On the day when a relatively minor battle in the Mexican revolution is celebrated by drinking beer, here are some things going on:
From National Review, lockdown extremism over the coronavirus is a vice.
From FrontpageMag, we're not in a police state, but a dress rehearsal for one.
From Townhall, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) compares coronavirus predictions with facts.
From The Washington Free Beacon, coronavirus lockdowns in April didn't suppress gun sales.
From the Washington Examiner and the "flying pigs" department, media hosts Joy Behar and Sean Hannity find common ground.
From The Federalist, the candidate running against Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) "has a massive Me Too problem".
From American Thinker, when will the Democrats pull the plug on former Vice President Biden.
From CNS News, coronavirus testing kits in Tanzania find positive results in a goat, a quail, and a pawpaw.
From LifeZette, drones used to ensure that Americans obey coronavirus restrictions come from the same place as the virus.
From NewsBusters, the eight worst "fake news" items during the Trump presidency.
From Canada Free Press, "free the people" and "lock down the politicians".
From CBC News, inspired by British World War II Veteran Tom Moore, Canadian World War II veteran John Hillman starts his own walking charity campaign.
From Global News, more Canadians accidentally poison themselves trying to disinfect their houses from the coronavirus.
From CTV News, beekeepers on Canada's Vancouver Island watch for the return of the Asian giant hornet.
From TeleSUR, at least 84 social activists have been killed in Colombia in 2020, through April 30th.
From The Conservative Woman, we can't hide from the coronavirus forever.
From Snouts in the Trough, does Joe Biden work for the Chinese Communist Party?
From the Express, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab explains new relaxed lockdown measures for the phase two of the U.K.'s coronavirus response.
From the Evening Standard, the next phase of the U.K.'s lockdown "won't be easy".
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. now leads Europe in deaths from the coronavirus.
From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government is asked to reopen childcare centers earlier for essential workers.
From the Irish Examiner, the Irish government isn't saying much about how its covonavirus tracking app will work.
From VRT NWS, how will coronavirus tracing operate in the Belgian commune of Flanders?
From The Brussels Times, 10 "weird" and "wonderful" questions from Belgium about the coronavirus and the response thereto.
From the NL Times, when hanging around near an official ceremony in the Netherlands, please keep your voice down to a loud roar.
From Dutch News, the Dutch cabinet decides to ease the coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands, and "accentuate the positive". (If you read Dutch, read related stories at NOS and RTLNieuws.)
From Deutsche Welle, Germany decides to overhaul its foreign aid policy.
From the CPH Post, Denmark observes the 75th anniversary of the end of German occupation during World War II.
From EuroNews, an Italian firm signs an agreement to construct a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Poland.
From Polskie Radio, Poles observe the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp.
From Radio Prague, Czech archaeologists discover a secret passage in the Milevsko monastery.
From The Slovak Spectator, cable cars resume running in Slovakia's Tatra Mountains.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban writes a letter to the presidents of the European People's Party.
From Daily News Hungary, are baths in Hungary really going to reopen? (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Termalfurdo.)
From Hungary Today, Hungary will introduce an electronic system for monitoring home coronavirus quarantine. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, most Hungarians will soon be able to go to church again.
From Russia Today, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receives a medal from Russian President Vladimir Putin for keeping alive the memory of Soviet citizens buried in North Korea.
From Sputnik International, watch a video showing the construction of a temporarily coronavirus hospital in Moscow.
From The Moscow Times, the former Soviet republics of Belarus and Turkmenistan face the coronavirus as their leaders largely deny the severity of the pandemic.
From Romania-Insider, Romania prepares to allow hotels but not restaurants to reopen on May 15th.
From Novinite, part of the third Sofia, Bulgaria subway line will be "put into exploitation" this summer.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's coronavirus restrictions on intercity travel will be lifted on May 6th.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian journalist Boryana Dzhambazova wins the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
From Ekathimerini, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urges Greek banks to provide liquidity to businesses hit by the coronavirus.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece outlines a plan to reopen tourism in July.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, coronavirus rules for thee, Bosnians, but not for thy rulers.
From Balkan Insight, Montenegrins return to their streets as coronavirus restrictions are eased.
From Euractiv, the coronavirus crisis provide an opportunity to end the isolation of Kosovo in Europe.
From Total Croatia News, President Zoran Milanović and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts officials discuss post-earthquake reconstruction for Zagreb.
From Total Slovenia News, IKEA assembles a store in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government decides against closing beaches but against allowing weddings.
From Malta Today, shops start reopening in Sliema, Malta.
From ANSA, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte hails the Italian people's sense of responsibility but warns that the road ahead is still long.
From SwissInfo, Amnesty International questions Switzerland's ban on public demonstrations.
From France24, according to President Emmanuel Macron, France will limit international travel this summer.
From RFI, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo gives 50 kilometers of street lanes to cyclists for use after the coronavirus lockdown ends. (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)
From Voice Of Europe, according to French intellectual Eric Zemmour, no-go zones in France should "be reconquered by force".
From El País, Madrid, Spain plans to turn some of its streets over to pedestrians.
From The Portugal News, taxis in Portugal will be allowed to carry a maximum of two passengers.
From The Stream, an author for The Stream says that Pink News and the Friendly Atheist have misrepresented his words.
From RedState, an "astounding" number of American small businesses may close in the next six months.
From BizPac Review, according to conservative writer Dennis Prager, the worldwide coronavirus lockdown could be "the worst mistake in history".
From Reason, "let people go outside".
From Fox News, President Trump sets out his terms for the next coronavirus relief bill.
From the New York Post, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) admits that New York City subways are not built for social distancing.
And from RTL, German zombie hunters with a car full of illegal weapons are stopped at the Swedish border.
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