04/03/2020 05:07 CDT

DEMOCRATS’ DESPERATE TO SHAKE TRUMP OFF HIS GAME AS HE PRESIDES OVER CRISIS FROM NEWS PODIUM; DISEASE SPECIALIST SAYS DRUG IS TURNING POINT AGAINST VIRUS

TODAY’S TOP TEN

FEAR AND LOATHING AMONG NERVOUS DEMOCRATS

EX-OBAMA ADVISER PLOUFFE PREDICTS historic turnout for Trump, says Biden at disadvantage. Fox News.

FIVE REASONS DEMOCRATS FEAR TRUMP’S daily coronavirus briefings. The Hill.

CBS SKIPS OWN POLL THAT SHOWS THAT PUBLIC finds presidential briefings useful. NewsBusters.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST SAYS Trump-touted drugs are proving effective and amount to “beginning of the end of the pandemic.” The Last Refuge.

PRESIDENT TRUMP BLISTERS CHUCK SCHUMER for his insulting letter on virus leadership: “I never knew how bad a Senator you are.” Daily Wire.

DEMOCRATS POSTPONE PRESIDENTIAL convention until Aug. 17. Politico.

SAGGING NEWS INDUSTRY ORDERS MORE LAYOFFS and pay cuts as virus economy hits revenues. AFP.

EVEN DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, Democrats refuse to set aside their hatred against Trump. Dennis Prager.

FEDERAL JUDGE CAN’T BELIEVE WISCONSIN is going ahead with its election on Tuesday. Hot Air.

STATES BEGINNING TO DEFLECT BLAME to federal government for their lack of supplies. Jonathan Turley.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• FBI can’t be trusted with surveillance of Americans. Eli Lake.
• After coronavirus, RIP globalism. Sumantra Maitra.
• How are great journalists measured? Jeffrey Carter.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• ABC asks incredibly loaded question to VP Pence. Media Research Center.
• Nurse describes working at NYC field hospital. Fox News.
• SD governor Noem: One-size-fits-all approach to virus makes no sense. Real Clear Politics.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Maybe Ponce de Leon didn’t discover Florida. Mysterious Universe.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@stranter) I saw gas going for $1.79 a gallon and a single roll of toilet paper going for $2. What a time to be alive. Tweet.
• (@NolteNC) Only the people’s enemy would blacklist the president and not allow him to communicate directly with the American people during the most important briefing of this crisis. CNN is the people’s enemy. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• OBAMA FAILED TO RESUPPLY RESPIRATORS in federal stockpile in advance of this crisis. Just the News.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

• EVERYONE MASK UP! MENTAL HEALTH WARNINGS Drudge.