Extra, Extra: How Greenwich, CT Republicans "Learned To Love Trump"

A memorial for the late Jose "Joe" Padilla outside a Brooklyn apartment consisting of flowers and a Mets wreath. — Jake Dobkin / Gothamist

John Del Signore

Published May 3, 2020

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Two people were found dead from natural causes in different parts of the subway system in a 12 hour period this weekend.
Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell had to stop singing out his window every night because too many people have been gathering to listen in the street below.
Community groups in NYC and beyond say the coronavirus is stymieing their outreach efforts, raising fears of an undercount that could result in New York losing federal funding and Congressional representatives.
The New Yorker's Evan Osnos pokes around super-rich Greenwich, Connecticut to understand how well-heeled "country club" Republicans "learned to love Trump."
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The Washington Post has a deep dive into the Trump administration's chaotic scramble to restart the American economy during a pandemic.
Incomplete efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus may lead to a persistent "slow burn" of infection across America for months to come, health experts fear.
A 34-year-old FDNY paramedic has come out of a medically-induced coma arising from her battle with coronavirus and says "you don't know how bad it can actually get."
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is sitting on a ticking coronavirus time bomb.
And finally, enjoy Andrew Bird performing Dark Matter as part of his (mostly) solo self-quarantine Instagram series:

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Here’s the combo from which the sweet healing sounds of rock n’ roll were emanating. The end table is a 5 watt Bogen amp hooked up to a church organ rotating speaker, courtesy of my friend Reuben at @oldstyleguitarshop. The Gretsch Country Gentleman is courtesy of @officialgretsch. For the curious, see stories for unusual amp/guitar combo.

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