Trump has failed to nominate anyone for 150 of 247 vacant positions requiring Senate confirmation, and he’s threatening to shut down Congress for his own failure to do his job.

Meanwhile, today was America’s deadliest day for Covid-19 — 2,459 people died. https://t.co/YNtsaW3IIY

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 15, 2020

Trump: If the house will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress pic.twitter.com/8dVROtxNzt

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 15, 2020

Another misguided power play by Mr. Total Authority.https://t.co/LbrVXOniat

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 15, 2020

The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defense Department officials said https://t.co/jD2Bkyy3Li

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2020

Coronavirus live news: Trump casts doubt on China death toll as cases worldwide top 2 million https://t.co/j6KMb8wDWS

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 15, 2020

This is a gutting story https://t.co/owzVds14u0

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 15, 2020

#BREAKING: I am issuing an Executive Order today that all people MUST wear a mask or face covering in public in situations where social distancing is not possible.

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 15, 2020

There is still not enough accessible testing available to all who need it. Rapid testing needs to be readily accessible. Antibody tests must be available to show if you have immunity to this virus. That’s how we begin to move forward. I'm fighting to make testing more accessible.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) April 16, 2020

I don’t get how there isn’t more alarm in DC that another 5 million + people are expected to have filed for unemployment when Initial Jobless Claims come out tomorrow.

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 15, 2020

#scotus releases May calendar, will hear Trump finance cases May 12 pic.twitter.com/kGZOMMknbD

— Robert Barnes (@robert_a_barnes) April 15, 2020

In this moment of crisis, it’s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans’ faith in good, effective government—and I’ve seen Joe Biden help our nation rebuild. Today, I’m proud to endorse @JoeBiden as President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/VrfBtJvFee

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 15, 2020

A real question arises about spare capacity available in the NHS whilst people are dying at home & in care homes (+ being made to sign DNRs). A friend told me that 111 had told his friend to stay at home – the man (46) died of a heart-attack. https://t.co/aIeleihl5O

— Jessica Simor KC (@JMPSimor) April 15, 2020

We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen

‘I am not looking to blame – but for scrutiny so that lessons can be learned to guide our response. We need to avoid further mistakes’ Helen Ward https://t.co/nHdyJ1CHLJ

— Mandy McAuley (@mandy_mcauley) April 15, 2020

Captain Tom Moore, 99, breaks £10m mark as donations flood in for NHS 👏👏 https://t.co/Gzb6zFXJo5

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 15, 2020

China is responsible for the pandemic. There should be accountability for the government coverup.

But every other country learned about the pandemic at the same time.

There should be accountability for why US govt response was so poor compared to Germany, Japan, S Korea…

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2020

A new Harvard study models how long we’d have to keep social distancing if the virus turns out to be seasonal, like its coronavirus cousin, the common cold. It could be years.
https://t.co/fYe7GPyiO0

— WIRED (@WIRED) April 15, 2020

Astronauts change command on the ISS as Expedition 62 prepares for departure. pic.twitter.com/GH2oKENud0

— The Hill (@thehill) April 15, 2020

US may have to keep some social distancing measures until 2022: Harvard researchers https://t.co/yGupBbiQ0m pic.twitter.com/DKdV76006P

— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020

Trump "Through the darkness we can see the rays of light…at the end of that tunnel, we see light…more than ever before." He adds, "Everything we've done, we've been very, very strong on it, and very powerful on it."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

Trump: I was the smart one, the other countries in the world were stupid and followed WHO and that’s why everybody is dead.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 14, 2020

‘It would have been so easy to be truthful,’ Trump says of WHO.

The White House lawn right now is an irony-free zone.

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) April 14, 2020

There he goes again – trying to distract from his own failures and giving his base a new target – so withdrawing funds for WHO. Doesn't change the fact that his incompetence is killing our economy and putting our lives and health at stake.

— Karen Finney (@finneyk) April 14, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump announces suspending more than 400 m$ in contributions to World Health Organization while its handling of pandemic is under review. He also claims he saved 1,000’s of lives by banning travel from China but in fact 40,000 people came into US from China after ban

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 14, 2020

Trump hates international organizations, has long complained about the US supporting them. And he needs other people and entities to blame, especially after failing to act on warnings from within his own administration. So here we are.

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 14, 2020

WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30. Trump played down the significance of the pandemic for more than a month afterwards, only declaring a national emergency on March 13. https://t.co/nMD25Agpcc

— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 14, 2020

Press: "WHO is to blame for the high death toll?

Trump: "Yes"

Press: "WHO?"

Trump: "That's what I said."

Press: "We asked about the party responsible for the deaths and you said WHO?"

Trump: "Yes"

Press: What about the CDC?

Trump: "Third base." https://t.co/QiwjjSfufv

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 14, 2020

Trump's special plea for himself on ventilators is actually a giant headfake to distract the press from the real disastrous flaw of the WH policy: the series of lethal mistakes on testing, which continue to this day. And which are due to Trump's denialism.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 14, 2020

Thousands of health care workers are infected with coronavirus, a CDC report finds. https://t.co/jKDZxhUSEK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 14, 2020

The VP, Birx, Fauci, other health experts do not speak tonight in the Rose Garden. Nor were they even by the podium. Presser ran a little less than 90 minutes.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 14, 2020

Trump: "The plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized and we will soon be sharing details and new guidelines with everybody."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

Ha. Trump says he will be "authorizing" each governor to reopen their state at the time of their choosing.

This isn't his call; he doesn't get to authorize. The power is already theirs.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

A brewing showdown between President Trump and governors is setting the stage for a clash between federal authority and state authority unseen in modern times https://t.co/bzTuNhw1Dy

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 14, 2020

Stories like this bug me: Trump has "an idea" that he "got somewhere," that calls for counter-arguments from "experts." That's just not what's going on here. Trump has an authoritarian *impulse*. https://t.co/1XgnxgfBhA

— David Roberts (@drvolts) April 14, 2020

What a president says is as important as what he does. The only way you could think that isn’t true is if you’re using special standards for this president because reacting proportionately to everything he says would make you seem more critical of him than you’d like to be. https://t.co/AMIN8C4Xjz

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 14, 2020

Trump's style is "rhetorical authoritarianism married with a striking unwillingness to use federal authority robustly," @qjurecic and @benjaminwittes write: https://t.co/1GCQxVVgTt

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 14, 2020

Fox's Bret Baier: Conservatives heads "would've exploded" if Obama said he had 'total' authority https://t.co/wcGIewJhSr pic.twitter.com/AKfhYIkZ8W

— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020

It's now clear that the GOP effort to force voters to the polls in a pandemic backfired hugely.

