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The Morning Consult reports: People are so mad at United Airlines that more than 40 percent of those who have heard about the airline recently also say they would pay more money and endure a layover to avoid flying with the company. Public outrage started after a video emerged showing police dragging a passenger off a flight Sunday to make …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Last week on “Revelation in the News,” televangelist Jim Bakker expressed outrage over reports that some Duquesne University students were protesting against a planned opening of Chick-fil-A on campus. The restaurant chain has faced criticism over its owner’s statements about homosexuality and same-sex marriage and the company’s donations to anti-LGBTQ groups. Bakker linked …

Starting now. AOL News reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is set to address the press corps on Monday, as Vice President Mike Pence continues his Asia trip and President Trump works through continued tension between the U.S. and North Korea. Spicer was present earlier on Monday as the Trump family hosted their first Easter Egg Roll — one …

Ten years ago this week I brought Shelley (formerly “Little Gray”) home from the East Harlem ASPCA. She was 20 months old, very underweight, timid, and FIV+, the last of which might explain the “owner surrender” notation on her adoption papers. Shelley was so freaked out upon arrival in my apartment that she first tried to escape by climbing up …

The BBC reports: North Korea will continue to test missiles despite international condemnation and increasing military tensions with the US, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang. “We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-Ryol told the BBC’s John Sudworth. He said that an “all out war” would …

The New York Daily News reports: So much for “America First.” President Trump broke another pledge after having to be reminded — with an apparent nudge from his wife — to place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem Monday morning. Video shows First Lady Melania Trump and the couple’s 11-year-old son, Barron, lifting their hands to their …

The Associated Press reports: It took less than 15 minutes for newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to ask his first questions from the bench. Gorsuch and his colleagues were hearing arguments Monday for the first time since President Donald Trump’s pick was sworn in April 10. The case before the justices involved a procedural issue in a federal …

The Hill reports: Sean Spicer is ditching the Easter Bunny outfit, instead opting for a suit at this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll. The White House press secretary sported a dark suit and red tie as he read “How to Catch the Easter Bunny” to children and posed with a pink-nosed, life-sized Easter egg dye company’s bunny mascot on …

This morning Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway called on Democrats to denounce the violence seen at anti-Trump protests this weekend. Conway, unshockingly, made no reference to the self-professed pro-Trump Nazis and admitted white supremacists that participated in the violence. Politico reports:  “Six months after Donald Trump won 306 electoral votes, you have people still trying to make it go away, and …

From the editorial board of the New York Times: It was a jarringly unorthodox moment even for Donald Trump. At a rally in Colorado last October, an audience member handed him a gay pride flag that bore a handwritten endorsement: “LGBTs for TRUMP.” The candidate smiled as he unfurled the flag, displaying it for a few seconds. A spokesman later …