Short Take politics
Mayorkas impeachment stalls
Republicans, who voted down the immigration reforms they negotiated for because a hateful bigot running for President told them too, are now trying to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas only he hasn’t done anything wrong. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/speaker-johnson-will-delay-sendin…?
Arizona uses 1864 law to ban abortion
The same law included jail for engaging in a duel and set the age of consent for sexual activity to 10 unless the female consented. Arizona wasn’t even a state yet. This reminds me of when Space Force couldn’t move to Alabama because too many employees would not go. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-2024
President Biden puts Black woman in charge of diversity
Fox News is in a tizzy over it. https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-state-department-diversity-chief-believes-us-failed-historical-model-colonizing-past
NPR vet blow whistle
Somewhere along the way, in his eyes, the trusted network lost its trust. https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust