HOUR 1
- GOP uses AI for video again Biden / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/ai-generated-republican-attack-ad-2024-election?
- White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday confirmed the death of a second American citizen in Sudan / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-american-dead-sudan-white-house-national-security-council-spox-john-kirby-confirms
- Americans increasingly see themselves as supportive of the right to have an abortion and disagree with the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision last year overturning the guaranteed right to an abortion in this country, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1171863775/poll-americans-want-abortion-restrictions-but-not-as-far-as-red-states-are-going
- The centrist political group No Labels is getting on the ballot in individual states, causing consternation among members of the major political parties about the organization's endgame. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1171937810/no-labels-arizona-ballot
- Tom & Tom talk political parties and as far back as 1912 and the Bull Moose Party (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)
HOUR 2
- Golden Lion to become shelter / (ANS) Mayor Dave Bronson said Tuesday that the city will be transforming a Midtown vacant hotel into a low-income housing complex by the end of June.
- Mark from East Anchorage on the homeless
- Gary from East Anchorage on the homeless
- Joe from Midtown Anchorage on the homeless
- The Anchorage School District is enlisting the help of outside groups to address the growing problem of fentanyl use by students, including the State of Alaska and the Drug Enforcement Administration. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/26/anchorage-school-district-takes-action-after-overdoses-involving-fentanyl/
- Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola’s chief of staff resigned Tuesday to work on her campaign, Peltola’s office said in a prepared statement. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/04/25/peltolas-chief-of-staff-resigns-to-work-on-her-campaign/
