Extra, Extra
Health Trackers: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States.”
+ Emil Ticket: The only sure things in life are death and taxes and the GOP going along with anything Trump wants. “Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump’s former personal attorney, to a lifetime federal judgeship. All the Democrats on the panel walked out and did not vote … Bove’s record in and outside the Justice Department has fueled opposition from 900 former DOJ lawyers who identify with both major political parties and a group of more than 75 retired state and federal court judges.”
+ Day Break: “The United States Department of Justice is recommending that a Louisville police officer receive a one-day prison sentence for his role in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home in 2020.”
+ Juul of Denial: “The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, providing relief to a company that has struggled for years after being widely blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend.”
+ Boomers Not OK: Here’s a stat that will probably surprise you. “The people most at risk from suicide aren’t those in crisis in adolescence or midlife, but men age 75 and older.”
+ Between a Rock and a Barred Place: “U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are in the Bay Area and visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal penitentiary … Nancy Pelosi called the “the stupidest initiative yet.” (In other words, expect it to happen.)


