Trump: You have to be warriors; some may die; get over it. pic.twitter.com/BY9pZkzeDt

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 6, 2020

“People who are dying of this virus are not dying to protect the American way of life. They’re dying because their government has had a completely ineffective response.”

Read ⁦@ChrisMegerian⁩ on Trump’s new rhetorical lionizing of the dead. https://t.co/bkQkWOTgQT

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 6, 2020

Pres Trump said yesterday the WH will phase out its coronavirus task force. He explained by saying, “Well, because we can’t keep our country closed for the next five years.”

Today, a total about-face after backlash.

Trump saying now task force will "continue on indefinitely." https://t.co/hxmXcA3PSz

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 6, 2020

Even for Trump his reasoning on the task force continuing is bizarre. Not because it's needed and will help save lives, no, its because it's popular. You heard that right. The task force will continue because people like it.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 6, 2020

President Donald Trump said his administration will urge the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, maintaining its all-out legal assault on the health care law amid a pandemic that will drive millions of more Americans to depend on its coverage https://t.co/32bfaNz8xk pic.twitter.com/PIVu8ZppD6

— POLITICO (@politico) May 6, 2020

Reminder that without the Affordable Care Act, “people who recovered from COVID-19 and tried to purchase an individual health insurance policy could be turned down, charged higher premiums or have follow-up care excluded from coverage.” #ProtectOurCare https://t.co/Fjz2p5PNHh

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) May 6, 2020

President Trump on unemployment: "Nobody's blaming me for that." pic.twitter.com/E19KGQkFWf

— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2020

“I was just answering the mail.”

How a Trump nominee to oversee $500 billion coronavirus loans explained his refusal, as WH lawyer, to turn over impeachment related documents in December.https://t.co/iaJO0I7u29

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) May 6, 2020

Nation's stockpile proves to be no match for a pandemichttps://t.co/Ct8aJqTZsD

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 6, 2020

New York governor says some states making a mistake by reopening https://t.co/5NdMCGjVP0 pic.twitter.com/r8d57uWlnI

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

This is wild. Two Utah businesses instructed staff to ignore quarantine guidelines, resulting in 68 cases. At one of the businesses, half of the employees got it. https://t.co/zi4qxgKdHF

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 6, 2020

JUST IN: House Intel spokesman confirms receipt of Grenell letter, says Russia transcripts will be released expeditiously:

"After more than a year of unnecessary delay, the ODNI has finally concluded its protracted classification review of the Committee’s transcripts." pic.twitter.com/yBsMBcawHd

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 6, 2020

A *non-firm* proposal is likely coming to the players very soon. https://t.co/5rv1smaI8q

— Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) May 6, 2020

here is the full one pic.twitter.com/7aN7MOKUEm

— Ethan Braun🌊 (@EJBraun16) May 6, 2020

Trump lashed out at me on Twitter. It’s because he knows the truth, @gtconway3d writes https://t.co/f3LyZ5MtTK

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 6, 2020

“In the darkest days in the last two months, he’s cared about little but his vaunted 'ratings' and his own political prospects,” writes @TheRickWilson. “There’s never been a secret heart of goodness in Trump, never a moment of munificence or compassion.” https://t.co/ELbMSwFrph

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 6, 2020

First look at Boris's draft 5 step plan to lift UK out of lockdown over 6 months https://t.co/ZYgsn5c0Wm pic.twitter.com/munXpZEUWf

— Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) May 6, 2020

This, plus booze, plus papers sending out a “go have fun!” message, plus seven weeks of people being cooped up and often lonely … seems far too much all at once.

Surely the actual government plan is far slower and more cautious than this. Surely.

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) May 6, 2020

I’ll be surprised if they actually announce anything. Experience to date suggests they’ll just keep noisily hinting to their mates that they’re definitely about to do it, in the hope enough of the public will just go back to work that they can shrug and say it’s not their fault. pic.twitter.com/secrgu71St

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) May 6, 2020

FT exclusive: NHSX has asked its software developers to "investigate" switching its centralised contact tracing app to Apple and Google's decentralised system, according to contracts seen by @FT. w/@SarahNev @helenwarrell
https://t.co/5G7XLskp4G

— Tim Bradshaw (@tim) May 6, 2020

Testing figures down even on Hancock’s contrived & fiddled numbers. Stupid new larger figure promised.
AND YET still no apparent test, trace, isolate policy or any kind of testing strategy to figure in overall plan to tackle COVID. Nothing.
All PR distraction and deflection. https://t.co/NEpyIjzTsf

— Gareth Bouch (@garethbouch) May 6, 2020

‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response https://t.co/bAnMLE9exV

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

New Banksy piece celebrates superhero health care workers https://t.co/oD32T5CApR

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

Boris Johnson under mounting pressure to back an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China. Australian PM writes to No10 to ask for his support for the demand.https://t.co/ojeAGg2J8s

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 6, 2020

US Administration Started Research Into Class-Action Cases Brought By US Private Citizens And Companies Against China – Nikkei Sources https://t.co/sAytp9TVn0 pic.twitter.com/dxnOV4YZc9

— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) May 6, 2020

Venezuela TV shows 'US citizens confessing over failed coup' https://t.co/SmT1Lcarga

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 6, 2020

Germany eases lockdown, with 'emergency brake' on hand if needed https://t.co/ocw0gN4hUw pic.twitter.com/aBZcHQ7Cps

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

My @NewYorker Postscript for Florian Schneider of @kraftwerk — I’d guess most musicians in America owe some debt to this band. I love thinking about how ballsy & intrepid these dudes were; it takes a particular kind of visionary to leap into the unknown: https://t.co/l4zV7cPPWa

— Amanda Petrusich (@amandapetrusich) May 6, 2020

BBC News – How Florian Schneider and Kraftwerk influenced five decades of musichttps://t.co/Z37M9WpKui

— Gib (@gib1970) May 6, 2020