04/08/2020 05:12 CDT

DEMOCRATS’ STRATEGY ON VIRUS MIGHT BE DOOMED; IS JOE BIDEN REALLY UP TO CHALLENGE TRUMP? IS VIRUS DEATH COUNT INFLATED?

TODAY’S TOP TEN

ARE DEMOCRATS IN A BOX ON CORONAVIRUS?

HAS PRESIDENT TRUMP SKILLFULLY BOXED Democrats into November oblivion by his virus framing? John Hinderaker.

IS JOE BIDEN WEAKER TODAY THAN Hillary Clinton was in 2016? Byron York.

ARE CORONAVIRUS DEATHS BEING OVER reported by government officials? Julie Kelly.

AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT’S REALLY GOING on in the hospitals. Corey Lynn.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE’LL BE “GIVING A GOOD LOOK” at scaling back U.S. funding for the World Health Organization. Legal Insurrection.

CALIFORNIA CHURCH SEES 1.3 MILLION attendees on Palm Sunday after President Trump mentioned he was going to watch. TheBlaze.

RAND PAUL RECOVERS FOR CORONAVIRUS and now is volunteering at local hospital. Sara Carter.

KAYLEIGH MCENANY REPLACES STEPHANIE GRISHAM as press secretary. The Last Refuge.

OHIO’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER, THE PLAIN DEALER, about dead after latest layoffs. Clevescene.

PLAYING WITH FIRE: CALIFORNIA’S APPROACH to managing wildfire risks. Manhattan Institute.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Joe Rogan is Democrats’ canary in the coal mine. Becket Adams.
• Will media ever admit failure of doomsday projections? Robert Stacy McCain.
• The bill for globalism has arrived in the United States. Ann Coulter.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Why are so many Americans in prison? PragerU.
• CDC director says death count will be lower than projected. Real Clear Politics.
• Stephanie Grisham steps down as WH press secretary. Fox News.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• A history of pandemics, in graphical form. PJ Media.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@ScottAdamsSays) Has Biden figured out how to livestream from his phonograph yet? Tweet.
• (@HowleyReporter) CNBC talking about weird dynamic between Trump and Fauci. But of course they won't delve into real conflict: Fauci's alliance with Bill Gates Media is just a spectrum of different outlets that choose how close to the truth they are willing to get. CNN basically chooses Siberia. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• DETROIT NEWS HITS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WHITMER for fighting with President Trump. Breitbart.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

• NEW YORK 731 DEATHS IN DAY; RECORD 1417 IN FRANCE Drudge.