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Alvin Bragg proves skeptics wrong

Trump ruined multiple lives by cheating in the 2016 election — it was a sign of how far he'd go in 2020

Salon

Trump isn’t the ringmaster he once was. But we’re still watching his show

Despite everything, Trump now seems more likely to secure the Republican nomination. He’s still the sun around which the Republican party orbits

The Guardian - US

Clyburn backs ex-staffer to lead South Carolina Democrats

Congressman Jim Clyburn is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024

The Independent UK

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Dark money groups push election denialism on US state officials

Groups have created incubator of policies that would restrict ballot access and amplify election fraud claims

The Guardian - US

Trump’s indictment is about more than hush money – it’s a question of democracy

And it’s just the first of possibly many charges against the ex-president, the only US head of state to be charged with a crime

The Guardian - US

Amendment to make school board elections partisan advances in Florida

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 5, Brew.

Ballotpedia

What can we expect from Brandon Johnson — Chicago’s next mayor

What will the incoming mayor do about high crime rates and low test scores? Here is what Brandon Johnson said on the campaign trail.

Chicago Sun-Times

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First Thing: Trump attacks hush money case in grievance-filled Mar-a-Lago speech

Former president appeared subdued in New York, only to return to his inflammatory ways in Florida. Plus, the campaigners using using dating apps to boost voter turnout

The Guardian - UK

Trump as Jesus: MAGA jumps the shark

The elevation of Donald Trump to the level of god or prophet by his followers represents a much larger trend

Salon

Minn GOPer: Democracy "not a good thing"

A spending bill in the Minnesota legislature would enjoin the state to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Salon

Mace counters SC bill that says women could get the death penalty for having an abortion

South Carolina’s only Republican congresswoman wants to counter a state proposal that could result in women receiving the death penalty for having an abortion.

Tribune News Service

House Dems curb their enthusiasm on "high risk" Trump prosecution

"We don't need to put kerosene on a fire."

Axios

Records, not hush money, key to Trump charges. Making case in court poses challenges

At first blush, the historic criminal indictment of Donald Trump seems relatively straightforward: The former president faces fraud-related charges stemming from paying hush money to a porn actress at the height of the 2016 election to prevent her from going public about their alleged sexual encounter.

Miami Herald

Donald Trump looked ‘worried’ and ‘vulnerable’ in court, says Lord Darroch

Donald Trump looked “a bit vulnerable” and “worried” during his appearance at a New York courthouse, former UK ambassador to the US Lord Darroch has said.

Evening Standard

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Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Don’t give DeSantis his own military machine

Gov. Ron DeSantis already abuses so many of his powers that he should not be given any more. But naturally, that’s what Florida’s eager-to-please Legislature plans to do.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: Gen Z has good reason to be angry. Will they burn it all down?

Generation Z seems like a paradox: far more open to diverse viewpoints and compromise than older Americans, but also in some ways more dogmatic.

Tribune News Service

This mural honors 5,000 women who protested fascism in 1937

TAMPA, Fla. — Sarah McNamara was a teenager when she first learned of her great-great grandmother and great aunt’s local activism in the 1930s.

Tribune News Service

Karl W. Smith: Republicans must get over their fear of Medicare

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden in which he admonished the White House for not taking more seriously talks to raise the nation’s debt limit, currently set at almost $31.4 trillion. The Biden administration responded by saying House Republicans should increase…

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Evening Standard

Donald Trump charges: Everything we know so far about former US president’s arraignment

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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Radio France Internationale

Trump charged with 34 felony counts linked to hush-money payments

Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 US election to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him.

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump’s prosecution is a triumph

While there’s not even a theoretical bar to prosecuting a president once they leave office, Alvin Bragg has bravely taken a stand

The Independent UK

Central Park Five member takes out full page ad on Trump 34 years after he called for their execution

‘On the day he was arrested and arraigned, here is my ad in response,’ Yusef Salaam says

The Independent UK

Mary Trump says uncle Donald gave away moment of terror outside court: ‘We saw humiliation’

Trump pleads not guilty to all charges during appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court

The Guardian - US

‘I’ll always support him’: Republicans back Trump as he faces charges

Many on the right liken the legal battle to an attack on democracy itself and have made threats to the district attorney

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