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Recswho else loves opossums? - 49
RecsMike Luckovich-A Woman's right to Choose to be controlled or punished - 43
RecsElena Kagan Headed Off Disaster While Delivering a Victory for Civil Rights - 37
RecsPic Of The Moment: Wingnuts Of The Week (Friday Roundup)
GOP-led House panel uses Democratic votes to push foreign aid bills, setting up confrontation with conservatives
(CNN) The GOP-led House Rules Committee late Thursday night used Democratic support to advance a series of foreign aid bills, a sign that Republican leaders will need votes from across the aisle to pass the legislation. The move is likely to further inflame conservatives who are against additional aid to Ukraine and have threatened House Speaker Mike Johnsons job over the issue. The four bills head to the House floor on Friday for their first test on the floor. A vote on final passage is expected Saturday, delaying the start of a weeklong congressional recess.
Mike Johnson May Be Speaker, but Democrats Run the House
(Daily Kos) Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has laid it all on the table: Hes staking his speakershipand his cozy relationship with Donald Trumpon aid to Ukraine, and putting his fate in the hands of Democrats. Democrats, in turn, are not going to make it easy for him. Democrats have no need to give any promises to Johnson at this point, especially when they hold the card of being able to force the vote on the Senate bill with a discharge petition.
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
(AP) One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn't offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.
Trump's Trial Is Already Wreaking Havoc on His Campaign
(Daily Besat) Even before Donald Trumps criminal trial in New York began, it was clear that the lengthy and demanding proceedings would fundamentally change his 2024 campaign. But it only took a few days to show that Trumps hush money trial will be even more damaging, more constraining, and more significant than anyone expected. Republicans are left with little more than stopgap solutions and, in some cases, a humbling realization of whats to comegiven that the embarrassing details of his alleged plot to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels are yet to emerge.
Trump's Donor Base Is Shrinking
(Political Wire) Financial Times: In another troubling sign for Republican fundraising efforts, Trump has 270,000 fewer unique donors than he did at the same stage of his 2020 White House run. His campaign and affiliated political action committees got money from 900,000 donors from July 2023 to the end of the first quarter of 2024, down from 1.17 million four years earlier. This shrinking donor base leaves questions about how Trump will sustain the costs of his legal battles on top of what is expected to be the most expensive presidential race in US history. The bottom line is he needs to step it up now when it comes to fundraising, especially while hes stuck in court and off the campaign trail.
'Silent but deadly': Far-right caucus mocked over new group with unfortunate acronym
(Raw Story) Rumors are circulating on Capitol Hill that the Freedom Caucus is preparing to launch a FART war. The far-right House Republican group Thursday appeared to be plotting a defensive tactic against moderate counterparts and has assembled to assist them in this effort a Floor Action Response Team, or as Politico's Congress reporter Olivia Beavers dubbed it in acronym, a FART.
'You Can't Govern By Shooting Yourself in the Head Every Day'
(Politico) As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson fends off another conservative rebellion over his four-part foreign aid plan, hes garnering support from former speaker and infamous conservative pugilist Newt Gingrich. With a conservative like Johnson in the speakers chair, Gingrich told me, its time for Republicans to shut up and fall in line. The truth is, I would blame head-on the people who are acting like selfish idiots, Gingrich said, name-checking Gaetz.
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits
(NOLA.com) A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers. The House Labor and Industrial Relations panel advanced the child labor legislation, House Bill 156, along with House Bill 119, which would slash the amount of time for which people can collect unemployment aid.
Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims
(ABC News) The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether or not Rep. Matt Gaetz used illicit drugs as a member of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News. Committee investigators have inquired about whether Gaetz was under the influence of drugs at parties in Florida after becoming a member of Congress in 2017, according to the sources. According to a sworn written statement that has been obtained by the Ethics committee, a woman says that in summer of 2017, when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida that Gaetz also attended, which featured alcohol and drugs including cocaine and MDMA, sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.
