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1:05 PM ET, April 7, 2023

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Washington Post:
Tennessee vote marks latest GOP move to stifle dissent, experts say  —  Tennessee Republicans' dramatic expulsion of two Democrats who agitated for gun control in the state Capitol after a mass killing is the latest move by Republican state leaders around the country to stifle dissent and expand …
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The Tennessean:
Majority of Nashville Council members vow to reappoint Justin Jones to the state House  —  Vivian Jones Cassandra StephensonNashville Tennessean  —  At least 24 members of Nashville's 40-seat Metro Council said they plan to reappoint expelled former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville …
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 …
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Tennessee GOP succeeded where MAGA failed on Jan 6: They overturned an election to preserve White Supremacy
Discussion: TheBlaze
Oliver Willis Explains:   The Right Believes Blacks Must Be Broken
Washington Post:
Tennessee House expels two Democrats in historic act of partisan retaliation
Katherine Burgess / The Commercial Appeal:
Shelby County could reappoint Justin Pearson after expulsion from TN House
Discussion: Pluribus News and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Justice Thomas addresses report he accepted luxury travel from GOP donor for years  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday he had been advised “by colleagues and others in the judiciary” that luxury trips financed by a close billionaire friend and conservative activist …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Defends Against Allegations of Improper Gifts and Travel  —  In a statement released by the Supreme Court, the justice said he had followed guidance from others at the court and believed he was not required to report the trips.  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas defended himself …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justice Clarence Thomas explains failure to report trips paid for by conservative billionaire  —  Thomas issued statement in response to ProPublica report about trips he took that were paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow  —  WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
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 …
CNN:
Justice Clarence Thomas says trips with billionaire didn't need to be disclosed at the time  —  Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that he did not disclose luxury travel paid for by a Republican donor because he was advised at the time that he did not have to report it.
ProPublica:
Lawmakers Call for Investigation and Ethics Reforms in Response to ProPublica Report on Clarence Thomas
Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas has reported receiving only two gifts since 2004
Discussion: Slate and New Republic
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The new Clarence Thomas revelations are shocking. Democrats must act.
Axios:
The GOP's epic losing streak  — First, the 2018 House elections were a disaster for Republicans: Democrats had a net gain of 40 seats to take over the House — their largest gain since the post-Watergate election of 1974.  — Then Trump lost the presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amanda Carpenter / Bulwark+:
It's All About Trump's Election Criminality
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters
CNN:   Early struggles of new House Republican majority raise anxiety over high-stakes fights to come
The Daily Beast:
The GOP Civil War That's Already Making 2024 Awkward
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:   Democrats are betting Republicans' defense of Donald Trump's criminal charges will age like milk on the 2024 campaign trail
New York Times:
Trump Moves to Hire Laura Loomer, Anti-Muslim Activist  —  The former president recently directed advisers to give Ms. Loomer, who has a long history of bigoted remarks, a role in support of his candidacy, people familiar with the move said.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has told aides …
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
How Wisconsin Republicans Got So Angry  —  They've lost four major statewide elections since 2018, for starters, and this year's supreme-court election exposed their growing vulnerability.  —  Wisconsin Republicans are caught in a bind: What the base wants, the majority rejects.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story, NPR and NBC News
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats push abortion rights to the ballot in 2024, using an old GOP playbook
Discussion: Raw Story
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links … Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site, a message pops up saying that “Twitter has unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets …
Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
March Jobs Report Shows Hiring Gradually Cooled  —  The labor market remains solid but has shown signs of gradual cooling  —  U.S. hiring gradually cooled in March as employers added 236,000 workers.  The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.  —  The labor market has continued to boom a year …
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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 …
Jeremy Turley / InForum:
North Dakota senators vote to boost their own meal reimbursements after rejecting free school lunch bill  —  Thirteen Republican senators voted to increase meal reimbursements for state employees after voting against a bill to expand free school lunches for low-income students.
Erika Solomon / New York Times:
Nord Stream Sabotage Theories Deepen as Shreds of Evidence Emerge  —  Intelligence leaks surrounding the sabotage of the pipelines have provided more questions than answers.  It may be in no one's interest to reveal more.  —  Russian and Danish naval vessels that disappear in the Baltic Sea, days before an underwater pipeline blast.
Discussion: Reuters, UPI, Sputnik News and Politico
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yes, Trump Was Extorted  —  Let's acknowledge what Stormy Daniels did.  —  It's not as though he was the innocent victim, but when Donald Trump and his legal team say that Stormy Daniels extorted him, they are right.  —  From one perspective, this is another perversity of the case …
Sam Stein / Politico:
The Ultimate Political Shmear Campaign  —  How D.C. — finally! — became a legitimate center of bagel excellence.  —  When Rep. Dan Goldman launched the congressional bagel caucus shortly upon entering Congress, it was with the lofty goal of using food to bring comity to an institution severely lacking it.
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 …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Kevin McCarthy's blame game sweeps Capitol Hill  —  As debt limit pressure mounts, it's GOP leadership — not just the rank-and-file — that's in disarray.  —  Soon after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cliched the speakership, some of his allies began to fret: How the hell was he going to live …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and New York Times
 
 
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