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2:20 PM ET, April 21, 2022

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ Is Shutting Down One Month After Launch … The decision puts an abrupt end to an ambitious venture that people familiar with the matter say rankled David Zaslav, the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, from the start.  Zaslav was annoyed by the decision of Jason Kilar …
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New York Times:
CNN+ Streaming Service Is Set to Shut Down  —  The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service just weeks after a splashy debut.  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to shut down CNN+, the ballyhooed streaming service that had been intended to bring CNN into the digital future …
CNN:
CNN+ will shut down at the end of April  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched.  —  CNN+ customers “will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,” the company said.
New York Times:
McConnell and McCarthy's Jan. 6 Fury at Trump Faded by February  —  In the days after the attack, Representative Kevin McCarthy planned to tell Mr. Trump to resign.  Senator Mitch McConnell told allies impeachment was warranted.  But their fury faded fast.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy calls NYT reporting on Trump-bashing ‘totally false’  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vehemently denied reporting from a forthcoming book describing his sharp comments directed at former President Trump in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, calling it …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In DeSantis's Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the Party … Some observers of Viktor Orban's slowly tightening grip over Hungary have wondered what response would ensue if a sufficiently determined reactionary implemented the same methods here in the United States.
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Rick Wilson / Florida Politics:
Rick Wilson: The Battle of Reedy Creek  —  It's time for Disney to call Ron's bluff.  —  The Battle of Reedy Creek could be the Gettysburg of America's culture war crusades.  —  Today, in the first wave of the battle, the Florida Senate dutifully passed the demands by General Robert E. DeSantis …
Discussion: Washington Post
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Florida Votes to Revoke Disney's Special Tax Status  —  The vote, which appears certain to be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, follows an acrimonious clash over what has been called the “Don't Say Gay” law in the state.  —  Disney employs 38 lobbyists in Florida's capital.
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida legislature passes bill repealing Disney's special tax status
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's war on Disney points to an ominous GOP future
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
‘I was not there to do his bidding’: Sen. Mike Lee breaks his silence about White House text messages  —  Utah Sen. Mike Lee on his ‘thoughts and intents’ behind texts with Mark Meadows for Donald Trump  —  Sen. Mike Lee says the text messages he sent to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Cop Says Sen. Mike Lee ‘Lied’ After Pushing to Overturn Election  —  In May 2021, people who lived through the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol came to Republican lawmakers with a straightforward ask: Support the formation of an independent commission to investigate what happened that day and why.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee is hiding. For good reason.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden admin to introduce streamlined parole program for Ukrainians, end Title 42 exemption  —  More than 3,000 Ukrainians arrived at the southern border in March  —  American family from Ukraine sends aid as millions flee Putin's assault  —  The Biden administration will next week introduce …
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Evan Gershkovich / Wall Street Journal:
He Worked for Moscow's Police for Nearly 20 Years. Then He Spoke Up About the Ukraine War.
Discussion: Associated Press and WTOP News
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden to send $800 million in additional aid to Ukraine, bans Russian ships
NBC News:
Trump releases audio that appears to refute claim he walked out of interview over 2020 questions  —  WASHINGTON — An audio recording obtained by NBC News appears to show that former President Donald Trump's highly publicized interview with Piers Morgan did not end with Trump storming off the set …
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Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Trump walks out of explosive Piers Morgan interview after being pressed on 2020 election
Wall Street Journal:
Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting  —  Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article  —  Meta Platforms Inc. FB -1.34% ▼ Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Inside the “dangerous” math textbooks DeSantis claims would “indoctrinate students”  —  On April 15, the Florida Department of Education issued a dramatic press release: “Florida Rejects Publishers' Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.”  In the release, Florida Commissioner …
Discussion: The Cut and The Daily Caller
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Dennis Aftergut / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis has taken Trump's playbook — and made it much more dangerous
Discussion: CNN
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the Senate  —  The overall picture for November, and the looming primaries in May  —  The small stuff versus the big stuff  —  There is a push and pull in the race for control of the U.S. Senate between the big picture electoral environment, which clearly benefits Republicans …
Discussion: Politico and FiveThirtyEight
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Biden's dismal poll numbers imperil Dem Senate control
Discussion: HotAir, The Federalist and KDFX-TV
New York Times:
Democrats Fear for Democracy. Why Aren't They Running on It in 2022?
