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What We’re Reading Today: Pulling China’s Chain, #BidenToo, Non-COVID News! … And More

I & I Editorial Board
May 7, 2020
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Some headlines that caught our eye.

China

Beijing demanded praise in exchange for medical supplies — Axios

Trump Working to Cut China From Supply Chain — Patriot Post

China Won’t Permit Virus Origins Probe Before Victory Over COVID-19, and the ‘Right Atmosphere’ — Newsmax

C-19

Cuomo says it’s ‘shocking’ most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home  — CNBC

New York’s Cuomo to volunteer first responders: Pay up — American Thinker

Enough Already with the IHME COVID-19 Model — National Review

Coronavirus lessons on density, mass transit, bureaucracy and censorship: They kill.  —  USA Today

Texas AG tells judge to free Dallas woman ‘unjustly jailed’ for operating hair salon — Fox News

Fallout

Nearly 1 In 5 U.S. Children Are Not Getting Enough To Eat During Coronavirus, Survey Shows — Daily Caller

The European Union Is Facing Its Worst Recession Ever — New York Times

Good Non-COVID News

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Rules To Protect Free Speech, Due Process for Accused Students  —  Reason

Trump will urge Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare  —  Politico

First US Space Force recruitment video wants you to find your purpose off the planet — CNET News

#MeTooHyprocritical

I Believe Tara Reade. I’m Voting for Biden Anyway — MSN

FLASHBACK: Democrats Said Women Don’t Make Up Sexual Assaults — Washington Free Beacon

Misc

NPR Public Editor: We were ‘too slow’ reporting on Tara Reade’s allegations against Biden  — Hot Air

California Seeks to End Gig Economy, Sues Uber and Lyft Under New State Law — Legal Insurrection

“A Modest Proposal for Opening Universities: Some Faculties Should Remain Closed”  — PJ Media

Facebook ‘Supreme Court’ Packed with Anti-Trump, Progressive Figures — Breitbart

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