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Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Think about this. What if this is only the beginning of the coronavirus economic downturn? Imagine if stocks keep slipping and even more concerning if Americans truly stop traveling domestically and internationally over the spring and summer.

Many members of Congress we spoke to this week were worried about the virus reemerging this fall,

pressing the pause button on the economy again. Could Congress be forced into some sort of economic

stimulus this spring or summer right before the election? Could Washington be forced to try to help

airlines, hotels, and even individuals in the middle of a political season?

More bluntly, would Democrats vote for any bailout package that could help Trump?

Could President Donald Trump's administration handle a legislative crisis with precision under pressure?

Time has a big read on how the Trump administration squandered the early weeks of the outbreak

and is now scrambling to contain its spread inside

the United States. Just yesterday, Maryland announced three cases in Montgomery County just outside

of Washington. And the LA Times has a look at why there's a second, more dangerous coronavirus

strain, according to a controversial news study. A man brought a Nazi flag into a Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix yesterday.

He was kicked out.

The New York Times is a piece from Russia, looking at how the Soviet Union spotted an opportunity

to exploit Bernie Sanders' anti-war agenda for its own propaganda purposes when Bernie Sanders

traveled to the country in 1988.

Tim Alberta is up with a new letter to Washington, this time from Columbus, Ohio, with the headline,

Life After Bernie, the young left braces for disappointment in 2020.

Laura Barone Lopez is up with a piece on how women are lamenting Elizabeth Warren's demise.

Warren was on Rachel Maddo's show on MSNBC last night, and she didn't rule out

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