memeorandum: Biden will return to Georgia next week to celebrate first 100 days in office (Greg Bluestein/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

4:40 PM ET, April 23, 2021

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Mike Levine / ABC News:

After Chauvin's conviction for Floyd murder, DOJ weighs charging him for 2017 incident involving Black teen: Source — The judge in Chauvin's murder trial didn't let lawyers bring up the incident. — DOJ reportedly looking into 2017 incident between Chauvin and Black teen

Discussion: Joe.My.God., TheGrio, Insider, The Intellectualist and Raw Story

Robert A. George / Bloomberg:

Police Reformers Need to Pick Their Battles — The conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd owes a lot to social media, which brought before millions of eyes the mobile-phone footage of a brave Black teenager named Darnella Frazier.

Discussion: Townhall, Washington Examiner and Washington Post

Lou Raguse / KARE-TV:
'I wish it didn't have to happen': Alternate juror reflects on Derek Chauvin trial

Discussion: The Federalist, Page Array, TheBlaze, Breitbart, BizPac Review, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Summit News, Associated Press, Twitchy, Townhall and The Daily Caller

Josh Hammer / MSN: The Toxicity of the Permanent Outrage Mentality

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Derek Chauvin sentencing date set for June after murder conviction

Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and Fox News

Ayanna Pressley / USA Today:
Is Chauvin verdict a victory? Not when we are still killed, traumatized daily

Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Althouse

Steven Perlberg / Insider:

The New York Times is readying a big newsletter push as Substack tries to poach its top writers with advances worth hundreds of thousands — The New York Times is readying a newsletter push as Substack comes after top journalists. — Substack offered opinion writer Liz Bruenig a $200,000 advance, double her Times salary.

more at Mediagazer »

Will Oremus / Slate:

What Substack Is Really Doing to the Media — This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg granted a rare, live, hourlong interview to a tech journalist, where he revealed the company's plans for a slew of new audio products. Normally, such a scoopy, wide-ranging interview would be a coup for the media company that landed it.

Discussion: Techonomy and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »

Axios:

Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor — Former Olympic decathlete and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner has filed her initial paperwork to run for governor of California and will officially announce her bid later today, her campaign tells Axios.

NBC News:
Republicans say Newsom recall is all about the virus. That's not how it started

Discussion: Reason

Jonathan VanBoskerck / Orlando Sentinel:

I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience | Commentary — My family and I have been loyal Disney customers for decades. We vacation at Disney World every year. We take a Disney cruise every year or two. Consequently, we spend way too much money in Orlando.

Discussion: Raw Story and Gothamist

Andrew Solender / Forbes:

GOP Sen. Ron Jonhson Criticizes ‘Big Push’ To Get Everyone Vaccinated — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Thursday questioned the “big push” to ensure everyone is vaccinated against coronavirus, putting him at odds with many of his Senate Republican colleagues who have attempted to close the partisan gap in vaccination rates.

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Week, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Vanity Fair, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Insider, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., Hackwhackers, WisPolitics.com and The Intellectualist

Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Ron Johnson ‘highly suspicious’ of federal vaccination push

Discussion: HuffPost, ABC News, CNN, Associated Press, The Hill and IJR

Tom LoBianco / Insider:

Donald Trump plots temporary move from Mar-a-Lago north to New Jersey — The Trump National Golf Club Bedminster will serve as the former president's summer base. — Expect New Jersey to become the new center of Republican politics for a few months. — Trump will gain easy access …

Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Balloon Juice and The Daily Beast

Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:

Power Up: Biden scores record high approval rating among young voters, according to new poll — It's Friday. We made it. It's still National Park Week - hope everyone can get a little fresh air this weekend. This is the Power Up newsletter; thanks for waking up with us. See you on Monday.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill

Harvard University:
Youth Poll — A national poll of America's 18-to-29 year olds released today by the Institute …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The American Independent and NPR

Washington Post:
Most Americans support greater scrutiny of police as discrimination concerns persist, Post-ABC poll finds

Discussion: HotAir, Vanity Fair and Political Wire

Hans Nichols / Axios:

Biden will unveil eye-popping new tax rates for wealthiest Americans — Officials haven't made clear whether the rate would apply in 2021 or 2022.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Media Matters for America

Anita Kumar / Politico:

The border turned out to be a better attack on Biden than even Republicans thought — When Donald Trump took his final trip as president to the southwest border in January, the publicly stated purpose was to tout his record. Privately, however, his Republican allies had hatched a plan …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Townhall, Foreign Policy, Daily Kos, The Sun, Crooks and Liars, Roll Call, Raw Story, DCReport.org, American Thinker, allsides.com, Advancing American Freedom, The Wrap and FiveThirtyEight

Fox News:
Amid border surge, DHS planning to increase number of migrants released into US

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Post and Washington Post

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Democrat Joe Manchin says there's one GOP senator he'd endorse ‘in a heartbeat’ — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin bucked his own party's political operation in 2020 by endorsing a Republican. Now, he's doing it again. — The West Virginia senator is backing Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski's reelection bid …

Discussion: CNN, Must Read Alaska, IJR, Washington Post, Forbes, Breitbart, CBS News, The Daily Caller, HotAir, The Hill and Talking Points Memo

Rana Ayyub / TIME:

‘This Is Hell.’ Prime Minister Modi's Failure to Lead Is Deepening India's COVID-19 Crisis — Ayyub is an Indian journalist and the author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up — Dr. Jalil Parkar, one of India's leading pulmonologists, wears his exhaustion on his face.

