Month: July 2021

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Georgia Republicans have taken the first step on their freshly blazed path toward a possible takeover of Fulton County’s elections. A letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows two dozen state senators support a performance review of Fulton elections chief Richard Barron. The letter was written Tuesday, the very same day a front-page…

NY Times: “In the Supreme Court petition Attorney General Fitch filed in June 2020 (that is not a typographical error; it took the justices 11 months simply to decide to hear the case), she was coy about what she was really asking. “To be clear,” she told the court, “the questions presented in this petition do not…

AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Democratic Party will field a slate of “credible and viable candidates” for statewide offices — but party leadership isn’t ready yet to provide details, ADP executive director Wade Perry said on the Alabama Politics This Week podcast.  With Alabama Republicans already fighting in a number of primary races — and raising money…

Texas Observer: “Every so often, an alarm would sound, indicating that something, somewhere, had leaked. Some families retreated into the clubhouse until the air had cleared of the unidentified particulate matter, but most simply carried on with their picnics. “Honestly, I didn’t really think that much about whether there was any danger,” Laura remembers. “It…

The North State Journal: “Critical Race Theory is based in the belief that all facets of society, all people, and history are inherently racist and that resolution or redemption for those people or societal structures is not possible. At the press briefing, Cooper was asked directly his position on the issue. Cooper responded, “What I…

NY Times: “Bob Moses, a soft-spoken pioneer of the civil rights movement who faced relentless intimidation and brutal violence to register Black voters in Mississippi in the 1960s, and who later started a national organization devoted to teaching math as a means to a more equal society, died on Sunday at his home in Hollywood,…

Political Wire: “Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) “bought and sold more than $1 million worth of securities during his first five months in the Senate, buying and selling stock in some companies with business before his committees,” Forbes reports.”

The Atlantic: “But the way Till’s name exists in the firmament of American history stands in opposition to the gaps in what we know about his killing. No one knows, for instance, how many people were involved. Most historians think at least seven were present. Only two were tried: half brothers J. W. Milam and…

WaPo: “Mississippi is asking the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade in order to uphold the state’s restrictions on abortion access, and to renounce the court’s landmark holding a half-century ago that the Constitution protects a woman’s right to obtain an abortion. The state’s bold request is in a brief filed Thursday that seeks to persuade the court…

rewire news group: “Historically, when Texas has enacted an unconstitutional abortion ban—and believe you me, they have passed plenty over the last decade—the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and/or the American Civil Liberties Union, who essentially act as the lawyer-gatekeepers between abortion providers and pregnant patients in need of abortion on the one…