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3:15 PM ET, April 26, 2021

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Juliegrace Brufke / New York Post:
Rep. Liz Cheney not ruling out 2024 presidential run  —  ORLANDO — House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is not ruling out a potential presidential bid, The Post has learned.  —  “I'm not ruling anything in or out — I've been here a long time,” she told The Post when asked if she would ever consider running in the future.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Cheney breaks with McCarthy on scope of Jan. 6 panel  —  House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) broke Monday with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), telling reporters that a proposed 9/11-style independent commission should narrowly focus on the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ex-Trump, Bush press secretaries have some tips for House GOP
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Foreign Minister, in Leaked Tape, Says Revolutionary Guards Set Policies  —  Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.  —  In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind …
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
John Kerry, Enemy of Israel  —  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W e know now that former secretary of state John Kerry isn't merely a critic of Israel; he is an adversary.  In leaked audiotapes obtained by the U.K.-based Iran International, as reported by the New York Times, Iranian foreign minister …
Discussion: Washington Post
Foreign Affairs:
Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict
Discussion: Townhall
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will hear a major Second Amendment case that could gut US gun laws  —  The Supreme Court could make the NRA's dreams come true.  —  The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, a case that could transform …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
Discussion: BizPac Review, Mic and Raw Story
Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
Why The New York Times Is Retiring the Term ‘Op-Ed’  —  The first Op-Ed page in The New York Times greeted the world on Sept. 21, 1970.  It was so named because it appeared opposite the editorial page and not (as many still believe) because it would offer views contrary to the paper's.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US will share AstraZeneca vaccines with world  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire pipeline of vaccines from AstraZeneca once the COVID-19 vaccine clear federal safety reviews, the White House told The Associated Press on Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected …
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
U.S. to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with other countries, official says
ABC News:
AG Garland expected to announce investigation of Louisville PD's policing practices: Source  —  Garland will make the announcement Monday at the Justice Department.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
DOJ to announce Louisville police investigation, second ‘pattern or practice’ probe under Biden
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg
BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Stopped Employees From Reading An Internal Report About Its Role In The Insurrection.  You Can Read It Here.  —  Last Thursday, BuzzFeed News revealed that an internal Facebook report concluded that the company failed to prevent the “Stop the Steal” movement from using its platform …
Clare Foran / CNN:
Anti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy  —  (CNN)An anti-Trump conservative group is launching an effort to track and evaluate whether Republicans in Congress, in the group's view, have acted to either undermine or uphold democracy …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy
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James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska Airlines bans Eagle River lawmaker for violating COVID-19 mask policy
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Peter Thiel makes $10M bet on associate in Arizona Senate race  —  Libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel is spending $10 million to boost one of his closest allies in next year's Arizona Senate race, a contest crucial to the fight for the majority.  —  The billionaire is coming out in support …
Discussion: Breitbart, Joe.My.God. and The Verge
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Marco Rubio / New York Post:
Corporations that undermine American values don't deserve GOP support  —  'What's good for General Motors is good for the country.  " This was a defining American adage in the last century, because it was true: US corporations helped to make our country the most prosperous in the history of the world.
Discussion: Forbes, Reason, HotAir and Raw Story
New York Times:
‘Nomadland’ Makes History, and Chadwick Boseman Is Upset at the Oscars  —  Chloé Zhao's film about the damaged American dream won best picture, best director and best actress.  In a surprise, Anthony Hopkins ("The Father") won best actor.  —  LOS ANGELES — “Nomadland,” …
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: More than half of unvaccinated Americans don't plan to get the coronavirus shot
Discussion: HotAir and Associated Press
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster Employees Submit Petition Demanding No Deals With Trump Administration Authors  —  Petition collected 216 internal signatures and more than 3,500 outside supporters, organizers say  —  An employee petition at Simon & Schuster demanding that the company stop publishing authors associated …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: No, Biden is not trying to force Americans to eat less red meat  —  Washington (CNN)Republican members of Congress, Fox News personalities and other prominent right-wing figures are falsely claiming that President Joe Biden is trying to force Americans to eat far less red meat.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's First 100 Days Reshaped America  —  During the first hundred days of Joe Biden's presidency, it has dawned on Republicans that the man their standard-bearer once mocked as “Sleepy Joe” is a formidable adversary.  And the quality that has made him so effective up to this point is, well, his sleepiness.
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Oscars Ratings Tank Massively  —  Just as we at OutKick predicted, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony tanked to unimaginable lows.  The 2021 Oscars fell more than 50% year-over-year in overnight ratings, OutKick has learned.  Here's a look at the past three years:  —  2021: 8.9/19  —  2020: 18.1/33
New York Times:
Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes  —  The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet.  Their differences are set to escalate this week.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley …
Discussion: Vox, more at Techmeme »
Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Broad Support for Spending Plans  —  Biden gets better marks than Trump for addressing infrastructure  —  West Long Branch, NJ - About 2 in 3 Americans support the president's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package as well as the proposed tax hikes to pay for it.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive-Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the far-right groups whose members are suspected of planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are the Proud Boys.  In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's director told …
Discussion: Insider
Tyler Bridges / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘Voters voted against wokeness:’ How Troy Carter defeated Karen Carter Peterson  —  On his first day as a congressman-elect on Sunday, Troy Carter slept only 90 minutes, attended seven Black church services in the New Orleans area, received congratulatory texts and phone calls from Democratic …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, HotAir and UPI
Politico:
‘We need a government that looks a lot more like the rest of America’  —  Rep. Andy Kim was deep in thought when he retraced the path of the gunman who killed eight people last month near Atlanta, Ga. He'd made the trip south less than two weeks after the attacks and drove the 40 minutes between …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The media's reprehensible Ma'Khia Bryant coverage puts police in further danger  —  “A teenage girl was fatally shot by the police in Columbus, Ohio, officials said, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer Derek Chauvin in last year's killing …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Executive Order Establishing the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Florida Senate advances bill that includes limits on voting by mail, drop boxes
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Reality Winner Has a Question for President Biden
Bloomberg:
More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don't Call It an Urban Exodus
The Guardian:
Why Michigan Republicans' attack on voting rights is ‘particularly anti-democratic’
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Biden's quiet immigration move
Discussion: Daily Kos and Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe sentenced to a year in Iran prison
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
Biden is using his economic plan to challenge China
J.B. Shurk / American Thinker:
Bush Republicanism Must Go Away
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

UnHerd:
Scientific American EIC Laura Helmuth is stepping down, following criticism for her social media posts suggesting Trump voters were racist, sexist, and fascist

 
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