| The Lincoln-Trump Debate President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum at the Lincoln Memorial for a townhall interview that aired Sunday evening, and once again remarked that he believes he is being treated “worse” than President Abraham Lincoln. “They always say nobody got treated worse than Lincoln. I believe I am treated worse," said Trump of the Civil War president who was also assassinated. Presidential historian Doris Goodwin on Monday reacted with disapproval. Because historian.
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Give Him a Break
No, like, an actual break. At least, that's what MSNBC's Morning Joe host thinks is the right prescription for what ails Trump and the United States.
Trump started off May the 4th on Twitter, and he went after Joe Scarborough in a particularly vicious way, calling him "psycho" and suggesting Scarborough be investigated again in the death of his intern.
“You, once again, drag a family through this and make them relive it again, just like Seth Rich’s parents," said Scarborough in an on-air response. "You need to take a rest. You need to let Mike Pence actually run things for the next couple of weeks. Come back when you’re feeling a little better and when you can really actually focus on your job. You just can’t do that right now. Americans are dying every day because of it."
Murder hornets
This is so unbelievably 2020 that it's totally and completely believable. Not to mention strange but true.
On top of everything else going on, we now have to worry about “murder hornets,” a variety of giant hornets native to Asia that have recently made their way to the United States.
And yes, they deserve the name.
Speaking of Murder
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he would support fining people who fail to wear face masks in public, saying they could “literally kill someone.”
“You don’t wear a mask for you. You wear a mask to protect me. I wear a mask to protect you," said Cuomo. "We owe each other a certain amount of reasonableness and respect in society."
Dr. Deborah Birx, of the coronavirus task force assembled by President Trump and overseen by Vice President Mike Pence, agrees. And she is particularly concerned at the unmasked attendees, who also aren't even practicing social distancing in the protests against lockdowns.
"It’s devastatingly worrisome to me," she said.
Us too.
With regard to Pence ... and masks
Vice President Pence acknowledged that he should have worn a face mask last week during his widely-criticized visit to the Mayo Clinic, in a rare instance of public figure simply saying they were wrong.
Good for him. We could use more of that.
An awkward comparison
DNC Chair Tom Perez defended Joe Biden Sunday morning from former staffer Tara Reade’s allegation of sexual assault against the then-Delaware senator.
ABC's Martha Raddatz spoke with Perez, who said that Biden has been "forceful" about his innocence. He also compared the story to the Hillary Clinton email story in 2016.
CNN Tauntnight
Don Lemon went after Donald Trump with an intense monologue on Sunday's CNN Tonight, asking why he is obsessed with his predecessor, Barack Obama.
"Is it because he’s smarter than you? Better educated? Made it on his own? Didn’t need daddy’s help? Wife is more accomplished? Better looking?" said Lemon, who was just warming up.
Bad Good News? "Darwin sails again": Carnival Cruise Line has announced that they will resume cruises again beginning this August. That news coming during the pandemic which has famously featured quarantined cruise ships with big outbreaks.
The plan prompted anger and confusion among Twitter users wondering why. 6.5.0 | 
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