Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell have both weighed in on the sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden today, while Biden himself has yet to address it The latest in Playbook PM:
-- “This is how bad things are for museums: They now have a green light to sell off their art,”
by WaPo’s Sebastian Smee: “[I]n an unprecedented move, and as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, the [Association of Art Museum Directors] has recently relaxed its guidelines. It’s too soon to gauge the effect, but it is already big news in the art world. Once unthinkable, the notion of selling off a Claude Monet or two to plug a budgetary hole — or to fend off a total financial meltdown — is suddenly something to contemplate.
by NYT’s Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba in San Francisco: “Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have declined to remove Mr. Trump’s statements posted online in video clips and transcriptions of the briefing, saying he did not specifically direct people to pursue the unproven treatments. That has led to a mushrooming of other posts, videos and comments about false virus cures with UV lights and disinfectants that the companies have largely left up.
by AP’s Stephen Ohlemacher and Bill Barrow: “Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has agreed to let former primary rival Bernie Sanders keep hundreds of delegates he would otherwise forfeit by dropping out of the presidential race in a deal designed to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the party in 2016 and helped lead to Hillary Clinton’s defeat.he’s won in primaries and caucuses as the process moves ahead and states select the people who will attend the Democratic National Convention.
by WSJ’s Ann Simmons in Mariupol, Ukraine: “The sound of gunfire and shelling has become a staple of everyday life here in this city in eastern Ukraine, where hopes for an end to the long-running war between Russian-backed separatists and Kyiv have faded since this winter’s tentative detente between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. …to the clashes.
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