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- Trump's coronavirus travel ban has already backfired.
- The Times writes that Trump's reelection chances have taken a huge hit recently because "his advisers’ two major assumptions for the campaign — a booming economy and an opponent easily vilified as too far left — quickly evaporating."
- Vice President Mike Pence said that there has been "irresponsible rhetoric" from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak...who could that be referring to...
- Pause for a second from all this coronavirus news and find out how many Labrador puppies can fit in ONE bucket.
- Corey Johnson wants the city to limit nonessential events that draw large crowds.
- As if Trump's speech, Tom Hanks' announcement, and the NBA pausing the season weren't surreal enough last night, the cherry on top was Sarah Palin rapping Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back" on The Masked Singer.
- A Washington county took an unprecedented step to quarantine and isolate patients to avoid overcrowding hospitals: buying and converting a $4 million motel.
- It's the NY Times Magazine's best feature of the year: 25 Songs That Matter Now.
- Gov. Cuomo declared that the state should be testing 1,000 people a day—so why isn't that happening?
- Watch the first trailer for Spike Jonze's Beastie Boys documentary.
- And finally, who doesn't want to crawl into bed right now:
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