The Progressive Pulse: “The Charlotte City Council unanimously approved new non-discrimination protections Monday, completing the work state lawmakers blocked with the passage of HB2 and its ensuing national controversy five years ago. A ban on such local non-discrimination ordinances expired last year. On Monday, Charlotte became the tenth community — and by far the largest — to…
Month: August 2021
TX Supreme Court Allows Arrest of Dem Legislators Fleeing Capitol to Break Quorum
Off the Kuff: “House Democrats who refuse to show up for the Legislature could soon be detained by law enforcement and brought back to the state Capitol, after the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday voided a state district judge’s temporary restraining order barring their arrest. The all-Republican high court’s order came at the request of…
“Abbott Criticized for Ban on Covid Mandates as Cases Soar in Texas”
NY Times: “The dilemma sounded familiar. A prominent, ambitious red-state governor, who had staked out a firm position opposed to mask mandates and other aggressive measures to combat the spread of Covid-19, suddenly found himself on the defensive as cases and hospitalizations soared in his state. First, it was Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Now it is…
Study Shows Rural Voters, Southerners Will Receive Greatest Benefit from Biden’s Child Tax Care Credit Program
WaPo: “It has long been central to Republican mythology that Democrats have nothing but seething contempt for the rural and small-town inhabitants of the Real American Heartland. Republicans sometimes pair this with vile lies about Democratic proposals that would deliver economic benefits to those regions, turning their residents against them. An important new study of the distribution of…
“Party members suspect coordination between Brooks campaign, ALGOP leadership”
AL Political Reporter: “Fundraising materials including mass texts and email blasts sent to a number of registered Alabama Republicans appear to show coordination between the Alabama Republican Party and U.S. Senate candidate Mo Brooks to raise funds for Brooks during former President Donald Trump’s visit to Alabama later this month. Additionally, several sources within ALGOP…
“Alabama AG says schools can’t require proof of COVID-19 vaccine”
AL Political Reporter: “Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday issued more guidance on the state’s “vaccine passport” ban, saying schools can’t require students to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. Gov. Kay Ivey in May signed into law the state’s ban on vaccine passports, which also prohibits people from being denied access to schools, universities, businesses and…
“Glenn Youngkin Breathes New Life Into the Big Lie”
Bearing Drift: “Glenn Youngkin’s blank-slate strategy to win Virginia’s gubernatorial election ran aground again in Fredericksburg as he couldn’t bring himself to refute the Big Lie – even entertaining the possibility that Donald Trump could still reverse last year’s election. Youngkin – who refused to acknowledge Biden “was legitimately elected’ until after he’d sewn up the GOP…
“It’s time to worry about Joe Biden and voting rights”
News & Observer: “The fight for our democracy is, by a very wide margin, the greatest issue we face as a people. Bar none. The notion that anyone could regard (anti-democratic) Senate prerogative, or Joe Manchin, or infrastructure, or even the economy, as in the same ballpark is baffling. Or much worse. I worry that…
“Life and Death in a TX Homeless Camp”
TX Observer: “In a small, ersatz backyard, Maddux is growing nopales and green onions in a raised planter. Inside the vinyl garage, he’s hung a half-length mirror and photo print of the Conciergeriein downtown Paris. As he shows off each detail, he chuckles, with a hint of self-deprecation. “Humor helps you out here. If you…
“Audio from Migrant Shelter Reveals Sexual Misconduct”
Political Wire: ““New audio from inside a U.S. government shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Fort Bliss, Texas, reveals allegations of sexual misconduct by staff toward minors, acknowledgment the children were running low on clean clothes and shoes and a reluctance by officials to make public the scope of the facility’s Covid outbreak,” NBC News reports.”