Discussion: Salon
Krutika Amin / Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker:
COVID-19 mortality preventable by vaccines … As of mid-April 2022, nearly 1 million people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19.  COVID-19 vaccines that are free, safe, and highly effective have been widely available to all adults in the U.S. since early May 2021.
Discussion: KFF
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Quarter of U.S. covid deaths were probably preventable with vaccination
Discussion: BernardGoldberg.com
Ben Appel / Newsweek:
The New Homophobia  —  There is a frightening new version of homophobia pervading the U.S., disguised as, of all things, “LGBTQ” activism.  For adult gay people like me, it's clear that this activism does not advance our equality, but in fact compromises our ability to live peacefully in society.
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
After Pardon for Bannon, 2 to Admit Bilking Donors to Border Wall  —  Prosecutors say they took money from donors to Donald J. Trump's signature project and spent it on jewelry, plastic surgery and a golf cart.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  In Donald J. Trump's final hours …
Los Angeles Times:
Endorsement: Lanhee Chen for California Controller  —  A wonky but important elected office, the state controller is California's fiscal watchdog — the person who cuts the checks that keep government running and also holds the power to audit agencies that spend state funds.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Zelensky, Rep. Cheney to receive JFK Profile in Courage award  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will be among the recipients this year of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, which is given by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation to underscore the importance of fighting for democracy.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Liz Cheney wins JFK ‘Profile In Courage’ Award for Jan. 6 fight, impeachment vote
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
CBS News:
Attorney says feds subpoenaed Hunter Biden paternity documents, including tax returns: “They wanted every record”  —  Prosecutors investigating Hunter Biden subpoenaed documents from a paternity lawsuit that included tax records for the president's son, according to documents and an attorney involved in the matter.
Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
The Decay at the Claremont Institute Continues  —  When the Claremont Institute, America's Trumpiest think tank, is in the news nowadays, it is mostly because of John Eastman, the institute senior fellow who wrote the notorious “coup memos” for Donald Trump.
Discussion: Morning Shots
Financial Times:
‘Worst crisis since the second world war’: Germany prepares for a Russian gas embargo  —  Industry and economists say a ban would be catastrophic for the country's economy, but many companies expect it to happen anyway  —  Rosenthal, one of Germany's oldest porcelain manufacturers …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Waiting for a Covid vaccine for your under-5 kid?  It may take a bit longer.  —  The Biden administration may now wait until as late as June to authorize a coronavirus vaccine for the nation's youngest children, three people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
 
 
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
High court rules Congress can exclude Puerto Ricans from aid program
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
SC Congressman Joe Wilson endorses GOP challenger Katie Arrington over Rep. Nancy Mace
Discussion: The Hill
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Larry Hogan's Successor May Be an Insurrectionist
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Checking Out: Trump Hotel Sale Will End an Era
Discussion: Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
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Discussion: The Hill
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Biden should scrap talk of the ‘liberal international order’
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
If Biden's Plan Is Like a ‘New Deal,’ Why Don't Voters Care?
 Earlier Items: 
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‘Add Personal Story Here’: Starbucks Anti-Union One-on-Ones Fall Flat
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
How America Became La La Land
Ann Coulter:
The Pandemic Made Me Do It!  —  With the mind-boggling rise in violent crime since …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Youngkin prepares to wade into national politics
Discussion: Fox News
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Don't Call Them Moderates, Call Them Govern-ers
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Only One Blue State Is Fully Preparing for the Next Phase of the Abortion Wars
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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