Liveblog - ICYMI: April 19, 2024

04/19/2024 Ms. G In case you missed it: 0

The majority of what’s in the news has focused on TFG’s first criminal trial and Israel attacking Iran. Below are a a few items not trial nor war related. Feel free to share what you have found but please post your comments about TFG’s trial on our Live Coverage thread:

Updates:

BREAKING: Paul Gosar Becomes 3rd Member to Join Motion to Vacate https://t.co/Y4nUVJFzw9
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 19, 2024

Congress:

He’s exactly right https://t.co/aPbbP5C2Yn
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) April 18, 2024

Members of @GOPoversight⁩ are trying to use Donald Trump’s talking points that migrants have led to increased crime in Texas. One problem: the data shows crime has gone DOWN in counties like Tarrant, that I represent.

I brought in a visual aid to break it down for them. pic.twitter.com/MJ4KhXgv9d
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) April 18, 2024

WATCH: Sen. Ossoff on Donald Trump killing bipartisan border security bill pic.twitter.com/DSQe11oe3j
— Ossoff's Office (@SenOssoff) April 18, 2024

JUST IN

House Rules Committee voted 9-3 to advance Speaker Johnson's foreign aid Bill to the House floor. The vote will take place on Saturday.

All Democrats voted in favor. 3 Republicans voted NO. pic.twitter.com/NymVBSvhoX
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 19, 2024

2024 Election:

The Choice Cannot Be Clearer:

RNC co-Chair Lara Trump hints at their Project 2025 to ban abortion and cut Social Security: When Donald Trump retakes the White House, the gloves are off, there are no holds barred here. It’ll be scorched earth pic.twitter.com/9n3ZCDkjNq
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) April 18, 2024

The Worst, Stupidest, and Most Deplorable People in the World:

This guy on stage with Steve Bannon claims that he was an Army private who was kicked out of the military just for having a pic of Trump on his phone. (Probably more to the story). pic.twitter.com/4VlfhtsH3h
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 19, 2024

So humiliating. So weird. https://t.co/AMiKWNZ21O
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 18, 2024

Craven Assholes:

Malliotakis: Senator Schumer and the President should be giving a little

Dean: They did try to pass that package in the Senate

Malliotakis: No they did not

Dean: Because the former president told them to kill it

Malliotakis: That’s not what happened pic.twitter.com/LGWY1vhcHv
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 18, 2024

Tuberville says he heard that the VA is now providing abortions to veterans so he is proposing the ‘Transparency Abortion VA Act,’ but he’s sure that the Admin will oppose it because they hate America. pic.twitter.com/ywQR8JGa2V
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

Marge Gone Wild: “I don’t care if the Speaker’s office becomes a revolving door … The days are over of the old Republican Party that wants to fund foreign wars and murder people while they stab the American people in their face!” pic.twitter.com/yUrQ814Nwp
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

New York Court House:

Just minutes after the full jury was selected in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, someone appears to have set themself on fire outside the courthouse, per CNN's @thelauracoates. pic.twitter.com/skRj1dXD9t
— The Recount (@therecount) April 19, 2024

The man posted a manifesto on Substack prior to immolating themselves.

https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside