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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, April 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM EDT I wondered if anyone would turn out because it's a holiday weekend. But I was wrong! It's also the 250th anniversary of Lexington-Concord, and that spirit will never die. Thank you, patriots: 250 years ago today America began its march toward independence at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The battles marked "No Kings Day, Part I." Today millions of Americans will take part in "No Kings Day, Part II." April 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT Jason Michael Drown, 40, was arrested by Gilbert Police in Arizona for (alleged!) multiple sex crimes against children. Homeland Security agents uncovered pornographic images of three children that were accessed from Drown's IP address, according to court documents. In total, Drown is accused of 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The girls he perved on were between the ages of 8 and 10. ABC 15 reports: April 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM EDT Co-president Elon Musk has had a bit of a setback in his masterminding of Donald Trump and our federal government. As The New York Times reported, Musk's pick for acting IRS commissioner is being ousted after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to Trump the appointment had been made without Bessent's approval. More from The Times: April 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM EDT Karoline Leavitt is a good daughter and paid back mommy and daddy the advance on her allowance. What's the big deal? White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's failed congressional campaign is still more than $320,000 in debt, according to campaign finance documents filed this week. But there are fewer debtors on the list now -- like her own parents. April 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM EDT Early this morning, the Supreme Court told the Trump administration not to take any action to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members currently based in Texas while litigation continues. Via NBC News: The court did not grant or deny an application filed by lawyers for the detainees, but effectively hit pause on the case, which affects people currently held within the jurisdiction of the Northern District of Texas. April 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM EDT Rosemary (Marah) Al-Kire, University of Washington ; Clara L. Wilkins, University of Washington , and Michael Pasek, University of Illinois Chicago President Donald Trump and members of his administration have long used allegations of anti-Christian discrimination as a rallying cry for supporters, arguing that policies and laws on issues like school prayer and LGBTQ+ rights threaten Christians' right to express their beliefs. April 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM EDT Senator Chris Van Hollen says that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been moved from El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison to a lower-security detention facility. That's a good start, but he still deserves due process. The Democratic Senator on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Garcia, saying the Maryland father said he was being "traumatized" by his time at the country's notorious CECOT prison and has since been moved. "He said he was not afraid of the other prisoners in his immediate cell but that he was traumatized by being at CECOT and fearful of many of the prisoners in other cell blocks who called out to him and taunted him in various ways," Van Hollen told reporters at Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, after landing back in the US. April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM EDT Donald Trump's lapdog in the State Department made a call to action earlier this week, asking employees there to report anyone who seemed to give off any "anti-Christian" vibes in the workplace. And while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sniffing out those deemed sacrilegious by snitches, one of Trump's mouthpieces is hilariously doubling down on the affair-riddled president's public-facing faith""which he found on TV, apparently. April 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT A leaked draft of the Trump administration's budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human services shows they want to slash overall spending by a third, and completely eliminate Head Start, a program which provides children from low-income families with education and health services: The 64-page document calls not only for cuts, but also a major shuffling and restructuring of health and human service agencies. April 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM EDT Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled yesterday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.86 trillion company and alter its power over the internet. (Not to mention, possibly restoring access to advertising that used to keep a reliable revenue stream for blogs like ours!) Via the New York Times: Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a 115-page ruling that Google had broken the law to build its dominance over the largely invisible system of technology that places advertisements on pages across the web. The Justice Department and a group of states had sued Google, arguing that its monopoly in ad technology allowed the company to charge higher prices and take a bigger portion of each sale. April 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM EDT Fred Piccolo is a former COVID spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis and now the former marketing director for Florida's New College. You may recall that New College is a formerly progressive liberal arts school that DeSantis vowed to transform into a bastion of conservatism. As Susie Madrak reported via the Miami Herald, DeSantis has "overhauled its leadership" by "installing political allies on the board of trustees and appointing former Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran as president." |
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