LEADS

Research Proves It: There’s No Such Thing as Noblesse Oblige
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/does-wealth-rob-brain-compassion/618496/

Dozens of America’s biggest businesses paid no federal income tax — again
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/05/corporations-federal-taxes/

Report: 55 of America’s biggest companies paid zero taxes during the pandemic
https://www.fastcompany.com/90621948/report-55-of-americas-biggest-companies-paid-zero-taxes-during-the-pandemic

Billionaire Enclave New York City Reportedly Set To Have Highest Income Tax Rate In The Country
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/04/04/billionaire-enclave-new-york-city-reportedly-set-to-have-highest-income-tax-rate-in-the-country/

GOP seeks to pull back curtain on Biden tax shelter ‘hypocrisy’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-seeks-to-pull-back-curtain-on-biden-tax-shelter-hypocrisy

President Biden's 'Centrism' Is a Tax-Hike Extravaganza
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/04/05/president_bidens_centrism_is_a_tax-hike_extravaganza_771153.html

Biden embraces a bold agenda, leaving behind the ‘third way’ of centrist politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/05/biden-infrastructure-plan-neoliberalism/

Be Warned: Biden Aims to Outshine Obama as a Progressive Reformer
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/biden-aims-to-outshine-obama-as-a-progressive-reformer/

Biden’s Jobs Plan Is Also a Climate Plan. Will It Make a Difference?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/12/bidens-jobs-plan-is-also-a-climate-plan-will-it-make-a-difference

Stop Greenwashing Socialism
https://www.aier.org/article/stop-greenwashing-socialism/

Chevron just got hit with an official greenwashing complaint. Here’s what that means.
https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/chevron-greenwashing-ftc-complaint/

Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Workers, Labor Board Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/technology/amazon-nlrb-activist-workers.html

U.S. Court Slams Brakes on Trump-Era Hog Slaughter Line Speed Rule; Union Cheers
https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2021/04/01/302904.htm

Argentina's Meat Industry Has A Beef With Paul McCartney
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/argentina39s-meat-industry-has-a-beef-with-paul-mccartney

Chinese startups rush to bring alternative protein to people’s plates
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/05/plant-based-meat-startups-china/

China emerges as big winner in vaccine outreach
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/China-emerges-as-big-winner-in-vaccine-outreach

The Surprising Success of Sputnik V
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/vaccine-diplomacy-the-surprising-success-of-sputnik-v-a-62e54cb2-3d76-4e1a-933b-9912e7c94e48

Sputnik V vaccine: Russia says Panacea Biotec to make 100 mn doses in India annually
https://www.livemint.com/science/health/sputnik-v-vaccine-russia-says-panacea-biotec-to-make-100-mn-doses-in-india-annually-11617625640646.html

India surpasses 100,000 daily COVID-19 infections for the first time as politicians stage massive election rallies
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-05/india-surpasses-record-100-000-daily-covid-cases-new-variant/100049824

Brazil has become South America’s superspreader event
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/05/brazil-variant-coronavirus-south-america/

Hydroxychloroquine and other 'miracle cures' continue to fuel Brazil's outbreak
https://abcnews.go.com/International/hydroxychloroquine-miracle-cures-continue-fuel-brazils-outbreak/story?id=76682504

Nicaraguan ruler Ortega rolls out vaccination campaign amid secrecy and doubt
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/05/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-vaccine-covid-rollout

Publix Picked As Vaccine Provider After Giving $100,000 To Gov. DeSantis PAC: ‘60 Minutes’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/60-minutes-ron-desantis-covid-vaccine-wealth-contributors_n_606a8ee6c5b6c00165c2ed43

60 Minutes' Unconscionable Hit Piece on Ron DeSantis Willingly Ignores the Truth
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/04/04/60-minutes-unconscionable-hit-piece-on-ron-desantis-willingly-ignores-the-truth-n355494

DeSantis spars with '60 Minutes' over vaccine rollout: 'What you're saying is wrong'
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/546408-desantis-spars-with-60-minutes-over-vaccine-rollout-what-youre-saying-is

40 Reasons NOT To Get The Vaccine
https://welovetrump.com/2021/04/04/40-reasons-not-to-get-the-vaccine/

Liberty Counsel’s Matt Staver Peddles Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on New TV Show
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/liberty-counsels-matt-staver-peddles-anti-vaccine-conspiracy-theories-on-new-tv-show/

Viral video shows pastor kick out mask-enforcing cops from his church: 'You Gestapo Nazi communist fascists!'
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pastor-church-video-mask-gestapo

Why "the pathway to ending the pandemic runs through the evangelical church"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/evangelical-church-covid-19-pandemic-vaccine-skeptics/

'Allergic reaction to US religious right' fueling decline of religion, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/05/americans-religion-rightwing-politics-decline

The Easter Masquerade: Why Religion Must Clash with Science
https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2021/04/the-easter-masquerade-why-religion-must-clash-with-science/

The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-antiscience-movement-is-escalating-going-global-and-killing-thousands/

We All Lose When Scientists Don’t Stand Up For The Truth
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2021/04/01/we-all-lose-when-scientists-dont-stand-up-for-the-truth/

Who Was the Most Evil Scientist in History?
https://gizmodo.com/who-was-the-most-evil-scientist-in-history-1846277851

