Political Wire: “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday apologized for comparing COVID-19 vaccine and mask rules to the Holocaust, declaring that “there is no comparison” between the safety measures and the genocide of six million Jews during World War II, The Hill reports.”
Month: June 2021
“Southern Baptists elect Ed Litton as their president, a defeat for the hard right”
WaPo: “The Southern Baptist Convention elected Ed Litton as its president on Tuesday, signaling a defeat for the hard right within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Litton narrowly defeated Mike Stone, the favored candidate of the far right. For the past few years, the convention has been mired in debates over racism, politics and sexual…
“Report: Rep. Steven Palazzo spent campaign money to fight allegations he misspent campaign money”
Clarion Ledger: “Republican Mississippi Rep. Steven Palazzo is using campaign money to pay lawyers defending him in an investigation into whether he misspent campaign funds. Palazzo, who represents most of southern Mississippi, paid Jackson law-firm Watkins & Eager more than $60,000 in December using campaign dollars, according to campaign finance reports. The disbursements are listed as professional fees. Forbes first…
FL GOP Candidate Recorded Bragging Russian-Ukrainian Kill Squads Would Assassinate Rival to Clear Primary Field
Chicken Fried Politics: “Florida Republican congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna’s claim that her political rivals were plotting to murder her raised skeptical eyebrows when she made the charge in a court application asking for stalking protection. “I really think that she’s exhibiting behavior that I would say is concerning,” said one. “This woman is off her rocker,”…
“Little Rock police took hundreds into custody for marijuana possession in 2019, contradicting chief’s statements”
AR Times: “On May 18, the Little Rock Board of Directors approved a city ordinance that designated misdemeanor marijuana offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement. At the meeting, Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey told the city board that the ordinance would not have a material impact on the police department because it has already adopted…
“NC writer David Zucchino wins the Pulitzer Prize for his book, “Wilmington’s Lie” — see him describe it here”
The Progressive Pulse: “The 105th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were announced Friday and all caring and thinking North Carolinians will be delighted to know that Triangle-based writer David Zucchino was awarded the Pulitzer in the category of “General Nonfiction” for his book: Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the…
“An anti-abortion program will receive $100 million in the next Texas budget, but there’s little data on what’s being done with the money”
The TX Tribune: “Sixteen years ago, Texas lawmakers created a small program with a big goal: persuading women not to have abortions. It was given a few million in federal anti-poverty dollars and saw fewer than a dozen people its first year. Since then it’s ballooned. Alternatives to Abortion is poised to cost taxpayers $100…
Gov. Northam Survived Racial Scandal: Was It Worthwhile?
NY Times: “Just two years ago, nearly every national politician in the Democratic Party was calling for Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia to resign. A racist picture was discovered on Mr. Northam’s medical school yearbook page, and the physician-turned-politician said he did not know which person he was in the photograph — the white man…
GOP SC Congressman Reflects on Life After Voting to Impeach Trump
NY Times: ““It was very clear to me, I took an oath to defend the Constitution. I didn’t take an oath to defend Donald Trump. What he did was a frontal assault on the Constitution,” he said over coffee at Sunshine Pancake House in Loris, S.C., on Wednesday. Now that vote threatens to end his…
“Full 8th Circuit appeals court to take up [Arkansas] anti-Israel boycott law”
AR Times: “The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday granted the state of Arkansas’s request for a hearing by the full court on the Arkansas Times’ lawsuit challenging the state law that requires a pledge not to boycott Israel from those who want to do business with the state. A panel of the court had held, 2-1, the…