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Adolf Hitler, who rose to power on the backs of anti-Semitic scumbags, crackpots and German nationalist zealots finally ended his reign of terror by killing himself.
On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me.”
— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), quoted by HuffPost, dismissing comparisons to Gov. Kristi Noem (R).
“A panel of federal judges has tossed out Louisiana’s new congressional map, striking the state’s second majority-Black district just months after it was signed into law,” Politico reports.
“The ruling, if it stands, could be a win for Republicans, since Democrats were almost certain to win the newly drawn district.”
Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election for New York’s 26th congressional district, the Washington Post reports.
“When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat, leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items.”
“Hundreds of police officers in riot gear marched onto the campus of Columbia University in Upper Manhattan late Tuesday, where protesters had occupied a campus building, as clashes over the war in Gaza continued to escalate at American universities,” the New York Times reports.
The second week of the Donald Trump criminal trial testimony began with a bang!
First up, a ruling on the gag order. Trump was found in criminal contempt and fined $1k for each of the 9 violations. He was also ordered to remove the offending 9 posts by 2:15pm (which he complied with) AND warned that he will be incarcerated (maybe) for future violations.
Reminder: there is a 2nd gag order violation hearing scheduled for this Thursday morning.
BREAKING:Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for further violations of his gag order."Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2024
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just complied with the order from Judge Merchan to remove social media posts from his Truth Social page and his campaign website that the judge deemed in violation of the gag order.