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12:30 AM ET, April 28, 2024

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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:

Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts ‘Kill the Jews,’ Gets Everyone Else Arrested — HATE SPEECH — Around 100 protesters were arrested on Saturday at a pro-Palestine encampment at Northeastern University, but not the one whose hate speech got everything shut down.

Discussion: UPI, The Times of Israel, New York Times, SWAMY WORLD, BizPac Review, Daily Caller News Foundation, Boston Herald and WHDH-TV

Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Columbia Bars Student Protester Who Said 'Zionists Don't Deserve to Live'

Greg Sargent / New Republic:

Shocker From Top Conservative Judge: Trump Likely To Skate Completely — “I'm profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told me. “I now believe that it is unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.”

Discussion: Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg Law, New York Times, Alternet.org and Washington Post

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy

Discussion: The Hill, New York Times, The Atlantic and The Daily Caller

Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:

Kremlin Disputes Report Putin Didn't Order Navalny's Death — OWNING UP? — Dmitry Peskov said the report had “very empty reasoning.” — Russia has dismissed a report claiming Vladimir Putin did not order the killing of famed dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison in February.

Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal:
Putin Didn't Directly Order Alexei Navalny's February Death, U.S. Spy Agencies Find

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, Fox News, The Sun, New York Post, The Hill, SWAMY WORLD and Politico

Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:

Dems, GOP bash Kristi Noem for shooting her dog — The South Dakota governor has seen her political caché skyrocket in recent years and is reportedly a top contender to become Donald Trump's 2024 running mate. — Both Democrats and Republicans are piling on after South Dakota …

Discussion: The Guardian, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Beast, NPR, UPI, MeidasTouch, Reuters, Althouse, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Babylon Bee

ABC News:

A ‘coat hanger’ could unlock Mar-a-Lago storage room where Trump stored classified docs: Witness — The account was relayed to FBI agents by an unidentified aide to Trump. — In this March 5, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump attends …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and PoliticusUSA

Alyssa Milano / The Daily Beast:

Harvey Weinstein Isn't Alone. Our Institutions Are Rapists — VOTE THEM OUT — In state after state, governments dominated by white men are dehumanizing and taking ownership over women's bodies. Every branch of our government commodifies and devalues women.

Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:

Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit — As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations and in-kind support.

Discussion: We Distribute, more at Techmeme »

Associated Press:

Biden will give election-year roast at annual correspondents' dinner as protests await over Gaza war — An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord …

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg, Axios, NBC News, The Daily Beast, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill, RedState, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone, RTÉ, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times and Washington Times, more at Mediagazer »

Jon Levine / New York Post:

Progressive NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman duped by fake ‘Chief rabbi of Gaza’ — Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his campaign were duped by the parody social-media account of the fake “Chief Rabbi of Gaza.” — The phony X account of “Rabbi Linda Goldstein” is infamous for spouting anti-Zionist vitriol …

Discussion: Breitbart, Twitchy, RedState and The Post Millennial

Washington Post:

Trump on trial: Personal anguish, political defiance and a loss of control — The former president has tried to campaign during his New York trial, but it's constraining him — NEW YORK — For 20 minutes Donald Trump campaigned like everything was normal.

Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and Alternet.org

Alex / Freedom Flotilla:

Press Conference: Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Moves to Withdraw Flotilla Flags — ISTANBUL, TÜRK&Iabove;YE: — On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship - Akdenez.

Discussion: Associated Press, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Times of Israel and Reuters

John L. Dorman / Business Insider:

Arizona Dem says state is bluer ‘not because Arizona is necessarily a blue state,’ but from distaste for GOP ‘extremism’ — An Arizona lawmaker says GOP “extremism” has led many state voters to increasingly back Democrats. — “The Republican party has become extreme in the age of Trumpism,” the state senator told Politico.

Discussion: Arizona Public Media, Politico and Breitbart

Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:

Exclusive: Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza — Some senior U.S. officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find “credible or reliable” Israel's assurances that it is using U.S.-supplied weapons in accordance …

Charles Homans / New York Times:

How Trump's Rhetoric at Rallies Has Escalated — No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. — Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Greensboro, N.C., in March.

Discussion: Alternet.org, Outside the Beltway and Washington Examiner