialtimes
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) May 2, 2020
Finally, some cute….
🔅 The Great Realisation by Tom Foolery.
🗣 Powerful spoken word poetry.
🎧 Go and listen now! pic.twitter.com/7o2GSysY3c
— Emily Barber (@MsEmilyBarber) May 2, 2020
The Overnight Note 