Wisconsin Dems tell me the backlash was harsh. They saw lots of evidence that it fueled voter turnout, helping Karofsky pull off her big upset.

New piece:https://t.co/9GmTcW5qbl

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) April 14, 2020

"I'd like to ask all of you—would you please stand up?"

An airline captain, whose wife is a nurse, gave an emotional thank you to medical personnel traveling to volunteer at hospitals battling the coronavirus outbreak in the New York Tri-State area. https://t.co/0wmT5QZAMs pic.twitter.com/WEXGr3l9om

— ABC News (@ABC) April 14, 2020

Experts lower projection of UK death toll, but still predict 23,000 to die from Covid-19 by August https://t.co/R32QwID6lv

— The Independent (@Independent) April 14, 2020

“Looking across the Irish Sea I find myself thinking surely now, surely the British can see how they’ve been hoodwinked.” https://t.co/KL6ZwtCIJC

— Angie (@Angie_RejoinEU) April 14, 2020

Can a recovering Boris Johnson begin to remake Brexit-ravaged Britain? https://t.co/dPt6LFN15a

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 14, 2020

The Government should ‘call off the dogs’ and stop ‘harassing’ sunbathers in parks, according to one of its most senior scientific advisers#Covid19 #LockdownExtension #CoronaLockdownhttps://t.co/PXFdMif1Q4

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 14, 2020

I'm frankly embarrassed to be British, when veterans at nearly 100 years old are feeling they have to raise money for a national service that hard working people pay for – because the UK Government WON'T fund the service right. @BorisJohnson – PATHETIC! https://t.co/LnGPxIVNHf

— 1618cc™/3 (@RomeoXrayBravo) April 14, 2020

I’m not sure who needs to hear this…ok I do, it’s you Boris, it’s you. #YouClapForMeNow
https://t.co/gezGrFo63l

— Michael Morgan (@mikecmorgan) April 14, 2020

Recovered coronavirus patients' immunity in question, WHO says https://t.co/lOqVlna5un

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) April 14, 2020

Nurses fighting #COVID19 at a hospital in Mexico say they were told not to use masks, reports @Reuters. Managers allegedly told them "protective equipment wasn't necessary" and that wearing masks would start a "panic."

At least 3 staff there have died and 51 are infected. pic.twitter.com/VwpWYrFUWV

— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 14, 2020

Many Italian bookshops to remain closed despite easing of lockdown https://t.co/HYxMAKE5nj

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 14, 2020

You know what the world could really use right now? A rambling, incoherent ballad about how much it sucks that JFK was assassinated.

— Sarah Hutto (@huttopian) April 14, 2020

This briefing makes clear that the paramount concern for Trump is Trump — his self-image, what people write and say about him in the media, and whether he is praised or criticized.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 13, 2020

Very manic and angry today. Monday medication or something.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

Breaking news on CNN: pic.twitter.com/hu87sTjnf6

— UnaffiliatedCNNBreakingNewsBot (@ATTENTION_CNN) April 13, 2020

So, we're going to the grievance portion of the "briefing" right out the gate.

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) April 13, 2020

Straight up North Korea-style propaganda going on right now in the White House briefing room. Get a load of the dramatic music. pic.twitter.com/p3KO6Ap2Sp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

I would say he's losing his shit, but it was lost before he set foot in that room. The West Wing must have been a boiler room of hot crazy more than usual today.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

.⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ scowls at reporters in briefing room while video clips are played, that he says show what a great job he’s done in tackling #coronavirus – and not being recognized by the media pic.twitter.com/bFc5RLH6N3

— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) April 13, 2020

Finally a reporter calls Trump out for wasting the time bought by the China travel restrictions, and not preparing or testing. THIS IS CORRECT. Trump’s response: “You’re so disgraceful the way you say it… You know you’re a fake.” https://t.co/MgNTQJtJAK

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 13, 2020

Here's video of @PaulaReidCBS grilling Trump on what his administration did in the month leading up to the coronavirus crisis.

"You didn't use it to prepare hospitals. You didn't use it to ramp up testing." pic.twitter.com/3pvrn9EAug

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 13, 2020

Context: Peter Navarro shot himself in the foot on @60Minutes last night. https://t.co/gB62uis3QF

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) April 13, 2020

“Just like we didn’t have ammunition, we didn’t have medical supplies.” Trump never gives up his old falsehoods, he just adds to them.

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 13, 2020

I stood behind that podium for two years and never engaged in anything close to what we saw today. This is North Korea type propaganda. We have a President who cares only about himself and not about Americans.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 13, 2020

Even given everything that’s happened in the last four years, this is unfuckingbelievable.

— Linwood Barclay (@linwood_barclay) April 13, 2020

The *only* benefit to seeing these paroxysms of anger and bile is that America can see in public what Trump is like in private.

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 13, 2020

The person who has to do Trump’s all-body spray tan has a worse one. https://t.co/pdUWIPvFSx

— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) April 13, 2020

Fauci, in WH briefing room, tries to clean up his remarks from yesterday and says the “first and only time” he told Trump to do mitigation, he did so right after. He says when he told @jaketapper about “pushback” after making recommendation, it was the “wrong choice of words.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 13, 2020

Fauci having to soften that statement at the podium in front of Trump. This is painful to watch…

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 13, 2020

"The President of the United States calls the shots." "I take responsibility for nothing" Both statements made by Donald J Trump.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 13, 2020

"When someone is President of the United States, their authority is total." – Donald J. Trump, April 13, 2020.

