U.S. Senate confirms civil rights lawyer to New York federal bench
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- Arizona House Republicans once again thwarted an attempt on Wednesday to repeal the state's nearly complete abortion ban from 1864, leaving Democrats without a vote on their repeal bill for the second consecutive week.
- Despite facing pressure from influential conservatives, such as former President Trump and Senate hopeful Kari Lake, urging GOP leaders to lift the ban, the Republicans blocked the repeal.
- State House Democrats made a procedural maneuver to attempt to suspend House rules and bring the repeal bill to the floor for discussion. However, this action was rejected by the GOP majority, with only one Republican, Representative Matt Gress, crossing party lines to support bringing up the repeal bill.
- A similar endeavor to repeal the ban was obstructed by Republicans last week. Following persistent criticism of the law by Democrats both within and outside the state throughout the week, prominent figures like Trump and Lake recognized the political risks and advocated for a change in direction within the Legislature.
David Pecker is expected to be the first witness called in Trump hush money trial, source says
cnn.com/2024/04/21/politics/trump-hush-money-trial-witness-david-pecker/
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract: The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/google-firing-israeli-cloud-contract.html
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
- Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.
- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
Russia's reaction to US aid: "Inglorious end of the Kiev regime is inevitable": Dmitry Polyansky, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations in New York ...
welt.de/politik/ausland/article251132244/Russlands-Reaktion-auf-US-Hilfe-Unruehmliche-Ende-des-Kiewer-Regimes-ist-unausweichlich.html
Americans split on whether Trump will, should be convicted in hush money case: Poll
thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4606379-americans-split-trump-will-be-convicted-hush-money-case-poll/
Let Them Eat … Everything: In the age of Ozempic, the “fat activist” Virginia Sole-Smith is inspiring and infuriating her followers.
nytimes.com/2024/04/21/well/eat/fat-activist-virginia-sole-smith.html
Trump trial in New York: Man sets himself on fire in front of the courthouse: While the jury for Donald Trump's hush money trial is being selected in court ...
spiegel.de/ausland/strafprozess-gegen-donald-trump-zwischenfall-vor-gerichtsgebaeude-in-new-york-a-339e6eb3-e027-4b89-8b7d-8be02f95d81a
Trump says 'We're behind Poland' as he meets President Duda: Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed Ukraine and the Middle East with Republican presidential ...
reuters.com/world/trump-says-were-behind-poland-he-meets-president-duda-2024-04-18/
Quick Glance: Trump to Meet Polish President Duda as NATO Leaders Push for Ukraine Support
- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda to discuss support for Ukraine.
- European leaders are concerned about Trump's critical stance towards NATO, especially after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Poland hopes Duda can leverage his friendly ties with Trump to garner more support for Ukraine.
- The relationship between Poland and the Biden administration, along with GOP criticism of Ukraine aid, are also topics of discussion.
Trump has a rocky relationship with Black voters. He’s trying to change it.: Three officials with his campaign outlined the former president’s strategy.
politico.com/news/2024/04/20/trump-trial-black-voters-00153462
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