Good morning. 
Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of fifty-six. Sunrise is 6:04 AM and sunset 7:42 PM, for 13h 38m 36s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.2% of its visible disk illuminated.
Today is the one thousand two hundred fifty-eighth day.
On this day in 1775, the Revolutionary War begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Recommended for reading in full —
Noah Smith writes The Lockdown Is Tough. Ending It Too Soon Would Be Worse (‘The likely result will be a resurgence in coronavirus cases, new shutdowns and even deeper economic pain’):
President Donald Trump’s approach to the issue of coronavirus lockdowns has been characterized by a series of unsettling overreaches and reversals. In late March, Trump declared that he wanted to end U.S. lockdowns by Easter. A few days later the president reversed his statement and extended federal guidelines for shutdowns through the end of April. This week, Trump briefly attempted to assert presidential authority to order states to end their lockdowns, but after it became clear that this probably was unconstitutional, he backed down and declared that he wouldn’t interfere with state and regional reopening plans. At a press briefing today [4.16] Trump gave his blessing to governors to go ahead with their own plans, issuing guidelines for recommending when each state or region should reopen. It’s a step in the right direction.
Some voices continue to call for the economy to reopen quickly in spite of the mortal danger of the pandemic. Indiana Representative Trey Hollingsworth recently asserted that the many American deaths that would result would be the “lesser of…two evils” compared with the economic cost of continued lockdowns. Investor Michael Burry, famed for shorting the housing bubble of the early 2000s, has claimed there is “no justification” for current policies. And protesters in Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere have demanded immediate reopening.
These voices are dangerously wrong. Even with most of the nation under lockdown as of the end of March, U.S. deaths have climbed to more than 34,000 and are forecast to surpass 60,000 — more Americans than died in the Vietnam War and many times the number who died in the War on Terror. Without lockdowns, epidemiologists predict that deaths could reach into the hundreds of thousands and possibly claim more lives than any war in the country’s history. And that doesn’t even include the long-term damage to the lungs and other organs of many who survive the disease.
But weighing these staggering human costs against the supposed economic benefits of a quick reopening relies on a crucial and flawed assumption — that economic conditions would rapidly go back to normal if only governments allowed people out of their houses. The truth is much grimmer.
S.V. Date reports Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sons’ Significant Others:
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of eldest son Donald Trump Jr., and Lara Trump, wife of middle son Eric Trump, are each receiving $15,000 a month, according to two GOP sources who are informal White House advisers and who spoke on condition of anonymity.
They were unsure when the payments began but say they are being made by campaign manager Bradley Parscale through his company rather than directly by either the campaign or the party in order to avoid public reporting requirements.