Month: June 2021

AL Political Reporter: “In a rambling speech before a Mobile Republican club, U.S. Senate candidate Mo Brooks said Alabama Republican legislators weren’t real Republicans, called 90 percent of Chinese citizens slaves and cautioned that another civil war could be on the horizon…. “These two elections are the most important in the history of this nation,…

TX Observer: “As a former student of Texas public schools, much of what I remember from Texas history class boils down to this: General López de Santa Anna, of Mexico, was evil incarnate—my old friends and I still marvel at how much this was hammered into our heads—and the Texas Revolution was a fight for…

The Texas Tribune: “Some of Democrats’ biggest regrets about the 2020 election in Texas had to do with organizing. It was not consistent throughout the cycle — and usually isn’t in any cycle. It was supplanted by TV ads at the end. And it was hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, with the backing of…

Facing South: The moves of the North Carolina sedition caucus are not only dishonest, servile, and wrong; they are unfaithful. They break fidelity with the American promise. In 1935, the German American political theorist Carl Friedrich wrote that “to be an American is an ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact.” Friedrich wasn’t…

AP: “A former Tennessee governor’s administration helped fund a contract murder of a key federal witness decades ago while embroiled in the state’s largest political scandal, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. The new details revealed for the first time Wednesday have elements that ring of a movie: a trusted ally of union boss Jimmy Hoffa…

The North State Journal: “Oh, by the way, Stacey Abrams next target? Neighboring North Carolina. And her easiest entry point?  Asheville, the San Francisco of the South. Don’t take my word for it. Ms. Abrams own twenty-eight-page manifesto, The Abrams Playbook, has the Tar Heel State mentioned seven times. Fair Fight 2020, her organization, is…

WaPo: “Russell Moore is either a politically disillusioned troublemaker or a prophet in a time of darkness. In a 4,000-word letter charging the Southern Baptist Convention with racism and sexual abuse, he has single-handedly brought the evangelical Christian world to its knees. Moore wrote his hard-charging letter in February 2020, while still serving as president of the…

MS Free Press: “Moments after declaring the importance of “understanding and appreciating science” when it comes to abortion issues, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves erroneously claimed that 15-week-old fetuses can survive outside the womb. That is at least seven weeks earlier than the point at which fetal viability becomes even marginally possible, scientific studies show. The…

The National Review: “Republicans swept key races for mayor in Texas on Saturday, setting back Democratic hopes that the state’s urban areas will deliver statewide majorities for them in the future. Most shocking: In McAllen, Texas, a border city of 150,000 people of which 85 percent are Hispanic, Republicans elected their first mayor since 1997. Other cities with…

Orlando Sentinel: “Saying she’s ready for a “tough fight,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando officially launched her campaign Wednesday to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio next year. “I know how to get through tough times, and I think we would all agree that we’re in some really tough, unusual times right now,”…