Feds alert judge to Trump’s ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you!’ post (www.politico.com)
Prosecutors say the former president’s message on Truth Social raises specter he might use evidence to target witnesses....
Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. (www.nbcnews.com)
Heehee.
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll (apnews.com)
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....
Rights Groups To Sue as Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments Displayed in Classrooms (www.commondreams.org)
US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks (www.bbc.com)
Colorado Republicans call for pride flags to be burned (www.independent.co.uk)
More than 90% of chickenpox cases in New York City outbreak among unvaccinated people (abcnews.go.com)
Just 1.4% of cases were among people who received two vaccine doses.
Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture' (www.cnbc.com)
Every day there’s a new article trying to shame workers for existing.
Jimmy Carter: Grandson says former president is ‘coming to the end’ (www.cnn.com)
I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued. (www.businessinsider.com)
Defense moves for mistrial over Daniels' testimony (abcnews.go.com)
Trump’s defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony...
Weinstein victims’ fury as rape conviction overturned as Bragg commits to retry case (www.independent.co.uk)
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
Gov. Reeves proclaims Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi (www.mississippifreepress.org)
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi, Miss., the museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday, April 12....
Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility (apnews.com)
Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide....
State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market (apnews.com)
State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer, the insurance giant said this week, nine months after announcing it would not issue new home policies in the state...
CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like (arstechnica.com)
COVID-19 is becoming more like the flu and, as such, no longer requires its own virus-specific health rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday alongside the release of a unified “respiratory virus guide.”...
Kellogg CEO now faces backlash for suggesting people eat 'cereal for dinner' to save money (www.nbcnews.com)
Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars (www.reuters.com)
Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.O) said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles....
‘To hell with this place!’ George Santos ousted from Congress after fabricating life story (www.telegraph.co.uk)
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
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3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes history (www.upworthy.com)
Michael Gambon, 'Harry Potter' actor who played Dumbledore, dies at 82 (abcnews.go.com)
Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal (www.businessinsider.com)
McDonald's plans to transition away from self-serve soda fountains in US by 2032 (www.usatoday.com)
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance in Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says (www.nytimes.com)
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city....
