Not before time.

He “stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he thought the coast was clear”

Philadelphia.

This is really grim reading, but useful to understand where the statistics (especially the US statistics) are coming from.

A report from the US.

Good long piece. Ireland getting it right; US and UK getting it wrong.

Or, how Nevada became a state.

Good summary.

More great reporting.

from 4 April: “nine Georgia counties, most of them also in the southern part of the state, not only lack hospitals but have no practicing physicians at all”

“Department of Homeland Security was still considering redirecting our PPE. Only some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure.” Wow.

A strong assertion: first-term presidents have a massive advantage when running for re-election.

Brilliant long read about New York.

Good question, no clear answer.

We can only hope.

Arguably, it has now done so.

Tremendous.

How he has won before against the odds, and could win again.

@cstross: “No it won’t.”

Brilliant reporting.

Fair, from David Frum.

Forensic and specific.

from @fivethirtyeight, which has been very good on the US statistics.

It’s a lie by Victor Davis Hanson.

More detail from@fivethirtyeight.

Good question, and the answer may be “both”.

Balanced and fair, by Max Boot.

James Baker: "Every Marine knows better than to pull a knife in a gunfight. But so far, that appears to be the federal government’s approach to battling Covid-19."

Scathing from @anneapplebaum.

A grim, grim story.