AL Political Reporter: “A measure authorizing the inclusion of a Space National Guard within the Alabama National Guard passed in the Alabama Senate Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Tom Bulter, R-Madison, does not create an Alabama Space Guard, but instead allows for its creation if Congress and the U.S. Department of Defense authorize…
Month: February 2022
“Louisville leaders stunned after well-known [liberal] activist accused of trying to kill mayoral candidate”
WLKY: “Community leaders in Louisville say they are shocked and stunned after 21-year-old Quintez Brown was arrested for allegedly trying to kill mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg. “A lot of us are just struggling to make sense out of all this, but sometimes you simply cannot make sense out of things that simply do not make sense,”…
“LONE STAR ‘SQUAD’: AOC RALLIES FOR TEXANS GREG CASAR AND JESSICA CISNEROS”
TX Observer: “On Saturday morning, two days before the start of early primary voting, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to the stage at a music venue in Central San Antonio to deliver a message familiar to Texas liberals. “This state is going to change the country. … That’s why I’m here, for the long…
Redistricting Tracker: Where Do Things Stand in Your State?
Politico: “Every 10 years, each state redraws its political lines. These processes take months to unfold in state capitals all around the country — and their results mold the balance of power in Congress for a decade. Our analysis uses local voting tallies and Census data to decode what these new lines mean. We’ll update this report…
“Texas’ New Voting Law Is an ‘Absolute Nightmare’”
The Daily Beast: “A rapid rise in rejected mail-in voting applications and ballots. Limited resources among election workers. Confusion galore, and a March 1 primary election quickly approaching. This is the reality in Texas as SB 1—a controversial voting bill signed into law last year—goes into effect. With primary voting already underway, election officials, advocates,…
“Beaten by the Klan [in FL] in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him”
WaPo: “James Jackson knew the code. Keep your head down. Move to the grass if White people approached on the sidewalk. Don’t say anything to the graybeards playing checkers. It was a warm and windswept Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1963, following a day of torrential rains — more than 9 inches — in St. Augustine, Fla….
“The two sides of Youngkin: Virginia’s new governor calls for unity but keeps stoking volatile issues”
WaPo: “Gov. Glenn Youngkin sat in a conference room near the State Capitol last week and lamented the “divisive” nature of politics, then praised Democrats for joining him on a measure to lift school mask mandates. But as he spoke of unity, his office put out a statement saying school boards that disagree with him…
“Federal trial of Arbery’s killers is the first to ask: Was this 2020 attack motivated by racial hate?”
WaPo: “Opening arguments are expected Monday in the hate-crimes prosecution of three White men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a landmark federal case focused on whether the defendants were motivated to chase and threaten him because he was Black. The trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan bookends, in a way, a…
“Poll: More than seven in 10 Alabama voters support Medicaid expansion”
AL Political Reporter: “A recent poll shows that more than seven in 10 Alabama voters support expanding Medicaid to increase access to healthcare. That poll, conducted by Cygnal for Alabama Arise, informed likely Alabama voters about what expanding Medicaid could do, including the creation of an average of 20,000 new jobs per year over the…
“Despite conviction, Montgomery cop remains free two years later”
AL Political Reporter: “A former Montgomery Police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed Black man remains out of prison despite the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals twice denying the former officer’s appeal. Aaron Cody Smith, who was convicted in January 2020 of the 2016 shooting of Greg Gunn,…