NY Times: “The Supreme Court ruling Friday to allow Texas abortion providers to sue over the state’s ban on most abortions was a narrow win for abortion rights, supporters and opponents said. The law, which went into effect in September,allows private citizens to sue doctors or anyone else who helps facilitate an abortion in Texas…
Month: December 2021
“A New, Brutal Mailer on Pat McCrory is a Troubling Sign for Republicans”
Charlotte Observer: “It might be a little more understandable now why N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore backed away from a race against Madison Cawthorn for Congress. Last week, conservative group Club for Growth sent an extraordinary mailer to households in North Carolina. In it was a multi-page, full-color “report” on former N.C. Gov. and current…
“Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn’t have certified Georgia 2020 results”
Axios: “Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue wouldn’t have signed the certification of the state’s 2020 election results if he had been governor at the time, the former Senate Republican told Axios. “Not with the information that was available at the time and not with the information that has come out now. They had plenty of…
“NC’s 1st female Senate majority leader to retire in 2022”
North State Journal: “North Carolina Senate Majority Leader Kathy Harrington, the first woman to hold the job since it was created over 40 years ago, announced she won’t seek reelection to her Senate seat next year. Harrington is a Gaston County Republican now in her sixth two-year Senate term. She was elected last year by…
“Mark Walker Doesn’t Trust Donald Trump”
Watauga Watch: “We’ve been following the high-level scheming of Madison Cawthorn and Donald Trump in easing Mark Walker out of the US Senate race in North Carolina, to clear the way for Ted Budd to defeat Pat McCrory in the Republican primary next March May. All the principals met at Mar-a-Lago last weekend and we thought it was settled…
“In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read”
NY Times: “In late September, Carrie Damon, a middle school librarian, celebrated “Banned Books Week,” an annual free-speech event, with her working-class Latino students by talking of literature’s beauty and subversive power. A few weeks later, State Representative Matt Krause, a Republican, emailed a list of 850 books to superintendents, a mix of half-century-old novels…
“Greg Abbott Holds Big Lead Over Beto O’Rourke”
Political Wire: “A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leading Beto O’Rourke (D) in the race for governor, 52% to 37%. Key finding: A majority of voters, 54%, say O’Rourke is too liberal, 3% say he is too conservative, and 35% say he is about right.”
“Dead Heat Between Kemp and Perdue”
Political Wire: “A new Insider Advantage/Fox 5 poll in Georgia finds Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and David Perdue (R) deadlocked in the Republican guberantorial primary, 34% to 34%, and trailed by Vernon Jones (R) at 10% and Kandiss Taylor (R) at 4%. Before respondents were told Donald Trump had already endorsed Perdue, Kemp actually led the survey,…
“Signe Waller and Dr. Marty Nathan, both widowed in 1979 Greensboro Massacre, died last week”
NC Policy Watch: “Two activists widowed in the 1979 Greensboro Massacre died last week after a lifetime of social justice work. Signe Waller Foxworth and Dr. Marty Nathan both lost their husbands in the 1979 confrontation between Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis and members of the Communist Workers Party. In their separate ways, both women…
“Justice Department sues Texas over redistricting maps”
Off the Kuff: “The Department of Justice is suing Texas over its new redistricting maps, alleging that lawmakers intentionally discriminated against Latino and Black voters while redrawing the state’s political districts this year. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in El Paso, takes aim at Texas’ new maps for Congress and the state House of…