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 13, 2020

Pence is defending Trump’s overreach on his authority and saying Trump’s power is “plenary.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020

Not a single economist or public health expert. pic.twitter.com/ehQkQYEifh

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 13, 2020

Okay, okay: NO ONE had this on their Press Conference Bingo Card today. pic.twitter.com/EOEmxLUKlv

— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) April 13, 2020

US election 2020: Bernie Sanders endorses ex-rival Joe Biden for president https://t.co/3rtPZBYEA2

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 13, 2020

Sanders campaign spokeswoman: "I don't endorse Joe Biden" https://t.co/OR4stxlODa pic.twitter.com/udgVEMbdRM

— The Hill (@thehill) April 13, 2020

He's going after Biden heavily; the Sanders endorsement must have freaked him out.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

Guardian front page, Tuesday 14 April 2020 – Revealed: how Britain missed three chances to bulk-buy protective kit pic.twitter.com/HBgNJLWxjE

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 13, 2020

UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE https://t.co/2A3KqgMqEZ Ideology should never come ahead of the lives of our NHS and care home workers

— Gerry Lynch (@gerrylynch) April 13, 2020

Leading scientist, prof Helen Ward, Imperial College, Dept Infectious Disease Epidemiology

“We said lockdown earlier, we said test, trace, isolate. They decided they knew better. There will be a reckoning, and it will not be forgiving.”
https://t.co/SoyJrXy11N

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) April 13, 2020

Reckoned the UK’s Coronavirus job protection rules covered everyone? Think again: https://t.co/hiTZsCOKLD

— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) April 13, 2020

Health officials silent on extent of care home #coronavirus spread https://t.co/oBxu0c4FN6 pic.twitter.com/5HuhDxs7gA

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) April 13, 2020

Powerful & distressing front page from @DailyMirror on the NHS & care workers who cared for all of us but who have lost their lives now to Covid 19 https://t.co/JbUIF3Xmlh

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) April 13, 2020

NEW: ahead of tonight’s main thread, some fresh analysis of the factors that do — and do not — appear to influence the pace of countries’ covid-19 outbreaks.

First, for the per-capita brigade:

There is only a very very weak relationship between population and covid death toll. pic.twitter.com/Xn6s4JUX38

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 13, 2020

Emmanuel Macron says lockdown restrictions in France will begin to be lifted 11 May with a timetable of the how and when being published end of April. Says “Hope is re-emerging” and that France will be in position to test everyone showing symptoms by 11 May. #coronavirus

— Katya Adler (@BBCkatyaadler) April 13, 2020

Macron levels with the French people 🇫🇷 https://t.co/tbf83rTAQp

— HUW EDWARDS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@thehuwedwards) April 13, 2020

The fantasy that Macron is anything other than a standard-issue French protectionist when it comes to international trade or migration, as opposed to domestic deregulation, has a surprising number of adherents given the lack of supporting evidence. https://t.co/NT9nhffBkV

— Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie) April 13, 2020

Kiev authorities seal off Orthodox monastery that became coronavirus hotspot https://t.co/RsyuQtvH7t pic.twitter.com/TAIUqcpYfk

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 13, 2020

Coronavirus patients who don't speak English could end up "unable to communicate in their last moments of life" https://t.co/ijhZSd3sbm

— TIME (@TIME) April 13, 2020

Falculty AI, formerly ASI, were Cummings’ data wizards during the unlawful Vote Leave campaign
“One NHS document suggests that, two weeks ago, Faculty considered running a computer simulation to assess the impact of a policy of “targeted herd immunity”. https://t.co/gYeCZ9QgDM

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) April 12, 2020

So Cummings/Johnson's lethal "herd immunity" experiment was most certainly not based on any clinical evidence, but is now killing over 1000 people a day in the UK. How long before they are prosecuted ? I ask on behalf of the 10,000 who have so far died , and those who will die

— Joshua Silver (@eyejosh) April 12, 2020

Jesus wept pic.twitter.com/NRvlKmGGuE

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) April 12, 2020

BORIS! BORIS! BORIS!

(Oh and btw 10K have now died in the UK from #coronavirus) pic.twitter.com/CQS6FaxDbK

— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) April 12, 2020

It is great to see Boris Johnson recover. Great to see him thank two nurses; one from New Zealand (Go Jenny from Invercargill) and one from Portugal. Great to hear him thank the NHS so strongly too.

Hopefully now he’ll reflect on his policy and rhetoric in the future too. pic.twitter.com/FhDClKpeV2

— Richard Hills (@RichardHills_) April 12, 2020

Go on Carrie, give it a go. You could ask Boris to put their wages up! https://t.co/asLlmMaDI1

— Mandy Kay (@Mandoline_Blue) April 12, 2020

Anyone else think they’re protecting brand Boris through the worst of this nightmare in order for him to escape the flak when it eventually flies?
I can’t believe Cummings & the Tory’s wouldn’t have an out-game planned.
This will always be politics.#ToTweetTheUntweetableTweet

— Reece Dinsdale (@reece_dinsdale) April 12, 2020

Priti Patel speaks of #covid deaths and family tragedy with no emotion at all. Just reading off an auto cue. Not a great look. No wonder Cummings has had her in hiding for the last three weeks pic.twitter.com/PfDzWRgeDm

— Kevin Pascoe #PoliticsOfFairness #YourParty (@KevinPascoe) April 11, 2020

Failing to hold Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson to account: what I learned. You have to act now. After the event is after the event. You’ll be told to ‘move on’, to ‘get over it’ to ‘look forward’. This is already happening now. While people are dying.

