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4/22/26 GPL News Brief
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Here is the GPL News Brief for April 22nd 2026: Earth Day started as a US ‘teach-in’ 56 years ago. Now it’s a global event [http://apnews.com/article/earth-day-explained-environment-a027792357624ee3e88aea43f14d3ba0] The best thing you can do for the planet on Earth Day [https://www.vox.com/climate/486311/earth-day-meat-dairy-environmental-impact-climate] Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/climate/house-vote-endangered-species-earth-day.html] Trump’s Enormous Gerrymandering Blunder [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/virginia-gerrymandering-redistricting-election-trump/686888/] Virginia voters approve redistricting plan as parties jockey for advantage in U.S. midterms [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-virginia-midterm-redistricting-9.7172859] GOP navigates ‘regret’ and recriminations after redistricting loss in Virginia [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/gop-navigates-regret-recriminations-redistricting-loss-virginia-rcna341512] The Virginia Gerrymander Disenfranchises Republicans [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/virginia-congress-midterms-trump/686895/] Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80 [https://apnews.com/article/congressman-david-scott-dies-168e05e3188ce7750a4a831a27e38beb] The Gates Foundation is hiring an investigator to probe its Epstein connections [https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/business/gates-foundation-epstein-probe] Texas Governor Uses Trump-Style Tactics in Fight With Cities Over ICE [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/texas-abbott-trump-ice-cities-funding.html] The FBI Director Is MIA [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/] FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences [https://www.reuters.com/world/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-atlantic-court-records-show-2026-04-20/] Judge tosses Kash Patel’s defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-tosses-kash-patels-defamation-suit-former-msnbc-contributor-rcna341458] Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war] Tucker Carlson Says He Is ‘Tormented’ by His Past Support for Trump [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/tucker-carlson-trump-apology.html] Those are your headlines for today. 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