Month: October 2022

North State Journal: “Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida, once the nation’s premier swing state, may slip away this fall and beyond as emboldened Republicans capitalize on divisive cultural issues and population shifts in crucial contests for governor and the U.S. Senate. The anxiety was apparent last week during a golf cart parade of Democrats…

NY Times: “Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff who was deeply involved in efforts to keep former President Donald J. Trump in power after the 2020 election, was ordered on Wednesday to travel to Atlanta to testify in a criminal investigation into election meddling. Mr. Meadows, 63, has been fighting to avoid…

AL Political Reporter: “For the past 50 years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought to ensure equality for people of color. On Friday evening, the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary by hosting an event focused on its course for the next 50 years. SPLC co-founder Joe Levin Jr. said as a kid in Alabama…

AL Political Reporter: “A majority of American voters believe that abortion should not be a crime punishable with fines or prison times, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. The study, conducted between Sept. 16 and Sept. 26 of this year, found that out of 2,604 registered voters, only…

WaPo: “Their arrival puts the Republican strongholds that weathered the worst of the storm in an awkward position as they attempt to recover: With low unemployment, a shortage of construction workers and an above-average elderly population, can Florida rebuild without them? “We’d like them back,” Nancy Randall, a real estate agent who declined to give…

WaPo: “When politics itself becomes religion, it’s easy to lose track of what an authentically religious voice in public life sounds like. This explains one of the oddities of our moment. Voters’ religious commitments (or lack thereof) are among the most powerful predictors of how they’ll cast their ballots. Yet actual religious questions mean little…

NY Times: “A shrinking white share of the population is a hallmark of the congressional districts held by the House Republicans who voted to challenge Mr. Trump’s defeat, a New York Times analysis found — a pattern political scientists say shows how white fear of losing status shaped the movement to keep him in power. The portion of white residents dropped…

Alternet: “Georgia’s fetal personhood law, which was signed into law by Republican Governor Brian Kemp in 2019 and initially declared unconstitutional due to protections under Roe versus Wade, was the first in the nation to effect this past June after the United States Supreme Court struck down the half-century-old provision. House Bill 481, or the Living Infants…

WaPo: “Early on March 9, Robert Chapek, Walt Disney Co.’s CEO, got on the phone with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss the Parental Rights in Education bill, which restricts what teachers can say about gender and sexual orientation. On the surface, the pair shared a classic partnership between corporate leader and Republican governor. Disney…

Alternet: “U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has lost in federal appeals court and will have to given a deposition under oath in Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis’ special grand jury investigation into Donald Trump’s and his allies’ alleged election interference. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals late Thursday afternoon rejected Graham’s…