11Alive: “Protesters opposed to the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center disrupted a construction site early Wednesday morning by locking themselves to a 250-foot crane, activists said, in at least the third such protest action in recent months. The group “Drop Cop City” issued a release saying the protest targeted a site at 11th Street and Bellingrath Avenue,…

NY Times: “A woman in Texas who was falsely charged with murder over a self-induced abortion in 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the local prosecutor’s office and its leaders, seeking more than $1 million in damages. Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested in April 2022 in Starr County, near the southeastern border with Mexico, and charged with murder…

The Daily Beast: “Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) ripped former President Donald Trump on Sunday for his latest commercial exploit—hawking $60 “Trump-endorsed” Bibles, which he promoted over Easter weekend. “The Bible does not need Trump’s endorsement,” Warnock said, appearing on CNN’s State of the Union on Easter Sunday. The senator—who is a longtime Baptist pastor—used an example from the Bible to condemn…

WKMS: “Amid the drone of protest chants, Kyle Rittenhouse spoke about his personal experience shooting and killing two people at a 2020 protest, while at a student sponsored event on Western Kentucky University’s campus Wednesday. The WKU local chapter of the rightwing organization Turning Point USA invited Rittenhouse to speak on the Second Amendment and…

Political Wire: ““Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case on Friday asked a state appeals court to allow them to challenge a recent ruling that didn’t disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the case,” NBC News reports.”

Political Wire: “Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried says her recent move to oust local party chairs is part of a bigger vision to get the party back on track for November. Some Democratic insiders see it as a personal vendetta fueled by her own ambition for the governor’s mansion,” NOTUS reports. “The showdown punctuated Florida Democrats’ existential…

Political Wire: “North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Ronan (R) insulted Beyoncé’s singing abilities, called her a “skank,” and said she was teaching “young women how to be hyper-sexual whores,” The Root reports.”

WaPo: “The biggest donors in Republican politics largely shunned Ron DeSantis after his presidential campaign began to falter last summer. So his allies turned to donors the Florida governor still held sway over because of his day job…. People involved in the DeSantis fundraising effort described the dependence on donors with business before Florida as part of a strategic…

Politico: “Prosecutors on Tuesday announced an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade. Under the 18-month pre-trial agreement, the special prosecutors in the case would drop three felony counts against Paxton. As part of the deal, Paxton must pay full…

WaPo: “The board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney’s former special taxing district agreed Wednesday to a settlement with the entertainment giant, capping a legal feud over who should control development at the sprawling theme park complex. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, made up of DeSantis appointees, agreed to drop its lawsuit against the…