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Today's News, April 1-2, 2025
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IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) The big election news was that the Republicans won two FL special elections for the U.S. House, while losing a Supreme Court election in WI. But they also won a constitutional amendment in WI requiring photo ID to vote. Of course, the doomspoogers were all over the WI loss, dismissing the FL victories as either not a big enough margin or as "they were R anyway." Not the way to view it. Since February, the Rs are 6/9 in special elections, and if you include the WI constitutional amendment, 7/10. Meanwhile, people keep forgetting the DemoKKKrats lost two Congressmen to the grim reaper and thus over the last six weeks have dropped down by an additional FOUR in the House (+2 in FL, =2 to Hela, Goddess of Death). At any rate, notions that some how the WI Supe race automatically means different redistricting and/or a loss of seats in the House is silly. In NC, the state Supes chucked a state legislature map only to have the US Supes reinstate it, and as I understand it, the WI Senate is +1 R anyway. But doomspoogers will doomspooge.
2) A federal judge cleared New Kabul (NYC) Mayor Eric the Red Adams of corruption charges brought by the Rutabaga administration.
3) Pam Bondi put up a "firewall" around the whole Hegseth "Signalgate" nothingburger. Say goodbye to that stupid issue. She also killed a stupid Rutabaga "voter suppression" suit.
4) The US military has imposed same standards for everyone, men and women. Good. There is only do, or do not. Of course, a court immediately blocked this. At some point either Justice Johnnie is going to have to get off his ass and actually be a Chief Justice or the admin will just have to start ignoring all courts. And speaking of courts, Daniel Street reviews three recent Trump court wins.
5) Pennsylvania continues to move Republican, as Rs knocked another 6,000 off the D lead in that state, bringing it down to 93,00 D advantage with a flip now scheduled for July 2026, about six months later than I predicted. And New Jersey Republicans gained a net of 4,