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Apr 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ethan Collier
A popular form of entertainment, gambling has long been a component of human civilization. People bet for the excitement of the game and the chance to win cash or prizes in everything from card games to slot machines. When gambling turns into an addiction, though, it may have serious negative effects on people and their families. I believe that moderation is the key to enjoying gambling without negative consequences.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Audrey McCabe
Former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial begins today, and Fox News’ bogus defense is well underway — with the network’s flagship morning show, Fox & Friends, suggesting there’s no “underlying crime” at the root of the case. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal a payment made to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claims to have had an affair with the former president, in the days before the 2016 presidential election.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Jack Winstanley
The Arizona State Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law banning abortions in virtually every instance — except to save the life of the mother — days after Trump stated that the legality of abortion should be left to the states.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Audrey McCabe |Ethan Collier |Alicia Sadowski |Isabella Corrao
In an April 2 legal filing, special counsel Jack Smith blasted Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon for legitimizing disgraced former President Donald Trump’s argument that, under the Presidential Records Act, the former president could declassify sensitive government documents, even when he was no longer in office.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Jasmine Geonzon
On Truth Social, Trump released a video explaining his stance on abortion restrictions and other issues of reproductive rights.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Torri Lonergan |Alicia Sadowski |Isabella Corrao
Following Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to put former President Donald Trump under a gag order ahead of his hush money trial, right-wing reactionary Laura Loomer claimed to have unearthed the judge’s daughter Loren Merchan’s X account, attacking her for supposed anti-Trump content. Seemingly in response to Loomer’s claims, Trump took to Truth Social to lash out at the Merchans, claiming without evidence that the judge is beholden to his daughter's Democratic political interests.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier
After Judge Juan Merchan put former President Donald Trump under a gag order ahead of Trump’s hush money trial, unvetted claims from far-right activist Laura Loomer regarding Merchan’s daughter Loren made their way from Loomer’s social media and podcast to Trump and then right-wing cable news outlets Newsmax and One America News.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Audrey McCabe |Alicia Sadowski |Jane Lee
Mifepristone is a drug approved by the FDA in 2000 that is used to end a pregnancy up until 10 weeks gestation. The drug is typically used in combination with the drug misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy via medication abortion, the most commonly-used abortion method in the country. The FDA expanded access to the drug from seven weeks into the pregnancy to 10 weeks in 2016, and lifted the requirement for abortion pills to be dispensed in person in 2021.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Payton Armstrong |Ethan Collier |Jack Winstanley |Jack Wheatley |Natalie Mathes
Early in the morning on March 26, a large cargo ship collided with a support structure for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, leading to the bridge's collapse. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore stated that the incident was likely an accident and that there was no evidence to suggest that the collision was a terrorist attack. [Baltimore Sun, 3/26/24]In video of the collision, the cargo ship appears to lose power twice, belching thick smoke as it drifts into the support pillar.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Chloe Simon
As the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court wrestle with Texas’ blatantly unconstitutional immigration law, it is crucial that media report that it is the type of racial profiling legislation that has already been struck down by the court and that the bill represents a small-scale preview of former President Donald Trump’s promise to implement mass deportations throughout the country.
