AP: “Terry McAuliffe, the energetic former Virginia governor and longtime fixture of Democratic politics, won the party’s nomination Tuesday in his quest for a second term in office. McAuliffe will go on to face GOP nominee and political newcomer Glenn Youngkin in the November general election, when Republicans will be looking to break their more…
Month: June 2021
“Demographics were expected to push Florida left. Instead, they nudged it to the right.”
WaPo: “Democrats are gaining ground in growing, urbanizing, racially diverse states. Democratic candidates prevailed in Arizona and Georgia by running up the score in Phoenix and Atlanta. Democratic voters, at least temporarily, have threatened GOP dominance in Texas by adding votes in the state’s growing metropolitan areas. And they wiped out the GOP in Colorado…
“There’s one voting reform that would have the greatest impact”
WaPo: “However, there is a separate measure not included in either bill that could go far to improve ballot access: Requiring that no voter has to wait in line to vote for more than 30 minutes. The Democracy Fund’s Voter Study Group completed a voluminous study of the 2020 election. Among its most stunning findings: “Sixty-two percent…
“U-Va. is investing $100 million in saving democracy. Can it make a difference?”
WaPo: “Bruce and Martha Karsh are names that may not sound familiar, unless you follow the world of educational philanthropy, where they have been major, if quiet, players over the past couple of decades. Through their foundation, this billionaire California couple — he is the founder of the investment firm Oaktree Capital Management — has…
George P. Bush Embracing Trump Continuance of Generations Long Bush Family Shape-Shifting
Politico: “The most obvious way to understand this soap opera is to treat George P. Bush as a prodigal grandson, son, and nephew who has soiled if not betrayed the family tradition. But that would be unfair to the land commissioner, who, from a different perspective, is simply continuing the Bush practice of accommodating oneself to…
Family Tradition: George P. Bush Directs Funding Away from Urban Areas in TX
Off the Kuff: “In recent days, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has said his office is not to blame for failing to award Houston or Harris County a single penny of $1 billion in flood mitigation funding last week. Bush and his spokeswoman alternately blamed the snub on criteria Texas was forced to use…
“Study: Socially vulnerable areas more likely to have natural gas transmission, gathering lines”
The Progressive Pulse: “This is the first academic paper to analyze the potential health and environmental problems associated with what is known as “midstream” infrastructure — the transmission and gathering lines for natural gas. “These results have implications for environmental justice,” the authors wrote, including burdens for Indigenous peoples. “… By considering the environmental justice…
“Flynn Walks Back Endorsement of Coup In U.S.”
Political Wire: “Michael Flynn is trying to take back his apparent endorsement of a violent military coup in the United States—despite his comments being caught on video.”
“In Travis County [TX], Black Children More Likely to be Taken from Parents”
TX Observer: “Aurora Martinez Jones says that if it hadn’t all happened on the same day, she might never have made the connection. At the time, Martinez Jones was the associate judge assisting with Travis County’s child welfare cases. She presided over a case in which a white mother had been arrested during a traffic…