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6:00 PM ET, April 20, 2024

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Politico:
Playbook: How the push to unseat Johnson could unfold  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT UNION JOE IS READING — “Tennessee workers at VW plant vote to unionize with UAW,” by The Tennessean's Todd Price and Gary Estwick …
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
House passes foreign aid bills to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan  —  The House of Representatives has voted to pass roughly a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes funding to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.  —  Democratic support outweighed Republican opposition from those who had various frustrations …
The Guardian:
US House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling  —  Ukrainian president thanks America after Speaker Mike Johnson secures bipartisan support for funding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan  —  After months of stalling, the US House of Representatives finally approved …
Washington Post:
House to vote on Ukraine, Israel aid bills  —  The House plans to vote Saturday on a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, among other priorities.  The bills have moved forward despite a far-right threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he advances Ukraine aid.
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Tara Suter / The Hill:   Rep. Don Bacon: ‘Ukraine will likely fall’ if US doesn't pass foreign aid bill
Washington Post:
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize  —  Victory marks the first win in the United Auto Workers campaign to organize the Southern factories of a dozen automakers  —  Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday …
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Theresa Maher / The Hill:
Biden celebrates Tennessee Volkswagen plant's vote to join UAW  —  President Biden celebrated the “historic vote” Friday for workers at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.  —  “Congratulations to the workers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee …
Nora Eckert / Reuters:
UAW clinches watershed union victory at Volkswagen Tennessee factory
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him as he trades a cocoon of adulation for court  —  He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman.  The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another.  —  His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Metro.co.uk
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Rages About His Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports  —  The former president's anger during the first week of his New York hush money trial was “maxed out, even for him,” a source tells Rolling Stone  —  Donald Trump, if you take it from him, is cherishing the opportunity …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Musk Says Maher Hit Bullseye Comparing Nickelodeon to Neverland Ranch  —  ANTI-WOKE  —  “Wow, Bill Maher hits the bullseye,” Musk wrote on social media.  —  Bill Maher has labeled kids' TV network Nickelodeon as “Neverland Ranch with craft services”—and teed off on progressives' views …
Politico:
US weighs sending additional military advisers to Ukraine as Russia gains momentum  —  The troops would be serving in a non-combat role, officials said.  —  The U.S. is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kyiv, the latest show of American commitment to Ukraine …
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
‘Yes, I Did It’: Politician Confesses to Murdering Wife on Social Media  —  ‘I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT’  —  “The lying wretch got what she deserved,” he wrote, among other disturbing things.  —  A politician in Russia's Tver region has sent shockwaves through the country after apparently confessing …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘We Just Finally Saw the Dam Break’: How House Republicans Embraced the Chaos  —  Veteran Rep. Tom Cole is fed up with his party's insurgents.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory yet — and it might mean his undoing.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Peter Pomerantsev / TIME:
Russia's War Against Evangelicals  —  After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith.  “When did you become a Baptist?
 
 
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Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu stronger than ever since Oct. 7 according to new polls
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Buck takes swing at ‘Moscow Marjorie’: She is just ‘mouthing the Russian propaganda’
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Republicans Just Found a Loophole to Answer Their Abysmal Fundraising
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
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ABC News:
Donald and Melania Trump to headline dueling fundraisers in North Carolina and Palm Beach
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes
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NY AG asks Trump civil fraud judge to declare $175M bond ‘without effect’
 

 
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