Show Notes

BIDEN COMMS

• Axios: J&J vaccine pause will have minimal impact on local vaccine rollout 
• FiveThirtyEight: The Johnson & Johnson Pause Shows The System Is Working 
• NYT: Western Warnings Tarnish Vaccines the World Badly Needs 
• Politico: Biden’s ‘trust the science’ approach hits a political snag
• Vox: Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing 
• AP News: Biden says pause on J&J shots shows gov’t putting safety 1st
• NYT: Johnson & Johnson Vaccinations Paused After Rare Clotting Cases Emerge
• CNBC: FDA advises states to pause use of J&J Covid vaccine after rare blood-clotting issue affects 6 women, kills 1
• CNN: Fauci says we can’t end mitigation measures now even with impressive vaccine rollout 
• CDC COVID DATA TRACKER: COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants 
• NYT: Surging Virus Has Michigan’s Democratic Governor at Loggerheads With Biden
• NPR: Biden Says All Adults Will Be Vaccine Eligible By April 19
• WaPo: The Trailer: Less talking, more spending: How Biden’s avoided a 100-day slump
• NYT: Democrats Were Lukewarm on Campaign Biden. They Love President Biden. 
• The Atlantic: Welcome to the New Progressive Era 
• MORNING CONSULT + POLITICO: National Tracking Poll
• Monmouth University Poll
• NYT: The key to President Biden’s successful vaccination campaign? Underpromise and overdeliver. 

2020 REVISITED 

• Politico: Dem pollsters acknowledge ‘major errors’ in 2020 polling
• NYT: Can These Democratic Pollsters Figure Out What Went Wrong?
• Democracy Docket: Revisiting Polling for 2021 and Beyond
• CNN Analysis: Why the polls were off in 2020
• Pew: Confronting 2016 and 2020 Polling Limitations
• FiveThirtyEight: The Death Of Polling Is Greatly Exaggerated
• WaPo Analysis: How much did Trump’s presence on the ballot warp 2016 and 2020 polling?
• Pew Research: Q&A: After misses in 2016 and 2020, does polling need to be fixed again? What our survey experts say
• Pew Research: What 2020’s Election Poll Errors Tell Us About the Accuracy of Issue Polling 
• NYT: A leading Democratic super PAC criticizes the party’s 2020 spending as not ‘smart enough.’ 
• Priorities USA: Memo: How Democrats Can Optimize Media Spending And Stop Wasting Millions 
• The Nation: Why Are Democratic Super PACs Wasting Millions?
• NYT: Democrats Belatedly Launch Operation to Share Information on Voters
• NBC News: Democrats outspent the GOP on Spanish-language ads in 2020, but it came late
• The Intercept: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S CONSULTANT FACTORY
• The Nation: Who’s in Charge of the Democratic Party?
• Open Secrets: ‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats 
• Open Secrets: Most expensive ever: 2020 election cost $14.4 billion

POLICE REFORM

• NBC News: Daunte Wright’s family, attorneys reject police explanation of fatal Taser ‘mistake’: ‘Don’t tell us it’s an accident’ 
• Axios: Police chief and officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resign
• CBS News: Second night of unrest after fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright outside Minneapolis
• USA Today: ‘He did not deserve this’: Family remembers Daunte Wright as an adoring dad who enjoyed playing sports and celebrating the Fourth of July
• NPR: Rusten Sheskey, Kenosha Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake, Will Not Face Discipline
• The Guardian: Windsor police officer fired over pepper-spray traffic stop
• BuzzFeed News: A Cop Was Fired For Pepper-Spraying A Black Army Lieutenant During A Traffic Stop
• Axios: Maryland lawmakers override Hogan vetoes of police accountability legislation
• NPR: Maryland Lawmakers Override Vetoes On Sweeping Police Reform
• WaPo: Maryland enacts landmark police overhaul, first state to repeal police bill of rights 
• AP: Maryland family sues after Black man died in police custody
• Axios: White House scraps campaign promise for police oversight commission 
• Politico: Biden White House puts its police oversight commission on ice
• CNN: House passes bill named in honor of George Floyd aimed at preventing police misconduct 

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