Watauga Watch: “Very interesting interview appeared in the Whiteville News Reporter in which Doug Smith, president of the North Carolina Oath Keepers, disavowed what happened in Washington on January 6th and said he and his fellow NC members wanted nothing to do with those guys who sacked the Capitol. Whiteville is the county seat of Columbus County, which…
Month: March 2021
TX and MS Giving In, Ending COVID Restrictions
CNBC: “The governors of Texas and Mississippi both announced Tuesday that they are lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to reopen at full capacity even as the decline in daily Covid-19 cases slows and federal officials urge states to exercise caution. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news briefing at Montelongo’s Mexican Restaurant in Lubbock…
“Ten years’ worth of NC traffic stop data reveal racial disparities in searches”
The Progressive Pulse: “North Carolina law enforcement officers searched Black drivers and/or their vehicles almost twice as often as their white counterparts, and at a much higher rate than drivers of other races, according to a report released by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center on Monday. The Center within the Governor’s Crime Commission is charged…
“Texans Were Casualties in Republicans’ War on Green Energy”
MSNBC: “Texas may have warmed back up to its normal temperatures, but across the state, homes are still waterlogged, scant belongings beginning to molder. The flow of mutual aid hasn’t stopped, though; it keeps pace with need. Like the anarchist organizers who jury-rigged solar power grids for villages in Puerto Rico when the island’s electrical authority neglected them…
“The making of Madison Cawthorn: How falsehoods helped propel the career of a new pro-Trump star of the far right”
WaPo: “Today, less than two months after being sworn in, Cawthorn has emerged as one of the most visible figures among newly arrived publicity-hungry House Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who have promoted baseless assertions and pushed a radicalized ideology that has become a driving force in the GOP. The story of Cawthorn’s…
President Visits Houston
Off the Kuff: “President Joe Biden, in his first trip to Texas since taking office, toured Houston on Friday to size up the aftermath of the state’s recent winter weather crisis and promote the national coronavirus vaccination campaign. “We will be true partners to help you recover and rebuild from the storm and this pandemic…
“‘We Cannot Go Back’: Historians Urge Lawmakers Not to ‘Politicize’ Mississippi History Board”
MS Free Press: “Mississippi’s history board should remain free from political interference, historians from across the state are telling House lawmakers, asking them to oppose Senate Bill 2727. The bill, which Mississippi senators passed on a partisan 34-14 vote earlier this month with only Republican support, would grant the governor and lieutenant governor control over appointments…
COVID Mask Dispute Ends in Tragedy in New Orleans as Policeman Killed
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: “A Louisiana police officer was killed over the weekend following a mask dispute at a New Orleans high school, police say. Friday night, a man — later identified by multiple news outlets as 35-year-old John Shallerhorn — tried to enter a basketball game at George Washington Carver High School without wearing a mask,…
Effort to Void Med Marijuana in MS on Technicality May Also End Voter ID Law
Sun Herald: “Mississippi’s voter identification requirement could be at risk if the state Supreme Court strikes down the medical marijuana initiative approved by voters in November. After all, the same process employed to put medical marijuana on the ballot was used in 2011 to enact a mandate that Mississippi voters must have a government-issued photo…