Arkansas Democrat Gazette: “Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin said he will announce today that he is departing the governor’s race to run for attorney general. Griffin’s announcement about his decision to change what office he is seeking in the Republican primary in 2022 comes two weeks after Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former press secretary for the…
Month: February 2021
“Mo Brooks expresses interest in running for Shelby’s Senate seat”
The Hill: “Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said Monday he is interested in running for the Senate in the wake of Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-Ala.) announcement that he will not seek another term in 2022. Brooks, a key ally of former President Trump, has come under fire by Democrats and some in his own party for his role in GOP…
“Trump aide who penned White House tell-all considering Alabama Senate run”
Politico: “The 36-year-old Sims formerly published Yellowhammer News, an influential conservative website that tracks the Alabama political scene. He has maintained connections with leaders in the state, including Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, who announced Monday that he was retiring after more than three decades in the Senate. Sims spent the final months of the Trump…
Duke Law Panel Confirms: Most Arm Chair 2Am “Experts” Pretty Clueless
The Progressive Pulse: “The Duke Center for Firearms Law held an online roundtable discussion Tuesday exploring the issue in the wake of the 2020 election, the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and a rising tide of militant extremists that call themselves militias. The forum, moderated by lecturing fellow Jacob Charles of the Duke University Law School, featured…
“Stacey Abrams: Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it.”
WaPo: “One of the first steps must be an overhaul of the Senate filibuster, which has long been wielded as a cudgel against the needs of millions who struggle. Today, the parliamentary trick creates a more sinister threat to our nation: the ability of a minority of senators, who represent 41.5 million fewer people than the Senate…
“Florida Dems regroup to oust DeSantis amid disarray”
Politico: “Florida Democrats are a mess and have spent the past year stumbling from one crisis to another. That doesn’t mean they lack potential candidates who want to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis next year. A string of electoral losses, an internal schism over the leadership of the state party and a series of self-inflicted public…
Lawsuits Chipping Away at Private Prison Corp’s Strength
Louisiana Voice: “One of the campaign promises made by President Joe Biden was an end to the practice of private prisons. If the examples of problems experienced by LaSalle Management, aka LaSalle Corrections, of Ruston are in any way indicative of conditions throughout the industry, that might be a very good thing indeed. LouisianaVoice in recent…
Limiting Ballot Access Top of TX Gov.’s To-Do List
Texas Tribune: “When it came to elections, Abbott also said there is a “keen focus on mail-in ballots” and how elections were conducted last year in Harris County. Ahead of the November election, Abbott and other state GOP leaders clashed with the county’s clerk at the time, Chris Hollins, over his plan to send a…
Expert on KKK Offers Insight Into Today’s Politics
NY Times: “In the weeks following the attack on the Capitol, many Americans have argued over whether the violence was a singular event or an outcome of deeper forces. Voters, Congress and a former president are clashing over who is to blame. To Kelly J. Baker, a writer and public scholar of religion and racial…
“Militia alliance in Georgia signals new phase for extremist paramilitaries”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: ““The way patriots are now being hunted down and arrested by fellow men and women who have taken the same oath has disheartened any faith I had in the redemption or reformation of the USA as one entity,” Justin Thayer, head of the Georgia III% Martyrs, said in a text exchange with The…