The general election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump begins as Bernie Sanders suspends his campaign, COVID-19 trutherism gets worse as Trump media tries to spin the death toll, and Democrats look for a way to make voting safe and easy despite opposition from Trump and his allies. Alex Wagner, the host of Crooked Media’s new podcast Six Feet Apart, joins to break down the news, and Stacey Abrams talks to Dan about protecting the right to vote, the coronavirus response, and 2020 veepstakes.

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Bernie Out

NYT : Bernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Race for President WaPo : Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign Politico : Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign Vox : Bernie Sanders ends his second bid for the presidency The Intercept – BERNIE SANDERS ENDING PRESIDENTIAL RUN FiveThirtyEight – Why Bernie Sanders Lost The Atlantic – The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet Biden Statement – Statement From Vice President Biden NYT : Biden vs. Trump: The General Election Is Here, and Transformed WaPo : Biden earns slew of new endorsements, from former challengers to ‘Never Trump’ Republicans WaPo :Biden enters the general election about where Hillary Clinton did in 2016 NYT : From a 5th-Place Finish to Here: A Timeline of Joe Biden’s Comeback Vox : Watch: Bernie Sanders announces the end of his presidential campaign WaPo : The Trailer: The warning from Wisconsin HuffPo : Will We Ever Live In Bernie Sanders’ America? CNN : Sanders had multiple conversations with Obama ahead of decision to end campaign Politico Mag – Bernie Sanders Didn’t Win the Ideas Primary, Either WSJ : Bernie Sanders’s Allies Aim to Keep Shaking Up Democratic Party Business Insider – Bernie Sanders vows to stay on upcoming ballots and continue to gather delegates so he can ‘exert significant influence over the party platform’



Politico : Bernie’s congressional backers want Biden to buy in on progressive agenda

Vox : Joe Biden will have a very hard time winning over the Berniesphere NBC News – Progressive youth groups issue a list of demands for Joe Biden Vox : Bernie Sanders’s campaign is over, but his legacy is winning Politico Magazine – ‘Life After Bernie’: The Young Left Braces for Disappointment in 2020 NYT Op-Ed – Bernie Sanders Never Lied



LAT : Bernie Sanders’ Hollywood supporters are ‘devastated’ he dropped out

Mediaite – Trump Invites Bernie Supporters to Republican Party, Trolls Elizabeth Warren After Sanders Drops Out

Politico : Biden moves quickly to exorcise ‘the ghosts of 2016’

NYT : Now Comes the Hard Part for Joe Biden

USA Today – Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 8 points in new poll; majority believe US is in a recession

CNBC : Biden and the DNC start to lay the groundwork for a joint fundraising effort to take on Trump

CNN : 2020 is shaping up to be all about Trump

Playing politics in the Pandemic