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Month: May 2021
VA GOP Convention Today Litmus Test Showing How Far Gone the Party Is
Chicken Fried Politics: “Republicans delegates will gather across Virginia on Saturday to pick their nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general using a complex process that will leave candidates waiting for results for days — results that, in an echo of 2020, one candidate for governor has already warned supporters not to trust. All…
“Atlanta police officer fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks has been reinstated”
ABC News: “The Atlanta police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a Black man in a Wendy’s parking lot last year has been reinstated by Atlanta’s Civil Service Board. Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old husband, father and stepfather, was running away when he was shot by officer Garrett Rolfe on June 12, Fulton County District…
“The Secret Papers of Lee Atwater, Who Invented the Scurrilous Tactics That Trump Normalized”
The New Yorker: “Atwater died before he could finish his memoir. What remains of it are hunks of yellowing typewritten pages, held together by rusting staples and paper clips. But the seven surviving chapters suggest that, far from dying along with him, the nihilism, cynicism, and scurrilous tactics that Atwater brought into national politics live…
“Watch author David Zucchino discuss his book, “Wilmington’s Lie: the Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy””
The Progressive Pulse: “If you missed Thursday’s fascinating and informative NC Policy Watch Crucial Conversation on the new book, Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy that featured the Pulitzer Prize winning author David Zucchino, don’t despair. The Zoom recording of the entire hour long conversation, can be viewed by clicking here.”…
“‘On Juneteenth’ Refuses Easy Answers About the Importance of People of Color to Texas History”
TX Observer: “This past summer, celebrating Juneteenth at home in Texas made me feel as though I was at the center of the world. I was used to spending the holiday, which celebrates the announcement of the end of legal slavery in Texas, gathering with my church in Houston, being chastised by my mother to…
“‘Decades ahead of his time’: history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter”
The Guardian: “When I reach Jimmy Carter’s grandson by Zoom, he answers wearing a Raphael Warnock campaign T-shirt. Jason Carter is a lawyer and politician himself, mid-40s, animated and well-read, with blue eyes reminiscent of his grandfather’s. He’s just got off the phone with his 93-year-old grandmother, Rosalynn. It’s a special day; Joe Biden is…
ATL Mayor Surprises with Announcement She Won’t Run Again
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “In a stunning announcement Thursday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she will not run for reelection this year. Bottoms announced she will not seek a second term during a private call with friends, staffers and allies, according to two people who were on the call and several others who were told…
High Speed Rail Moves Forward in TX
NBC DFW: “Texas Central announced Monday they signed a $1.6 billion contract with Kiewit Infrastructure South to install core electrical systems for a proposed bullet train expected to run from Dallas to Houston…. Texas Central is hoping to replicate the Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail system in Texas, though there is stiff opposition from landowners…
Gov. DeSantis to Keep Dem Leaning House Seat Open for Rest of Year
Florida Politics: “Gov. Ron DeSantis says Alcee Hastings’ former congressional seat will remain unfilled for more than nine months after Hastings passed away following a cancer battle in early April. DeSantis announced Tuesday the General Election to replace Hastings will take place on Jan. 11. Primaries will be held on Nov. 2 to decide the respective parties’ nominees. The…