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American women, let this be your wake-up call: it won’t end with mifepristone

It doesn’t matter if you think abortion will be legal where you live – the anti-abortion movement wants a national ban

The Guardian - US

“Don’t Say Period”: Florida's latest ban

Florida’s “Don’t Say Period” bill can’t stop the menstrual wave

Salon

How Brandon Johnson won over Chicago’s youth to become mayor

For a coalition of young voters and those from communities of color, Johnson represented the prospect of a refreshing change

The Guardian - US

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Key conservative group joins attacks on partnership that improves voter rolls

Judicial Watch’s move to align with Trump against the Electronic Registration Information Center has been called ‘pure politics’

The Guardian - US

Trump pours money into digital ads ahead of 2024

The former president has been spending liberally on Facebook and Google to capitalize on his indictment.

Axios

A report from COSSBA’s inaugural conference

Welcome to the Tuesday, April 11, Brew.

Ballotpedia

GOP's push against abortion becomes a runaway train

Backlash could box Republicans into defending unpopular policies in 2024.

Axios

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Editorial: The alarming rise of extremist anger solves nothing

All that Tennessee Republicans achieved with the expulsion of two duly elected Democratic Party members of the Tennessee legislature was to provide raw material for social media-fueled outrage, help the Democratic fundraising arm and turn a pair of progressive young Black legislators into national political figures.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Wisconsin voters made it clear they want their abortion rights back

An unabashed abortion rights supporter won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week in a stunning 11-point victory over a conservative antiabortion judge. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s defeat of former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly gives the court a liberal majority for the first time in…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How can Democrats win the culture wars? Look to Newsom’s red-state tour

The national Democrats may finally have found their champion in the culture wars: California Gov. Gavin Newsom. His recently announced appearances in Southern red states, the “Campaign for Democracy” mark a significant tactical turn for Democrats, whose hesitancy to engage on cultural issues has frustrated the governor.

Los Angeles Times

Julianna Goldman: DeSantis is playing the politics of abortion all wrong

It’s one thing for a probable Republican presidential candidate to talk vaguely about how to “expand pro-life protections.” It would be quite another for an actual Republican governor to sign one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country.

Tribune News Service

Nicholas Goldberg: What the US can learn from other nations about how to prosecute Trump

No one is above the law. That should be an obvious, irrefutable principle in a democratic country.

Los Angeles Times

Leonard Greene: Donald Trump says he’s a victim of ‘reverse racism’ — but there is no such thing

Even if you bought for a minute that Black prosecutors in New York are targeting former President Donald Trump because he is white, his characterization of their motivation is way off base.

Tribune News Service

Now a powerhouse, California's Latino lawmakers face pressure to broaden political priorities

When Martha Escutia was elected to the Assembly in 1992, she was one of seven Latinos in the 120-member California Legislature, part of the small but growing Latino Caucus that would eventually become a powerful force in the state Capitol.

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Trump reveals he lost and then found $3,755 golden golf club given to him by Shinzo Abe

The golf club was gifted to Trump in 2016 when Abe visited Trump Tower

The Independent UK

Trump struggles to get into holiday spirit with disturbing Easter message

Former president launched into a series of rants on his Truth Social platform over Easter weekend

The Independent UK

DeSantis flexes executive powers while eyeing White House

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has advanced elements of his aggressive conservative agenda though the use of executive power, drawing on appointees, state boards and the state Constitution as he builds toward an expected presidential candidacy

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at Harvard. Here’s what Chicago-area students there wanted to know

Chicago-area students at Harvard University peppered Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker with questions — on policy and politics — at a Monday forum.

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City Council to get new youngest member with Mosley’s win in South Side’s 21st Ward

The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.

The Independent UK

Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts

The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended

Ballotpedia

More ranked-choice voting bans considered in 2023 legislative sessions than previous years

State legislatures are considering a similar number of bills related to ranked-choice voting in 2023 sessions as they did last year, but the number of measures prohibiting or banning RCV has nearly doubled.

Chicago Sun-Times

Black lawmaker who was expelled reinstated to Tennessee House seat

The Nashville city council voted unanimously to send Justin Jones back to the Legislature after he was ousted with a colleague last week. He immediately took the oath of office.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Board of Ethics is accusing mayoral candidate Jeff Brown of illegally coordinating with a super PAC

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Board of Ethics on Monday sued a political committee and a nonprofit supporting Jeff Brown’s bid for mayor and accused Brown of violating the city’s campaign finance law by illegally coordinating with those groups, which are supposed to operate independently from his campaign.

Tribune News Service

GOP-led House panel to hold Manhattan hearing targeting DA Alvin Bragg’s crime policies, NYC Dems furious at ‘stunt’

NEW YORK — A House panel led by Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan said Monday that it will hold a hearing next week in Manhattan tying District Attorney Alvin Bragg to local violent crime — infuriating Democrats and intensifying the GOP’s attacks on the prosecutor who charged the former president.

The Independent UK

Judges block Tennessee move to cut Nashville council in half

A panel of judges has temporarily blocked a new requirement passed by state Republican lawmakers that would cut the Democratic-leaning city of Nashville’s Metropolitan Council in half, from 40 members to 20

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