LMPD: 4 dead, 8 injured including 2 officers from downtown Louisville shooting; suspect dead  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed four people have died from an active shooting in downtown Louisville near Slugger Field on Monday morning.

As Trump dominates the airwaves, ‘it feels like f—king 2016’  —  Trump's opponents are struggling to find a spotlight of their own in the 2024 campaign.  —  With the volume blaring on The Donald Trump Show, other Republican presidential hopefuls are struggling to make any noise of their own.

Hounded by baseless voter fraud allegations, an entire county's election staff quits in Virginia  —  In Buckingham County, four people quit their jobs after a feud between local Republicans and the general registrar consumed the small community.  —  BUCKINGHAM, Virginia — Lindsey Taylor loved running elections here.

Where does the Tennessee House Speaker actually live?  —  Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) led the charge to expel two members of the Tennessee House, Justin Jones (D) and Justin Pearson (D).  Jones and Pearson were expelled for expressing solidarity with protesters …

Biden says he plans on running in 2024  —  President Biden on Monday said he plans on running for reelection in 2024, but he's not yet ready to make an official announcement.  —  Biden spoke with NBC's Al Roker for a “Today” show segment on the White House Easter egg roll.

Gov Greg Abbott pardons a murderer who killed a BLM protester to make Tucker Carlson happy  —  The GOP's assault on both democracy and the rule of law was on full display this week.  There was the Tennessee GOP's white supremacy preserving expulsion of two Black Democratic members of the state legislature …

DeSantis Pushes Toughest Immigration Crackdown in the Nation  —  The Florida governor is pushing an aggressive proposal to penalize those who aid undocumented immigrants and to track costs for providing them with health care.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Led by Gov. Ron DeSantis …

The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin  —  Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution.  In many cases, the public pays a price.  —  Texas was gasping for electricity.

How the Army quietly discharges soldiers charged with violent crimes  —  Stationed at Army posts thousands of miles apart, two soldiers faced a flurry of criminal charges after they allegedly assaulted women within days of each other in early 2017.  —  One soldier was accused of physically assaulting …

The loneliness of Fox News' Bret Baier  —  Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier is perhaps the best personification of Fox Corp chief Lachlan Murdoch's description of Fox News as a network that targets the “center-right.”  While his selection of stories and analysts often appeal …

How a Flamboyant Gay Man Conquered Corporate America  —  Dylan Mulvaney figured it out.  You shouldn't be surprised to learn that Dylan Mulvaney is an actor.  The trans celebrity studied musical theater and had a part in The Book of Mormon prior to deciding during the pandemic that he was a woman …

Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion.  One almost died.  —  New abortion restrictions have disrupted the standard of care for a pregnancy complication both women experienced late last year  —  MIRAMAR, Fla. — Anya Cook did not want to push.

If the Law Is Legitimate, Clarence Thomas Must Stand Trial  —  The Supreme Court justice repeatedly broke the law for two decades.  But do the laws even apply to the leaders on our judicial branch?  —  ProPublica reported last week that for two decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …

The Week Ahead  —  One of my good friends texted our group at the end of last week, “Gosh guys I love our country but man this week was a real dystopian freak show.”  (Pretty sure there was some sarcasm in there.)  —  If you're feeling the same way, take a minute to consider what we accomplished.

The Racial Element of Trump's Attacks on His Prosecutors  —  Why it matters that he calls them “racist” and “animal.”  —  Indictment season is officially underway and Donald Trump's legal Houdini act is closing after a fifty-year run.  Yes, he's making history.

Twitter: BBC objects to ‘government funded media’ label  —  The BBC is objecting to a new label describing it as “government funded media” on its main Twitter account.  —  The corporation has contacted the social media giant over the designation on the @BBC account to resolve the issue “as soon as possible”.

GOP embraces a new foreign policy: Bomb Mexico to stop fentanyl  —  Republicans suggest everything from terrorist labels to an invasion to decimate drug cartels in Mexico.  —  A growing number of prominent Republicans are rallying around the idea that to solve the fentanyl crisis, America must bomb it away.

Eyeing re-election, Ted Cruz seeks to burnish a bipartisan image  —  It's a tricky balancing act for the senator, staying true to his right-wing firebrand persona while reaching out to the Texas swing voters who nearly sent him packing in 2018.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz built …

How Stormy Daniels Sees It Ending … Stormy Daniels saged the room and shuffled the oracle deck.  It was the evening of April 1, and the woman at the center of the legal drama that led to the first criminal indictment of a U.S. president had agreed to ask the guides for help to see more clearly the past …

Biden judicial push hits roadblocks with GOP veto-power and Democratic absences  —  The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability …

Blaming ‘Capitalism’ Is Not an Alternative to Solving Problems  —  The United States is not trembling on the precipice of a communist revolution.  —  Uncle Sam commands the most powerful military in human history, and its rank-and-file exhibit few socialistic sympathies …