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11:25 PM ET, April 27, 2021

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A New York Post story about Kamala Harris triggered conservative outrage.  Almost all of it was wrong.  Now the reporter has resigned.  —  A longtime New York Post reporter said she has resigned after being “ordered” to write a false story that claimed undocumented minors were being welcomed …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NY Post Reporter Quits: I Was ‘Ordered’ to Write False Story About Kamala Harris  —  “An incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against... was my breaking point,” reporter Laura Italiano confessed Tuesday.  —  The New York Post reporter whose byline …
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Reporter resigns from NY Post over Harris book story
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and TheBlaze
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
JUST IN: NY Post Reporter Who Wrote False Story on Kamala Harris Books Resigns, Says She Was ‘Ordered’ to Write It
Discussion: Insider, CNN and Snopes.com
Mike Spies / New Yorker:
The Secret Footage of N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre's Botched Elephant Hunt  —  The chief executive has cultivated his image as an exemplar of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship—and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips—tells another story.
Bloomberg:
Biden to Omit Estate-Tax Expansion From Coming Economic Plan  — ‘American Families Plan’ to span range of individual tax hikes  — Plan has higher capital gains, but not estate-tax expansion  —  President Joe Biden and his economic team are planning to forgo an expansion of the estate tax …
Discussion: Townhall
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Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
America's Ultra-Rich Fear Biden Will Close Their Favorite Tax Loopholes
New York Times:
‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere.  —  As India suffers the world's worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed.  —  NEW DELHI — Crematories are so full of bodies, it's as if a war just happened.
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors, except in crowded settings  —  Even unvaccinated individuals may forego masks when walking, jogging or biking outdoors with household members.  —  Federal health officials said Tuesday that fully vaccinated Americans …
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Josh Barro / Insider:   If people give you trouble about not wearing a mask outside, just ignore them
Glenn Greenwald:
CNN's New “Reporter,” Natasha Bertrand, is a Deranged Conspiracy Theorist and Scandal-Plagued CIA Propagandist  —  In the U.S. corporate media, the surest way to advance is to loyally spread lies and deceit from the U.S. security state.  Bertrand is just the latest example.  —  3 hr ago
Discussion: Twitchy, Fox News, Page Array and Mediaite
Justice News:
Former White House Adviser Arrested For Stealing $218,000 From Charter Schools He Founded  —  Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Sean Illing / Vox:
“Wokeness is a problem and we all know it”  —  James Carville on the state of Democratic politics.  —  I called James Carville hoping to get his thoughts on President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office.  —  He obliged — then, one question in, brushed aside the exercise to talk instead …
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset earlier this month.Credit: ALEX KOLOMOISKY - AFP  —  Some pundits are calling Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt on Tuesday to carry out an “illegal” ministerial appointment “the worst constitutional crisis in Israeli history.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:   “Brink of anarchy”: Netanyahu ignores law to appoint loyalist justice minister
Politico:
Inside Biden's bubble: How an insular White House has kept drama and leaks at a minimum  —  One hundred days into the Biden administration, the White House is a tight ship run by a cadre of longtime Biden loyalists.  —  When President Joe Biden sat in his first Oval Office briefing to discuss …
Discussion: New York Times
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia
David Corn / Mother Jones:
In Sworn Testimony in Inauguration Scandal Case, Donald Trump Jr. Made Apparently False Statements  —  On February 11, Donald Trump Jr. sat in front of his computer for a video deposition.  He swore to tell the truth.  But documents and a video obtained by Mother Jones—and recent legal filings …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
At 100 days, Americans see Biden as more moderate than Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Americans perceive Joe Biden as more moderate than Barack Obama at the same stage of his presidency, a new survey shows, even as progressive activists say the incumbent is governing to the left of the former president.
