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8:40 PM ET, April 12, 2021

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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Minnesota Republicans slam Gov. Tim Walz for Daunte Wright police shooting reaction  —  Minneapolis erupted in looting and riots late Sunday after Wright was shot  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 12  —  Minnesota Republicans slammed Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat …
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Mohamed Ibrahim / Associated Press:
Police: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun  —  BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop say the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.  —  Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.”
Star Tribune:
Brooklyn Center police fatally shoot man, 20, inflaming tensions during the Derek Chauvin trial  —  Man, 20, killed after being pulled over for traffic violation in Brooklyn Center  —  READ: Officer meant to use Taser, not firearm, on Daunte Wright, police chief says
CNN:
Minnesota officer shouted ‘Taser!’ but fired a gun instead, fatally shooting a man at a traffic stop, police say
New York Times:
Daunte Wright Shooting an ‘Accidental Discharge,’ Brooklyn Center Police Chief Says
CNN:
Biden keeping Trump's pick for Moscow ambassador in place  —  Washington (CNN)The Biden administration recently decided to keep the Trump-appointed US ambassador on the job in Moscow for the foreseeable future, two senior administration officials told CNN, demonstrating a willingness …
Discussion: spectator.us
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
The Biden White House media doctrine: Less can be more  —  Three months in, Joe Biden's White House has settled on a firm press strategy: First, do no self-harm.  —  The president is not doing cable news interviews.  Tweets from his account are limited and, when they come, unimaginably conventional.
Politico:
Biden to nominate Wormuth to be first female Army secretary  —  President Joe Biden plans to nominate Pentagon veteran Christine Wormuth to be the first female Army secretary, the White House announced on Monday.  —  Wormuth, a former top policy official at the Defense Department during …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John Cornyn's ugly, transparent attempt to paint Biden as a Manchurian Candidate
NRSC:
President Donald J. Trump Receives First NRSC Champion for Freedom Award  —  Washington, D.C. - This weekend, NRSC Chairman Rick Scott presented President Donald J. Trump with the NRSC's inaugural Champion for Freedom Award.  This award is presented to conservative leaders who have worked tirelessly …
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Cole Carnick / Washington Free Beacon:
Harry Reid Warns Dems Against Packing Supreme Court
Discussion: Politico and Townhall
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Will Smith's production pulls out of Georgia, citing the state's voting law.  —  Will Smith and the director Antoine Fuqua said on Monday that they were pulling their upcoming film production “Emancipation” out of Georgia because of the state's new voting law, which has been denounced …
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NBC News:
Will Smith movie ‘Emancipation’ abandons Georgia over voting restrictions
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Will Smith & Antoine Fuqua Confirm Georgia Exit Of ‘Emancipation’: “We Cannot In Good Conscience Provide Economic Support” After Recent Election Law - Update
Politico:
‘Felt like a setup’: WhatsApp chat shows Gaetz ally scrambling to contain fallout  —  MIAMI — The feds were closing in.  And Rep. Matt Gaetz's friend, Joel Greenberg, was in a panic.  —  The Florida county tax collector was five days away from a federal indictment for sex trafficking involving …
Washington Post:
The rise of domestic extremism in America  —  Data shows a surge in homegrown attacks not seen in a quarter-century  —  Domestic terror incidents by year  —  Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist …
Discussion: Raw Story
NCAA.org:
NCAA Board of Governors Statement on Transgender Participation  —  The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports.  This commitment is grounded in our values of inclusion and fair competition.
