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9:20 AM ET, April 13, 2021

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KSTP-TV:
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
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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.
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 …
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 …
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Daunte Wright shooting: Brooklyn Center city manager fired after call for due process for police officer
Discussion: RedState
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.
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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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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Nikki Haley says she'll support and not challenge Trump if he runs in 2024
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
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 …
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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
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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
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 …
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New York Times:
After Nuclear Site Blackout, Thunder From Iran, and Silence From U.S.
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 …
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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:
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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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.
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
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
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 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Television's Trumpiest New Show  —  Almost nobody tuned into the first episode of Dr. Sebastian Gorka's new talk show on Newsmax, The Gorka Reality Check, with high expectations.  —  Since Donald Trump's defeat, there's been a TV land rush to capture as much of the Trump base as possible …
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
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The Intellectualist:   Lobbying Firm Deletes Any Mention Of Gaetz Ally That Worked At Firm
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 …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Former Navy SEAL Admits He Marched on Capitol on Jan. 6
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo's White-Knuckle Ride
Hamilton Nolan / In These Times:
The Long Struggle Against Giving Up
Discussion: The Guardian and Jacobin
Jeffie Lam / South China Morning Post:
Political checkmate: more legal moves to block troublesome Hong Kong opposition
Discussion: New York Times
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Andew Yang and the Age of Blah
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Says ‘Americans Will Die’ From Biden-Approved Aid to Palestinians
Discussion: BizPac Review and Breitbart
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs Ken Salazar for ambassador to Mexico
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate 11 Key Administration Leaders on National Security and Law Enforcement
Evelyn Farkas / Washington Post:
Putin is testing Biden on Ukraine. Here's what will keep him in check.
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
German Lopez / Vox:
Marijuana legalization has won
Harvard Law Review:
Race-ing Roe: Reproductive Justice, Racial Justice, and the Battle for Roe v. Wade
NCAA.org:
NCAA Board of Governors Statement on Transgender Participation
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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