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘Evil’ and ‘Psychotic’: Chris Hayes Hammers Tucker Carlson for Telling Audience to Call Cops on Kids Wearing Masks Outdoors  —  On Monday, Tucker Carlson issued a bizarre directive to his Fox News audience during a segment on mask-wearing, telling them to call the authorities …
Kadia Goba / Axios:
How Biden's speech will make history  —  President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday will be noteworthy not because of the COVID-restricted audience but because he'll stand before two women in the House Chamber.  —  Why it matters: The joint address is not a State …
Associated Press:
New GOP law in Iowa flags 294,000 voters as inactive because they didn't vote in the last election  —  Democrats argued Iowa's changes are too aggressive and will wrongly categorize eligible voters  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of 17-year-olds who could not cast ballots in the 2020 election …
Politico:
How Trump's renewed election rhetoric is complicating Capitol rioters' legal fight  —  The fanatical Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol in January are facing an unexpected obstacle to their freedom: Trump himself.  —  Trump's refusal to accept the reality that he lost the 2020 election …
New York Times:
Norton Takes Philip Roth Biography Out of Print  —  The publisher also said it would make a donation to sexual abuse organizations equal to the advance it paid Blake Bailey, the author accused of sexual assault.  —  W.W. Norton said in a memo to its staff on Tuesday that it will permanently …
CNN:
Murkowski challenger wrote in support of ‘ex-gay’ organization and posts on evils of ‘addictive’ witchcraft and ‘Twilight’  —  (CNN)Kelly Tshibaka, a Republican Senate candidate seeking to challenge Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022, once wrote in support of an “ex-gay” …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Nicole Friedman / Wall Street Journal:
Lakeside Idaho City Is America's Hottest Housing Market in New WSJ/Realtor.com Index  —  Prices are rising in Coeur d'Alene, and inventory is falling  —  The picturesque lakeside city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, tops the list of the country's hottest emerging housing markets, according to a new ranking launched Tuesday.
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmakers Release Surprisingly Great COVID-19 Vaccine Ad  —  “The only way to protect ourselves and your loved ones ― and to end the government's restrictions on our freedoms ― is to take action and get the vaccine,” a group of Republican doctors urged constituents in a new video.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's conservatives are quaking over cancel culture  —  The Court's right flank is afraid that the monster under their bed will cancel them.  —  Here's a quote from someone who, not that long ago, was widely considered to be on the cutting edge of conservative thinking about the law:
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and PBS NewsHour
Julia Moskin / New York Times:
At Blaine Wetzel's Willows Inn, Employees Report Years of Workplace Abuse  —  Globe-trotting diners flock to the Willows Inn's serene Northwest setting.  But former employees say faked ingredients, sexual harassment and an abusive kitchen are the real story.
NBC News:
After 100 days out of office, Trump's support softens in NBC News poll  —  WASHINGTON — Out of office, off of Twitter, still complaining about the election results — the last 100 days or so haven't been kind to Donald Trump, our new national NBC News poll finds.
Washington Post:
The county where Black women hold power — a few miles from the White House  —  The hallway was lined with sharply dressed Black women, awaiting the new administration's first cabinet meeting.  —  Who are they, the deputy fire chief wondered that December day in 2018.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Cindy McCain talks about Hunter Biden, sacrifices and Meghan in new interview  —  Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), discussed her own battle with opioid addiction while criticizing the treatment of President Biden's son Hunter in a new podcast on Tuesday.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and NPR
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Crowds and Power  —  Rewarding Compliance, Criminalizing Dissent  —  Crowds have a starring role in the propaganda generated over a century of authoritarian history.  Throngs listening to the leader at a rally, performing gymnastics for him and party officials (a Communist specialty) …
Arthur Tarley / Current Affairs:
How the Media Helped Democrats Spin the Pandemic … March 15, 2020.  Uncertainty sweeps the United States as COVID-19 is widely realized to be a ubiquitous threat.  Then-candidate Joe Biden takes the debate stage with Bernie Sanders and reminds us that there is one thing we can still be certain of …
Office of the Arizona Governor:
Governor Ducey Signs Legislation To Protect Preborn Children  —  PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today reaffirmed Arizona's commitment to pro-life policies by signing legislation that expands protections for unborn children with a genetic abnormality.  —  “There's immeasurable value …
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Prosecutors Are Said to Have Sought Aggressive Approach to Capitol Riot Inquiry  —  Their proposal was quashed amid concerns that it would violate First Amendment protections, people briefed on the plan said.  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks after the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
 
 
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New York Times:
‘There Is a Tension There’: Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer waiting for recommendation on Supreme Court expansion
Discussion: National Review and IJR
Washington Post:
Washington Post Magazine seeks pitches for underreported stories in communities across the country
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
MacCallum on trends in Census' Congress redistricting: Never seen ‘people move because of politics’
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Biden donors, friends and former aides expected on first slate of high-profile ambassadors
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
CNN Poll: Most satisfied with Chauvin verdict, but partisans divide
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Biden nominates Texas sheriff to be ICE director
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
World Opinion Of U.S. Shoots Up After Biden Takes Office, Poll Finds
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mayday! How 1971′s D.C. street clash between soldiers and hippies changed America, for better or worse