I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines that caught our eye.
Faulty Models
As States Move to Reopen, Models Predict U.S. Deaths Rising — New York Times
Sweden Bucked Conventional Wisdom, and Other Countries Are Following — National Review
CDC privately projects significant May surge in coronavirus cases and deaths — Axios
White House Rejects Government Report Projecting Rising Coronavirus Death Toll — NPR
Grand Re-openings
California Takes Steps Toward Reopening With Virus Stabilizing and Protests Getting Louder — Newsmax
Trump Pushes to Reopen Economy ‘Safely But as Quickly as Possible’ — ABC News
Lockdown protests taking place across the country as other states begin to open — Fox News
Miami Beach park closes after 8,880 break face mask rules — Miami Herald
Breaking China
China Concealed Severity of Virus to Hoard Supplies, DHS Report Concludes — AP News
Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus — Reuters
Economy
US to borrow record $3tn in pandemic spending — BBC News
The Fed’s experiment with junk bonds is about to begin — CNN
Media Malpractice
Pulitzer Prize to New York Times Essay Falsely Claiming American Revolution Was Fought to Preserve Slavery — Breitbart
Media Blatantly Lying About Trump’s Virus Response — David Marcus, Federalist
Anti-lockdown demonstrator falsely accused of holding white supremacist sign — American Thinker
Election 2020
Joe Biden reverses view about releasing Senate records — Washington Times
‘Produce all documents’: GOP reps make demands after bombshell revelations in Michael Flynn case — Fox News
“Draft Michelle Obama” Committee Urging Biden to Pick the Former First Lady as VP — Legal Insurrection
Misc
J.Crew Won’t Be the Last Retailer Bankruptcy. Here Are 5 Others With Debt Woes. — Yahoo Finance
‘Sanctuary’ California Begs Trump for Help After Illegal Aliens Spill Into U.S. COVID Units — PJ Media
While the US is consumed by the coronavirus, global dangers continue to simmer — Andrew Malcolm, McClatchy
Wind & solar industries crushed by COVID-19 — CFACT
Apple, Google give first look at coronavirus tracking tech — CNET News
’Murder Hornet’: An Asian Deadly Pest Has Reached North America — DNYUZ
Parody (?)
Chinese Government Lays Off Entire Propaganda Team As American Media Doing Their Job For Them — Babylon Bee
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