After months of delay, House lawmakers this weekend passed a package of bills to send foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Included in that package of legislation is also a bill that could end up banning TikTok. Hard-right Republicans are threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson over his decision to bring Ukraine aid up for a vote. At the same time, the legislation heads to the Senate for consideration later this week.
The Supreme Court hears a case today over one of the country’s most heartbreaking and increasingly intractable issues: homelessness. In Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the justices will weigh whether penalizing people experiencing homelessness is “cruel and unusual” and, therefore, a violation of the Eight Amendment. Jeremiah Hayden, staff reporter for Street Roots in Portland, explains what’s at stake in the case.
And in headlines: We’ve got a roundup of climate news in honor of Earth Day, opening statements begin in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, and workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee join the United Auto Workers union.
Show Notes:
How Israel Became a Rogue Ally
Sen. Chuck Schumer Slams Netanyahu As "Obstacle To Peace"
The Fight For Reparations Gains Real Momentum
Explaining The Timer on TikTok's Fate
Biden's Budget Takes Aim At The Wealthy, Corporations
Ramadan Begins With No Ceasefire In Sight
Are Primaries What's Wrong with American Politics?
Biden Got Feisty In His State Of The Union
Progressives Explain What They Want Out Of Biden's Big Speech
Donald Trump Closer To Clinching Nomination After Super Tuesday
Trump Back On The Ballot In Colorado
Why Oregon's Going From Drug Decriminalization To Recriminalization
How Wall Street Ruined Your (and the MLB's) Wardrobe
Over 100 Palestinians Killed While Collecting Aid
Mitch McConnell Is Stepping Down
Another Shutdown Looms Thanks To Far-Right Conservatives
Could Facebook Abandon Florida and Texas?
Why Michigan’s Muslim and Arab Voters Are Uncommitted to Biden
How We Got Here: How Christian Nationalists Took Over the GOP
Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
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