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1:35 AM ET, April 7, 2021

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New York Times:
Matt Gaetz, Loyal for Years to Trump, Is Said to Have Sought a Blanket Pardon  —  The congressman was at the time under investigation over whether he violated sex trafficking laws, though it was unclear what he knew of the inquiry.  —  Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida …
Fay Vincent / Wall Street Journal:
Rob Manfred's All-Star Error  —  The commissioner politicized baseball over a law he likely hadn't examined.  —  Major League Baseball decided last week to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta after the Georgia Legislature passed changes to the state's voting laws that many, including President Biden, called racist.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The unserious comparisons between Colorado's voting laws and Georgia's new one
Colorado Public Radio:
Colorado Vs. Georgia Voting Laws: What Are The Differences?
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Patagonia giving $1 million for voting rights after new Georgia law
Discussion: Savannah Morning News
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Robert A. Pape / Washington Post:
What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us  —  Opinion by Robert A. Pape  —  Robert A. Pape is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.
Axios:
Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner explores run for California governor  —  Former reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is talking with political consultants as she actively explores a run for governor of California, three sources with direct knowledge of her deliberations tell Axios.
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Medium:
Letter From Former Senior National Security, Military, and Elected Officials Calling On Congress To Create A Bipartisan 1/6 Commission  —  Frmr Nat'l Security, Military, & Elected Officials  —  We are former senior national security, military, and elected officials who have represented or served Democrats …
Discussion: UPI and CBS News
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump media era ends not with a wow but a whisper  —  For about half an hour on Tuesday, a former president of the United States appeared on television to offer his unfiltered assessment of the state of American politics, of foreign policy and of the various controversies flitting around the political world.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
“We Are Hoarding”: Why the U.S. Still Can't Donate COVID-19 Vaccines to Countries in Need  —  On the morning of March 31, roughly 25 Biden administration officials gathered at the White House, double-masked, for a meeting called on short notice by a member of the National Security Council.
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Politico:
Senior Trump and Biden officials knew for months about problems at vaccine plant  —  Senior officials in the Trump and Biden administrations knew of oversight and quality assurance problems at Emergent BioSolutions' Baltimore plant months before the company accidentally contaminated 15 million doses …
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kyrsten Sinema is misleading her constituents.  And she almost surely knows it.  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is one of the Democratic caucus' most staunchest opponents of doing away with the filibuster.  If Democrats are ever going to pass sweeping new voting rights measures …
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Wilborn Nobles / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta mayor issues executive order against Georgia's new voting law  —  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is taking action against the voting law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed on March 24.  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Bottoms issued an Administrative Order directing the City's Chief Equity Officer …
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Elections Chief Warns Biden May Register ‘Uninformed,’ ‘Woke’ College Voters  —  Mississippi's top election official says he is worried that the nation will suffer if more “woke” and “uninformed” college students become registered voters.  Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Trump White House provided reporters with a gusher of leaks.  With Biden, everything's changed.  —  After two and a half months of Joe Biden's presidency, something is missing from the news coverage of his administration: Leaks.  —  Juicy details about the president's behind-the-scenes conduct and decision-making?
Meg O'Connor / The Appeal:
Tishaura Jones Wins St. Louis Mayoral Race  —  Jones's election is the latest in a string of progressive victories in the region.  —  Tishaura Jones won the race for St. Louis mayor tonight with 51.68 percent of the vote.  —  It was a close race between city treasurer Jones and her opponent …
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
What a photo of Trump's new office reveals about how he wants to be remembered  —  Americans got a glimpse of Donald Trump's post-presidential office for the first time on Monday, when former White House aide Stephen Miller tweeted out a picture of himself with Trump.
Discussion: Insider
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jennifer Rubin shatters glass ceiling, becomes first woman to win ‘Liberal Hack Tournament’  —  Washington Post columnist narrowly defeats CNN's scandal-plagued anchor Chris Cuomo in final  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 6  —  In 2016, Hillary Clinton made history by becoming …
Erin Silvia / Hollywood Life:
Dave Chappelle Claims He Saw Celebs Leaving ‘Dirty Notes’ For Trump Staff At White House Party  —  Dave Chappelle talked about attending one of the ‘last big parties’ then President Barack Obama threw and revealed he saw some fellow attendees writing ‘crazy’ notes for Donald Trump and his staff to find.
Discussion: Mediaite
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Attempting to Purchase Chemical Weapon on the Dark Web  —  WASHINGTON - A Missouri man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole today for attempting to purchase a chemical weapon, capable of killing hundreds of people, on the dark web with Bitcoin.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNBC
Reuters:
