03/23/2020 05:19 CDT

PELOSI MAKES ELEVENTH HOUR PLAY TO STUFF RELIEF BILL WITH IDEOLOGICAL SPENDING; MORE STATES SHUT DOWN ACTIVITY; RAND PAUL TESTS POSITIVE

TODAY’S TOP TEN

PELOSI BLOCKS RELIEF BILL

SENATE DEMOCRATS BLOCK ECONOMIC RESCUE BILL after Pelosi pulls power play in House. Legal Insurrection.

• McConnell lights up Democrats on Senate floor. Big League Politics.

BLUE WALL OF INACTION: ILLINOIS, NEW JERSEY, Pennsylvania and others join California and New York with “stay at home” orders shutting down commerce and movement. Daily Wire.

RAND PAUL FIRST SENATOR TO TEST POSITIVE for coronavirus but feels fine. National Review.

VICE PRESIDENT PENCE AND HIS WIFE tested negative for virus after staffer tests positive. ABC News.

RACHEL MADDOW AND OTHER LIBERALS CALL on networks not to broadcast Trump’s popular coronavirus press briefings. Legal Insurrection.

CHINESE AMBASSADOR APPLAUDS HILLARY CLINTON for spreading communist propaganda. Daily Caller.

MEDIUM PLATFORM REMOVES POPULAR CORONAVIRUS analysis because it didn’t fit liberal narrative. Daily Caller.

WHY IS CROWDSTRIKE CONFUSED ABOUT KEY DETAILS of the DNC hack? Sic Semper Tyrannis.

TWITTER DECLINES TRUMP CAMPAIGN REQUEST to tag clearly false Democrat video as “manipulated media.” The Hill.

BACKGROUND CHECKS SURGE 300 PERCENT AS AMERICANS stock up on guns. Breitbart.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Is hysteria overtaking evidence? Aaron Ginn.
• Mike Bloomberg lied about everything. Tristan Justice.
• No, CNN, “humanity” not to blame for virus, China is. David Marcus.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Senator Cassidy says Mardi Gras to blame for high number of cases in Louisiana. Daily Caller.
• Bannon recommends full shutdown and quick eradication of virus. Real Clear Politics.
• Jesse Waters debunks Left’s attacks on Trump. Fox News.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Couple leaves $9,400 tip at restaurant to help employees during shutdown. Daily Wire.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@CarpeDonktum) There is nothing more disgusting to me than Dems hoping that no treatment for the Wuhan Virus works. They are literally cheering on the deaths of Americans and the destruction of our economy. They would rather see people die than see Trump successfully navigate this disaster. Tweet.
• (@dbongino) Don’t forget - the same useless media outlets that put the country through 3 yrs of hell, & accepted at face value a ridiculous dossier, are now demanding conclusive evidence that a scientifically promising drug for the treatment of the Wuhan Virus, or else it’s “false hope.” Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM FRIDAY

• HONEST JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON DEMANDS retraction from New York Times over false report. Sharyl Attkisson.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

• CUOMO: 80% WILL GET VIRUS; NINE MONTH CRISIS; OLYMPICS DELAYED A YEAR? POPE CALLS FOR PRAYER; FED READY WITH $4 TRILLION; WEINSTEIN TESTS POSITIVE Drudge.