POLITICS and FLEAS

"We're So Stupid Following Our Politicians" - Charles Barkley Unleashes One Minute Of Truth On America
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/were-so-stupid-following-our-politicians-charles-barkley-unleashes-one-minute-truth

Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot: Reuters/Ipsos poll
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-disinformation/half-of-republicans-believe-false-accounts-of-deadly-u-s-capitol-riot-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2BS0RZ

Gutless MLB pushes Biden's big lie about 'suppressed' GA voting by moving All-Star Game
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/546355-gutless-mlb-pushes-bidens-big-lie-on-suppressed-ga-voting-by-moving-all

America-Hating Republicans Cancel Baseball For Loving Voting Rights Too Much
https://www.wonkette.com/america-hating-republicans-cancel-baseball-for-loving-voting-rights-too-much

Trump’s call for boycotts may finally teach big business to stop siding with the Dems
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/trumps_call_for_boycotts_may_finally_teach_big_business_to_stop_siding_with_the_dems.html

Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-elections-georgia-laws-1ef1f1981b82e8918cc4c8bda0fff1b0

Facebook pledged to suspend political donations, then quietly funneled $50,000 to GOP group pushing voter suppression laws
https://popular.info/p/facebook-pledged-to-suspend-political

How Mark Zuckerberg Almost Handed Texas To The Democrats
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-mark-zuckerberg-almost-handed-texas-to-the-democrats/

The simple reason tech CEOs have so much power
https://www.fastcompany.com/90620747/dual-class-voting-tech-ceo-power

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

Petrol bombs and bricks hurled at police in third night of violence in Northern Ireland
https://news.sky.com/story/petrol-bombs-and-bricks-hurled-at-police-in-third-night-of-violence-in-northern-ireland-12266306

Palace turmoil, wave of arrests in Jordan over plot to 'destabilise' kingdom
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210405-palace-turmoil-wave-of-arrests-in-jordan-over-plot-to-destabilise-kingdom

Jordan Says Plot Involving High-Profile Figures Is 'Totally Contained'
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03/984166356/high-profile-figures-arrested-for-security-reasons-in-jordan

Jordan’s Prince Hamzah vows to disobey ‘keep silent’ order
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/5/jordan-prince-hamza-vows-to-disobey-armys-keep-silent-orde

Turkish ex-admirals arrested over criticism of Erdoğan's 'crazy' canal scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/05/turkish-ex-admirals-arrested-over-criticism-of-erdogans-crazy-canal-scheme

Myanmar ousted leader Suu Kyi and four others charged under state secrets law
https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/04/myanmar-ousted-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-and-four-others-charged-under-state-secrets-law/#

Singaporeans standing up to Lee’s libel lawfare
https://asiatimes.com/2021/04/singaporeans-standing-up-to-lees-libel-lawfare/

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

The Growing Case For Banning Pesticides Linked To Suicides
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2021/04/04/the-growing-case-for-banning-pesticides-linked-to-suicides/

Maternal exposure to pesticides may lead to central nervous system tumors during childhood
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210403/Maternal-exposure-to-pesticides-may-lead-to-central-nervous-system-tumors-during-childhood.aspx

Pesticide use has become more toxic to invertebrates
https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/Pesticide-use-become-toxic-invertebrates/99/i12

Study: US pesticide use falls but harms pollinators more
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/features/agriculture/study-us-pesticide-use-falls-but-harms-pollinators-more/article_fca4813e-7130-5b86-b722-17bd18f484c9.html

Plan to relax Australian rules for chemicals and pesticides attacked by environment groups
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/04/plan-to-relax-australian-rules-for-chemicals-and-pesticides-attacked-by-environment-groups

Controversial pesticides approved by feds
https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/04/https-westernstandardonline-com-2021-04-controversial-pesticides-approved-by-feds/

Pesticides, fertilisers to be ‘air-dropped’
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/pesticides-fertilisers-to-be-air-dropped/article34233665.ece

The cost of everyday fertilizer: Toxic flood threatens Florida
https://mashable.com/article/florida-radiactive-fertilizer-leak/

Toxic wastewater reservoir in Florida on brink of collapse; state of emergency declared
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toxic-wastewater-reservoir-florida-brink-collapse-state-emergency-declared-n1262995

How Are Pharmaceuticals Monitored in Wastewater?
https://www.envirotech-online.com/news/water-wastewater/9/breaking-news/how-are-pharmaceuticals-monitored-in-wastewater/54902

THE MEDIA SCRUM

Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/teen-vogue-conde-nast-wintour-mccammond/2021/04/03/dafd2804-9104-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html

Readers Call to Boycott Rolling Stone After Owner’s Ties to Saudis Resurface
https://www.thewrap.com/jay-penske-trump-saudi-arabia-rolling-stone-boycott/

Saudi Arabia's new glitzy magazines: Progress or 'fashion-washing'?
https://www.dw.com/en/saudi-arabias-new-glitzy-magazines-progress-or-fashion-washing/a-57078911

ODDS, ENDS

Why Native American children have higher rates of disability
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/native-american-children-higher-rates-disability/story?id=76841563

Research reveals why redheads may have different pain thresholds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-reveals-redheads-pain-thresholds.html

Basque ‘genetic singularity’ confirmed in largest-ever study
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-01/basque-genetic-singularity-confirmed-in-largest-ever-study.html

Afghanistan's last living Jew finally leaving for Israel
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1HW8ddHd

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