PROGRESSIVES GONE WILD: Chaos by the Bay. San Francisco responds to the coronavirus with an experiment in lawlessness.

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. Turns out the anticipated Title IX regulations that would bring crazy, futuristic innovations like “a hearing” and “notice of the charges against you” to college students accused of sexual infractions were delayed by… an orchestrated delay campaign! But you don’t have to take my word for it – take the word of Tulane’s Title IX coordinator, on video at the link.

(Oh yeah, and now they are demanding the regulations be delayed due to coronavirus, because of course they are.)

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CUOMO: WE’RE GOING TO REOPEN NYC SOON! TRUMP: I CAN MAKE YOU REOPEN. CUOMO: Cuomo says Trump cannot order New York to reopen.

Hmm. New York should be the last place to reopen, so I think I see what Trump’s doing here . . .

Related: Two Americas:

With apologies to the good people of the great (but suffering) states of Illinois, Michigan and Louisiana, the US is basically two countries. New York (by which we mean, the Greatest City in the World and the surrounding counties) and New Jersey are having a death toll comparable to the most afflicted countries in Europe. 90% of the country, however, is running as well as Germany, which is widely regarded as a “How did they do it” success story.

And California?!? They had early inflows from China and the same President, FDA, and CDC as the rest of the US. Testing? Limited. Yet there they are, half the German per capita toll. Hard to credit Trump for that. Or blame him.

Why the difference? NYC is a major hub for international travel, its mass transit usage dwarfs other cities, its population density is 50% higher than San Francisco at number two, and who knows what else.

Politically, one size clearly does not fit all across the US. Trump is a New Yorker. Its likely he and the media are very New York-centric (I know I am.) But we will be re-opening the economy by regions, not all at once.

DO NOTE: Official coronavirus deaths in NY have to be under-reported. “Excess deaths” above a typical year are off the charts. Yes, including off the charts that go back to 9/11.

Hmm.

UPDATE: From the comments: “Trump is showing himself as a political genius here. He has found a way to get the democrats to defend federalism.”

COLLUSION: Bloomberg News Killed Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife. “Six years ago, Bloomberg News killed an investigation into the wealth of Communist Party elites in China, fearful of repercussions by the Chinese government. The company successfully silenced the reporters involved. And it sought to keep the spouse of one of the reporters quiet, too.”

It’s easy to tell who’s on the payroll, or at least on the team.

We need vigorous enforcement of the laws involving foreign agent registration, and other forms of collusion with foreign governments. China in particular.

FASTER, PLEASE: Nunes Says More Criminal Referrals Against Dems Involved in the Russia Scam May Be Coming.

JAMES LILEKS ON ADVERTISING IN THE ‘60s: “1962 seems like a nice place to live, all things considered.”

They had no idea what was right around the corner, and the Hell it would usher in.

FASTER, PLEASE: Texas governor set to unveil executive order for re-opening businesses in a ‘safe economic revitalization.’

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: If colleges owe students refunds, it’s not because of the pandemic: It’s because they’ve abandoned their mission as places of learning.

‘LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES’ RENAMED ‘NON-ESSENTIAL WORKER DEGREES.’

From (who else?) America’s Newspaper of Record.

HMM: China’s US$1 trillion consumer loan bubble is bursting as army of borrowers flinch under pandemic strain.

DECOUPLING: Miami University changes tone, shutters Chinese Communist Party-funded Confucius Institute.

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KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Bernie’s Endorsement Won’t Send the Progs Flocking to Biden. “While the youth vote is always sought-after, it never quite materializes on election day the way people think it will. Bernie may have been the one nominee who could have changed that. If the Biden people are hoping Sanders’s endorsement is going to suddenly make Joe popular with a voting bloc he struggles with, they’re going to be sorely disappointed.”

Fingers crossed…

DEAR DIARY: Former CNN Producer: Jim Acosta Is Just A Fame-Seeking Attention-Getter.

THIS IDEA IS SPREADING WORLDWIDE: Bipartisan call for WHO to accept Taiwan as a member. Taiwan is the China that works, and is a good global citizen. The PRC is its opposite.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University Of Wisconsin Faces $100 Million Loss Due To COVID-19 Pandemic.

HEY, ME NEITHER! Sanders campaign spokeswoman: ‘I don’t endorse Joe Biden.’

PATHOLOGICAL HYSTERIA: Liberal Media Scream: Reporter suggests payback for Trump voters, ‘now your loved ones can die.’

HISTORY SUGGESTS THAT IF THIS IS KRUGMAN’S TAKE, WE SHOULD BE RE-OPENING TOMORROW: Krugman: “Crazy” To Re-Open Economy In A Few Weeks.

BY TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT IS AND WHAT HE’S RUNNING FOR? Biden’s Biden: How the former VP is approaching his running mate search.

WELL, GOOD: Coronavirus case and death counts in U.S. ridiculously low.

DEAN BAQUET VIOLATES THE OMERTÀ: NY Times Boss Bumbles Defense of Covering Kavanaugh Rougher Than Biden. “Even though a lot of us, including me, had looked at it before the story went into the paper, I think that the [Biden] campaign thought that the phrasing was awkward and made it look like there were other instances in which he had been accused of sexual misconduct. And that’s not what the sentence was intended to say.”

More here: NY Times Changed Biden Sexual Assault Story at Request of Campaign.