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1. Trump is 'not joking' about third term though Constitution says he can't serve | NPR
President Trump has declined to say explicitly that he will stay in office for a third term but did tell NBC News that "there are methods" that would allow him to. Trump did not mention The Constitution at any point in his call with NBC News.
2. The US is poised to use terror laws against students. This could be worse than McCarthyism | The Guardian
Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt argue how a recent taskforce launch from the DOJ will include investigations into student protestors and how universities may not be poising themselves to protect their students.
3. Senior US Republican wants probe into Signal chat on Houthi attack | Reuters
After ‘SignalGate’, the Senate Armed Services Committee has asked the administration to “expedite an Inspector General report and provide a classified briefing”, even though the Defense Department’s inspector general has not yet been replaced since Trump fired the former general in January.
4. Maybe Don’t Take for Granted That You’ll Be Able to Vote in the Midterms | Slate
Slate interviews Wendy Weiser, vice president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the upcoming House vote on The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act.
5. Under Trump, the Justice Department is stepping away from some voting rights cases | NPR
The Justice Department is taking steps to drop three lawsuits over racial discrimination in elections in Southern states.
6. Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism | Washington Post
A database that tracked domestic terrorism including hate crimes and school shootings has been defunded by the Trump administration because it “no longer effectuates the Department [of Homeland Security’s] priorities.”
7. A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law | ProPublica
The third-largest school district in Texas continues to be representative of what conservative local school boards can do to influence what students learn as they escalate their restrictions on educational content.
8. After pardons, J6ers take up a new cause: Prison reform | Washington Post
Following their time being incarcerated, there is a wave of pardoned Jan. 6 defendants who are embracing prison reform after directly experiencing things like "neglected medical needs, due-process violations, and…solitary confinement”.
9. 10 million enslaved Americans' names are missing from history. AI is helping identify them. | National Geographic
The 10 Million Names Project is a genealogical initiative that aims to recover the names of formerly enslaved Black people in pre- and post-colonial America using AI along with oral histories.
10. With a nod to America’s civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own | Seattle Times
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech, concluding his remarks by invoking the words of his late mentor, civil rights icon and former Congressman John Lewis: “He said for us to go out and cause some good trouble, necessary trouble, to redeem the soul of our nation.”