Discussion: BBC, NDTV.com, HotAir, The Guardian and The Daily Beast

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Tim Scott often talks about his grandfather and cotton. There's more to that tale. — My grandfather “suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton, and never learned to read or write. ... Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.”

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News, The Federalist, Townhall, Axios, Twitchy and NPR

Bloomberg:

Rich Americans Face Biden Tax Hike With Anger, Denial and Grief — Investors irked by plan for capital gains tax of up to 43.4% — The proposal strikes at the heart of widening U.S. wealth gap — Charles Myers was sitting in a first-class seat on a flight from New York to Dallas when his phone started blowing up Thursday.

Discussion: Insider, CNBC, Washington Post and Reuters

The Times of Israel:

Dozens hurt, arrested in Old City clash as extremist Jews chant ‘Death to Arabs’ — Arab counter-protesters also skirmish with police trying to keep groups apart; 105 Palestinians, 20 officers injured as cops use water cannons, stun grenades against rock throwers — 1,840 shares

Discussion: BBC, Al Jazeera, New York Times, ABC17NEWS, The Daily Caller, The Globe Post and Haaretz

Washington Post:

Ted Cruz maintains ties to right-wing group despite its extremist messaging — On Aug. 4, 2019, the day after a gunman who had posted a hateful diatribe against Hispanics fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart, a leader of a tea party group in Texas said on Facebook …

Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire

Pete Williams / NBC News:

Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe … The Justice Department has notified federal judges in Washington that it expects to charge more than 500 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. — “Over 400 individuals have been charged …

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

CNN:
Under-the-radar court case helps piece together cop dragging during Capitol riot

Discussion: Raw Story, spiked, TheGrio and Crooks and Liars

Brad Schrade / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Businesswoman image key to Marjorie Taylor Greene's rise — Marjorie Taylor Greene relentlessly repeated her central argument: Democrats were destroying the country, and she was ready to fight them.In stump speeches and on social media posts, in television ads and on campaign signs …

Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire

Brian Contreras / Los Angeles Times:

How Trump's zombie Facebook page became a weird internet memorial — At first glance, Donald Trump's Facebook page seems like it's been dead for months. — The former president's last post is dated 3:14 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021, the afternoon of the Capitol riots, as he called for “everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful.”

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

The Jolt: Herschel Walker rumors blocking top Republicans in Senate race — The former Bulldog great Herschel Walker is still making noise about a U.S. Senate bid, floating the possibility of a campaign against Democrat Raphael Warnock to a growing number of media outlets while refusing …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Media Matters for America, thedispatch.com and CNN

Politico:

It's been exactly one year since Trump suggested injecting bleach. We've never been the same. — One year ago today, President Donald Trump took to the White House briefing room and encouraged his top health officials to study the injection of bleach into the human body as a means of fighting Covid.

Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:

Why The U.S. Should Be Shipping Its Vaccines to the Rest of the World—Right Now — It's time to vaccinate the world. — Last year, America led the world in coronavirus deaths. We were a cautionary tale, a country to be avoided. The rest of the world looked at us in pity …

Bobby Burack / OutKick:

Tucker Carlson Goes One-on-One With OutKick — Tucker Carlson sat down, one on one with OutKick for a deep conversation about the problems that face our country. We got into what we are told to believe, the lies we hear, and who we are as a country. We also discuss the media's role and their fear of the word “why.”

Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Caller

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Biden will return to Georgia next week to celebrate first 100 days in office — President Joe Biden is returning to Georgia on Thursday to celebrate his first 100 days in office, marking the moment in a state where Democratic victories allowed him to pursue a far more ambitious legislative agenda.

Discussion: Associated Press, HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, UPI, New York Post and ABC17NEWS

CNN:

Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry — Women detail late-night parties with Gaetz — (CNN)Federal authorities are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women …

New York Times:

U.K. Far Right, Lifted by Trump, Now Turns to Russia — The anti-Islam agitator Tommy Robinson struck gold in America. Keeping it might require help from Moscow, where other British far-right activists are also finding friends. — LONDON — Two days after supporters …

Will Wilkinson / Model Citizen:

The Anti-Majoritarian Mistake — Jonah Goldberg thinks liberal societies don't need much democracy. He's wrong. — 18 hr ago — This Dispatch piece by Jonah Goldberg is extremely useful in illustrating the centrality of anti-majoritarianism on the right.

Discussion: Pawprints

Smithsonian's National Zoo:

Smithsonian To Reopen Seven Museums and the National Zoo in May — All Other Smithsonian Museums Remain Temporarily Closed … The Smithsonian will reopen eight of its facilities to the public in May, starting with the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, Wednesday, May 5.

Discussion: ABC17NEWS and NBC4 Washington