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RecsHigher grocery prices ARE a result of greedflation, investigation shows: - 53
Recswho else loves opossums? - 49
RecsMike Luckovich-A Woman's right to Choose to be controlled or punished - 43
RecsElena Kagan Headed Off Disaster While Delivering a Victory for Civil Rights - 37
RecsPic Of The Moment: Wingnuts Of The Week (Friday Roundup)
Ukraine, Israel aid back on track as House pushes toward weekend votes
42 min ago - Updated 11:10 AM EDT, April 19, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped i ... (AP)
Title IX: Athletes can play amid sexual misconduct inquiries
1 hr ago - New federal regulations released Friday will prevent colleges and coaches from suspending athletes accused of sexual misconduct while school officials investigate complaints against them. The due process provision is one of several outlined in the U. ... (ESPN)
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
1 hr ago - April 19, 2024, 8:45 AM WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ... (ABC News/AP)
Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico's lawsuit
2 hrs ago - April 19, 2024 6:44 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago April 19 (Reuters) - U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the traffick ... (Reuters)
Trump Media alerts Nasdaq to potential market manipulation from 'naked' short selling of DJT stock
3 hrs ago - Published Fri, Apr 19 2024 8:51 AM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago Trump Media has warned the Nasdaq market of 'potential market manipulation' of the company's stock by "naked" short selling of shares. The warning came as Trump Media has offered shareholders ... (CNBC)
GOP-led House panel uses Democratic votes to push foreign aid bills, setting up confrontation with conservatives
3 hrs ago - The GOP-led House Rules Committee late Thursday night used Democratic support to advance a series of foreign aid bills, a sign that Republican leaders will need votes from across the aisle to pass the legislation. The move is likely to further inflam ... (CNN)
Trump campaign says it will deploy thousands of election workers to monitor poll sites
3 hrs ago - 04/19/2024 05:00 AM EDT Former President Donald Trumps political operation said Thursday that it plans to deploy more than 100,000 attorneys and volunteers across battleground states to monitor and potentially challenge vote count ... (Politico)
Border security bill fails to lift U.S. House conservatives' block of foreign aid package
3 hrs ago - By: Ariana Figueroa - April 18, 2024 10:26 pm WASHINGTON The border security bill U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson offered to conservatives to win support for a major foreign aid package had not broken a blockade of the package by hard-right me ... (Nebraska Examiner)
Biden administration to announce expanded Title IX protections while reversing Trump-era guidance
4 hrs ago - Published 5:02 AM EDT, Fri April 19, 2024 CNN The Biden administration on Friday will announce changes to Title IX, expanding protections for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students while overhauling controversial Trump-era guidance around how schools ... (CNN Politics)
After their PM halts Ukraine aid, Slovaks dig deep to help
4 hrs ago - 6 hours ago A crowdfunding campaign in Slovakia to buy artillery shells for Ukraine has exceeded its target of 1m (£850,000), less than 48 hours after it was launched. The campaign is a response to the Slovak cabinet's refusal to join an ... (BBC)
Hundreds frustrated over potential release of disgraced KC pharmacist Robert Courtney
4 hrs ago - KANSAS CITY, Mo. Hundreds of Missouri families are furious over news regarding a disgraced Kansas City pharmacist, and his potential release from prison. Robert Courtney, now 71, is due to be sent to a halfway house, after a 2002 conviction of ... (Fox 4)
Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims
4 hrs ago - April 19, 2024, 5:04 AM The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether or not Rep. Matt Gaetz used illicit drugs as a member of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News. Committee investigators have inquired ab ... (ABC News)
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
5 hrs ago - Updated 5:02 AM EDT, April 19, 2024 JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife ... (AP)
RFK Jr. qualifies for Michigan ballot
5 hrs ago - Hanna Trudo, The Hill Updated: APR 19, 2024 / 04:47 AM CDT Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024 in Los Angeles. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified as a 2024 pr ... (NewsNation)
BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that's killed hundreds in Montana town
5 hrs ago - April 19, 2024, 4:42 AM EDT HELENA, Mont. BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town ... (NBC News/AP)
Ukraine to Receive More Patriot Systems to Bolster Air Defense
6 hrs ago - Published Apr 18, 2024 at 8:43 PM EDT | Updated Apr 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM EDT German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said European Union (EU) leaders are planning to provide Ukraine with seven additional Patriot air-defense systems, according to Bl ... (Newsweek)
Elon Musk's SpaceX to partner with Northrop Grumman on US spy satellite system, reports say
6 hrs ago - 9 hours ago Elon Musks SpaceX has reportedly partnered with US aerospace and defence company Northrop Grumman on a secret spy satellite project that is already capturing detailed images of the Earth. According to Reuters, which was first to re ... (UK Independent)
White House launches emergency response protocol for mass shootings
6 hrs ago - 04/18/2024 06:04 PM EDT After months of tending to foreign policy conflagrations, sticky inflation numbers and various other pop-up crises, the White House is zeroing back in on a key part of its domestic agenda: gun violence. A new emergency respon ... (Politico)
Biden administration considers scrapping a futuristic proposal to slash power plant pollution
7 hrs ago - Published 5:25 PM EDT, Thu April 18, 2024 CNN The Biden administration is contemplating scrapping the most futuristic aspect of its highly anticipated and impactful power plant pollution rules, two sources familiar with the plan told CNN. Th ... (CNN)
House GOP's aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance -- with Democrats' help
7 hrs ago - By Jaala Brown, Caitlin Yilek, Kaia Hubbard Updated on: April 19, 2024 / 1:12 AM EDT / CBS News Democrats took an unusual step Thursday and helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Isr ... (cbs)