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April 30, 2024

National News

Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Amplifying Attacks on Witnesses

Donald J. Trump is under a gag order that bars him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors, among others.

www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/nyregion/merchan-trump-contempt-gag-order.html?smid=url-share

Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University building

UN human rights chief ‘troubled’ by law enforcement crackdown on campus demonstrations as dozens more are arrested in Texas, Utah and Virginia

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-columbia-university-building?CMP=share_btn_url

Live Updates: Trump Prosecutors Poised to Lay Out Details of Hush-Money Deal

A banker who helped set up the account used to pay a porn star is expected back on the stand. The judge in the case could also rule on a request to hold the former president in contempt of court.

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial?unlocked_article_code=1.oU0.QG8j.xjZJKkupCpQf&smid=url-share

April 28, 2024

On Friday, in an interview with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, Trump’s former attorney general William Barr brushed off the recent news that Trump, furious that the story he had taken refuge in a bunker during the Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020 had leaked, called for the White House leaker to be executed.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-28-2024?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

Millions of salaried workers to become eligible for overtime under new Biden rule • Tennessee Lookout

The U.S. Department of Labor  announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers will become eligible for overtime pay.

tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/29/millions-of-salaried-workers-to-become-eligible-for-overtime-under-new-biden-rule

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Seniors:

Tennessee Wants Teachers to Carry Guns & Two Hollywood Women Exchange Misogynistic Slurs

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Gets Away with Lying, Clint Eastwood Quote That Hits Home, Man's Own Body Makes Him Drunk, Barbara Lewis Sings "Hello Stranger"

open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p/tennessee-wants-teachers-to-carry?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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