WHAT'S BREWING
PRO-GUN ACTIVISTS STIR THE POT Three pro-gun activist brothers appear to be behind Facebook groups pushing for anti-quarantine protests in several states. According to polls, most Americans don't want to reopen the economy too soon, but online activity engineered by right-wing activists makes it seem like there's more grassroots opposition. [Washington Post]
BORDER CRISIS NEVER LETS UP The pandemic hasn't completely stopped people trying to cross the U.S.-Mexican border, and it hasn't stopped residents in this small Arizona border town from trying to help people in distress. [HuffPost]
THE NEXT COVID-19 CATASTROPHE Africa, with a lack of lifesaving equipment like ventilators, oxygen and masks — and even soap and water — could become the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization warned. Ten countries in Africa have no ventilators at all. [HuffPost]
NO WATCHDOGS ON CORONAVIRUS FUND The Treasury and Federal Reserve are spending hundreds of millions of dollars of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief law without meaningful oversight due to sabotage by the Trump administration and congressional apathy and deadlock. [HuffPost]
PENCE SHRUGS OFF 'LIBERATE' CALL Vice President Mike Pence danced around questions about Trump's calls to "LIBERATE" Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia. Pence repeated talking points when asked about it in an interview on NBC. [HuffPost]
DEMAND FOR FOOD PANTRIES SPIKES Food pantries in America stay busy even in better economic times, but demand has skyrocketed during the pandemic. “About 50% of the people coming through our lines have never been here before,” said one official in Tennessee. [HuffPost] | 
