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6:05 PM ET, April 11, 2023

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New York Times:
Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case  —  Mr. Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, had subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked on the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into former President Donald J. Trump.  —  The Manhattan district attorney …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Manhattan DA sues Rep. Jim Jordan to block GOP inquiry into Trump case  —  Bragg says the subpoena issued by the committee would cause “imminent irreparable harm if the secret and privileged material is compelled to be disclosed.”  —  WASHINGTON — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Manhattan DA Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Indictment Attacks
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Right-wing judges may cripple the GOP  —  U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk's widely panned ruling blocking the Food and Drug Administration's approval more than 20 years ago of an effective and safe medication, mifepristone, used both for medical abortions and to treat miscarriages …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Abortion Pill Ruling May Face Headwinds at the Supreme Court  —  Even justices hostile to abortion and the administrative state may think twice, legal scholars said, before embracing a Texas judge's decision.  —  WASHINGTON — The conservative legal movement has long had two key goals …
Anita Chabria / Los Angeles Times:
It's not about babies. Abortion restrictions are about power
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Mifepristone Ruling: Here Are The Unintended Health Consequences Of Attacks On Abortion Pills
Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Gov. Bill Lee calls for ‘order of protection law’ to keep guns away from dangerous individuals  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday will sign an executive order aimed at strengthening background checks for firearm purchases, in addition to calling for lawmakers to pass an order of protection law …
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Politico:
Republicans facing a reckoning later this week  —  An NRA convention and an RNC confab in Nashville come at an inopportune time.  —  Republicans are openly distressed about the prospect of losing younger voters over their stances on abortion, firearms and democracy.
Discussion: New York Times
Reuters:
Tennessee Democrats push to bring second expelled lawmaker back to House  —  Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday.
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Sam Karlin / The Advocate:
Another Louisiana House Democrat has switched parties to Republican
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
How redistricting brought Tennessee to this moment
Associated Press:
Judges block Tennessee move to cut Nashville council in half
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention  —  The Democratic convention, to run from Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago.  Chicago last hosted a convention in 1996.  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee selected Chicago to host …
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New York Times:
Chicago Will Host 2024 Democratic Convention as Party Returns to Midwest  —  For their flagship gathering, President Biden and Democrats chose a city in the heart of a battleground region, which had argued that it embodied the party's liberal values.  —  President Biden and his party …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump fan gets 4-year sentence for hitting officers with a fire extinguisher on Jan. 6  —  Robert Sanford, a retired firefighter, sought “cult deprogramming” after the Jan. 6 riot, in which he used a fire extinguisher to assault officers who were protecting the U.S. Capitol.
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
White House Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River  —  As the river shrinks, the Biden administration is getting ready to impose, for the first time, reductions in water supplies to states.  —  WASHINGTON — After months of fruitless negotiations between the states …
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Jake Bittle / Grist:
Feds' Colorado River choice: California's rights or Arizona's future?
Discussion: The Hill and E&E News
John Nichols / The Nation:
Wisconsin Is Finally Coming Out of Its Scott Walker Nightmare  —  The ex-governor seems terrified that the state's recent elections could threaten the conservative domination he helped create—and he should be.  —  Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the anti-union zealot whose scorched-earth …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Washington Post:   How Wisconsin liberals set record campus turnout in court election
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Dianne Feinstein Is MIA, and Her Absence Is Holding Up Judicial Confirmations  —  The 89-year-old senator has missed 60 votes of the 82 taken in 2023, at a critical time for Biden to be getting judges confirmed.  She needs to resign right now.  —  Alerts  —  At what is clearly a critical …
Washington Post:
Meet the young Democrats waging war on MAGA from behind enemy lines  —  Catalyzing events in U.S. history have a tendency to shape generations of public officials.  In the 1920s, Prohibition and the GOP's depression economics gave rise to the New Deal Democrats.
Jonathan Shaw / Harvard Magazine:
Ken Griffin's Naming Gift for the Graduate School  —  KENNETH C. GRIFFIN '89, founder and chief executive officer of Citadel LLC, the multibillion-dollar hedge-fund and financial-services company, has donated $300 million to Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Discussion: Observer
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Associated Press:
Police: Louisville shooter legally bought gun a week ago  —  The shooter who opened fire at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon from a local dealership a week ago, police said Tuesday.  Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a news conference …
KFF:
Americans' Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injuries, And Deaths  —  Key Findings  — Experiences with gun-related incidents are common among U.S. adults.  One in five (21%) say they have personally been threatened with a gun, a similar share (19%) say a family member was killed by a gun …
Hannah Hartig / Pew Research Center:
By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state  —  With the future of abortion pills in legal jeopardy, more Americans say medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their state, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Discussion: Political Wire
Brandon Gage / Raw Story:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund public libraries: report  —  Republicans in the Missouri State House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to strip all public libraries of their funding a week after lawmakers debated the budget proposal that Governor Mike Parson submitted to the legislature.
Punchbowl News:
NEWS: Gang of Eight is getting classified docs from Trump, Biden, Pence homes  —  Breaking News: The Biden administration has started giving the congressional “Gang of Eight” access to the classified documents that were recovered from the homes of former President Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
GOP eyes new work requirements for millions on Medicaid, food stamps  —  The demand from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy comes as the White House rejects talks on policies that could cut benefits to low-income Americans  —  House Republicans are eyeing new work requirements for millions …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The Future Is Happening in Tennessee  —  Keep your eyes on the South.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Tennessee  —  I cannot recommend this essay by Tressie McMillan Cottom highly enough.  It's about the expulsion of Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee House …
Discussion: New York Times and The Nation
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Democrats want to call GOP's bluff on defunding the FBI  —  Trump demands that Congress shut the purse, so Schumer plans to force a vote — on something Americans do not support.  —  The Republican Party's flirtation with defunding the FBI made its way to the highest levels of the party this month.
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor  —  After ProPublica reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had failed to disclose two decades worth of luxury trips provided by billionaire conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow, right-wing pundits …
Discussion: Jacobin, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas City Intel Agency Claims … In 2021, a Texas intelligence command center disseminated a bulletin warning its law enforcement partners about activists interested in sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Florida GOP legislator apologizes after calling transgender people ‘mutants’ and ‘demons’  —  State Rep. Webster Barnaby made the remarks at a hearing to discuss legislation known as the Safety in Private Spaces Act.  —  A Republican state legislator in Florida apologized Monday …
 
 
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