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3:35 PM ET, April 19, 2022

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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine  —  A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse  —  On March 8, a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok posted a video …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Unreal: WaPo reporter claimed “severe PTSD” from Internet criticism — and then doxxed an anonymous Twitter user; UPDATE: LibsofTikTok responds  —  Remember this MSNBC segment on online harassment?  MSNBC aired it less than two weeks ago.  Washington Post tech reporter Taylor Lorenz claimed to have …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer as it weighs what to do with the subscription streaming service moving forward, five sources tell Axios. … Discovery executives disagree.
New York Times:
Joe Kahn Is Named Next Executive Editor of The New York Times  —  Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Joseph F. Kahn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning China correspondent who rose to lead the international desk of The New York Times …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
The Inside Man  —  Joe Kahn is the new, old-school editor of the Times.  But who is he?  —  Abe Rosenthal, the totemic New York Times editor who published the Pentagon Papers, used to say that there was one path to the executive editor's office — over the dead, burned, and maimed bodies of the ten other people who wanted the job.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:   Doubling down at the Times  —  Dean Baquet's departure as executive editor of the New York Times …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A Quiet Intensity, Matched With Big Ambitions
The Hill:
Biden has told Obama he's running again  —  President Biden has told former President Obama that he is planning to run for reelection in 2024, two sources tell The Hill.  —  The admission to Obama is the latest indication that Biden is likely to run for a second term, something the president has spoken about publicly.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Bidenism is failing. The question is how badly.
Discussion: The Hill
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Ron Johnson pursues a scorched-earth path to reelection
Discussion: Raw Story
John Kennedy / Tallahassee Democrat:
DeSantis plan to redraw districts branded ‘racist’ by critics as special session begins  —  TALLAHASSEE - Florida lawmakers opened a special session Tuesday to redraw congressional district boundaries to eliminate two of the four seats now served by Black Democrats, while outside the Capitol, opponents condemned the move as racist.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Florida Politics
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
DeSantis: We're taking on Disney in this special session
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Florida Gov DeSantis pushes to end Disney self-government
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
The mask mandate ended midflight, sparking cheers, selfies and alarm.  —  Airport terminals and flights erupted in applause, while some passengers said the abrupt policy change put them at risk.  —  Halfway into her flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles Monday night, Brooke Tansley heard …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Oath Keepers and Proud Boys were in touch before US Capitol attack, texts reveal  —  The messages could strengthen a theory being explored by the House committee that January 6 included a coordinated assault  —  Top leaders in the Oath Keepers militia group indicted on seditious conspiracy charges …
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump's Nebraska rally features candidate Charles Herbster, accused by 8 women of groping  —  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump travels to Nebraska next week for a campaign rally featuring a supportive gubernatorial candidate who has been accused of groping by eight women.
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Effort to Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene From Ballot Can Proceed, Judge Says  —  The case that Ms. Greene unsuccessfully sought to have dismissed mirrors efforts against other Republicans centered on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats' worst Trump nightmare  —  There's something much worse than losing the House, and possibly the Senate, that's rattling top Democrats who are studying polling and election trends: … But you can look at the states with Senate elections in 2024 and see why some Democrats are sounding the alarm.
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
How a former US Navy sailor became a Putin propagandist  —  Patrick Lancaster describes himself as an independent journalist.  Critics say he's a foot soldier for Moscow's information war against Ukraine.  —  Navy veteran Patrick Lancaster describes himself on Facebook as …
Discussion: Grid News
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The Christian nationalism behind Putin's war  —  You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter.  Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas, and opinions to know sent to your inbox every weekday.
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Russia's Empire?
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Great Immoral Panic of 2022 sweeps America  —  On Jan. 12, 2021 — just six days after an attempted coup on Capitol Hill — something was weighing on my mind: The potential of a 76ers rookie named Tyrese Maxey.  I wrote in that day's newsletter: “With his slashing drives toward the basket …
New York Times:
New York Revives Its Alternate-Side Parking Ritual.  Cue the Outrage.  —  New York City says that drivers will have to move their cars twice a week again so that dirty streets can be swept clean.  —  In the streets of New York, a ritual is set to clockwork: At an appointed hour …
Aaron Short / Grub Street:
'Michael's Is the Place Where the Deal Is Happening'  —  Inside the Brooklyn red-sauce joint where dinner has the power to reshape the city.  —  On a frigid Friday evening in early March, Mayor Eric Adams trekked to southern Brooklyn to join a birthday celebration that was already well underway.
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
The Peter Thiel D.C. Gateway Drug  —  With two weeks until the Ohio G.O.P. primary, Thiel is on a hot streak and doubling down on J.D. Vance.  A win could invigorate the billionaire's national ambitions.  A loss could relegate him to Miami—and send thirsty Republicans reeling.
Dalton Bennett / Washington Post:
In battle for Ukraine's east, front-line soldiers defend against Russia  —  ROZADKY, Ukraine — Along Ukraine's eastern front, soldiers man the sprawling maze of trenches and bunkers that form the backbone of defensive positions that stretch for hundreds of miles.
WinRed:
YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL GET US ACROSS THE FINISH LINE  —  EMERGENCY 5X IS ACTIVE:  —  Donated before using an account? … Your contribution will benefit Kevin McCarthy for Congress.  —  INCREDIBLE- IF JUST ONE MORE PRO TRUMP PATRIOT keeps this box checked, we can FIRE PELOSI & SAVE TRUMP'S LEGACY.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Musk Twitter: Same Toilet, Different Plunger  —  Evidently some libs on Twitter are freaking out about the possibility of Elon Musk buying Twitter.  —  As a result of this freakout, a bunch of cons on Twitter proclaimed that by purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk will Make Twitter Great Again.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
First look — Tim Scott: Don't teach kids they are “oppressors”  —  Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will use the stage at the Reagan Library in California tonight to slam public schools for “teaching kids that they are oppressors” and appeal to gig workers including ride-share drivers and food deliverers …
Discussion: The Root and IJR
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Democratic Party weighs banning its consultants from anti-union activity  —  The Democratic Party is considering banning its army of consultants from engaging in anti-union activity following a report that one of its pollsters had helped Amazon combat organizing efforts, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.
Discussion: Political Wire
The New York Times Company:
Politics Welcomes Michael Bender  —  Michael Bender joins the Politics desk as a political correspondent.  —  Folks,  —  I'm thrilled to announce that Michael C. Bender, a terrific journalist who chronicled the Trump administration and the 2016 and 2020 campaigns for The Wall Street Journal …
 
 
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The U.S. will boycott some G-20 meetings to protest Russia's invasion
Discussion: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Tech mogul on his quixotic Senate bid: It's not just about eviscerating Elon Musk
Discussion: The Hill
Lauren Michele Jackson / New Yorker:
Alice Walker's Journals Depict an Artist Restless on Her Laurels
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA clarifies timeline for witness testimony in Trump probe
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Meduza.io:
‘I can do whatever I want to you’ Russian soldiers raped and murdered Ukrainian civilians in the village of Bogdanivka
Discussion: National Review
Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
What Is Dark MAGA? Trump Supporters Attempt Rebrand for 2024
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Daring Dream and a Lifelong Love, Dashed in a Moment of Violence
 Earlier Items: 
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Massive increase in Black Americans murdered was result of defund police movement: experts
Politico:
Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers
Axios:
Kinzinger says he “would love” to run against Trump in 2024
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
Another sign of Cheney's estrangement from the GOP
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Even if Russia Uses a Nuke, We Probably Won't—but Putin Would Still Pay Dearly
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content
 
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