memeorandum: U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Clotting Cases (New York Times)

9:15 AM ET, April 13, 2021

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BCA identifies officer in Daunte Wright shooting — Monday night, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday. — The BCA identified the long-time veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department as Officer Kim Potter.

Discussion: Insider and Raw Story

Bruce Gordon / Minnesota Department of Public Safety:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — BCA Identifies Officer in Brooklyn Center Shooting Incident — ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the officer who discharged her firearm during an officer involved shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, April 11, in Brooklyn Center.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Breitbart, NPR, The Daily Caller, Insider, The Daily Beast, Townhall and KDFX-TV

Rich Lowry / New York Post:

How did it become normal for every police shooting to bring ruinous rioting? — By now, it's a ritual of contemporary American life — a police-involved shooting followed by a riot. — Police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last weekend …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Star Tribune, We Love Trump and Chicks On The Right

Star Tribune:

Protesters, police clash at Brooklyn Center police station — Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement officers in Brooklyn Center for the second night in a row Monday following the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man by a police officer. — Protesters had been on hand throughout …

Discussion: The Hill, Minneapolis Star Tribune, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, New York Times, HotAir, National Review, BizPac Review, Al Jazeera, CNN and UPI

Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:

Daunte Wright shooting: Brooklyn Center city manager fired after call for due process for police officer — ‘Effective immediately our city manager has been relieved of his duties,’ Brooklyn Center mayor Mike Elliott said — Twin Cities under state of emergency after deadly police shooting

Discussion: RedState

New York Times:
What to Know About the Police Shooting of Daunte Wright

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New York Times:

U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Clotting Cases — The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will stop using the vaccine at federal sites and urge states to do so as well while they examine the safety issues.

New York Times:

Discussion: WXIA-TV, CBS News, NPR, National Review, OutKick, The Week, KDFX-TV and Fox News

Mychael Schnell / The Hill:

Trump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from packing court — Former President Trump said late Monday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “helpless” against considerations by President Biden to expand the number of Supreme Court justices serving on the bench.

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Politico:
Republicans pray for truce after Trump attacks on McConnell

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's private, revisionist, grievance-laden speech to the RNC

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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Nikki Haley says she'll support and not challenge Trump if he runs in 2024

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Lissandra Villa / TIME:

John Boehner on His New Book, the Rise of Donald Trump and the Future of the GOP — John Boehner left office months before the biggest political story of the decade played out: Donald Trump won the Republican presidential nomination, became President, and redefined the Republican Party.

Steven Shepard / Politico:

Dem pollsters acknowledge ‘major errors’ in 2020 polling — A group of top Democratic Party pollsters are set to release a public statement Tuesday acknowledging “major errors” in their 2020 polling — errors that left party officials stunned by election results that failed to come close to expectations in November.

Discussion: Democracy Docket

Nolan Rappaport / The Hill:

Biden is thinking about building that wall — and that's a good thing — When Congress wouldn't give former President Donald Trump the funds he needed to construct more walls on the southern border, he issued a proclamation declaring that the situation at the southern border presented …

Discussion: National Review

Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The most anti-refugee president in modern history might not be Donald Trump

Discussion: Al Jazeera, HuffPost and Law & Crime

Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:

The Absentee Vote Logic of the New York Times — By making accusations of vote fraud he was not able to prove, both before and after the election, Donald Trump made it easy for his critics to dismiss as dishonest any and all concerns about election integrity.

Discussion: Instapundit

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Lachlan Murdoch dismisses ADL complaint, says Fox sees no problem with Tucker Carlson's ‘replacement theory’ remarks — New York (CNN Business)Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch dismissed the Anti-Defamation League's demand that the company f ire host Tucker Carlson …

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Anti-Defamation League, HuffPost, Mediaite, Poynter, Washington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Caller, KDFX-TV, Snopes.com, Associated Press, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, The Daily Beast and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:

Israeli Defense Officials Warn Leaks on Iran Operations ‘Will Blow Up in Our Faces’ — Some officials fear that inter-agency battles for prestige and political motives are leading to the series of reports and could push Iran to a severe reaction — A recent series of reports attributing …

Discussion: The Times of Israel, The National Interest, Responsible Statecraft and Washington Post

New York Times:
After Nuclear Site Blackout, Thunder From Iran, and Silence From U.S.

