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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
GOP expels Democratic Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson from House over gun-control protest  —  The House failed by one vote to achieve the two-thirds majority needed to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, from the chamber.  Together, the lawmakers had become known as the ‘Tennessee three.’
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Washington Post:
Tennessee House expels two Democrats in historic act of partisan retaliation  —  NASHVILLE — The Republican-led Tennessee House voted Thursday to expel two Democratic lawmakers who halted proceedings last week to join protesters demanding gun-control legislation after a mass killing.
New York Times:
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest  —  The unseating of the lawmakers threatened to further inflame partisan rancor in a state that is divided over issues like how to respond to a school shooting in Nashville.  —  NASHVILLE — The Tennessee House voted on Thursday …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers for Acting on Gun Safety  —  Last week, three more students and three school officials were gunned down in yet another tragic mass shooting in Nashville.  On Monday, 7,000 Tennesseans, many of them students …
Discussion: UPI, The Hill, NBC News and WKRN-TV
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:   Tennessee  —  In December 1966, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided a case called Bond v. Floyd.
Associated Press:
Tennessee's House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest
The Tennessean:   Growing list of Nashville Council members vows to reappoint Justin Jones to the state House
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times reported about Justice Thomas' gifts 20 years ago.  After that he stopped disclosing them  —  It was 2004 when the Los Angeles Times disclosed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted expensive gifts and private plane trips paid for by Harlan Crow …
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Slate:
Clarence Thomas Broke the Law and It Isn't Even Close  —  It probably won't matter.  But it should.  —  ProPublica's scrupulously reported new piece on Justice Clarence Thomas' decadeslong luxury travel on the dime of a single GOP megadonor will probably not shock you at all.
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Lawmakers Call for Tighter Ethics Code After Revelations About Justice Thomas  —  An investigation by ProPublica revealed that Clarence Thomas accompanied Harlan Crow, a conservative donor and real estate billionaire, on a series of luxury vacations without disclosing them.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The new Clarence Thomas revelations are shocking.  Democrats must act.  —  The Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis just entered a new chapter in the form of a shocking report that Justice Clarence Thomas apparently violated ethics laws by accepting luxury trips for more than two decades without disclosing them.
Discussion: NBC News, Insider, NPR and The Federalist
Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas has reported receiving only two gifts since 2004  —  Eighteen years ago, the Los Angeles Times detailed how Thomas had reported receiving thousands of dollars' worth of gifts — far more than the other justices on the Supreme Court at the time.
ProPublica:
Lawmakers Call for Investigation and Ethics Reforms in Response to ProPublica Report on Clarence Thomas
New York Times:
Ukraine War Plans Leak Prompts Pentagon Investigation  —  Classified documents detailing secret American and NATO plans have appeared on Twitter and Telegram.  —  WASHINGTON — Classified war documents detailing secret American and NATO plans for building up the Ukrainian military ahead …
The Daily Beast:
The GOP Civil War That's Already Making 2024 Awkward  —  Conservative group Club for Growth doesn't seem to want anything to do with Trump, and Trump certainly doesn't want anything to do with them. … When Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) posted a photo of himself at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Revenge-Obsessed Donald Trump Is Pushing the Right to New Levels of Retribution Rage
Discussion: The Independent
Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Biden administration says schools may bar trans athletes from competitive teams  —  Proposed regulation would disallow blanket bans on trans athletes on the books in 20 states  —  The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that would allow schools to bar transgender athletes …
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New York Times:
Biden Plan Allows Limits on Trans Athletes' Participation in School Sports  —  It is the first time the administration has substantively weighed in on the charged debate.  The proposal gives schools significant leeway to reject the participation of transgender athletes.
Associated Press:
Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump  —  A U.S. review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor.
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The Hill:
White House deflects criticism of Biden's chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
KKTV-TV:
Teen suspected of planning to ‘shoot up’ multiple Colorado Springs area schools and churches arrested  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A teenager is suspected of planning to “shoot up” multiple schools in Colorado Springs.  —  According to a news release issued by the 18th Judicial …
Discussion: Gazette and TheBlaze
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Miami Herald:
13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with DeSantis, arrested over memes  —  The 13-year-old son of a controversial whistleblower who accused the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis of suppressing state data on the severity of the COVID pandemic in Florida was arrested …
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Brandon Girod / Pensacola News Journal:
Rebekah Jones' 13-year-old son arrested in Navarre, Florida for ‘digital threats of terrorism’
Max Tani / Semafor:
Before meeting with Elon Musk, top advertisers privately debate his “racist rhetoric”  —  Elon Musk's appearance at a major marketing conference next week has spooked the top advertising executives at some of America's biggest companies.  —  Musk is slated to speak on Monday in Miami …
Discussion: WSB-TV, Forbes and Rolling Stone
Mona Zhang / Politico:
Former Michigan House speaker charged with accepting bribes for cannabis licenses  —  All four defendants signed plea deals admitting guilt to the charges.  —  Rick Johnson, a former Republican Michigan House speaker turned cannabis regulator, received more than $110,000 in bribes in exchange …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Elon Musk says NPR's ‘state-affiliated media’ label might not have been accurate  —  Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the platform's recent labeling of NPR as “state-affiliated media” might not have been accurate during a series of email exchanges that provided a glimpse into the billionaire's thought process …
Reuters:
Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars  —  Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.”  The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, it notes on its website …
 
 
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Frida Ghitis / CNN:
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Discussion: Foreign Policy
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