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House bill would shine a light on federal prisons’ dark problems A House committee voted nearly unanimously for a bill that would provide more accountability and oversight on federal prisons with a long list of problems. 04/18/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
“The US military has finally acknowledged that it mistakenly killed a civilian man in an airstrike in Syria nearly a year ago after misidentifying him as a senior al Qaeda leader,” CNN reports.
“An attorney discipline judge in California has rejected a request from ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman to reactivate his law license following her recent recommendation that he be disbarred, which rendered him unable to practice law for now,” CNN reports.
“President Joe Biden on Thursday attempted to balance the right to free speech and his desire for law and order in his first extensive remarks on campus protests against the war in Gaza – but insisted he has not changed his support for Israel,” CNN reports.
Said Biden: “We are not a lawless country.
Cook Political Report: “Just when Democrats thought they could count on picking up new Black majority seats in Alabama and Louisiana, a three-judge federal panel threw a wrench in that math on Tuesday when it struck down the new congressional map Louisiana’s legislature passed in January to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.”
“Now, there’s considerable uncertainty over the lines the Pelican State will use for its elections in just six months.”
In an interview this week, Donald Trump wouldn’t dismiss the potential for political violence from his supporters if he isn’t elected in November.
Said Trump: “I don’t think we’re going to have that. I think we’re going to win. And if we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.”
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“Donald Trump on Wednesday didn’t commit to accepting the results of Wisconsin’s presidential election in November if he does not win and again promoted the falsehood that he won the Badger State in 2020,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Said Trump: “If everything’s honest, I’d gladly accept the results. If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”
He added: “I’d be doing a disservice to the country if I said otherwise.