Almanac April 18 2024 highlights birthdays and facts
Almanac notes include birthdays of Franz von Suppe Clarence Darrow Wendy Barrie James Woods Jeff Dunham Conan OBrien David Tennant Eli Roth Derrick Brooks Edgar Wright Miguel Cabrera America Ferrera Chloe Bennet and a British detainment of Paul Revere before his midnight ride. It cites a Darrow quote about liberty and reports 0 climbers summiting Everest in 2015 due to earthquakes and snow with the moon phase noted between April 15 and 23.
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Derrick Brooks
Edgar Wright
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America Ferrera
Chloe Bennet
Paul Revere
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Polls in April mislead voters amid election uncertainty
The piece argues national polls seven months before the election misinform voters and crowd out critical issues. It critiques early polling hype, cites the New York Times and Siena poll as flawed, and urges media to focus on stakes to democracy rather than odds. It cites figures like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jay Rosen, and Jennifer Rubin.
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Justice Department
America
Viktor Orban
Hungary
New York Times
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Siena College
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Goldmacher
Trump
Middle East
Brian Klaas
Klaas
John McCain
FBI
James B. Comey
Hillary Clinton
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
New York University
Jay Rosen
Ex-Trump Aides Face Vote Dilemma Over 2024
John Bolton and other former Trump insiders confront whether to vote for Trump Biden or third options. Bolton says Trump is unfit and would write in Dick Cheney while others weigh how their ballots could affect swing states and national security. Biden would bolster NATO Ukraine and border policies.
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Trump
Joe Biden
Ukraine
Taiwan
Israel
Gaza
John Bolton
Bolton
ABC
Martha Raddatz
Russia
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Putin
West Wing
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Clinton
Biden
CNN
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NATO
Middle East
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Coats
New York Times
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Arthur Vandenberg
Harry Truman
White House
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Federal rulemaking and the fate of civil service under Trump
The Office of Personnel Management issued a final rule to reinforce protections for nonpartisan civil service, a move seen as self defense against a future Trump administration. The piece argues Republicans must engage in governance to reform the bureaucracy, noting Trump’s term expanded government size, failed to drain the swamp, and faced widespread deregulation reversals by Biden. It also recalls 2020 Schedule F attempts to reclassify workers as fireable at will, viewed as a strategic error.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Biden
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Federal Register
Republicans urged to pursue small ball governance reforms
Analysis argues the administrative state requires nonpartisan reforms like a Congressional Regulation Office to scrutinize regulations. It warns Republican leadership must move beyond executive orders and Fox News rhetoric and build a school to government pipeline to attract conservatives into civil service for durable change.
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American Enterprise Institute
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