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 12, 2020

Trump didn’t hedge on the Navarro email. He wasn’t ambiguous. He said he didn’t know about it. And then said didn’t ask to see it either. Why would he ask to see it if he wasn’t aware of it? It all comes out eventually. https://t.co/aFN8A68b1i

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 12, 2020

President Trump’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, calls the suggestion that there were warnings of catastrophic consequences from a pandemic “fake news.” But after our interview, a late January memo he wrote surfaced warning almost exactly that. https://t.co/qRXfk86rzx pic.twitter.com/YXCrEOV1af

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 12, 2020

Translation: “Everything in the story is correct.” https://t.co/91BtXknLko

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 13, 2020

Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice https://t.co/jAT0Lg3i0L

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 13, 2020

Trump has delivered his first public rebuke of Dr. Fauci by resharing a tweet that said "Time to #FireFauci." https://t.co/efTd1E7GnO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 13, 2020

President Trump is a master storyteller. He casts himself as the hero and chooses different villains every day. All of us should see his briefings for what they are — sales pitches. They're more like infomercials than accurate sources of info. pic.twitter.com/mAh7hx9322

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 12, 2020

How do we get out of this when 30 percent of the nation is unable to discern reality from fantasy?https://t.co/yotoqaQCEg

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) April 13, 2020

Trump Has Now Shifted $1.9 Million From Campaign Donors To His Business via @forbes https://t.co/PRpdFIDkiE

— Koko ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿 (@Kokomothegreat) April 13, 2020

The incomparable @JaneMayerNYer on Mitch McConnell is every bit as good as you'd expect it to be, including arguably the best paragraph ever written on the Kentucky crusher of democracy pic.twitter.com/XK2tWqPiDp

— Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social (@Will_Bunch) April 12, 2020

“Some countries initially talked about herd immunity as a strategy. In New Zealand we never, ever considered that. It would have meant tens of thousands of New Zealanders dying" — New Zealand PM – who could she possibly mean? #torybrexit Britain

pic.twitter.com/n4fIcEBEXq

— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🇪🇺🐟🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) April 12, 2020

Sierra Leone has 13 ventilators for 7.65 million people

Central African Republic has 3 ventilators for 4.6 million people

Liberia has 3 ventilators for 4.8 million people

South Sudan has 4 ventilators for 11 million people https://t.co/I2P7AiY6wI

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 12, 2020

Masayoshi Son's $2 billion guarantee at risk as coronavirus hits a SoftBank star https://t.co/ut6g3P77W2

— Bloomberg (@business) April 12, 2020

“We must start planning for when all these things happen at once, because the national intelligence agencies say they will” https://t.co/qotV5RAUWH

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 13, 2020

This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways.

Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major #songsofcomfort pic.twitter.com/w6P148DmKS

— Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma) April 12, 2020

US Now Has The Highest COVID-19 Death Toll Worldwide, Surpassing Italy https://t.co/pvKxa1xGxY pic.twitter.com/U5dsUdXVs6

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 11, 2020

EXCLUSIVE — Our in-depth examination of the warnings given to @realDonaldTrump and the White House about the virus, and the failure to heed them as weeks passed. @maggieNYT @SangerNYT @MarkMazzettiNYT @julianbarnes @EricLiptonNYT https://t.co/lQhVh4OTkQ

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) April 11, 2020

'Satan and a virus will not stop us,' said the Reverend Tony Spell, pastor of the evangelical Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He expects a crowd of more than 2,000 to gather in worship at his megachurch on Sunday https://t.co/XMVDQJXLyn

— Dr. Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) April 10, 2020

With the push to attend Easter services going strong, we’re going to see a flood of stories like this two weeks from now. https://t.co/bsOxRoxKnU

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 11, 2020

President of the Claremont Institute calls for “resistance and civil disobedience” against shelter-in-place orders. pic.twitter.com/i17anCVuQl

— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@UrbanAchievr) April 11, 2020

I served for two years in the Trump administration. There’s never coherent planning on anything because Trump himself eschews process and reacts to whatever is in the news. It’s all chaos and spasms—and it won’t change so long as he’s president. https://t.co/90m4sdyJ7u

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) April 11, 2020

Nothing is more important to Trump than "soothing the barrage of signals emanating from his constantly panicked and confused autonomic system."

For more on Trump's various disorders, read @RadioFreeTom:https://t.co/PaccBRab0s

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) April 11, 2020

As feds play ‘backup,’ states take unorthodox steps to compete in cutthroat global market for coronavirus supplies, by @AnnieLinskey, @jdawsey1, @isaacstanbecker & @chelsea_janes https://t.co/yOPFstqTeo

— Peter Wallsten (@peterwallsten) April 11, 2020

Read @EliStokols on how the president turns to OAN when Fox News isn't fawning enough https://t.co/iDt3WU0LON https://t.co/FhsX2bdx2t

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 11, 2020

“I don't get to watch much television. Primarily because of documents. I'm reading documents” — Donald J Trump, November 2017 https://t.co/a2ZjlU8HAi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 11, 2020

President Trump: "We're also setting up a council… I call it the Opening Our Country Task Force — or Opening Our Country Council so we don't get it confused." pic.twitter.com/nnNmidy2jq

— The Hill (@thehill) April 11, 2020

White House discussing coronavirus certificates of immunity to get people back to work https://t.co/INtR4sytmr

— The Independent (@Independent) April 11, 2020

"We carry that burden." Medical workers fighting COVID-19 are facing a mental health crisis https://t.co/bAyhTDKLJV

— TIME (@TIME) April 11, 2020

A Texas doctor exploited political connections to obtain hydroxychloroquine to administer in an “observational study” in which not all patients and their families were consulted prior to drug administration.

We have clinical trials and IRBs for a reason. https://t.co/Es33yluxCa pic.twitter.com/lQCgNcsgUG

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) April 11, 2020

When folks claim the media is cheering for the pandemic to get worse, please recall this > https://t.co/urZtkKeEh9

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 11, 2020

Great to see Republican Gov. Larry Hogan implement a vote-by-mail system for Maryland’s primaries which are only 1 week before ours. If our state leaders choose to move forward with our primaries on June 9th, we should strongly consider this and other options to keep people safe. https://t.co/YllIYOGmST

— Joe Cunningham (@JoeCunninghamSC) April 11, 2020

Funny, same institution we'd need for everyone to vote by mail https://t.co/StkqQlA51g

— Elizabeth Joh (@elizabeth_joh) April 11, 2020

The postal service is in the Constitution. It also has been in the movement conservative sights for decades. It didn’t all start with this president*. https://t.co/7SlTG5GS7w

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 11, 2020

*Bookmarks for when they vote against another pay-rise. https://t.co/BQpFYf1HQN

— John Rain 🥇 (@ItsJohnRain) April 11, 2020

Fairly confident in thinking I’m not alone when I say I could not give a flying fuck what films and puzzles Johnson has been entertaining himself with. It’s not news. It’s idiotic sycophancy. It’s not even light relief. It’s manipulative PR for simpletons.

— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) April 11, 2020

Yesterday more than 1000 people in UK died* ……

Contrast and compare …..#COVIDー19

*see ONS https://t.co/bmkxerF8oB pic.twitter.com/V2nSWcULAc

— Carol (@bilbocroft) April 11, 2020

Fairly certain that the Home Secretary, Priti Patel address did not ease any fears, worries or concerns of the country. But simply created more:

“Three hundred thousand & thirty four, nine hundred & seventy four thousand tests carried out across the UK" https://t.co/afjfVi9wUH

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) April 11, 2020

Priti Patel's "I'm sorry if people feel like there have been failings" is the classic "I'm sorry if you're upset" non-apology. Just incredible.

— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) April 11, 2020

"I'm sorry you feel we have blown up your home planet of Alderaan" pic.twitter.com/Ih3QYmAeFA

— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) April 11, 2020

Congrats to everyone involved in the #dontvisitwaleschallenge because these are superb pic.twitter.com/xThS4Z730n

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) April 11, 2020

There is speculation the virus may have reactivated in some patients. https://t.co/NAawrcEBs6

— Slate (@Slate) April 11, 2020

Canada was right to adapt its Patent Act as part of its emergency response to the pandemic, write @jdebeer and @c_clavette.

Being proactive about patents will save lives in Canada by making solutions accessible quickly, cheaply and universally. #IP https://t.co/ObrPpoRckj

— CIGI (@CIGIonline) April 11, 2020

We all miss baseball. But public health needs to come before profits, says @Jee_vuh. https://t.co/jotdm0DhzQ

— The Week (@TheWeek) April 11, 2020

It's all happening. pic.twitter.com/ejEDL8YBOR

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) April 11, 2020

What metrics is Trump using to decide whether to open up the economy?

"The metrics right here." [points to his head]

Tough hit for the "please listen to public health officials" crowd. pic.twitter.com/1z4ON68utD

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 10, 2020

Trump says there will be an “opening our country council” announced on Tuesday. Won’t call it a “task force.” He indicated that if there are spikes in infections he would be open to shutting down parts or whole country again.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 10, 2020

Trump: "Antibiotics used to solve every problem and now one of the biggest problems the world has is the germ has gotten to brilliant that the anti-antibiotic can't keep up with it." pic.twitter.com/FqYKdUEQmZ

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 10, 2020

TRUMP: "You don't need testing …You don't need to test every single person to say let's open up [in Iowa]."

Reality: Testing gaps are crippling efforts to contain emerging coronavirus hotspots. https://t.co/YUoeKq5B9T pic.twitter.com/nHcSdu0AYm

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 10, 2020

Trump closes with this: "We have to get back to work. We have to get our country open. But we could have lost 2 million people … so I'm very honored by our decisions, all of us … I have a big decision coming up. And I only hope to God that's it's the right decision." pic.twitter.com/byldZVbEDq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2020

Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General, tells black people, Latinos and other ppl of color to avoid alcohol and drugs and adds: "Do it for your abuela, do it for your grandaddy, do it for your Big Mama, do it for your pop pop."

Context: Many found this language highly offensive.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 10, 2020

There is no need for us to call the Surgeon General names. We couldn’t possibly insult @JeromeAdamsMD more than he has insulted himself today. Since he is black and has talked about his own heart condition and high blood pressure, I mean that literally. https://t.co/US1uxbCsUE

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) April 10, 2020

So while our media hail Boris Johnson as a national hero for recovering from Coronavirus, perhaps they should do their job and consider this: 980 announced dead today, 1,000+ when non-hospital deaths are included. This has happened because negligent government strategy.
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— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 10, 2020

Most of blame lays fairly & squarely at No10 with Boris & the Tories who wasted 3 weeks dithering, refused ventilators from 🇪🇺 as well as selfish fuckers refusing to stay at home or fleeing to 2nd homes & not adhering to guidlines.When all over BJ needs to answer for this 💩Show pic.twitter.com/mCpUoh22gg

— Laird of Glencairn🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇱🇻🇺🇦 (@MarkYou05730747) April 10, 2020

An ICU nurse after working 65 hours over the past six days. This is the face we should be seeing on front pages, not the charlatans who have cut/underfunded these heroes for decades. You say #buyapaper but perhaps it's time to represent the people of the UK not the privileged few pic.twitter.com/JxCanQpwts

— Mark Dobson (@kellysheroesmd) April 10, 2020

pic.twitter.com/6nTtVLHlxS

— Naomi Smith (@pimlicat) April 10, 2020

Incredible photo this evening of Pope Francis presiding over Good Friday mass in an Empty St. Peter’s Square…
📸: Vatican Media pic.twitter.com/Ua8D3cEUHX

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 10, 2020

Pope Francis celebrates mass at the Vatican on Good Friday in an empty St. Peter's Basilica. pic.twitter.com/KPnTT2bkIY

— The Hill (@thehill) April 10, 2020

.@JamesMartinSJ: "The Pope was saying a couple weeks ago this isn't God's judgment on us, but it might be our judgment, kind of an opportunity to see what's important for us in our lives. One of those things is family and friends and love." #AMRstaff

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 10, 2020

How China’s industrial internet is helping to fight COVID-19 https://t.co/vb92GLXwyS pic.twitter.com/SJhooF3zHc

— World Economic Forum (@wef) April 11, 2020

sorry bird flu, we’re full https://t.co/0EkInqGzUo

— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) April 10, 2020

The park behind our apartment is absolutely jammed with people, every surface covered. The police just came in, got on their megaphone, and loudly read everyone the riot act re social-distancing rules. Then thanked everyone for following them.

