LA Voice: “Call it the gift that keeps on giving. Just as we as a nation are beginning to emerge from the four-year train wreck that was the Donald Trump presidency, we’re greeted with the stark reminder of yet another failed Repugnantcan administration. Even better, the two are now uniting under the double yoke of…
Month: September 2021
“Texas’ Long History of Hollowing Out Women’s Health Care”
NY Times: “At least a dozen other states have enacted so-called heartbeat bills that have been halted by the courts, but the Texas version is particularly insidious. It applies not just to abortion providers but also to anyone who “aids or abets” care, which could include rape crisis counselors or a friend who drives a…
“New Texas voting bill deepens growing disparities in how Americans can cast their ballots”
WaPo: “Red and blue states are increasingly moving in opposite directions on how millions of Americans can cast their ballots, exacerbating a growing divide as Republicans in states across the country — most recently Texas — impose new voting restrictions, while Democrats in others expand access. The conflicting trends are widening the disparities in election…
“Abortion, voting rights, guns and covid: Texas Republicans go all in”
WaPo: “It was only a year ago when the talk about Texas was whether it was about to turn blue in the presidential race, as polls indicated a closer-than-expected contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Today the talk is over the lengths to which Texas Republicans have gone to stretch the boundaries of conservative…
Please appreciate the workingman this Labor Day 2021
Today please thank the working class for recognizing that life is more than work. Because of them, we have the eight hour day, the weekend, and today’s fight for a living wage. I hope you take time today to do what you feel you never have enough time for. Happy Labor Day y’all.
“What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.”
The Nation: “No matter what fresh lawlessness Republicans commit, or what their legal enablers on the Supreme Court do to support that agenda, you can count on some Democrat or liberal-adjacent person saying, “But what can the Democrats do?” Never mind that Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the entire Executive Branch. They walk…
“The Density Divide and the Southernification of Rural America”
Model Citizen: “When I was a kid, the accents changed. Driving north from central Iowa through the corn toward Minnesota, the dialect would gradually get a little Fargo — a little Norwegian bachelor farmer — maybe an hour or so from the border. Past “the Cities,” you’d encounter the Oop! Uffdah! deadpan in full hilarious effect. Likewise,…
“N.C. Court of Appeals stays lower court ruling which expanded voting rights for people with felony convictions”
The Progressive Pulse: “A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals stayed an injunctive order that effectively restored voting rights to 56,000 North Carolinians with a felony conviction but while on parole, probation and post-release supervision. As Policy Watch previously reported, a three-judge panel of the lower court heard the case, filed by advocacy…
“Bipartisan Police Reforms Signed by Gov. Cooper”
AP: ” A bipartisan police reform package was signed into law Thursday by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, emphasizing success of enacting provisions from a task force he commissioned following George Floyd’s murder over panel recommendations left out. Backers of the legislation, which received near unanimous approval from the General Assembly, say it will rid departments of…
“Former Brunswick DA indicted on charges related to investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s death”
First Coast News: “A former Brunswick District Attorney has been indicted on charges related to the investigation surrounding the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. The indictment accuses Jackie Johnson of violating her oath of office by “showing favor to Greg McMichael during the investigation.” It goes on to say she recommended Waycross DA George Barnhill…