| | | | | President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out onto the Truman Balcony with the Easter Bunny during the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | | | Easter Egg Roll Was Lit: Photos from the 140th annual event
Sydney Leathers Weighs in on Stormy: What people don't about being associated with a sex scandal
Roseanne is Out Here Tweeting Conspiracy Theories: What the TV star tweeted | | | What the White House is Talking About:
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump host the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll. Trump later meets at the White House with Larry Kudlow.
What the White House Press Corps is Talking About:
The President's apparent fixation on border control and DACA.
Shulkin Keeps Saying He Was Fired:
Again today, David Shulkin said he was fired from the White House. The White House is still saying he resigned. Rinse, repeat.
This Cover is ... Oof:
I mean, the photo on the new New York magazine cover is intense, you guys. | | Credit: @nymag/Twitter
Easter Egg Roll Was Lit:
But I just came inside after being out there since 5:30 this morning and my fingers are frozen, so I can't type. Please, enjoy the photos ...
Gary Cohn was here to welcome Larry Kudlow on his first day in his old job 🤷... | | Credit: @KateBennett_DC/Twitter
Rick Perry was here, being a grandfather... | | Credit: @KateBennett_DC/Twitter
Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump are with their children, with Tiffany Trump in a pink coat between them... | | Credit: @KateBennett_DC/Twitter
...and POTUS and FLOTUS blew the whistles to start the roll. | | Credit: @KateBennett_DC/Twitter
Dress Like the First Lady:
For Easter services yesterday in Palm Beach, Melania wore an Azzedine Alaia dress from a previous season. It's sold out, but it was available in navy for $3,610. You can, however, still get her shoes, which are Christian Louboutin, here for $895. | | | Credit: Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images, barneys.com | | What Washington is Talking About:
Rep. Elizabeth Esty wrote a letter to her colleagues about her former chief of staff, who allegedly made threats against other staffers in her office, vowing to take "specific actions" to make Capitol Hill safer. "As Members of Congress, we are all responsible for ensuring that we provide a safe and supportive environment for our staff. I can't rewrite the past -- but I can help right the future," Esty wrote.
What America is Talking About:
Notre Dame won the NCAA women's basketball championship Sunday, and Michigan and Villanova will face off tonight for the men's.
Reminder:
Rent is due.
Poll of the Day:
A Monmouth poll found the percentage of Americans who believe traditional news sources such as television and newspapers report "fake news stories" either "on purpose in order to push an agenda" or "by accident or because of poor fact checking" is up from last year. | | Credit: Monmouth
It also found the term "fake news" means different things to different people. While 25% say it describes "stories where the facts are wrong," 65% say it also describes "how news outlets make editorial decisions."
March 2018, a Retrospective:
Here's my Notes app summary of the past month in news, national politics and pop culture. What a month: | | Credit: Hunter Schwarz
Sinclair's Scripted News Media Bashing Goes Vi:
Catching local news reporters across the country repeating phrases was a popular trend about five years ago. "Conan" was the master of the genre, stitching together clips of anchors saying things like "yeah baby," "I scream, you scream, you know the rest" and "an item, or two, or ten." It's back again.
Deadspin used the format to show the anti-media message anchors at Sinclair-owned local TV news stations across the country had to repeat. Something about reporters reading from a corporate script about how the media is pushing an agenda feels all kinds of oof. Watch it here. Said a Sinclair investigative reporter to CNN: "It sickens me the way this company is encroaching upon trusted news brands in rural markets." | | Credit: via Deadspin
Sydney Leathers Weighs in on Stormy:
Leathers, the Indiana woman who sexted with Anthony Weiner and later leaked those sexts in 2013, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about her experience and what it can tell us about Stormy Daniels.
Leathers said after she was outed as a woman Weiner sexted with, "I was no longer a person. I was a headline, a punchline, anything but a human being with feelings." She said she received death and rape threats, and considered considered committing suicide. She wrote:
"What people don't see are the stress, threats and harassment that come with being associated with a sex scandal, especially if you're a woman. There's so little to be gained by revealing the sexual misconduct of a powerful man, as I tried to do and as Daniels has done."
Roseanne is Out Here Tweeting Conspiracy Theories:
With all eyes on her after the success of the premiere of her revived show, Roseanne Barr tweeted Friday about a conspiracy theory that Trump is freeing children from a Satanic sex ring run by Democrats and celebrities.
LeBron James is Executive Producer on History Channel Special:
James and filmmaker Stanley Nelson are executive producers of "Rise Up," a special about the Civil Rights movement airing on History Channel on Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. "PROUD!!" James wrote on Insta.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Course Vandalized:
Someone splashed red paint on the sign outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, Saturday. A paint can was left at the scene. | | Credit: ABC
Street Art Sighting:
Miami artist Alessandra Mondolfi has been making props to be used in protests for about a year, and she makes street art out of them too, photographing them and putting up the images around town. This "Equality" piece was made from 3D letters for a 2018 Women's March in Miami, and is located at 123 NW 51st St., she said. | | Credit: @alessandramondolfi/Instagram
If you spot political street art, I'd love to see it. Here's how you can reach me: 1. Tweet me @hunterschwarz, 2. Tag me on Instagram @hunterschwarz, or 3. Email me at coverlinehunter@cnn.com.
P.S.:
Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" was his biggest opening in a decade, making $181.2 million at domestic and international box offices. | | | | | | |
