April 7–13, 2020
Jeffrey C. Billman
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Raleigh Rickshaw Offers Free Ads to Bars and Restaurants That Reopen Amid Shutdown
The Facebook post was mocked, then deleted.
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Dan Forest, an Idiot, Thinks the Media Is Overhyping the Coronavirus to Sell Advertising
BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSED DON’T BUY ADS, DAN.
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PRIMER: How Bad Will the Recession Be for the State Budget?
Here’s everything you need to know this morning.
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More Than 137,500 People Filed for Unemployment in North Carolina Last Week
The state has lost more than 400,000 jobs in three weeks.
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State NAACP Sues to Force the Release of Inmates Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
“North Carolina courts did not sentence thousands of people to suffer and potentially die from a pandemic.”
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Local News Orgs to Congress: We Need a Bailout, Too!
“As you consider further economic stimulus legislation, we urge you to include targeted assistance to local journalism, just as you have with other industries deemed essential to our nation’s health, prosperity, and recovery.”
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UNC Researchers Find Oral Pill That Might Block COVID-19
If EIDD-2801 performs in human trials as it has both in animals and in test tubes, it could be a game-changer for the coronavirus pandemic.
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PRIMER: Trump Gets High on His Own (Hydroxychloroquine) Supply
Plus, who showed up (and who didn’t) in North Carolina’s March 3 primary. Our newsletter has everything you need to know this morning.
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Gun Nuts Demanded That Durham Declare Gun Shops Essential. Durham Gave In.
On March 30, Mayor Schewel said he wouldn’t. On April 3, he did. “It’s terrible to be forced into this position,” he says.