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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 …

Discussion: Vox, Alternet.org, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and The Federalist

Steve Vladeck / Slate: “Shadow Dockets” Are Normal. The Way SCOTUS Is Using Them Is the Problem.

Noah Smith / Noahpinion:

Why has climate economics failed us? — Economists could have helped in the fight against climate change. So far, they haven't. — 7 hr ago — Ezra Klein has an excellent post at the New York Times on the politics of Bidenomics. This part really caught my eye:

CNN:

Republicans are politicizing the border and children's lives — VP Harris: People should not come to the border now — Julián Castro is a former presidential candidate, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama and former mayor of San Antonio, Texas.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, ImmigrationProf Blog and The Federalist

Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Number of unaccompanied migrant children in Customs and Border Protection custody falls 45%

Discussion: KDFX-TV, Detroit News, WIS-TV, HotAir, Fox News and ImmigrationProf Blog

Caitlin Owens / Axios:

Democrats, led by Biden, are aiming big on health care — Democrats are exploring adding a huge array of health policies to upcoming spending legislation, ranging from further enhancing Affordable Care Act subsidies to allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.

Discussion: Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

Sam Baker / Axios:

The warning signs of a longer pandemic — All the things that could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic — that could make this virus a part of our lives longer than anyone wants — are playing out right in front of our eyes. — The big picture: Right now, the U.S. is still making fantastic progress on vaccinations.

Discussion: New York Times, HotAir and CNBC

Thomas Novelly / Post and Courier:

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood makes chaotic appearance in Charleston ahead of SC GOP chair bid — NORTH CHARLESTON — Chaos erupted at the Charleston County GOP meeting when attorney Lin Wood pushed conspiracy theories that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

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.

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 …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Discussion: HuffPost, HillReporter.com, Insider, Alternet.org, Mediaite, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story

The Intellectualist: Lobbying Firm Deletes Any Mention Of Gaetz Ally That Worked At Firm

Robert Burns / Associated Press:

Austin: US adds 500 troops in Germany, despite Trump pledge — BERLIN (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops, suggesting he will not carry out a Trump administration order to withdraw thousands of them.

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Al Jazeera

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:

Arclight Cinemas And Pacific Theatres Won't Be Reopening; Parent Company Decurion Hands Keys Back To Landlords — EXCLUSIVE: Refresh for more details The last thing we needed to hear as the box office and exhibition were rebounding from the pandemic was a piece of bad news …

Discussion: Forbes, The Verge, CBS Los Angeles, The Wrap and Variety

Jeremy B. Merrill / The Markup:

How Facebook's Ad System Lets Companies Talk Out of Both Sides of Their Mouths — Exxon, Comcast, and other companies target people of different political leanings with different ads — Liberals on Facebook are given one picture of ExxonMobil. To them, the multibillion-dollar oil giant sells itself …

Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:

Trump Says New York Tax Law Doesn't Apply Because He's Not President — Donald Trump said a New York law enabling Congress to ask for his state tax returns no longer applies because he isn't president. — The law, known as the Trust Act, allows the state to share the president's tax information …

Discussion: Raw Story

Donna Ladd / Mississippi Free Press:

‘Darn’ Tootin' It Is!': Gov. Tate Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says — Despite asking Gov. Tate Reeves' office since late March if he planned to again declare April as Confederate Heritage Month with no response, this publication just found what appears to be this year's proclamation.

Discussion: Raw Story

Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:

Andrew Cuomo's White-Knuckle Ride — Amid scandals, accusations and calls for his resignation, the New York governor seems determined to prove that the instincts that have gotten him into trouble can get him out of it too. — Andrew Cuomo lives, still, in a 40-room Victorian mansion …

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.