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5:40 PM ET, April 3, 2021

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations  —  Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions.  Demands for refunds spiked.  Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared.  But the money helped keep Donald Trump's struggling campaign afloat.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Georgia's Election Law, and Why Turnout Isn't Easy to Turn Off  —  Making voting convenient doesn't necessarily translate into more votes, research shows.  —  There's nothing unusual about exaggeration in politics.  But when it comes to the debate over voting rights, something more than exaggeration is going on.
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SHG / Simple Justice:
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia  —  Georgia enacted a law that changed voting in the state.  It's got some serious (and less serious) flaws.  It's got some fair points which are fairly common in other state's voting laws.  It's got some good things buried in there too.
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Hank Aaron's grandson slams Kelly Loeffler over tweet on All-Star Game  —  Raynal Aaron said his grandfather would be ‘disappointed’  —  Gov. Kemp: ‘Unfortunate’ MLB has caved to ‘cancel culture’ over Georgia voting law  —  Hank Aaron's grandson had some harsh words for Greater Georgia …
Discussion: Fox Business, Raw Story and Insider
Mike Freeman / USA Today:
The gutless Atlanta Braves put themselves on the wrong side of history  —  If you want to know what courage looks like, look at Major League Baseball right now.  They saw the naked, jingoistic racism of voter suppression in Georgia, and in response, decided to move this year's All-Star game from the state.
Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Baseball League
Discussion: Newsbusters and Fox News
Aaron Holmes / Insider:
533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online  — The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.  — The data includes phone numbers, full names, location, email address, and biographical information.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The shameless revisionism of the Capitol attack cannot be allowed to take root  —  Come Tuesday, it will be three months since supporters of Donald Trump staged a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  Not much time at all, really.  But the former president and his enablers have been hard …
Discussion: UPI, FOX31 Denver and New York Magazine
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New York Times:
Suspect in Capitol attack appears to have been a follower of Louis Farrakhan.
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jordanian royal detained in alleged plot against King Abdullah II  —  Jordanian authorities detained the kingdom's former crown prince and arrested nearly 20 other people Saturday after what officials called a “threat to the country's stability.”  —  Prince Hamzah bin Hussein …
Washington Post:
HP, Dow, Under Armour among nearly 200 companies speaking out against voting law changes in Texas, other states  —  After Georgia, voting rights activists call for corporate pushback against proposed voting bills in Texas and dozens of other states.  —  Nearly 200 companies on Friday joined …
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
We Have All Hit a Wall  —  Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout, with everything from edibles to Exodus.  —  Like many of us, the writer Susan Orlean is having a hard time concentrating these days.  “Good morning to everyone,” she tweeted recently, “but especially to the sentence I just rewrote for the tenth time.”
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Study declares AOC one of the least effective members of Congress  —  She's the queen of Twitter — but less successful at lawmaking.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the least effective members of the last Congress according to a new survey from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking …
MSNBC:
Rep. Anna Eskamani on voicemail from Matt Gaetz, Joel Greenberg: ‘Another day as a woman in politics’  —  Regarding a voicemail from Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg, Rep. Anna Eskamani says she ‘absolutely got the feeling that it was very much an attempt at an intimate conversation.’ Eskamani also says …
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The Daily Beast:
The Strange Friendship That May Bring Down Matt Gaetz
Michael A. Cohen / Truth and Consequences:
This Version of the GOP is Here to Stay  —  The Republican Party looks divided and weak, but it remains a party with a host of political assets.  —  Being on vacation means different things for different people.  Some like to go hiking or camping and enjoy nature.
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
Natalie Fertig / Politico:
Schumer: Senate will act on marijuana legalization with or without Biden  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer really likes to talk about weed.  —  Schumer has been making waves on cannabis policy since he first introduced a bill to legalize marijuana in April 2018.
About Amazon:
Our recent response to Representative Pocan  —  On Wednesday last week, the @amazonnews Twitter account tweeted the following back to Representative Mark Pocan: … This was an own-goal, we're unhappy about it, and we owe an apology to Representative Pocan.  —  First, the tweet was incorrect.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden revokes Trump's sanctions on International Criminal Court  —  President Biden on Friday revoked the sanctions imposed by his predecessor on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Secretary of State Tony Blinken said in a statement.  —  Why it matters: Biden had promised …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
CNN's Dana Bash 'Can't Repeat' What GOP Lawmakers Are Texting Her About Matt Gaetz  —  “I actually can't repeat what some of them say on morning television,” said the network's chief political correspondent.  —  CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash on Friday indicated how some Republicans …
The Intercept:
Pipeline Company Issues Broad Subpoena to News Site That Covered Protests Against It … Last week, members of the nonprofit news organization Unicorn Riot received a subpoena from the pipeline giant Energy Transfer seeking a wide range of documents, including newsgathering materials that would identify sources.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
White House says bills are bipartisan even if GOP doesn't vote for them  —  The White House wants to change how people perceive bipartisanship, arguing that if they put forward proposals that are backed by Republicans and independents, they should be seen as bipartisan even if GOP lawmakers in Washington don't vote for them.
 
 
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
How Do We Stop the Parade of Gun Deaths?
Joann Muller / Axios:
Supersonic travel is about to make a comeback
Steve Thompson / Washington Post:
Audit criticizes Maryland's $9 million purchase from South Korean company of coronavirus tests that had to be replaced
Washington Post:
Why does it feel like the D.C. region is behind on vaccinations?
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Delta, United hail CDC guidance that vaccinated people can safely travel
Discussion: Breitbart
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
One Republican's Lonely Fight Against a Flood of Disinformation
Priyanka Boghani / FRONTLINE:
Syrian Militant and Former Al Qaeda Leader Seeks Wider Acceptance in First Interview With U.S. Journalist
Eltaf Najafizada / Bloomberg:
Afghanistan's Ghani Won't Run in Snap Polls He Proposed: Mohib
 Earlier Items: 
MSNBC:
In new book, John Boehner blasts Ted Cruz as ‘dangerous’
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Aiming big, Biden is looking to restore faith in government
Discussion: Fox News
Claire Stern / InStyle:
How CNN's Kaitlan Collins Took an “Apolitical Upbringing” All the Way to the White House
David Hogberg / Washington Examiner:
How ‘Neanderthal’ Texas and Mississippi defied dire COVID predictions
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
There's something very wrong with our press
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
A Chinese ‘Auntie’ Went on a Solo Road Trip. Now, She's a Feminist Icon.
 

 
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