Texas county poised to close its libraries over book ban fight – Axios Austin

The move, coming after a judge ordered the library to re-shelve banned books, would be a sharp escalation in the nation’s ongoing book wars.
— Read on www.axios.com/local/austin/2023/04/11/llano-county-texas-considers-closing-libraries

The Racial Element of Trump’s Attacks on His Prosecutors – The Bulwark

Indictment season is officially underway and Donald Trump’s legal Houdini act is closing after a fifty-year run. Yes, he’s making history. But let’s focus for just a moment on the prosecutors leading the investigations that may finally hold him to account. Who they are, and the disturbing nature of Trump’s…
— Read on www.thebulwark.com/the-racial-element-of-trumps-attacks-on-his-prosecutors/

Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry – Los Angeles Times

Manhattan Dist. Atty. Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Ohio Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his prosecution of former President Trump.

Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has issued or plans to issue as part of an investigation of Bragg’s handling of the Trump case.

Source: Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry – Los Angeles Times

Even tourists could face prison under Uganda’s proposed anti-gay laws – Los Angeles Times

An admission of being gay could result in a lengthy prison sentence, leaving many in this country’s small but tightly knit gay community living in terror and considering fleeing. The law also criminalizes the failure to report people suspected of participating in homosexuality activity, putting friends, former partners — even supportive parents — at risk of going to jail for remaining silent.

Source: Even tourists could face prison under Uganda’s proposed anti-gay laws – Los Angeles Times

The assault on abortion rights isn’t about babies. This is about power – Los Angeles Times

“Misogyny amongst certain parts of our culture knows no bounds,” state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat and head of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, told me. I can’t argue. We are, as she put it, in a “dark age” where hatred of women is “insidious and couched in morality.”

Source: The assault on abortion rights isn’t about babies. This is about power – Los Angeles Times

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