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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 15

Automatically posted April 15

This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.

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boxer_dogs_dance
April 17
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Ohio refuses to put Biden on ballot without meeting state deadline two weeks before Democratic convention...

Ohio refuses to put Biden on ballot without meeting state deadline two weeks before Democratic convention

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/16/ohio-rejects-joe-biden-ballot/73351358007/

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Halfloaf
April 15
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Jury selection begins in Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial (gift article)

Jury selection begins in Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial (gift article)

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boxer_dogs_dance
April 19
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Warren and Khanna introduce Bill to prevent commodity speculation over water rights....

Warren and Khanna introduce Bill to prevent commodity speculation over water rights.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-warren-and-rep-khanna-reintroduce-bill-to-stop-wall-street-from-profiting-off-water-and-water-rights

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KapteinB
April 18
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House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job (AP News)

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job (AP News)

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.S. allies this week.

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psi
April 21
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"Where Jurors in Trump Hush-Money Trial Say They Get Their News." The New York Times. [gift] As one might expect, most of the jurors and alternates gets their news from left-leaning sources (13/18...
- "Where Jurors in Trump Hush-Money Trial Say They Get Their News." The New York Times. [gift]
As one might expect, most of the jurors and alternates gets their news from left-leaning sources (13/18 read The New York Times, for example). There is one notable juror who breaks this trend, however: juror 2, who exclusively gets their news from X/Twitter and Truth Social. It's a reminder that, despite Trump's claim that he can't get a fair trial in New York, it only takes a single juror to prevent a conviction.

(But I write this with a caveat: we shouldn't read too much into their news consumption predilections; if any particular juror displayed clear bias, the judge would've dismissed them for cause.)
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