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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about ‘replacement’ theory  —  New York (CNN Business)The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson.  —  “Given his long record of race-baiting, we believe it is time for Carlson to go,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
White nationalists praise Tucker Carlson's full embrace of their “replacement” conspiracy theory  —  On the April 8 broadcast of Fox News Primetime, Tucker Carlson offered perhaps his most explicit justification yet for the core belief of the so-called “great replacement” conspiracy theory …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How do the immigrants who run Fox feel about Tucker Carlson's anti-immigrant rants?  —  Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host on Fox “News” Channel, has been attracting attention for a while with his vile rhetoric against immigrants.  Yet now he's reached a new low.
CNN:   The new lies of the GOP and Tucker Carlson
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Jewish Groups Blast Carlson for Openly Endorsing White Supremacist Theory: ‘Tucker Must Go’
Discussion: Informed Comment
Emma Ockerman / VICE:
Cops Caught on Video Holding a Black Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint, Then Pepper-Spraying Him  —  When Lt. Caron Nazario said he was afraid to get out of the vehicle, one officer responded, “Yeah, you should be.”  —  EO  —  Caron Nazario was driving his newly-purchased Chevy Tahoe home …
The Daily Beast:
Facing New Ethics Investigation, Matt Gaetz Declares He's ‘Not Going Anywhere’  —  SCANDAL?  WHAT SCANDAL?  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz resurfaced Friday night to ignore the saga of scandals and deliver MAGA boilerplate.  —  After 10 days of relentless developments in the Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) …
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
New York Times:
White House Border Coordinator to Step Down  —  Roberta S. Jacobson's departure comes amid the administration's efforts to reduce the flow of immigration from Central America.  —  WASHINGTON — Roberta S. Jacobson, the former ambassador to Mexico whom President Biden chose as his “border czar” …
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CNN:
Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’  —  (CNN)Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
State Department revokes security clearance for acting chief of staff to UN ambassador  —  A top aide to the U.S. envoy to the United Nations has stepped aside after her security clearance was revoked, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  Jennifer Davis, the de facto chief …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
How an online ‘Lego’ gamer infiltrated the White House press corps  —  Four times in recent weeks, members of the White House press corps have relayed questions to press secretary Jen Psaki from someone claiming to be a fellow reporter who was not able to be there in the room due to Covid protocols.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Half of vaccine rejectors believe it is safe to travel now, compared to 29% of vaccinated adults  —  Economist/YouGov Poll Politics & current affairs  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now say it is safe for fully vaccinated Americans to travel.
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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Analysis: Covid-19 vaccinations are climbing. But familiar mistakes could lead to more misery
Discussion: The Atlantic
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon takes step toward new screening procedures to weed out extremists  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is moving to set up new screening procedures at the Pentagon as part of an effort to weed out extremists in the military, according to a memo released Friday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Prayer Meetings in Homes  —  The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted …
Discussion: Fox News
Democracy Docket:
WI Supreme Court Rules Against Voter Purging  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a 5-2 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Wisconsin Elections Commission cannot purge 69,000 voters from the voter rolls that it suspects have moved addresses.  The case was filed in 2019 …
Discussion: Associated Press
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The White House:
Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
When to Reopen  —  America has entered a confusing stage of the pandemic.  It is vaccinating its citizens at an impressively fast clip.  COVID-19 cases have come down precipitously since the start of the year.  The daily number of new infections is less than a quarter of what it was at its peak in mid-January.
Foundation for Economic Education:
California Moves to Ban Fracking—as Gas Prices Hit 3-Year High  —  Californians often serve as test subjects for progressive policies.  With its latest proposed ban, the Golden State may end up serving as a cautionary tale.  —  “Answering the call of Gov. Newsom, Democratic California lawmakers introduced …
Washington Post:
Putin is slowly murdering Alexei Navalny.  Here's how the U.S. can save him.  —  RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin's regime is slowly but very intentionally murdering his leading political opponent, Alexei Navalny.  Mr. Navalny, whom the Russian secret police unsuccessfully sought to kill …
Malachi Barrett / MLive.com:
Slotkin asks Biden administration to label foreign white supremacists as terrorists  —  U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, is asking the Biden administration to designate overseas white supremacists as foreign terrorist organizations, giving the American government more tools to check their influence.
Washington Post:
CDC ramps up scrutiny of rare post-vaccination ‘breakthrough infections’  —  Experts say the number of people testing positive for the virus after being inoculated is to be expected  —  As tens of millions of people in the United States reach the coronavirus vaccination finish line …
PR Newswire:
Joe diGenova Apologizes To Former CISA Director Chris Krebs  —  WASHINGTON, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —  On November 30, 2020, I appeared on the Howie Carr Show.  During the show, I made regrettable statements regarding Christopher Krebs, which many interpreted as a call for violence against him.
Jacob Finkel / The Atlantic:
Trump's Power Won't Peak for Another 20 Years  —  By the early 2040s, Trump-appointed chief judges will simultaneously sit atop nearly every appeals court in the country.  —  The Trump presidency may be over, but the Trump era has only just begun—at least when it comes to influence over the nation's courts.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Cam Edwards / bearingarms.com:
New West Virginia Law Removes Sales Tax On Guns, Ammo  —  While California Democrats are looking to jack up the taxes on guns and ammunition in their latest attempt to punish those exercising their Second Amendment rights, the Republicans in charge of the West Virginia legislature are moving in the opposite direction.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
High number of Trump political appointees sought permanent jobs in final year  —  The number of political appointees who sought permanent positions in the final year of former President Donald Trump's term outpaced the number who did so under his predecessor during the same time frame, according to documents obtained by NBC News.
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
A Truce Proposal In The Trans Wars  —  There is a compromise available.  Here's one version.  —  10 hr ago  —  If we were going to construct a test-case for how dysfunctional our politics have become, it would be hard to beat the transgender issue.  It profoundly affects …
Discussion: Alternet.org and New York Times
 
 
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
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Discussion: The Hill and The Root
Washington Post:
Migrant boy found wandering alone in Texas had been deported and kidnapped
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Kim Tingley / New York Times:
A year ago, they infamously demonstrated the dangers of singing in the pandemic. …
Houston Keene / Fox Business:
Biden niece worked in Coca-Cola government relations as company lobbied against Uyghur forced labor bill
Discussion: Breitbart
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Reuters:
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