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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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:   Tennessee  —  In December 1966, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided a case called Bond v. Floyd.
New York Times:
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest
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
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
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
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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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
March Jobs Report Shows Hiring Gradually Cooled
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 …
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” …
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
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 …
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
Nick Mordowanec / Newsweek:
Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment  —  Charlie Kirk, the conservative founder and president of Turning Point USA, said during an organizational event on Wednesday that gun deaths in exchange for the preservation of Second Amendment rights is part of America's reality.
Lee Kovarsky / Lawfare:
Preemption and the Known Unknowns of the Trump Indictment  —  Before the New York court unsealed the indictment against former President Donald J. Trump, it was hard to know whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had a strong case.  And we still don't, largely because idiosyncratic …
Discussion: HotAir
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 …
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
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 6, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: Fox News and UPI
 
 
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