LEADS

Apocalyptic Infrastructures
https://www.noemamag.com/apocalyptic-infrastructures/

Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Scam
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/bidens-infrastructure-scam/

This isn't your ex-president's 'Infrastructure Week.' Biden plan is big, serious and paid for.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/01/biden-american-jobs-plan-infrastructure-week-no-joke-column/4820010001/

Donald who? How Biden is outshining Trump (and Obama)
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/31/donald-who-how-biden-is-outshining-trump-and-obama

Biden wants to be Harry Truman but may end up like Lyndon Johnson
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/03/30/joe-biden-wants-to-be-harry-truman-but-he-may-end-up-like-lyndon-johnson/

Biden floats biggest tax hike since Clinton, who paid the price
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/politics/biden-tax-increase-since-clinton

For Republicans, the Time Is Never Quite Right to Tax the Rich
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/biden-tax-corporations-rich-republicans-infrastructure-congress.html

Biden Said His Tax Hikes Would Only Affect the Rich. He Can't Keep That Promise.
https://reason.com/2021/04/01/biden-tax-hikes-on-rich-400000-cant-keep-that-promise/

Biden’s infrastructure plan won’t raise individual taxes, for now. What you need to know
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/bidens-infrastructure-plan-raises-taxes-but-not-for-individuals.html

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Visualized: How the $2.3 Trillion Would Be Allocated
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-infrastructure-plan-how-the-2-3-trillion-would-be-allocated-11617234178

Does Biden's $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and stop climate change go far enough?
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/545892-does-bidens-2-trillion-plan-to-rebuild-infrastructure-and-stop

'Not Enough': AOC Hates Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/not-enough-aoc-hates-joe-bidens-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan-181641

Critics Warn Biden Infrastructure Plan 'Falls Woefully Short' on Climate Crisis
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/31/critics-warn-biden-infrastructure-plan-falls-woefully-short-climate-crisis

Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31032021/biden-infrastructure-plan-climate-change/

Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/climate/biden-climate-jobs.html

Biden’s infrastructure plan takes aim at Trump’s biggest economic achievement
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/31/biden-infrastructure-plan-stimmy-tax-478791

Trump gave drug companies a last-minute win on prescription prices. Democrats want Biden to roll it back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/31/biden-drug-prices-trump/

Documents Show Trump Officials Skirted Rules to Reward Politically Connected and Untested Firms With Huge Pandemic Contracts
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-covid-pandemic-contracts

Ivanka Trump's flagship policy program slammed by government auditors
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/31/ivanka-trump-womens-initiative-gao-478710

Manhattan DA Hits Trump Org’s ‘Financial Gatekeeper’ with Subpoena as Part of Investigation ‘Trump Should Be Most Concerned About’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/manhattan-da-hits-trump-orgs-financial-gatekeeper-with-subpoena-as-part-of-investigation-trump-should-be-most-concerned-about/

John Durham is looking at FBI's launch of Trump campaign probe, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/politics/john-durham-investigation/index.html

John Durham issuing subpoenas and interviewing witnesses: Report
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-issuing-subpoenas-and-interviewing-witnesses-report

Grassley and Johnson seek access to FISA docs on Hunter Biden's Chinese business associates
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/grassley-johnson-access-fisa-docs-hunter-biden-chinese-business-associates

In new memoir, Hunter Biden chronicles addictions and defends time on Ukraine company board
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hunter-biden-book/2021/03/31/362b9748-9271-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html

More Corruption: Cuomo Had Aides Work On $4 Million Book — While Simultaneously Covering Up Nursing-Home Data
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2021/04/01/corruption-cuomo-aides-work-4-million-book-simultaneously-covering-nursing-home-data/

Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis and 'Bizarre' Symptoms, Urges Others to Continue Wearing Masks
https://people.com/politics/sarah-palin-tests-positive-coronavirus-urges-others-wear-masks/

I Love Baseball, but Won’t Attend a Game If I Have to Wear a Mask
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/i-love-baseball-but-wont-attend-a-game-if-i-have-to-wear-a-mask/

Opening day won't be entirely normal, but fans will be there to see it
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/29/nationals-fans-eager-opening-day-inside-stadium/

Biden Says Texas Rangers are Making a ‘Mistake’ in Allowing Full Stadium Attendance Amid Covid: ‘Not Responsible’
https://www.mediaite.com/biden/biden-texas-rangers-mistake/

Biden says he'd "strongly support" moving MLB All-Star game out of Atlanta due to strict new Georgia voting curbs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mlb-all-star-game-georgia-biden-move-voting-restrictions-bill/

A corporate reckoning on voter suppression
https://popular.info/p/a-corporate-reckoning-on-voter-suppression

POLITICS and FLEAS

Mystics and CLOWNS
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2021/4/mystics-and-clowns

Nathan French Claims God Told Him Trump Is Coming Back, ‘Everything’s Gonna Change’ in April
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nathan-french-claims-god-told-him-trump-is-coming-back-everythings-gonna-change-in-april/

QAnon theory claims Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking allegations 'part of plan' by liberals to malign MAGA patriots
https://meaww.com/q-anon-theory-matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-allegations-part-of-plan-by-left-liberal-conspiracy-theory

