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Donald Trump Jr. is being mocked for an Easter meme he posted of people dressed as bunnies and holding guns and wearing grenades. The eldest Trump son used the image on Instagram while wishing people "Happy Easter." Easter is generally the holiest of days, and when Christians celebrate the leader of their church. The faith believes that the death of Christ ensured all sin was eradicated from those who believe. It is often characterized as the greatest act of love, earning Christ the title of the Savior.

Don Jr. took a different approach. Easter coincides with the pagan spring fertility festival, in which people come out of the darkness of winter and celebrate. Rabbits and bird eggs symbolize that fertility. There is also a link to hard-boiled eggs that Judaism uses as an element of a Passover Seder. While Christians ultimately began dying eggs, both previously listed practices pre-date Christianity. So, Trump Jr. embraced the pagan tradition with the added twist of death and destruction.

The school board wars continue as the far-right seeks to take over schools to restrict content involving people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals and others to whom they object.

Such was the case with Nevada candidate John Carlo, who was filmed speaking at a church saying that the U.S. Constitution demands Americans procreate. He explained that because homosexuals can't give birth that they are unconstitutional. He did not address whether heterosexual couples who are unable to have children are also "unconstitutional" under his definition.

Last year, the Suez Canal was blocked when the Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, ran aground. It clogged commerce for six days. A year later, the exact same thing happened again with a ship from the Evergreen Marine Corporation, but this time it was in the Chesapeake Bay.

The ship, the Ever Forward, has sat for a month, stuck and delivery of the containers was delayed. According to The Guardian, the ship was freed on Sunday after two barges and five tugboats tried for a third time to pull the ship out of the bay. They'd worked on the effort before, removing 500 of the 5,000 containers hoping it would lighten the load and raise the ship from the bottom.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin closed his first legislative session vetoing 26 bills proposed by Democrats, some of which were passed with bipartisan support.

While Democrats in the state were upset by the vetoes, there was one particular veto that is making them scratch their heads.

Ohio has struggled to create redistricting maps without violating the state's gerrymandering laws. The fourth map designed by the majority Republican Ohio Redistricting Commission was turned down by the state Supreme Court on Thursday. But the justices also aren't happy with the Ohio Secretary of State.

Writing in the official ruling, Justice Michael Donnelly blasts Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who implied that he would impeach Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor for voting against the map.

Sources close to Donald Trump are saying that he intends to endorse JD Vance for the Ohio Senate race, NBC News reported Thursday.

According to the report, the former president will pick Vance over Josh Mandel and Michael Gibbons.

The Republican Party held a vote Thursday to officially mandate all of their presidential candidates agree that they'll only appear at RNC-sanctioned primary and general election debates, the Wall Street Journal reported.

There has been an ongoing battle between the Commission on Presidential Debates and the Republican Party because former President Donald Trump didn't like the moderators in previous events. Trump was angered in 2020 by Fox host Chris Wallace, who asked difficult questions and tried to shut down Trump's rambling over time. Trump became enraged after it was proposed that the moderator would have a "mute" button for Trump once he went over time and they'd cut his microphone.

The View's Joy Behar noted that there was trouble in paradise on Fox News this week as prime-time hosts debated whether or not they should continue to support Dr. Mehmet Oz, running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican. Trump endorsed Oz, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night that the doctor had a highly rated show, which translates into votes.

"He — I believe endorsed Oz, and, you know, I think that's, you know, that's probably not inconsequential for President Trump," said Laura Ingraham. "You wouldn't answer the question whether it was a mistake. I think it was a mistake to endorse Oz. I'll say it. I'm not afraid to say it. It was a mistake to endorse Oz."

The sister of a Jan. 6 defendant is asking a court to have mercy on her brother. The statement was captured by CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane, who has been closely monitoring the Jan. 6 attackers as they make their way through the court system.

According to the man's sister, he didn't know what he was doing when he breached the U.S. Capitol.

Darryl Howard was awarded $6 million after it was revealed he was wrongfully convicted of murder. It wasn't a mistaken identity, the 58-year-old man spent 23 years in prison because the evidence against him was fabricated. Now the city of Durham, North Carolina is refusing to pay up.

"Later, DNA testing of samples taken from one of the bodies showed sperm left by a convicted felon who has a history of drug dealing and violence against women, Howard's attorneys from the New York-based Innocence Project said in court filings," a 2021 report recalled.

Court documents in New Jersey reveal that the alleged Brooklyn subway shooter, Frank James, was convicted for making terroristic threats in New Jersey in the 1990s.

Vice News uncovered the documents just as the NYPD and Mayor Eric Adams were announcing that James had been arrested.

The mass shooter who attacked the "N" Train on Tuesday, shooting of 10 people, has been arrested.

There are 29 individuals who were injured in the incident and 10 remain in the hospital as of Wednesday morning.