April 2023 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative April 2023 news and views
Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this.
New York Daily News, Guilty verdict for pro-Trump troll who tried to trick voters out of casting Hillary Clinton ballots in 2016
April 1
Trump Indictment Update
- New York Times, As Trump Awaits Charges, U.S. Legal System Enters Uncharted Territory
Washington Post, Preparations underway for Trump’s arraignment in N.Y. court on Tuesday- New York Times, Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals, Shielding Him, Reveal Their 2024 Predicament, Michael C. Bender and Maggie Haberman
- New York Times, The Manhattan district attorney’s office criticized top Republicans for trying to interfere in the investigation
Washington Post, Trump lashes out against judge who will hear his criminal case- World Crisis Radio, Trump indicted, showing justice still exists in US after all! Webster G. Tarpley
Other Top Headlines
- New York Times, President Biden surveyed the damage from a tornado that killed 26 in a small town in Mississippi last week
- New York Times, Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations
New York Times, Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Defamation Case- Washington Post, Judge rules that Dominion, Fox News lawsuit will go to trial
- The Guardian, Finland to formally join Nato within days, Jens Stoltenberg says
- Washington Post, Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end, starting tomorrow‘
U.S. Mass Shootings, Gun Control
- Going Deep with Russ Baker, Investigative Commentary: In Guns We Trust? Russ Baker
- New York Times, Protesters Against Gun Violence Confront Tennessee Lawmakers
- New York Times, Opinion: The Republican Party Says It Wants to ‘Protect Children,’ but Not All Children, Jamelle Bouie
- New York Times, Opinion: We’re About to Find Out How Far the Supreme Court Will Go to Arm America, Linda Greenhouse
- Washington Post, Deadly weapon, divided nation: How a change in law could provide crucial seconds to survive a mass shooting
- New York Times, Nashville Shooting Prompts Shrug in Washington, as G.O.P. Refuses to Act, Annie Karni
More On Trump Prosecutions, Allies, Insurrectionists
- New York Times, Editorial: Even Donald Trump Should Be Held Accountable
- Washington Post, Opinion: The unhinged GOP defense of Trump is the real ‘test’ for our democracy, Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman
- New York Times, American politics has a long history of candidates who were indicted or convicted of crimes but sought office again
- Palmer Report, Opinion: The media is getting Donald Trump’s arrest narrative entirely wrong, Bill Palmer
- New York Times, Biden’s Response to Trump’s Indictment?
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