The whole park then applauded

— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) April 10, 2020

"Advisers are torn between knowing that a less abrasive approach would help Mr. Trump and their awareness that he can’t tolerate criticism, regardless of the setting." https://t.co/HrCTSQ1krM

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 9, 2020

BREAKING: 10% of US labor force now out of work since virus slammed economy as 6.6 million file for jobless aid. https://t.co/7VoBGeOReI

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 9, 2020

“Economists polled by the WSJ expect the unemployment rate to soar to 13% in June, the highest in the post-World War II era. ..They expect it to settle at 10% by the end of this year.” https://t.co/l5SjB9P6Lq

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 9, 2020

It's gonna be called the Buy-The-Dip-It's-Pretty-Much-Contained Task Force https://t.co/nKvR0MTWrV

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 9, 2020

We're all following stay-at-home orders to buy time for a plan, but there is no plan, and the guy who should be leading the planning doesn't even understand what one would look like outside of a miracle cure. pic.twitter.com/cjQh40RkR3

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) April 9, 2020

Dr Fauci says death toll may keep rising, but cites decrease in the need for hospitalizations. "That means that what we are doing is working," he says of the social distancing guidelines. Says at risk of "sounding like a broken record," urges Americans to continue following them. pic.twitter.com/lTpW6WbdSi

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 9, 2020

Rush Limbaugh Says Medical Experts Like Dr. Fauci Are 'Clinton Sympathizers' Who Want to 'Get Rid' of Trump https://t.co/yLxPwXzD1M

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 9, 2020

The coronavirus is killing black and Latino people in New York City at twice the rate that it's killing white people, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by the city. https://t.co/fElHJFNlvx

— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) April 9, 2020

Every time they ask about testing, they spew various statistics and things that other people are doing and don't admit that the answer is no we don't. The word salad doesn't answer the question. And you can't open the economy until you get an honest answer.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 9, 2020

U.S. spies had raw intel hinting at health crisis in China in November https://t.co/2LGJ0eYZBU via @nbcnews

— Heidi Przybyla 🌺 (@HeidiReports) April 9, 2020

Reading this, and about how some epidemiologists in California think the coronavirus might have begun to spread last fall, and I'm curious: did anyone else, especially if you travel a lot, have a flu-like illness you just couldn't shake late last year? https://t.co/G8KSzIpN2d

— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) April 9, 2020

TRUMP: “I think the economy is going to do very well. Now that’s just my feeling. It’s a strong feeling. I’ve had good, proper feelings about a lot of things over the years and I think we’re going to do well." pic.twitter.com/MqZgpa1vbQ

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 9, 2020

Because it’s not enough that @realDonaldTrump’s incompetence is killing people, his administration is now effing up the small biz loan program. He doesn’t care about anyone and surrounds himself with lackies and dolts. https://t.co/fBEa4kEREj

— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) April 9, 2020

At some point, the biggest American companies are going to tell their employees it’s time to leave home and return to work. That decision will be fraught with risk without widespread testing for the COVID-19 virus. https://t.co/VVif43f31b

— CNBC (@CNBC) April 9, 2020

Art Laffer told me the economy needs to get rolling again, even if that means putting his own life on the line.

“It would be absolutely immoral to deprive them of the economic opportunities I had because I wanted to extend my life one more minute." https://t.co/koa1M0KoPH

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 9, 2020

Testing is the only thing that will save us from the worst of this, but Trump doesn't want to do it because he thinks keeping *his* numbers down makes him look more successful than actually defeating the virus. https://t.co/c4AB74cCNz

— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) April 9, 2020

The Pence just say “We have known from the beginning this is at least 3x more infectious than the flu.” If that true, why The Donald spend 2 month saying “It will go away.” “It’s very mild.” “It’s like the flu.” ?? #PublicHealthFailure #COVIDー19 #Coronavirus

— Rogue Melania🍸🍸🍸 (@RogueFirstLady) April 9, 2020

Update: Pence's office has now reversed their position. After this story was published, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield was booked for CNN's Thursday night coronavirus town hall. Dr. Fauci was also booked for Friday on "New Day." https://t.co/Ds0f2oVw1A

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 9, 2020

Fran Lebowitz on Trump:https://t.co/NGlJukmmaq pic.twitter.com/924OjMg4Qx

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 9, 2020

My old paper @thetimes in a obsequious swoon over Johnson while the deaths yesterday of 881 people (plus a thousand care home deaths missing from govt figures) aren’t mentioned until paragraph 8.
This isn’t journalism, it’s shameful propaganda. pic.twitter.com/WgZmLYq8r8

— Katherine O'Donnell (@kathy__odonnell) April 9, 2020

Trump signing the executive order ordering Boris Johnson back to full health pic.twitter.com/uPxgV1XSXl

— Cliff Booth (@CBoothStuntman) April 9, 2020

With Boris Johnsons father posting pics of himself at his holiday home (strange thing to do while his son is in ICU?) & media strengthening the comparisons between Johnson & Churchill (both overcoming major health scares) do the British public feel like they are being played yet?

— Patrick Kelly (@paddyjkelly) April 9, 2020

Not exactly helping …. More than 11,000 NHS staff from the EU have left since the Brexit referendum https://t.co/7b0UePT6tG

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) April 8, 2020

Coronavirus: Universities warn of going bust without emergency funds https://t.co/VFILv4Kiiu

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 9, 2020

Imagine if someone showed you this picture six months ago and asked you to figure out what must have happened https://t.co/7WNG7Yz39C

— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) April 9, 2020

EU Finance Chiefs Agree on $590 Billion Virus Rescue Package https://t.co/oDidQwuiUO

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 9, 2020

“Coronavirus patients in South Korea are now testing positive for the virus a second time, health officials are warning.” https://t.co/dc2uI1crs8

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) April 9, 2020

Coronavirus: Can we 3D-print our way out of the PPE shortage? https://t.co/uz8Dm8Zt1x

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 9, 2020

US citizens in Beirut say it's safer to stay there rather than return to USA, during pandemic, without full private health insurance.

https://t.co/R1gjm216jv

— John Fitzgerald #FBPE #GTTO @j_g_fitzgerald@c.im (@j_g_fitzgerald) April 9, 2020

Dudes, you're shaking hands. https://t.co/9pH3IKjYJN

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) April 9, 2020

Newspaper headlines: 'No end to lockdown in sight' https://t.co/wGT3NsGSaB

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 8, 2020

Another 936 more UK deaths of those with Covid-19 announced today, taking the total number of fatalities to 7,095 and marking another record one-day high. A daily death toll becoming unbearable as we head to what we hope and pray will be an Easter peak.

