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    Mar 20

    Someday this will end. And we’ll be called upon to get America moving again. A good reason to spend this time reading about America:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    This is a thing. The Germans lost the Battle of Stalingrad, in small part, because they parked their tanks outside the city and rats ate all the electrical wires. c:

    Fun pro tip: drive your car, maybe a few times a week? Just started ours for the first time in a week and WE HAVE RATS LIVING IN THE ENGINE. The dealership said we are the FIFTH people to call this week with this problem.
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  3. 4 hours ago

    Ward Just, in his novel Echo House, writes of a senator who passes away, and other senators remember him with the eulogy, “We shall not see his like again.... God willing.”

    Trump: "We're doing a job the likes of which nobody's ever done."
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  4. 5 hours ago

    Thank you for listening. There’s an audiobook

    I need to say that I would totally subscribe to a podcast just to listen to Steve Inskeep read basically anything. I don’t need content, just the soothing voice. Soothing Sounds with Steve.
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  5. 6 hours ago

    He described the nonexistent tests as “very strong tests,” the kind of bottom-line assessment that used to make it seem that he must have looked into the matter himself.

    April 1: Trump said people were already getting testing getting on and off planes. "Now, they’re doing tests on airlines — very strong tests — for getting on, getting off." It never happened. A month later he's now considering doing them
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  6. 9 hours ago

    I thought yours was a familiar name! I recall covering that Congressional campaign. Glad you stuck with public radio. Thanks for your help then, and great story today.

    Replying to @NPRinskeep @NPR @MorningEdition
    The 1st time I was paid as a journalist ('95) was when I worked for free in Bethlehem, PA. NPR called & needed someone to record a fundraiser for a reporter. That reporter: . I got paid $50. That summer is when I knew I wanted to work in public radio.
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  7. 10 hours ago

    ... even though there is overlap. For example, in the papers the president is a major character but not the sole character. Even the “Live Updates” section of a news org is more thoughtful, considered, varied and informative than social media, though I do learn a lot here.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Your information varies vastly depending on the gatekeepers you choose. I get many articles on Twitter. But Twitter is obsessed with Trump briefings, daily outrages and the latest latest. Read or the NYT app or other big papers, and the stories differ...

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  9. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    Looking forward to another day in the (guest) host chair . Today: we ask (of all people!) public health experts about the impact of re-opening businesses, about the future of retail, and we'll continue our look at design with a conversation about gender and fashion.

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  10. 14 hours ago

    The reporting suggests a US system that's like a leaky dam. A shortage of testing means some cases go undiagnosed. A shortage of tracing means that some people who are exposed are not warned. A lack of proper quarantine means some people continue the spread.

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  11. 14 hours ago

    What happens when contact tracing reveals who was exposed? People quarantine themselves. But Americans typically quarantine at home, and may spread it through the household. Debate is only beginning about quarantine outside the home.

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  12. 14 hours ago

    Once a person tests positive, contact tracing must begin. To whom might the patient have spread the virus? It takes an army of contact tracers. reports states are hiring far fewer people than experts think are needed.

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  13. 14 hours ago

    Health experts, like two on Monday, say keys to containing the virus include mass testing, contact tracing, and quarantines. Testing still lags. One issue: reports labs that process tests have been underfunded.

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  14. 14 hours ago

    What will it take to re-open the economy? reporting on today's examines vital elements of any recovery plan, and finds the United States falling short as of now. Details are in this thread.

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  15. 14 hours ago

    Containing the pandemic is a relentless question of math. One estimate finds the US needs 180,000 contact tracers. Colleague reports states currently have 7,000. They're ramping up to 30,000. An exclusive survey of all 50 states:

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  16. 14 hours ago

    Reuters: IRAN DEATH TOLL FROM NEW CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK REACHES 5,877 - HEALTH MINISTRY OFFICIAL Iran was once considered among the worst-hit. A top health official was visibly sick on TV. Now its death toll, in total numbers and per capita, is a fraction of the US's 50,000+.

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  17. 15 hours ago

    Photography by , now serving as technical director of and - the engineer at HQ who is, as we say, driving the show as and I host from our homes.

    3am in Washington, DC. Great view on the way into , where has a fantastic show on tap. Join and for all you need to know to start your day! Oh... and there's a podcast for that too... ! We hope you'll join us. 😊
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  18. Apr 27

    “While other presidents treated moments of crisis as an opportunity to bring the nation together, Mr. Trump... has used the evening television appearances as a branding exercise to promote himself.” The most common remark: 600 occasions of self-praise.

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  19. Apr 27

    China fought the pandemic with widespread, mandatory quarantines outside the home. Thursday on , could a similar approach help the US get back to businesss?

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    Apr 27

    my 4th grader got an interview with an ER doc for the elementary school newspaper he started

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  21. Apr 27

    The president hopes to portray Biden “as a doddering 77-year-old not up to the rigors of the office,” but this effort is undermined when the 73-year-old president himself muses on live national TV about ingesting disinfectants.

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