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National News

I love the contrast of Biden doing the work that makes our country and world safer, while Trump sits at a defendant’s table in New York desperately struggling to keep his mouth shut.

April 24, 2024

This morning, President Joe Biden signed into law the $95 billion national security supplemental bill providing military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific, as well as humanitarian aid to Gaza and other peoples suffering humanitarian crises. The Pentagon immediately sent about a billion dollars worth of ammunition, air defense munitions, and artillery rounds, as well as weapons and armored vehicles to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Defense had moved supplies into Poland and Germany in hopes that the measure would pass; they should move into Ukraine soon.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-24-2024?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Trump will be in NY for the hush money trial while the Supreme Court hears his immunity case in DC

Manhattan jurors will hear more witness testimony from a veteran tabloid publisher, and Trump faces a looming decision over whether he violated a gag order imposed by the judge.

apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-trial-national-enquirer-1dd3c3111febf219bdf1d8627504a3c5?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

State News:

The below laws are the result of having a super majority of Republicans passing laws against the will of the people of this state.

Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools

Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom a year after a deadly shooting at a Nashville school.

apnews.com/article/guns-schools-mass-shootings-states-a4e7bba90ede951ebe6b155c3348d478?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Why is TN in national news never good? "The Tennessee bill would allow school staffers to carry only handguns, and only in schools whose top administrators have agreed. Teachers who wish to do so would be required to have gun permits, undergo a background check and mental health evaluation, and take 40 hours of training annually.

Those carrying guns would be liable if anything went wrong: Under the legislation, school districts and law enforcement agencies would be immune from any related claims of monetary damages, even if a teacher intentionally carried out a shooting or if a student was [sic] accidentally shot....

The bill does not provide a framework for the state to track how many teachers are armed and where, lay out any protocol for dealing with a teacher-involved shooting or establish requirements for storage of guns. Democrats also questioned whether the training would be enough to equip a teacher to confront a gunman who has a semiautomatic weapon." Below is what the Republican party in TN wants in our public schools instead of controlling guns in our community.

Meet our new Republican Tennessee Teacher

Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor

Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent.

apnews.com/article/abortion-tennessee-ban-republican-dcb87d15d489d32868b5ba36d750d316?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Local News & Arts:

Political Cartoon:

Right where he belongs

Seniors:

How Trump Lit Up a Fascination with Fascism

Trump's vision of fascism, supported by the neofascist ideologues behind Project 2025 and Project 47, is claiming the Democratic Party is so extreme it’s a threat and needs to done away with...

open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/how-trump-lit-up-a-fascination-with-e88?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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