03/24/2020 05:17 CDT

PELOSI TRIES TO JAM CLIMATE CHANGE PORK, OTHER LEFTIST SPENDING INTO VIRUS RELIEF BILL; SOME EXPERTS ARE SAYING CRISIS WILL PASS SOON; ANTI-MALARIA DRUG SHOWING PROMISE

TODAY’S TOP TEN

LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL?

”WE’RE GOING TO BE FINE,” SAYS STANFORD biophysicist and Nobel Laureate who predicted China and Italy trends accurately. Hot Air.

ACTOR BELIEVES ANTI-MALARIA DRUG TOUTED by President Trump was crucial to his recovery from coronavirus. TheBlaze.

SENATE DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO BALK AT BI-PARTISAN relief bill in favor of Pelosi’s left-wing pork bill. The Daily Signal.

UP TO 1,000 LOW-LEVEL INMATES IN NEW JERSEY ordered released to prevent virus spread. Politico.

NEW YORK TIMES CHANGES HEADLINE ABOUT DEMOCRATS blocking virus stimulus legislation. Daily Wire.

JOE BIDEN STUMBLES THROUGH CORONAVIRUS speech from home. Daily Caller.

FORMER STAFFERS SUE BLOOMBERG AFTER LAYOFFS despite promise of pay through November. Legal Insurrection.

CNN’S TAPPER UNDER FIRE FOR NOT FACT-CHECKING obvious AOC lie. NewsBusters.

FACEBOOK “FACT-CHECKING” ORGANIZATION slams right four times more than left. NewsBusters.

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE LAUNCHES WEBSITE to debunk climate propaganda. Watts Up With That?

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Consider the costs. Heather Mac Donald.
• Why your parents aren’t freaking out over coronavirus. Helen Raleigh.
• Coronavirus economic bloodletting will hurt the young hardest. Jason Pappas.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• McConnell: Democrats turn relief bill into left-wing “supermarket sweep.” Real Clear Politics.
• Tom Cotton outlines Nancy Pelosi ideological add ons to relief bill. The Last Refuge.
• Senator Kennedy: Americans are thinking this country was founded by geniuses but now run by idiots. Real Clear Politics.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Florida man arrested after allegedly stealing 66 rolls of toilet paper from hotel. The Hill.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@1776Stonewall) All the media cares about is creating a panic. They hated how well the country was doing under Trump. They knew they had no chance in November. This is their opportunity to destroy Trump's America. It's all they care about. nothing else Tweet.
• (@Lileks) Daughter’s college shut down; all online now. But what about students who went on break and left expensive textbooks behind? Oh here’s the pdf. Literally takes a fargin' pandemic to make them admit the truth about college textbook prices. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

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

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

• FAUCI AND TRUMP CLASH; 'WILL NOT BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS’; FED PUMPS ALL; VIRUS LINGERS ON SURFACE FOR 17 DAYS; COPS USE DRONES FOR LOCKDOWN; NOVEMBER ELECTION BY MAIL? Drudge.