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) April 8, 2020

Tonight, Newsnight pays tribute to some of the key workers who have died during the coronavirus crisis

👇 WATCH 👇
#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/8iN0n58vGh

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 8, 2020

The latest daily number of UK #COVID19 deaths has matched Italy’s worst day and we are still a week or so away from the peak. From the first UK case on January 31st to March 23rd lockdown, there was no social distancing or mass testing. The government were asleep at the wheel.

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 8, 2020

Political Editor Nick Watt with the latest on whether the lockdown will be extended, reporting that Dominic Raab may say there is not enough evidence to end the lockdown.

Watch below#Newsnight | @nicholaswatt pic.twitter.com/2y4HoCt2Jy

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 8, 2020

NEW: Wed 8 April update of coronavirus trajectories

NB: we’ve reverted to the 7-day moving average

Daily new deaths:
• General trend in US and UK is still more deaths every day than the last
• Japan joins this chart, deaths tracking Italy

Live charts: https://t.co/JxVd2cG7KI pic.twitter.com/fFoOudxcoT

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 8, 2020

Trump getting nostalgic for Easter reopen. pic.twitter.com/7fYaYRvB99

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 8, 2020

Yes…"except for" the loved ones of 14,613 people, many of whom would still be alive under a president that didn't have contempt for facts, science, and healthcare. https://t.co/g9nqb6vc15

— Rob RJK3 (@wrappedupinboox) April 8, 2020

Magical thinking is the belief that one's own thoughts and wishes can directly influence the external world. It is common for children. Trump genuinely believes this about himself, even in the evidence of vast evidence to the contrary.

— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) April 8, 2020

Trump Is Pushing a False Argument on Vote-by-Mail Fraud. Here Are the Facts. https://t.co/QfXvJuaoa9

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 8, 2020

"No I don't" — @realDonaldTrump was asked if he has any investments in hydroxychloroquine. Thats one of the drugs he has promoted for use against the virus based on anecdotal evidence but no firm science.

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 8, 2020

If you ever wondered if you should subscribe to the @nypost, the answer has been proven to be an emphatic NO during the #TrumpPressBriefing https://t.co/uAmYgfIYxS

— Hugh Jasoul (@HughJasoull) April 8, 2020

Thousands of Americans are dead yet this is leading the news cycle. Mission accomplished. https://t.co/yooSs1KNHc

— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) April 8, 2020

When Trump needs an operation, let’s call “a person with common sense.” Maybe a transit worker. https://t.co/3AU3dv7oPe

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 8, 2020

France to extend its lockdown again, will run beyond April 15: Elysee https://t.co/lliRkUdL3p pic.twitter.com/CaBfH1yRls

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.5 million people and killed more than 87,000 worldwide, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University https://t.co/D7aQzOAeNt

— CNN International (@cnni) April 8, 2020

Viral RNA levels are highest in people with COVID-19 soon after their symptoms appear, according to two separate research teams. See the latest news on coronavirus research. https://t.co/RDjWXsn5KW

— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) April 8, 2020

Wuhan, China, lit up its bridges and buildings to mark the lifting of a 76-day coronavirus lockdown pic.twitter.com/k1Nda3eMdj

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) April 8, 2020

Opinion: Coronavirus-tracking apps in China have proven to be valuable in fighting the virus, but there are concerns over how data is processed – and who it may be shared with https://t.co/oUS8rkK7EP

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 8, 2020

While some religious leaders around the world implemented cautionary measures early, others have rejected coronavirus precautions in the name of faith. https://t.co/PyJjoxQqKz

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 8, 2020

If this pandemic crisis demonstrates anything it's that amateurs can't run a country.

— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) April 8, 2020

"Sooner or later, every president must face a supreme test, a test that cannot be evaded by blather and bluff and bullying. That test has overwhelmed Trump," @davidfrum writes: https://t.co/Kv5NFfO8ir

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 8, 2020

The core of Trump's defense of his handling of the #coronavirus crisis is his claim that he acted first and boldly in banning travel from China.

This claim is false. https://t.co/dtgzfKyogF

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) April 7, 2020

The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good look. Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why did they give us such a faulty recommendation?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2020

President Trump removes acting Pentagon inspector general Glenn Fine, who was set to oversee the $2T coronavirus relief spending package. https://t.co/JWVFuuEv1c

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 8, 2020

The Trump Era has been a real civics lesson. For three years, we've been getting a crash course in emoluments, government ethics, quid pro quos, separation of powers, conflicts of interest, special counsels, grand juries and much more.

Next up: Inspectors general. Get ready. https://t.co/8mFzxrhLUn

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 8, 2020

Everything happening right now was DESIGNED to happen. Republicans broke the government so it could not respond to a threat. They made us incapable of mounting a common defense or ensuring the general welfare. It's on them and us for letting it happen. https://t.co/xHoQCAupLY

— Baratunde (@baratunde) April 8, 2020

President Trump has cast doubt on the reliability of mail-in voting for the 2020 election at a White House, calling it "very dangerous" and "corrupt," without offering evidencehttps://t.co/aVJ11W50Oe

— Axios (@axios) April 8, 2020

In addition to scores of virus-related measures, like new rules for paid sick leave, looser rules for banks and energy companies, the Trump admin. is moving forward with rollbacks of environmental regulations and changes to immigration courts. https://t.co/Gmb7rz8En1

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) April 8, 2020

In a development that could challenge the Constitution's prohibition of any law "respecting the establishment of religion," the federal government will soon provide money directly to U.S. churches to help them pay pastor salaries and utility bills.https://t.co/UVK0UI6jO8

— NPR (@NPR) April 7, 2020

Brit Hume wonders if social distancing/shutdowns made any difference or if the virus was even that dangerous in the first place pic.twitter.com/kOOkJ2ANLR

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 8, 2020

Gothamist: 200 New York City residents are now dying at home each day, compared to only 20 to 25 such deaths before the pandemic, and many are not being counted as coronavirus victims because they did not have access to testing. https://t.co/wRL4eMnAPs

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 8, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci says there is “no absolute prediction,” but he “fully expects,” that by the fall COVID-19 will be “under control enough” that schools won’t be shut down.

