A review of thousands of cases in New York that charged the same felony suggests something striking: If Mr. Trump is found guilty, incarceration is an actual possibility. It’s not certain, of course, but it is plausible.
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!)
nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opi…

Johnson dragged his feet for TWO MONTHS while Russia made advances in Ukraine only to bring up a bill that is effectively the same as the one the Senate passed in February. Great stuff as always from the pro-Putin caucus in Congress. 🙄

The line to enter the courthouse today includes a man with a steampunk clock purse. He says he is here to gather body language info and sell it to professional gamblers seeking to bet on the outcome. “In the gold rush, the people who were guaranteed to get rich sold the shovels.”

very bad news for writers and readers

A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small. nytimes.com/2024/04/17/boo…

What is even going on.

Late capitalism meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

A+ headline:
High Winds Scuttle Burning of Snowman in Zurich, Disappointing the Swiss nytimes.com/2024/04/16/wor…

“It’s a ridiculous exercise,” said Mike Yablon, a bodybuilder and personal trainer who, on Wednesday afternoon at a Complete Body gym in Lower Manhattan, was spotting a hulking client, as he squatted several hundred pounds.

nytimes.com/2024/04/10/sty…

'We wanted the U.S. to provide a substantive alternative to UN recognition. They didn't. We believe full membership in the UN for Palestine is way overdue. We have waited more than 12 years since our initial request,' the Palestinian official said

Trump has ~270,000 fewer unique donors now than at the same point in 2020.

on.ft.com/3Q4GP82 Sam Learner:

'@PENAmerica’s malfeasance is especially grievous in a country where slavery is legal in prisons... it is reprehensible for the organization to promise cash prizes that it fails to distribute.' prismreports.org/2024/04/17/pen…

A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action. Brett Murphy for ProPublica

propublica.org/article/israel…

In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.

nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/…

she is believed to have been the first Western scientist to study African animals of any type in the wild… and among the first to study homosexual behavior in mammals — a great pioneer despite being repeatedly thwarted in by sexism in academia - RIP
nytimes.com/2024/04/17/sci…

Mount Ruang Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Lava Thousands of Feet Into the Sky
nytimes.com/2024/04/17/wor…

McConnell voted along with other Rs against holding Trump’s second impeachment trial before it began

g’morning brooklyn

Meanwhile in Ukraine:

Need reminding? 'College presidents won’t keep our jobs by trying to protect people from controversies or from offensiveness.We do our jobs when we ensure that our campuses are safe enough spaces for the exploration of differences without fear of violence' latimes.com/opinion/story/…

BREAKING:

Democrats just won two special state House elections in Michigan — Democrat Mai Xiong in the 13th District and Democrat Peter Herzberg in the 25th District — regaining their majority in the chamber with a 56-54 advantage and their trifecta across state government.