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10:25 AM ET, April 7, 2023

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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.
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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.’
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 …
Politico:
Playbook: McCarthy searches for a scapegoat  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  EYES ON NASHVILLE — Yesterday, we watched in real time as a procedural issue in a state legislature blossomed into a national flashpoint on guns, free speech, race and democracy itself.
New York Times:
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:   Tennessee  —  In December 1966, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided a case called Bond v. Floyd.
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
After the Nashville School Shooting, Tennessee Should Pass A Red Flag Law Instead of Subverting Democracy
Discussion: WKRN-TV and WPLN News
CNN:
Tennessee's Republican-led House expels 2 Democratic lawmakers over gun reform protest, fails in bid to oust a third
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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ProPublica:
Lawmakers Call for Investigation and Ethics Reforms in Response to ProPublica Report on Clarence Thomas  —  Influential Democratic legislators are pushing for changes at the Supreme Court and a probe into Thomas' undisclosed luxury trips provided by powerful conservative donor Harlan Crow.
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.
Discussion: New Republic
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.
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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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Stupidity.  It Burns.  —  The Deplorables of the Week  —  We'll get to the rest of the week's worst actors in a moment, but can we talk about what just happened in Tennessee?  —  In a fit of partisan pique, Republicans used their super majority to expel two young African American state legislators.
Discussion: Politico and Newsbusters
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters  —  Democrats are happily watching from the sidelines as the Republican Party continues to be defined by two issues that turn off swing voters: Donald Trump and abortion.  —  The more Trump is in the news, the better for Democrats.
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
How Wisconsin Republicans Got So Angry
Amanda Carpenter / Bulwark+:
It's All About Trump's Election Criminality
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Democrats are betting Republicans' defense of Donald Trump's criminal charges will age like milk on the 2024 campaign trail  — Republicans facing tough 2024 races are defending Donald Trump against criminal charges.  — They are attacking what they say is a political prosecution or restating their support for him.
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The Daily Beast:
The GOP Civil War That's Already Making 2024 Awkward
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Revenge-Obsessed Donald Trump Is Pushing the Right to New Levels of Retribution Rage
Discussion: The Independent
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job growth totals 236,000 in March, near expectations as hiring pace slows  — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 236,000 for March, compared to the Dow Jones estimate for 238,000 and below the upwardly revised 326,000 in February.  — The unemployment rate ticked lower to 3.5% amid an increase …
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed's rate hikes
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and New York Post
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter cuts off Substack embeds and starts suspending bots … 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 in Substack posts” …
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
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
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 …
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KRDO:
Manifesto details former student's plans to carry out multiple Colorado Springs school shootings
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 …
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Tennessee GOP succeeded where MAGA failed on Jan 6: They overturned an election to preserve White Supremacy  —  This will only get worse  —  The Tennessee GOP's shocking expulsion of two Black state representatives— Justin Jones and Justin Pearson—from the legislature for simply breaking House rules …
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Sorry, Jon Stewart — America Needs Crossfire Again  —  Jon Stewart was right: Cable-TV debate shows were like pro wrestling.  And our political landscape is much worse without them.  —  Crossfire, a nightly debate program hosted by Paul Begala (center) and Tucker Carlson, was cancelled in 2005 …
Discussion: New York Times
Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Buckle up’: DeSantis escalates Disney dispute, eyes hotel taxes and road tolls  —  The DeSantis administration is also examining if a recent agreement approved between a Central Florida board that had been controlled by Disney and the company runs afoul of the state's growth laws, according to senior administration officials.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, CBS News and Insider
 
 
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