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11:55 AM ET, April 1, 2021

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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic's Wrongest Man  —  The pandemic has made fools of many forecasters.  Just about all of the predictions whiffed.  Anthony Fauci was wrong about masks.  California was wrong about the outdoors.  New York was wrong about the subways.  I was wrong about the necessary cost of pandemic relief.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican known for his fierce allegiance to former president Donald Trump, had been under Justice Department investigation for months for a possible sex crime …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break  —  The Florida congressman's less-than-sterling reputation among his colleagues has many Republicans questioning the wisdom of jumping to his defense.  —  After Rep. Matt Gaetz accused a Florida lawyer of a $25 million extortion scheme …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz's claim that ‘travel records’ debunk the allegations against him  —  “It is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie.  The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false.  People can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case.”
Thomas Moore / The Hill:
Fox has no interest in hiring Matt Gaetz  —  Fox News has confirmed it has no plans to hire Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for a job at the network.  —  “No one with any level of authority has had conversations with Matt Gaetz for any of our platforms, and we have no interest in hiring him,” the network said in a statement.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Documents detail wild alleged $25 million Gaetz extortion scheme
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: From Delta, a lesson for woke corporations  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  FROM DELTA, A LESSON FOR WOKE CORPORATIONS.  Atlanta-based Delta Airlines is taking …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP war on voting takes an ugly new turn  —  Opinion by  —  An extraordinary event took place in Georgia on Wednesday night.  Republicans sought to cancel a tax break for Delta Air Lines, the state's biggest employer, as punishment for the heresy of criticizing the new voter suppression law Republicans passed last week.
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:   Biden's Election-Reform Deception
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Georgia governor defends voting law amid corporate backlash
Washington Examiner:
Why all the lies about Georgia's new voting law?
Discussion: Politico, IJR and The Nation
Politico:
Inside the ‘Lord of the Flies’ factionalism now plaguing Trumpland  —  Just one month after Donald Trump left the White House, a top donor to his campaign received a call on his personal cellphone from a Republican candidate seeking financial support.  —  The call was unsolicited …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: There's a new honcho atop Trumpworld  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It's been barely three months since he left office, but former President DONALD TRUMP is already reorganizing his nascent post-White House political operation, bringing in veteran political consultant SUSIE WILES to instill order.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
SCOOP: Inside Dems' plans to take down Lauren Boebert  —  Ally Mutnick, Melanie Zanona, Marianne LeVine and Nicholas Wu contributed.  —  CASH COW — We're about to find out how Donald Trump's campaign to overturn the presidential election — which culminated in an insurrection …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Tom LoBianco / Insider:
Donald Trump elevates a loyal Florida operative to shore up his post-presidency political operation
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Five Thoughts About the Politics of Infrastructure  —  A few points on the politics of the Democrats' infrastructure initiative:  — President Joe Biden keeps trying to do popular things.  Government investment in infrastructure does extremely well in public opinion polls …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
40 Years After Reagan, a Bet Big Government Can Get Something Done
Associated Press:
New GOP-led voting restrictions move forward in Texas  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans advanced a slate of proposed new voting restrictions Thursday that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Senate passes restrictive new voting bill
Discussion: CNN, POLITICUSUSA and Democracy Docket
Brennan Center for Justice:
Voting Laws Roundup: March 2021
Discussion: Mother Jones
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine protection lasts at least six months, protects against variants  —  Take an exclusive look inside a busy Covid-19 vaccine facility  —  (CNN)The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months …
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Los Angeles Times:
4 killed, including child, in mass shooting at Orange office complex  —  Four people, including a child, were killed Wednesday evening and a fifth person was injured in a mass shooting at an Orange office complex.  —  It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks …
Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
The Right Curriculum?  How PragerU Infiltrates Schools.  —  The right-wing nonprofit, known for viral videos like ‘The Left Ruins Everything,’ launched a program specifically designed for teachers last fall.  But according to students, its content has been in public schools for years.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Texas officials circulated climate skeptic's talking points on power failures during storm  —  WASHINGTON — As millions of Texans went without power for days during February's devastating storm, Texas oil and gas regulators were circulating talking points from a noted climate skeptic blaming system failures …
Washington Post:
New York authorities file hate-crime charges in attack on Asian American woman  —  NEW YORK — Local authorities said Wednesday they have filed three felony hate-crime charges against 38-year-old Brandon Elliot in the brutal stomping of an elderly Asian American woman …
Discussion: Althouse and Insider
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CNN:
Myanmar junta offers ceasefire to some, as UN envoy warns of ‘bloodbath’  —  UN envoy says a ‘bloodbath is imminent’ in Myanmar  —  (CNN)As the United Nations Security Council discussed Myanmar's military coup on Wednesday, the country's junta declared a “ceasefire” …
Discussion: UN News and KRDO
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Pamela Falk / CBS News:   U.N. special envoy warns “a bloodbath is imminent” in Myanmar if Security Council does not act
New York Times:
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — As the coronavirus subsided in New York last year …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Apple's Tim Cook says voting “ought to be easier than ever”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook, an Alabama native with a lifelong interest in civil rights, joins condemnations of Georgia's new voting law, in a statement provided first to Axios.  —  What he's saying: “The right to vote is fundamental in a democracy.
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
One of QAnon's most widely quoted critics reveals his real name.  Hint: It's not Travis View.  —  QAnon Anonymous co-host, riding a wave of newfound fame, acknowledges he was using a pseudonym all along  —  On a live stream of “QAnon Anonymous” last week, co-host Travis View did something …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘My God’: Former White House lawyer says ‘Donald Trump is in serious trouble’ with new lawsuit  —  Former acting White House Solicitor General Neal Katyal explained to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that the new lawsuit in Washington, D.C. court saying former President Donald Trump is to blame …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Liam Stack / New York Times:
The Push to Vaccinate 20,000 Holocaust Survivors in New York  —  One survivor who got her vaccine, Eva Rose, 96, said the last year has been “lousy,” but added: “I am still here, thank God.”  —  A year spent hiding at home from the coronavirus has given Anne Bertolino, 96 …
 
 
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
The US is telling migrants “don't come.” They might not be listening.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Strange New Doctrine of the Republican Party
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Pompeo ‘regrets’ not making more progress with North Korea
Discussion: IJR
David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Helped Alex Jones Share ‘Prepare For War’ Posts Before the Capitol Riots
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Is OBAMA now cancelled? Latino activists oppose Chicago suburb naming school after Barack and Michelle because ex-president was ‘the deporter-in-chief’
Discussion: Victory Girls Blog and ABC7
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
An Accidental Disclosure Exposes a $1 Billion Tax Fight With Bristol Myers
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Trimming Forces Sent to Mideast to Help Saudi Arabia
 Earlier Items: 
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in a future criminal case
Discussion: Raw Story
Jane Recker / Washingtonian:
A Donald Trump Painting Is Coming to the National Portrait Gallery
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
William Saletan / Slate:
The Bogus Rap on Deborah Birx
Discussion: HotAir
People.com:
Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis and ‘Bizarre’ Symptoms, Urges Others to Continue Wearing Masks
New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is delayed by a U.S. factory mixup.
 

 
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Pew Research Center:
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Brendan Carr promises to “enforce” broadcast media's “public interest obligation” as FCC chair and has recently singled out NewsGuard for “censorship”

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