Graham Vyse / Washington Post:
D.C.'s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast  —  Jane Coaston hates the phrase “the Black community.”  The 33-year-old journalist always jokes about her next “Black community meeting,” mocking the idea that she and millions …
Kara Voght / Mother Jones:
Democrats' Next Plan to Get Biden's Agenda Over the Finish Line: Fire the Scorekeeper  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.25 trillion jobs …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty  —  Late on Friday night, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Tandon v. Newsom, which blocked California's COVID-related ban on religious gatherings in private homes.  Chief Justice John Roberts dissented …
Kriston Capps / Bloomberg:
The High Cost of Clearing Tent Cities  —  Late in March, authorities in Los Angeles attempted to remove a large encampment of unhoused people who had settled in tents along Echo Park Lake.  Such encampments are increasingly common sights on sidewalks and beneath overpasses in U.S. cities …
Chauncey Devega / Salon:
Leaked video reveals a GOP plan to intimidate Black and brown voters in Houston  —  Republicans propose “Election Integrity Brigade” specifically targeting Black and brown neighborhoods in Houston  —  Donald Trump's neofascist slogan, “Make America Great Again,” was always best understood …
Discussion: TheGrio
Ron Hurtibise / Sun-Sentinel:
Another cruise line will require vaccines; DeSantis says no  —  SilverSea Cruises became the second major cruise line to announce it will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all passengers when it resumes global itineraries on June 5.  —  The decision could set up a confrontation with Florida …
New York Times:
Subpoenaing the Brookings Institution, Durham Focuses on Trump-Russia Dossier  —  The special counsel scrutinizing the Russia inquiry, a Trump-era leftover, appears to be retreading ground that an inspector general explored in 2019.  —  WASHINGTON — Exiled from Twitter …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
New York Times:
A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden  —  The Louvre inspected the “Salvator Mundi” and certified it as the work of Leonardo da Vinci.  But it kept those findings secret after a squabble with the painting's owners.  —  French curators had worked for a decade to prepare …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
How the corporate backlash to Georgia's new voting law is shaping other fights around the country over access to the polls  —  Behind closed doors, aides to Georgia's top Republicans and its leading business interests spent the final days of March hashing out new voting legislation in an effort …
Reuters:
Reuters to name Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief  —  (Reuters) -Reuters News is set to name one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the globe-spanning news agency in its 170-year history.
Jim Mustian / Associated Press:
‘Skilled predator’ FBI boss harassed 8 women, watchdog finds  —  NEW YORK (AP) — One woman carried a ruler at FBI headquarters so she could smack James Hendricks' hands when he reached for her legs and breasts.  Another went home shaken after he tugged on her ear and kissed her cheek during a closed-door meeting.
Ben Dreyfuss / bend:
And like that —poof—he was gone.  —  A note about me and Mother Jones.  —  3 hr ago  —  Personal news: I am no longer editorial director at Mother Jones.  You need to find new reasons to pretend to cancel your subscriptions.  —  I was hired at MJ in July of 2013 as their engagement editor.
Politico:
Judge releases Trump appointee charged in Capitol riot  —  A federal judge has granted pretrial release to the only Trump administration appointee known to have been charged in connection with the storming of the Capitol during the certification of electoral votes on Jan. 6.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Raw Story
Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
Photo restorer who added smiles to Cambodian genocide victims violated the law, gov't says  —  Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has said that an Ireland-based photo restoration artist broke the country's archive law after he digitally colourised and added smiles to images of genocide victims.
Ty Pendlebury / CNET:
Virus-killing fan-maker Big Ass Fans adds former CDC director as advisor  —  Dr. Robert Redfield will advise on health and safety for the company behind the Haiku UV-C. … Big Ass Fans, the Kentucky-based maker of a virus-killing smart fan, is seeking to boost its COVID-19 credentials …
Naveena Sadasivam / Grist:
Leaked calls show ALEC's secret plan to fight Biden on climate  —  A new ALEC working group is promoting long-shot tactics like nullification and a constitutional convention.  —  Republican efforts to stall President Joe Biden's climate agenda are slowly beginning to take shape.
Discussion: Mic
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Weinstein Attorneys Object to Paperwork in Los Angeles Extradition … A judge in Buffalo, N.Y., set an April 30 court date to hear the objections.  —  Monday's hearing was only the second time Weinstein has appeared in court since being sentenced in March 2020 to 23 years in prison.
- Raheem Kassam / The National Pulse:
EVIDENCE: How CNN Faked A Story About Matt Gaetz, Got Caught, But Still Won't Remove It.  —  In the early afternoon of April 11th, 2021, internal and external communications staffers for embattled Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-1) received a request for comment from newly minted CNN reporter Gabby Orr.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Cindy McCain set to land Biden ambassadorship  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  President JOE BIDEN is preparing to name Republican CINDY MCCAIN to a coveted ambassador post in Western Europe in what would be his administration's first Republican appointee to a Senate-confirmed position.
 
 
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
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Hlr / Harvard Law Review:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Washington Post:
Biden picks former New Jersey attorney general to lead DEA
Fiona Rutherford / Bloomberg:
Michigan's Plea for More Vaccines Is Rejected by Biden Team
Rebecca Alter / Vulture:
Adam McKay Calls Aaron Sorkin ‘the Right-Wing Version of Me’
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Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
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James Arkin / Politico:
Former N.C. governor expected to launch Senate bid this week
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Madison Dapcevich / Snopes.com:
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Matthew Chance / CNN:
Ukraine's President heads to the trenches as Russia masses its troops
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed a Black Army Medic Is Fired
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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