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Nashville City Council Member Bob Mendes, regarding his pledge to reappoint state Rep. Justin Jones after he and Rep. Justin Pearson were expelled by Republican state legislators for staging a protest on the House floor that called for gun law reform. A third lawmaker, Rep. Gloria Johnson, also led the protest, but she survived expulsion by one vote; Johnson is white whereas Jones and Pearson are Black. The majority of Nashville’s 40-member council have vowed to reappoint Jones. (NPR — April 10, 2023)
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Denise Lajimodiere, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, N.D., following the bipartisan confirmation of her two-year term as the state’s poet laureate. Lajimodiere is the first Native American to hold this position in the state. (Associated Press — April 7, 2023)
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Robert Mellion, the executive director of the Massachusetts Package Store Association, suggesting a deposit system for 50- to 100-milliliter alcohol bottles as a way for the state to incentivize properly disposing of the bottles. Boston has proposed a citywide ban on the bottles to address both alcohol abuse and excessive litter. (Associated Press — April 6, 2023)
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John Fea, a historian at Messiah University, regarding the comparisons that some Christians have been making between the indictment against Trump and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (Associated Press — April 5, 2023)