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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 …
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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 …
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Oliver Willis Explains:
The Right Believes Blacks Must Be Broken — They Have To Come To Heel! — I regret to inform you that the Negroes are up to their shenanigans again. — This time the site of the crime is the Tennessee state legislature, where state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have been expelled …
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Tennessee GOP succeeded where MAGA failed on Jan 6: They overturned an election to preserve White Supremacy
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Stupidity. It Burns. — We'll get to the rest of the week's worst actors in a moment …
The Stupidity. It Burns. — We'll get to the rest of the week's worst actors in a moment …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Tennessee — In December 1966, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided a case called Bond v. Floyd.
Tennessee — In December 1966, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided a case called Bond v. Floyd.
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Washington Post:
Tennessee House expels two Democrats in historic act of partisan retaliation
Tennessee House expels two Democrats in historic act of partisan retaliation
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New York Times:
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justice Clarence Thomas explains failure to report trips paid for by conservative billionaire
Justice Clarence Thomas explains failure to report trips paid for by conservative billionaire
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The new Clarence Thomas revelations are shocking. Democrats must act.
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.
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Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters
Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Revenge-Obsessed Donald Trump Is Pushing the Right to New Levels of Retribution Rage
Revenge-Obsessed Donald Trump Is Pushing the Right to New Levels of Retribution Rage
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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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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats push abortion rights to the ballot in 2024, using an old GOP playbook
Democrats push abortion rights to the ballot in 2024, using an old GOP playbook
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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 …
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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.
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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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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
March Jobs Report Shows Hiring Gradually Cooled
March Jobs Report Shows Hiring Gradually Cooled
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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.
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Lee Harris / American Prospect:
‘Zero Interest in Doing Business’: TSMC Snubs Phoenix Construction Workers — The building trades just won a surprise victory through the city council. But despite the hot labor market, securing manufacturing jobs is an uphill battle for organized labor. — President Joe Biden tours …
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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.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Schumer, McConnell Call for Russia to Release Evan Gershkovich — In joint statement, U.S. Senate leaders ‘strongly condemn the wrongful detention’ of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter — WASHINGTON—The Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders called for Russia to free jailed Wall …
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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 …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Former GOP Speaker Took $110,000 In Bribes For Weed Licenses — The bribes included cash payments and free travel on a businessman's private plane. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — A Republican former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives has admitted he took $110,000 …
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