Rep. Matt Gaetz was being extorted for $25M over 'sex orgy with underage prostitutes' in plot to help rescue American hostage Robert Levinson from Iran, bombshell documents claim
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9425215/Gaetz-extorted-sex-orgy-underage-prostitutes-rescue-hostage-Iran.html

GaetzGate: A Who’s-Who Guide To The MAGA-Loving Rep’s Sprawling New Scandal
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whos-who-matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-scandal

A Guide to What the Trump Administration’s Most Notorious Figures Are Doing Now
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-administration-where-are-they-now-1148481/

Little Liddys everywhere: The legacy of a political ‘super-klutz’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/g-gordon-liddy-political-super-klutz/2021/03/31/cfd4359a-9234-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html

Zooming With TikTok’s Right-Wing Pundit: Christian Walker wants to be the face of Gen-Z conservatism.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/christian-walker-tiktok-profile.html

The Neera Tanden Mean Tweet Saga Isn’t Really About Tweets At All. It’s About the Left’s New Power.
https://www.gq.com/story/neera-tanden-tweet-saga

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai and 6 other democracy leaders found guilty over 2019 protest
https://www.axios.com/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-found-guilty-2019-protest-45f07cd7-f564-42ff-9f50-354ea9b7fc48.html

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny declares hunger strike
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-navalny-hunger-strike-prison/2021/03/31/750214fc-9234-11eb-aadc-af78701a30ca_story.html

Russian Diplomats in North Korea Facing ‘Acute Shortages’ of Food, Essentials as Frustration Builds
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/01/russian-diplomats-in-north-korea-facing-acute-shortages-of-food-essentials-as-frustration-builds-a73436

Famine Stalks Yemen, as War Drags On and Foreign Aid Wanes
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/world/middleeast/yemen-famine-war.html

‘They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sexual-assault.html

As militants overrun Mozambique oil town, fears rise of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/31/mozambique-palma-attack-insurgency/

Myanmar protesters burn military's constitution, UN envoy warns of 'imminent bloodbath'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics/myanmar-protesters-burn-militarys-constitution-un-envoy-warns-of-imminent-bloodbath-idUSKBN2BO42X

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

Brood X is coming: Billions of cicadas set to swarm parts of 15 states, DC in just a few weeks
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/30/cicadas-brood-x-prepares-swarm-15-states-dc/7044411002/

That Night 46 Million Grasshoppers Went to Vegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/science/vegas-light-pollution-ecology-grasshoppers.html

Australian Farmers Struggle Through a Plague of Mice
https://modernfarmer.com/2021/03/australian-farmers-struggle-through-a-plague-of-mice

The scientists releasing cats in Australia
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210324-assisting-evolution-how-much-should-we-help-species-adapt

Snakes, rats and cats: the trillion dollar invasive species problem
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-us128-trillion-stark-economic-carnage.html

THE MEDIA SCRUM

The Fair Speech Crusade
https://www.cato.org/policy-report/march/april-2021/fair-speech-crusade

NBC News Anchor Explains Why 'Fairness Is Overrated'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/04/01/lester-holt-fairness-n2587254

Lester Holt Calls Out Danger of Giving ‘Open Platform for Misinformation’ in Speech Accepting Edward R. Murrow Award
https://www.mediaite.com/news/lester-holt-calls-out-danger-of-giving-open-platform-for-misinformation-in-speech-accepting-edward-r-murrow-award/

Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983155583/facebook-disputes-claims-it-fuels-political-polarization-and-extremism

The ‘Voice of President Trump’ Gets Double-Banned by Facebook
https://gizmodo.com/the-voice-of-president-trump-gets-double-banned-by-fa-1846593328

Hannity Rails Against Facebook for Taking Down Trump Interview: Maybe It’s ‘Time to Leave, We’re Not Wanted There’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-rails-against-facebook-for-taking-down-trump-interview-maybe-its-time-to-leave-were-not-wanted-there/

Ayn Rand-inspired ‘myth of the founder’ puts tremendous power in hands of Big Tech CEOs like Zuckerberg – posing real risks to democracy
https://theconversation.com/ayn-rand-inspired-myth-of-the-founder-puts-tremendous-power-in-hands-of-big-tech-ceos-like-zuckerberg-posing-real-risks-to-democracy-150830

The Real Battle Between Big Tech and the Free Press Is Just Beginning
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/04/01/big-tech-free-press-battle-survival/ideas/essay/

ODDS, ENDS

'She Just Wanted It': One Girl's Journey To Becoming An Eagle Scout
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982282155/she-just-wanted-it-one-girls-journey-to-becoming-an-eagle-scout

Liberation at 30,000 Feet: On the Freedom of Early Airline Stewardesses
https://lithub.com/liberation-at-30000-feet-on-the-freedom-of-early-airline-stewardesses/

The return of the bonkbuster: how horny heroines are starting a new sexual revolution
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/31/the-return-of-the-bonkbuster-how-horny-heroines-are-starting-a-new-sexual-revolution

Pretty in ink: How women in comics went from damsels to heroines
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pretty-in-ink-how-women-in-comics-went-from-damsels-to-heroines/

Men Have Feared Women For Millennia. Just Look at the Monsters of Greek Mythology
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-female-monsters-greek-mythology-medusa-sphinx-180977364/

Why we shouldn’t be afraid of nightmares
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210330-why-we-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-nightmares

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