“But it’s going to be different…because this is not going to disappear,” he adds. https://t.co/KPN3knKCl5 pic.twitter.com/b1aKYzjxIC

— ABC News (@ABC) April 7, 2020

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly submits resignation letter after calling captain of virus-stricken ship "stupid" https://t.co/FKVf7nXZHr

— TIME (@TIME) April 8, 2020

This Army National Guard officer made a career healing patients. He became the military’s first virus casualty. https://t.co/qgOrrHPf4P

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 8, 2020

UK rejects Trump offer to help Boris Johnson's coronavirus treatment – "We're confident the prime minister is receiving the best possible care from the National Health Service," "Any treatment he receives is a matter for his doctors." https://t.co/Lj7CGgImbR

— EssenViews (@essenviews) April 7, 2020

Dominic Raab now runs a war government from his desk in the Foreign Office https://t.co/wpADDZVQhF

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 7, 2020

Special Report: Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus – but they were slow to sound the alarm | Brilliant journalism by @StephenGrey and @AndyMacaskill at @Reuters. How key decisions in Jan/Feb, fateful in hindsight, were really made. https://t.co/HdZIRLOSd3

— Gerry Lynch (@gerrylynch) April 8, 2020

Wuhan celebrates the end of its coronavirus lockdown after 76 long days: https://t.co/WJZWamPVN6 pic.twitter.com/Rnwvy1UnNW

— TIME (@TIME) April 7, 2020

Wuhan begins allowing people to leave for the first time since it was locked down 76 days ago, despite fears of a second wave of infection if such restrictions are eased too soon https://t.co/9weanNoXDb pic.twitter.com/WBhyJzXt5L

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020

Tucked away in Colorado is a community of 8,000 that one U.S. biotech company is using as a prototype for coronavirus antibody testing pic.twitter.com/4tTYSujChC

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020

This made me cry. While Italy is in quarantine, the Italian Air Force flies a single jet, representing the virus, to meet other jets that stream the Italian flag while Pavarotti’s "Nessun Dorma" plays the lyrics Vincero, Vincero,Vincero "we will win, we will win, we will win.” pic.twitter.com/H8eqHJ8kQD

— Olivia Newton-John (@olivianj) April 7, 2020

UK Prime Minister Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens https://t.co/brexCnYG79 pic.twitter.com/T7MMEKRkyN

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 6, 2020

Coronavirus live news: Boris Johnson in intensive care as Trump sends prayers https://t.co/TAh2uP2Spm

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 6, 2020

"There is an incredibly strong team spirit behind the Prime Minister"

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tells @bbclaurak that he was asked by Boris Johnson to stand in "where necessary" in driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirushttps://t.co/1dYhZvGNEX pic.twitter.com/5RzsiClH0a

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) April 6, 2020

Coronavirus: Warning over daily death figures https://t.co/BrEztncxPQ

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 7, 2020

Either nobody in the Trump administration has the balls to tell Trump the truth or he is 100% insane. There's really not a lot of middle ground.

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) April 6, 2020

REPORTER: “300 hospitals were surveyed, their biggest complaints were a severe shortage of testing supplies.”

TRUMP: “Thats just wrong.”

REPORTER: “Your own government did the survey.” 🤔pic.twitter.com/OgLvqrNf6z

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 6, 2020

Pres Trump says all 50 governors were on a call with task force today. He and VP Pence stressed there was not a single "negative" person. Trump says everyone was very "happy."

Some governors continue to say federal government should be doing more including using DPA more widely.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 6, 2020

President Trump: "[Democrats] want to make Trump look as bad as they can because they want to try and win an election that they shouldn't be allowed to win based on the fact that we have done a great job." pic.twitter.com/e4HaGmxIkN

— The Hill (@thehill) April 6, 2020

FDA Commissioner Hahn was brought to Oval Friday afternoon to meet w/Laura Ingraham and two doctors close to her about hydroxychloroquine. On the drug Trump is banking will work, and the pressure on the FDA, w/@PhilipRucker @costareports @lauriemcginley2: https://t.co/Zs2K9vGPNM

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 6, 2020

NEW — Trump has begun spending taxpayer money on hydroxychloroquine. The VA purchased more than $200k worth. The Bureau of Prisons (???) purchased $60k. https://t.co/nlvB2YU7Ma

Via @lachlan

— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 7, 2020

CNN asks Dick Cheney's cardiologist about Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine:

"The drug, in particular, can cause a malignant heart rhythm … that can result in something that we indelicately call sudden cardiac death. So, what do you have to lose? You can lose your pulse" pic.twitter.com/c2XOasIS2D

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) April 6, 2020

Once again Trump attacks a journalist and the rest of the reporters do nothing about it.

You have to stand behind each other.

Why don't you all get up and walk the fuck out for once and leave that fat, orange drugged up Twinkie and media whore without journalists to bark at.

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) April 6, 2020

NEW: Mon 6 April update of coronavirus trajectories

Daily new deaths:
• US has averaged 1,000 deaths per day over the last week
• Daily deaths in Italy & Spain peaked around 23-24 days after lockdown
• Suggests UK could peak in 7-10 days

Live charts: https://t.co/JxVd2cG7KI pic.twitter.com/qdGPCFqx7g

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 6, 2020

Israel announces complete nationwide lockdown during Passover https://t.co/mW06cuRvVg pic.twitter.com/5kdUtTjfrC

— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2020

Bell Ribeiro-Addy: After coronavirus, the UK’s former colonies won’t need us – we’ll desperately need them https://t.co/tNV7lLZwzr

— The Independent (@Independent) April 6, 2020

There is no plan. https://t.co/JxPqTRvTLk

Recommended, for when you feel strong enough to face where we are. Don't read until you are at that point.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 6, 2020