WHY NOT TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SERIOUS NEWS FOR A FEW MINUTES? Florida Man Friday: Battle of Corona vs. Coronavirus.

LET’S GET BACK TO WORK: New Coronavirus Data Gives Reasons for Hope — and Reopening.

THE GREAT REOPENING: Trump declares churches “essential,” says must be allowed to open “right now” or he will override governors.

TYLER O’NEIL: Is This Joe Biden’s Blackface Scandal? Strong Echoes of Ralph Northam…

RELATED: Is This Joe Biden’s ‘Hot Sauce in My Purse’ Moment?

CDC: Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ except for close contact with infected patients.

The new guidelines come after several months of concerns that the virus was spreading quickly and easily through items such as grocery store packaging and delivered packages.

Research announced in late-March determined that the virus could live on some materials for several days, leading to grim warnings that consumers should be wary of shopping carts, glass surfaces and other common objects.

As Glenn wrote last night about a similar report, this suggests that a lot of what we’re doing to control the spread is misdirected.

HOW MANY GUESSES DO I GET? Iran Wants To Hack the 2020 Elections, Guess Who They Want to Win?

YOU WILL BE MADE TO CONFORM: Church That Defied Coronavirus Restrictions Is Burned to Ground. “A message at the scene that said, in part, ‘Bet you stay home now,’ has led the police in Mississippi to suspect arson.”

WELL, YES: KT McFarland: Rice Email Was a ‘Cover Your A**’ Memorandum.

WHAT WAR? NEVER HAPPENED. LIGHTBRINGERS DON’T DO THAT KIND OF THING. Why Has Barack Obama’s Unprecedented War with Inspectors General Been Forgotten?

WELL, GOOD:

Now let’s get back to work.

HEH: Judge Positively Scorches Ohio Health Director for ‘Criminalizing’ Gyms—and It’s Glorious.

WINNER: Oregon Movie Star and Terrorist-Stopping Hero Snags GOP Nomination for Congress.

I HAD BEEN ASSURED BY THE SMARTEST BESTEST PEOPLE THAT THIS KIND OF THING NEVER HAPPENED: Philadelphia Election Official Pleads Guilty To Stuffing Ballots In Return For Bribes.

DECOUPLING: Chinese Companies Could Be Delisted From U.S. Stock Exchanges.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Does Anyone Really Believe the Polls Showing Biden Cruising to Victory? “It has become more than obvious that the Democrats are willing to keep Americans financially destitute in order to throw the election to Biden, and that may be what is reflected in the current polling. However, as we have noted a couple of times this week, the states that are opening up are looking better than the states that are remaining on arbitrary lockdown. If that keeps playing out like that, it will reflect better on Trump and the Republicans.”

CHANGE: Facebook says it will permanently shift tens of thousands of jobs to remote work. “Up to half of employees could work remotely within five to 10 years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says.”

Why so slow?

OH: South Carolina election ballots reportedly found in Maryland this week.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: ‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich’ Lets His Victims Speak. “Netflix docuseries tries to tar Trump while letting Clinton (partially) off the hook.”

“EVEN?” WHAT A SHODDY, OBVIOUS JOB OF FRAMING A STORY BY THE AP: Job market remains grim even as U.S. tentatively reopens.

What this says to me is we ought to be a lot less tentative.

IT WAS LADEN WITH PORK FOR PET DEMOCRAT PROJECTS INCLUDING STEALING ELECTIONS: Pelosi Accuses Senate GOP of ‘Political Retribution’ for Not Passing $3 Trillion Stimulus Bill.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG. Obama’s FBI Offered To Pay Christopher Steele To Dig Up Dirt on Mike Flynn.

IT’S ALWAYS PROJECTION: Gov. Cuomo Blames Trump for New York’s Thousands of Nursing Home Deaths.

FREE ENTERPRISE: The numbers don’t lie—NASA’s move to commercial space has saved money.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Party of Science Still Sticking COVID-19 Victims in Nursing Homes, Because Science.

#HIMTOO: Believe All Men! NFL Player Sues United Airlines After Being Sexually Assaulted on Flight.