U.S. arrested two Yemenis on terror watchlist who tried to cross border from Mexico  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border agents in recent months arrested two Yemeni men on a terror watchlist in separate incidents as they crossed the border with Mexico illegally, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Monday.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
Two Yemeni Men Arrested by Border Patrol Identified on the FBI's Terrorism Watch List
Associated Press:
Justice Breyer says big Supreme Court changes could diminish trust  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday said liberal advocates of big changes at the Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices, should think “long and hard” about what they're proposing.
Discussion: Washington Post
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Harris Is Moving Into Newly Renovated Official Residence  —  The vice president had been living temporarily in Blair House while Number One Observatory Circle underwent repairs.  —  WASHINGTON — Number One Observatory Circle is finally ready for its newest resident.
Discussion: CNN
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Fit for a President!  Kamala Harris gets her own ‘Resolute’ desk built by the Navy with reclaimed wood from the USS Constitution and a piece of metal from the USS Arizona that sank in Pearl Harbor  — Navy Seabees built Kamala Harris and the secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker new desks
Grace Panetta / Insider:
‘A complete rip-off’: Campaign-finance experts puzzled and stunned by Trump camp's reported ‘money-bomb’ ploy  — Experts are puzzled and stunned by the Trump campaign's reported “money-bomb” ploy.  — A New York Times investigation detailed how supporters were duped into making recurring donations.
Discussion: Raw Story, MSNBC and New York Times
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
McConnell Lashes Out at Corporations Criticizing Voting Restrictions Laws  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has long argued that corporate campaign donations are a protected, nearly sacred, form of political communication.  On Tuesday he made the case that business executives might …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Ex-Trump Official Fined and Barred From Government Over R.N.C. Video  —  Lynne Patton recruited and interviewed public housing tenants in New York City for a pro-Trump re-election video.  The residents accused her of tricking them into participating.  —  A former top federal housing official …
John Nichols / The Nation:
Betsy DeVos Takes Her Assault on Public Schools Back to the States  —  A DeVos-backed group is pouring money into a statewide education race in Wisconsin, which will be decided Tuesday.  —  Betsy DeVos did not succeed in dismantling public education during her four-year tenure as Donald Trump's secretary of education.
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Doormen Who Stood By After Brutal Attack on Asian Woman Are Fired  —  One was seen on video closing the door to the Midtown Manhattan building after the attack, as the victim, a Filipino-American woman, lay on the street outside.  —  The lobby staff members who closed the door …
Discussion: Law & Crime
New York Times:
‘We Are Doomed:’ Devastation from Storms Fuels Migration in Honduras  —  Honduras has barely begun to recover from two hurricanes that hit late last year.  With relatively little disaster relief from the U.S., many are heading for the border.  —  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras …
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Ray Fisher Opens Up About ‘Justice League,’ Joss Whedon and Warners: “I Don't Believe Some of These People Are Fit for Leadership”  —  Over the past year, the actor has assailed the filmmaker and studio in harsh-but-cryptic tweets for what he says was racist and inappropriate conduct …
Wall Street Journal:
Calls Grow to Abandon Regulations Eased Under Covid (Hello, Cocktails to Go)  —  After state and local governments temporarily eased rules over takeout alcohol, telehealth and other services, some want the regulations gone for good  —  One day early in the coronavirus pandemic, El Arroyo …
Alana Abramson / TIME:
Marc Elias Fought Trump's 2020 Election Lawsuits.  Can He Win The Battle Over Voting Rights?  —  The pandemic relegated Democratic power lawyer Marc Elias to fighting election lawsuits on an iPad from his home in Northern Virginia.  He traded his suit and tie for a sweatshirt …
Washington Post:
Biden administration to launch massive funeral assistance program for covid victims  —  The Biden administration next week will launch a funeral assistance program that will provide up to $9,000 to cover the burial costs of each American who died of covid-19 — the largest program of its type ever offered by the federal government.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Ft. Bragg Private Sentenced to More Than 12 Years After Taking 12-Year-Old “Girlfriend” Across State Lines in Fake Kidnapping  —  NEW BERN, N.C. - A South Carolina man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Insider
 
 
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Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson On Transgender Health Care Bill: ‘Step Way Too Far’
New York Times:
He Was Charged in an Anti-Asian Attack. It Was His 33rd Arrest.
Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
Facing midterm headwinds, House Democrats target fewer districts
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:
Capitol riot defendant alleges beating by jail guards
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Feds adding new space next to overcrowded border facility
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Associated Press:
Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Elizabeth Spiers / My New Band Is:
My New Band Is: Loser, Baby
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pfizer CEO says Trump told him vaccine ‘will help me’ with election
Discussion: Associated Press and IJR
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Pastor running for governor lives in luxury $1.6M home — tax free
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Donald Trump Tumbles Nearly 300 Spots In Billionaire Ranks
Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Insider
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Actual Comedians Roast Greg Gutfeld's New Fox News ‘Comedy’ Show
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84
 

 
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