HuffPo: “A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of discriminating against conservative thought. A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit…
Month: May 2022
“For the Bush dynasty, Texas loss could be ‘the end of the line’”
The TX Tribune: “But now, as Bush is projected to lose a runoff for Texas attorney general, his place in that political dynasty proved an obstacle in a party now in thrall to a different famous surname. “It’s tough running in Texas as a Bush. I think it’s the end of the line,” said Richard…
“Henry Cuellar declares victory, but Jessica Cisneros won’t concede in nail-biter runoff for South Texas seat”
The TX Tribune: “U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, boldly declared victory just before midnight in his nail-biter primary runoff race. But his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, refused to concede, as the race was separated by less than 200 votes with all counties reporting their votes. “This…
“Democrats Fight Headwinds in Georgia and Beyond: ‘The Problem Is Reality’”
NY Times: “For months, nearly all the political oxygen in Georgia and beyond has been sucked up by ferocious Republican primaries, intraparty feuds that have become proxy wars for Donald J. Trump’s power and fueled by his retribution agenda. But the ugliness of the G.O.P. infighting has at times obscured a political landscape that is increasingly…
A Look at the Career of Howard Coble, Long Time NC Congressman
The North State Journal: “Howard grew up in a blue-collar family where his mom sewed pockets on denim at the old Blue Bell factory in Greensboro and his dad began his career as a sweeper and was promoted to a men’s clothing salesman at the local Belk store. He knew what it meant to have…
“Two Democratic Congresswomen, One Redrawn Georgia District”
NY Times: “In 2018, a Democratic gun control and racial justice activist named Lucy McBath flipped a Republican-held Georgia congressional seat that, in a different configuration, had once been held by Newt Gingrich. In 2020, a college professor named Carolyn Bourdeaux prevailed in another suburban Atlanta district a little farther east, becoming the only Democratic House candidate to flip a tightly contested seat…
“Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton”
AP: “Not many people charged with felony crimes go seven years without ever standing trial. One of them is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The twists and turns of how the Republican, who is on the cusp of winning the GOP nomination for a third term Tuesday, has yet to have his day in court…
“Racists Once Terrorized This Georgia County. Diversity Made It Prosper.”
NY Times: “If those who carried out mass shootings in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, El Paso and Christchurch, New Zealand, showed how deadly such beliefs could be in the hands of a single, well-armed killer, the Forsyth County of 1912 showed what a more organized operation of terror could accomplish. But a century later, Forsyth County also…
“Group Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election”
NY Times: “A group formed in the hopes of disbarring lawyers who worked on cases in which former President Donald J. Trump tried to subvert the results of the 2020 election filed a complaint with the Texas bar association on Wednesday against Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, for his efforts to keep Mr. Trump in…
“In Georgia, a G.O.P. Primary Tests the Power of a Trump Vendetta”
NY Times: “Mr. Raffensperger has worked to win back Republicans by casting himself as a defender of “election integrity,” even as he has spent hours debunking a laundry list of false claims about the 2020 election. Some voters’ memories and passions have faded. Many never had strong opinions about their secretary of state. It all…