memeorandum: Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74 (Mike Barnes/Hollywood Reporter)

11:45 PM ET, April 1, 2018

Top Items:

China slaps new duties on US nuts, pork, fruit and wine — China has unveiled retaliatory duties on US food imports including pork, fruit, nuts and wine of up to 25 per cent as a response to the Trump administration's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

Discussion: Axios

CBS News:

China imposing new tariffs on U.S. products in retaliation of Trump tariffs — China says it's rolling out new tariffs on U.S. meat, fruit and other products as retaliation against taxes approved by President Trump on imported steel and aluminum. — The Chinese finance ministry says in a statement that the new tariffs begin Monday.

Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine

Megan Cassella / Politico: China to slap tariffs on 128 U.S. goods

Devan Cole / CNN:

New book alleges Kellyanne Conway is the ‘number one leaker’ in Trump White House — Author: Kellyanne Conway is the No. 1 leaker — (CNN)The author of a new book on the current state of affairs in the White House claims that Kellyanne Conway is the “number one leaker” in President Donald Trump's White House.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Jezebel, Washington Press, Deadline and Washington Times

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Author busts Kellyanne Conway as ‘number one leaker’ in White House: She tells ‘mean ugly lies’ — In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, the author of a new book on the Trump White House revealed that Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway is the top leaker in the administration and would spread …

Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's island of misfit toys

Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire and Washington Post

Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:

Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74 — The unwavering TV writer-producer, winner of 10 Emmys, butted heads with networks and almost always won. — Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism …

Discussion: The Week and news.avclub.com

sacsheriff.com:

Media Release: Sheriff's Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian — Sheriff's Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian — On March 31, 2018, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department personnel along with other law enforcement agencies responded to a planned protest in the area of 65th Expressway …

Discussion: KTLA

Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Former NBA player leads Stephon Clark protest rally

Discussion: KFOR-TV, theGrio and The Week

Washington Post:
Sacramento sheriff's cruiser hits woman during Stephon Clark protest and speeds away, video shows

Discussion: theGrio and KXTV

Sacramento Bee:
Stephon Clark protester hit by Sacramento County sheriff's vehicle during march

Discussion: New York Times, Splinter, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, NPR, 89.3 KPCC, Vox and The Daily Caller

Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:

Is DC Being Too Mean to Louise Linton? — Trumpworld sees the actress-turned-cabinet-spouse as a victim of the Beltway's mean-girl social set. Le tout Washington disagrees. — They were just gloves, Louise Linton says. “I didn't take the bloody gloves off because it was cold!

New York Times:

Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say — LONDON — British officials investigating the poisoning of Sergei V. Skripal, a former Russian double agent, believe it is likely that an assassin smeared a nerve agent on the door handle at his home.

Discussion: Raw Story

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:

Brian Stelter on Laura Ingraham: ‘Dangerous’ to See Ad Boycotts Happening More Often — CNN's Brian Stelter discussed the current ad boycott being waged against Laura Ingraham's Fox News show by Parkland student David Hogg — and proposed that such boycotts are dangerous.

Discussion: theGrio and WGN-TV

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
David Hogg rejects Laura Ingraham's apology: ‘A bully is a bully’

Discussion: IJR, Silence is Consent, Breitbart, CNN, Mediaite, twitchy.com, AOL, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Washington Press

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

‘No more DACA deal,’ Trump says as he threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico doesn't better secure border … PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of millions of “dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children …

Discussion: CNBC, ABC News, Raw Story, Breitbart, RedState, WSVN-TV, Refinery29, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Press, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Mashable, 89.3 KPCC, Hullabaloo, TheBlaze, Deadline, KTLA, Talking Points Memo, IJR, The Week, Mediaite, Reuters, Daily Wire, WGN-TV, Townhall, Axios, Vox and AOL

Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump: ‘NO MORE DACA DEAL’

Discussion: Telegraph, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, Fox News and NBC News

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Venting on Immigration, Trump Vows ‘No More DACA Deal’ and Threatens Nafta

Discussion: Babalú Blog, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Splinter, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jezebel, Mother Jones and Mediaite

Max Seddon / Financial Times:

Trump adviser's Russian contact closely linked to Putin family — Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater private security group and a close campaign adviser to Donald Trump, met a Russian financier with direct ties to Vladimir Putin's family in the weeks leading up to Mr Trump's inauguration …

Discussion: Washington Press

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

This Trump legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? … In a decision with far-reaching implications for President Trump, a federal court ruled this week that a lawsuit could go forward claiming he unconstitutionally received foreign emoluments — that is …

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral — Sinclair forces stations to air media-bashing promos, criticism goes viral — Sinclair Broadcast Group's corporate mandates are exacerbating tensions between the company's local stations and its management.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Common Dreams, Washington Press, Hullabaloo, Deadline, Mediaite, Refinery29, Mashable, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and The Concourse, more at Mediagazer »

The Times of Israel:

IDF: At least 10 of the 15 killed at Gaza border were members of terror groups — Army publishes list of names, positions of men shot dead during violence at the security fence; Hamas acknowledges that five of them were gunmen from its military wing — The Israeli military …

Discussion: Breitbart and The Times of IsraelDavid …

Washington Post:
‘He had no gun, no molotov’: Gaza families call for investigation into Israeli use of fatal force

Discussion: Reuters, BBC, Mother Jones, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Associated Press, New York Magazine, The Guardian and Haaretz

Dean Balsamini / New York Post:

Museum slammed after hiring white curator for African art exhibit — The Brooklyn Museum has sparked outrage in the black community after tapping a white woman to curate its vast African art collection. — On Monday the museum appointed Kristen Windmuller-Luna, 31, who has a Ph.D …

Discussion: Breitbart

Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:

First it was Confederate monuments. Now statues offensive to Native Americans are poised to topple across the U.S. … Over the decades, this quiet coastal hamlet has earned a reputation as one of the most liberal places in the nation. Arcata was the first U.S. city to ban the sale …

New York Times:

The Kushners Saw Redemption in the White House. It Was a Mirage. — It was sweet redemption for Charles Kushner last year when his son Jared was named senior White House adviser. A dozen years earlier, a sordid scandal stemming partly from a family falling-out had reduced the senior …

Discussion: Raw Story and Axios

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump's Greatest Political Liability — “My whole life I've been greedy, greedy, greedy,” declared Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. “I've grabbed all the money I could get. I'm so greedy. But now I want to be greedy for the United States.”

Frank Miles / Fox News:

Google snubbed Easter with no doodle for 18th year in a row, Christians say — For the 18th year in a row, Google has no doodle to celebrate Easter, and Christians are angry on this holy day. — Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars editor-at-large, tweeted Sunday about Christianity's most joyful day …

Discussion: IJR

Sameer Yasir / New York Times:

Deadly Clashes in Kashmir Between Indian Army and Militants — SHOPIAN, Kashmir — An Indian Army operation against militants fighting Indian rule in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley killed at least 12 militants on Sunday, the largest one-day death toll of insurgents in recent years, officials in Kashmir said.