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What We’re Reading Today: Prevention & Cure, EU On A Ventilator, Judge Vs. Wisconsinites … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye …

Coronavirus: The Disease

Staying Safe Outside – Jessica Dolcourt, CNET

FDA Serology Test OK Could Mean Plasma Treatment – Marcy Kreiter, Int’l Bus Times

Global Doctors Survey: Hydroxychloroquine ‘Most Effective Therapy’ – Valerie Richardson, Wash Times

Coronavirus: The Consequences

Democratic Convention Postponed Until August – Scripps

COVID-19 Could Kill EU – Loveday Morris & Michael Birnbaum, Wash Post

COVID-19 Could Cripple Britain’s NHS – Danica Kirka & Jo Kearney, AP

EU Apologizes To Italy For Its Incompetence – AFP

Captain of Stricken Aircraft Carrier Fired – Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider

Coronapolitics

Trump Rips Schumer – Joseph Wulfsohn, Fox

Pelosi Blasts McConnell – Sarah Burris, Raw Story

UN Condemns ‘Discrimination, Racism and Xenophobia’ – AFP

NY Unions To Amazon: Be A Shame If Anything Happened To Your Company – Victoria Taft, PJ Media

GW Bush Judge: Abortion Clinics Know Whether Abortion Is ‘Essential’ – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Covidnomics

Return of The Entertainment Deduction? – Tyler Olson, Fox

Trump Meets Oil CEOs Friday – WSJ

Election 2020

Obama Judge Meddling With Wisconsin Vote Counting – Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Biden Associates Want Eric Holder Involved In VP Search – Max Greenwood, The Hill

National Security

Trump Tweets, Tehran Threatens – Al-Monitor

Afghanistan & Taliban Begin Swapping Prisoners – Kyle Perisic, American Military News

Corruption of Mexican Elites Hinders Border Cooperation – John Daniel Davidson, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Comic Relief

The 30 Greatest Coronavirus Quarantine Memes – Jeff Reynolds, PJ Media

Baby Boom In 9 Months? – Maria Puente, USA Today

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