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5:40 PM ET, April 4, 2021

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Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal:
If You Sell a House These Days, the Buyer Might Be a Pension Fund  —  Yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family homes, competing with ordinary Americans and driving up prices  —  A bidding war broke out this winter at a new subdivision north of Houston.
David Jackson / USA Today:
‘Radical Left CRAZIES:’ Trump issues Easter greetings by attacking political rivals, griping about election loss  —  WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump marked Easter weekend by attacking his political enemies, repeating false claims about the election, and calling for a boycott …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Some Georgia GOP legislators want Coca-Cola products removed from offices  —  A group of GOP state legislators in Georgia are seeking removal of Coca-Cola products from their offices after the company's CEO criticized the state's recently passed voting law.  —  The legislators signed onto a letter …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess  —  From the start, Alexi McCammond seemed an unlikely candidate to become a top boss within the storied Vogue empire — at least on paper.  —  Only 27, she had little editing experience and had never managed a staff …
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Israel, in first comment, says troubled by US position ahead of Iran talks  —  US envoy to Iran Malley says goal is to return to nuclear deal, without calling to strengthen it.  —  Mixed messages from the Biden administration on the Iran nuclear deal days before indirect talks commence …
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Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
Iran Rules Out Any Talks With U.S. in Vienna Unless Sanctions Go
Discussion: NPR and Reuters
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
With stimulus cash and jobs spike, U.S. emerges as main engine for global economic recovery  —  Spending on imports spreads the wealth across Europe and Asia  —  The robust U.S. economic recovery this year is expected to be good news for factory workers, freight handlers and farmers.
CBS News:
Hunter Biden on his memoir “Beautiful Things” and his struggles with substance abuse  —  Hunter Biden was asked by correspondent Tracy Smith, “You've said your dad always saw the good in you through all of this.  Was there ever a time when you thought, Okay, there's no way, he's gonna give up on me, I've done it now?”
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden ‘cooperating completely’ with federal investigators
Discussion: Fox News
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Vaccine Cheat Days Are Adding Up  —  Vaccinated and unvaccinated people are getting more lax with behavior at a time when vigilance really matters.  —  A few weeks ago, my partially vaccinated partner and my wholly unvaccinated self got an invitation to a group dinner, held unmasked and indoors.
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Myanmar's Military Has Killed Over 40 Children Since the Coup.  Here's One Child's Story.  —  Myanmar's security forces have killed more than 40 children since February.  Here is the story of one, Aye Myat Thu.  She was 10.  —  In the swelter of the hot season, U Soe Oo cracked open the coconut with practiced blows of his machete.
Washington Post:
Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing  —  AMMAN, Jordan — The government of Jordan on Sunday accused former crown prince Hamzeh bin Hussein and several of his associates of cooperating with foreign entities to pursue …
Discussion: UPI and The National Interest
Jazmine Hughes / New York Times:
‘Battle for the Soul of SoHo’: A Debate on Gentrification, Race and Wealth  —  The Manhattan neighborhood is locked in a contentious battle with city officials over whether, and how, it should change.  —  As a child growing up in SoHo, Akeela Azcuy remembers seeing her father …
Kate Brown / The Hill:
True democracy stands on the heels of vote by mail expansion  —  We got a small glimpse at what is possible for the future of voting in the U.S. In 2020, 46 percent of voters voted by mail.  It was a monumental habit change as the pandemic made it unsafe for people to congregate at polling places to cast ballots.
Discussion: Washington Post
Glenn Greenwald:
The Enduring Terror of Violent Crime Victimhood  —  A family in Oakland just suffered a horrific crime in their home — one similar to but far worse than one I had recently — and deserves much help in recovering.  —  21 hr ago  —  A harrowing story of a violent crime in Oakland was reported …
David Cohen / Politico:
Sen. Blunt sees ‘easy win’ if infrastructure plan scaled back  —  Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Sunday the Biden White House could score “an easy win” on infrastructure if it would just reduce its new plan to focus solely on infrastructure.  —  Speaking to host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
America's Losing Faith, and That Makes the Next Trump All But Inevitable  —  GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY … Yes, Americans are losing faith in almost all institutions these days, but the decline in church attendance has reverberations that will last a long time.
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why Christian voters want more politicians like Donald Trump
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Punched, Kicked, Shoved: Documenting the Anti-Asian Violence  —  Over the last year, in an unrelenting series of episodes with clear racial animus, people of Asian descent have been pushed, beaten, kicked, spit on and called slurs.  Homes and businesses have been vandalized.
New York Times:
Biden Steps Up Federal Efforts to Combat Domestic Extremism  —  The administration has taken a series of steps to prioritize dealing with white supremacists and militias, especially after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say  —  Declining infection rates over all masked a rise in more contagious forms of the coronavirus.  Vaccines will stop the spread, if Americans postpone celebration just a bit longer.  —  For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant.
Agence France-Presse:
China launches musical in bid to counter Uyghur abuse allegations  —  Beijing is attempting to draw attention away from reports it is holding at least one million in Xinjiang internment camps  —  A new state-produced musical set in Xinjiang inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster “La La Land” …
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
MLB boycotts Georgia, signs new deal with Chinese firm that dropped NBA over exec's Hong Kong support  —  The MLB signed a streaming deal with China's Tencent Wednesday  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 3  —  Major League Baseball is protesting a democratically passed Georgia voting law …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, Breitbart and CNBC
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NBC News:
Capitol Police union warns of potential exodus after latest attack, urges security increases  —  The Capitol Police Union's head pushed Congress on Sunday to ramp up security after a second attack at the complex this year left another officer dead and also warned of a possible thinning of the department's ranks.
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Barrasso slams Biden over kids in ‘captivity,’ says he was told to delete photos of border facilities  —  Senate GOP conference chair spoke to ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ host Maria Bartiromo  —  Sen. Barrasso: Biden administration ‘hiding’ migrant crisis from American public
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Reality catches up with propaganda channel  —  Eleven Fox programs whine about press conference treatment as Dominion lawsuit drops  —  Ask not for whom the world's tiniest violin plays — it plays for Fox News.  Three months ago the network's hosts enjoyed unprecedented political power …
 
 
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Virginia Chamlee / People.com:
Ariz. Lawmaker's Estranged Siblings Denounce Him (Again) — This Time for Spreading Misinformation
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Jon Levine / New York Post:
LI GOP pols celebrate MTA service restoration after voting against funding
Discussion: Forbes
Cameron Cawthorne / Fox News:
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
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CDC director walks tightrope on pandemic messaging
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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
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Discussion: CNBC, CBS News and Gothamist
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
WokeWorld comes for ‘oppressor’ Obama: Activists rip school being named after ‘deporter in chief’
Washington Post:
Police crackdowns on illicit massage businesses pose harms to the women they aim to help
Discussion: Forbes and Outside the Beltway
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Inside a stealth ‘persuasion machine’ promising Republican victories in 2022
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix

 
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