memeorandum: Half a Year After Trump's Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote (Michael Wines/New York Times)

4:35 PM ET, April 25, 2021

Top Items:

Michigan's Covid Wards Are Filling Up With Younger Patients — Even as vaccines roll out, more younger people in Michigan are being hospitalized than at any other point in the pandemic. And they're coming in sicker. — ROYAL OAK, Mich. — At Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak …

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and CNN

Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:

Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines — Nearly 8 percent of those who got initial Pfizer or Moderna shots missed their second doses. State officials want to prevent the numbers from rising. — Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.

Discussion: New York Post, Joe.My.God., Bloomberg, Gothamist and Slate

Orion Rummler / Axios:
Some Americans are skipping their second coronavirus vaccine shots

Discussion: Des Moines Register

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: At 100 days, Biden's approval remains strong. Can the honeymoon last? … WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in office, slightly more than half of Americans say they approve of his job performance. Biden gets his highest marks on handling the Covid-19 pandemic …

Discussion: Vox, USA Today, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Mother Jones and HotAir

Washington Post:

Americans give Biden mostly positive marks for first 100 days, Post-ABC poll finds — President Biden nears the end of his first 100 days in office with a slight majority of Americans approving of his performance and supporting his major policy initiatives, but his approval rating is lower …

Discussion: CBS News, Hackwhackers, HotAir, The Guardian, The Hill, National Review, Political Wire and BizPac Review

Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:

CBS News poll: Widespread agreement with Chauvin verdict — Three in four Americans think the jury reached the right verdict in which former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, a majority view that spans across all racial, age and partisan groups.

Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Washington Examiner

Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden approaches 100-day milestone

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Insider, Townhall, The Hill and Joe.My.God.

CNN:

Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden's inner circle during a consequential week — Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with CNN's Dana Bash for her exclusive first one-on-one interview with the network airing on CNN's “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash” at 9 a.m. ET Sunday and again at noon ET.

Discussion: IJR, The Hill and New York Post

Allie Bice / Politico:
Harris says she had key role in Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal decision

Discussion: New York Post

Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:

Even after being fully vaccinated, many still wrestle with a fear of catching Covid — Since the start of the pandemic, Kit Breshears has been terrified of catching the coronavirus. Getting vaccinated did not magically change that. — For the past 13 months, Breshears, 44, of Buffalo …

Michael Wines / New York Times:

Half a Year After Trump's Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote — An audit of the vote in Arizona's most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters. But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one. — PHOENIX — It seemed so simple back in December.

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, Newsweek and Daily Kos

Associated Press:

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography — Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines. — So Vyas picked another metropolis that's …

American Greatness:

Slow-Motion Suicide of the West — Some people thought James Burnham's identification of liberalism with civilization's suicide was hyperbolic. In light of American institutions' embrace of anti-Americanism, what would they say now? — I have been thinking a good deal recently …

Discussion: Instapundit

Allyson Waller / New York Times:

Howard Students Protest Cut of Classics Department, Hub for Black Scholarship — Howard University's board of trustees approved the decision to scrap the program, the only such department at a historically Black university. — As an alumna of Howard University, Anika Prather remembers feeling …

Discussion: Joanne Jacobs

Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:

New photos show Epstein and Maxwell were VIP guests in Clinton's White House — Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were once White House guests of former President Bill Clinton, new pictures prove. — The images were published by The Sun, days after Maxwell's last court appearance …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Sun, Fox News, BizPac Review and Twitchy

Ben Jealous / The Hill:

For true law enforcement accountability, change must come from the bottom up — Hearing the words “Guilty.... Guilty.... Guilty” in Derek Chauvin's murder trial brought millions of Americans a feeling of relief. But that relief was incomplete. — The brutal murder of George Floyd …

Discussion: CNN

Ewan Somerville / Telegraph:

Isaac Newton latest historical figure swept up in ‘decolonisation’ drive — Sheffield University said the mathematician may have benefited from “colonial-era activity” as it looks to overhaul its physics curriculum — Sir Isaac Newton has been labelled as a potential beneficiary of …

Paulina Villegas / Washington Post:

Portland mayor urges residents to ‘unmask’ rioters after weeks of violence — Mayor Ted Wheeler asks residents to stand together and ‘take the city back’ — The mayor of Portland, Ore., asked residents for help Friday in putting an end to violent protests that have erupted in recent weeks …

Discussion: HotAir, TheBlaze and New York Post

E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:

Joe Biden's hundred days at the kitchen table — The political core of Bidenism rests on his answers to two questions: What accounted for the setbacks experienced by recent Democratic presidencies? And how can his party ease the discontents that led to the rise of Donald Trump?

Discussion: Fox News, Zandar Versus The Stupid, CNN, Bloomberg, Politico, Associated Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Center for Public Integrity

Associated Press:
More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint

Discussion: USA Today, Gatestone Institute, New York Magazine and NBC News

Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:

Revealed: Donald Trump's firms charges Secret Service more than £17,000 for 2017 trips — Donald Trump's golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland charged the US Secret Service more than £17,000 for a series of previously undisclosed trips during his first full year in office.

David Gelles / New York Times:

C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic — While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches. — Boeing had a historically bad 2020. Its 737 Max was grounded for most of the year …

Discussion: Hackwhackers

Ian Birrell / Daily Mail:

Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid: How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses, writes IAN BIRRELL — Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses — Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide scheme

The White House:

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Call with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval of India … National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke by phone today with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, expressing deep sympathy for the people …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Insider, New York Post, Forbes and Nuclear Diner

Scott Wilson / Washington Post:

A churning Golden State on the eve of new population numbers — ROCKLIN, Calif. — Shannon Sessions has a seat in left field, in the shade of a willow. Her goldendoodle, Yeti, is leashed to her folding chair. — These are prime tickets at the Little League diamond here at Whitney Ranch park …

Neil Baron / The Hill:

Biden's ‘trickle-up’ economics is just what America needs — President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and his $2.2 trillion American Jobs Plan (AJP) go beyond COVID-19 relief and rebuilding America's infrastructure. They are transformational pivots away from more than 30 years …

Michael Berry / Washington Examiner:

Biden bitten by Democratic dark money on court-packing scheme — Even if President Joe Biden and congressional leaders are successful in putting down the mini-insurrection in the Democratic Party behind a bill to pack the Supreme Court, it's clear that events are moving faster than the White House can manage.

Senan Molony / independent:

Legal recognition to be granted for nearly 20,000 ‘undocumented’ in Ireland … IRELAND is to grant legal recognition, right to remain and a path to citizenship for nearly 20,000 ‘undocumented’ from abroad who are resident here. — Almost all are already in employment, serving the State and economy …