The NRA’s ‘implosion.’ Wondering for whom to root in the National Rifle Association’s civil war? The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes explains it’s a grifter-vs.-grifter battle.
■ The man arrested in the shooting massacre at a California synagogue was known, until Saturday, as a successful student and accomplished pianist …
■ … but, on the dark side of the internet, he apparently showed another side of his personality.
■ Updating coverage: At least one is dead after a gunman—who was still being sought—fired into a Baltimore neighborhood gathering Sunday afternoon.
■ The Tribune: Video released by Chicago’s police watchdog agency shows cops firing at a man accused of firing at them.
Marriott vs. Airbnb. The hotel chain is reportedly getting into the home-sharing market.
■ A suburban office park is offering workers free Lyft rides to and from nearby Metra stations.
■ A 23-year-old woman died early Sunday in a fiery Uber crash on the Stevenson Expressway in Chicago.
■ Lightfoot’s choice of a venue for her swearing-in is … ironic.
Historic jokes. Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah says historian and Alexander Hamilton author Ron Chernow outclassed President Trump—and was funnier, too—in the spotlight at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
■ See his speech.
■ At her alternative Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Samantha Bee slammed the president for boycotting the real thing: “Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and you can’t listen to a comedian razz you for five minutes?”
■ Meanwhile, the president was razzing wolf-crying actor Jussie Smollett—but crediting him for a new campaign slogan: “This is MAGA country.”
■ Time: “Kyler Murray, a black man, was the No. 1 NFL draft pick. Trump congratulated the No. 2 pick instead.”
■ Trump’s latest milestone, by The Washington Post’s tally: More than 10,000 falsehoods since becoming president.
■ The Sun-Times’ Neil Steinberg on what will get the Democratic electorate to the polls: “Is not the prospect of four more years of Donald Trump motivation enough? Do we really need to toss in the death of the Republic to keep focused?”
Need a measles shot? NPR explains it’s not a bad idea for many adults …
■ … but Americans born before 1957 are most likely immune because they would probably have been exposed to the virus directly.
■ A growing number of states are banning celebratory balloon launches: “People don’t really realize that it’s littering.”
The Posting Dead. New research suggests that, within 50 years, the deceased will outnumber the living on Facebook.
■ Vice News: How Fox News dominates Facebook.
■ Wired: What to expect tomorrow from Facebook’s annual developer conference—after a very bad year for the company.
■ The New Yorker: The emerging 5G cellular network, with its promise of “total connectivity,” also will be “especially susceptible to cyberattacks and surveillance.”
Avengers smashes. Avengers: Endgame this weekend broke more records than you can throw a hammer at, making more than 40 times as much as the film in second place—which was also a Marvel movie.
■ The New York Times rounds up a spoiler-rich list of answers from the movie’s screenwriters.
■ The Trib’s Christopher Borrelli lists 22 great things about 22 Marvel movies.
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