NY Times: “The case for Mr. DeSantis, according to them, isn’t just that he looks comparatively sage next to Mr. Trump. It’s also that he spoke out early against lockdowns and has overseen a growing economy. Florida now has the fastest-growing population in the country, a factoid that Mr. DeSantis’s spokesman, Jeremy Redfern, immediately touted…
Month: January 2023
“On the ballot in 2023: Southern governors, big-city mayors”
North State Journal: “While much of the political focus in 2023 is on the emerging presidential race, voters in some states will be weighing in on lower-profile contests that will nonetheless provide fresh insight into their priorities and views on the direction of the country. Republicans are expected to try to tie Kentucky Democratic Gov….
“Poll: 80% of Mississippians favor Medicaid expansion”
MS Today: “A wide majority of Mississippians across partisan and demographic lines supports expanding Medicaid to provide health coverage for the working poor, according to a newly released Mississippi Today/Siena College poll. The poll showed 80% of respondents — including 70% of Republicans — either strongly agree or somewhat agree the state should “accept federal…
“Biden becomes the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at MLK’s church”
NPR: “Joe Biden delivered a sermon on Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to do so at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor. “I’ve spoken before Parliament, kings, queens, leaders of the world — I’ve been doing this for a long time,” Biden said. “But…
“On Martin Luther King Day, nine facts about him that may surprise you”
WaPo: “The United States honors the most prominent figure in its civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday. The national holiday was hard won by his family and activists in 1983 and has been marked on the third Monday of January ever since. It’s a day to remember King’s life and legacy. He championed nonviolent…
“This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.”
NY Times: “Last year, when Nashville’s Metro Council voted not to support the state’s bid for the city to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, retaliation was widely understood to be inevitable, according to Nashville’s NPR affiliate, WPLN News. Now we know what shape retaliation will take: Last week, on the first day of the new legislative session,…
MS Rep. Kabir Karriem Continues Effort to Stop State Celebrating Robert E. Lee Day on MLK Jr. Holiday
WLOX: “A Mississippi lawmaker has drafted a bill to remove the celebration of Robert E. Lee on the same day the state honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Representative Kabir Karriem of Columbus says Dr. King and his work for civil rights and equality deserve to be celebrated without the history of the Confederate General….
“Louisiana Democrat Sentenced to 22 Months”
Political Wire: ““Former Louisiana Democratic Party leader Karen Carter Peterson, who resigned from the state Senate last year year citing depression and a gambling addiction — and later pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud — was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 months in prison,” the AP reports.”
Republican Administrations in MS Directed Welfare Funds to Support Conservative Talk Radio
MS Today: “New and Davis were hyping their ill-conceived welfare delivery model, Families First for Mississippi, which resulted in the theft or misspending of nearly $100 million. The pair would later plead guilty to several felonies after perpetuating what officials have called the largest public fraud scheme in state history. “Sometimes it just takes people…
“San Antonio will vote on marijuana decriminalization”
Off the Kuff: “Progressive groups celebrated on the steps of City Hall Tuesday afternoon before delivering the boxes of signed petitions needed to get a measure in front of voters that would decriminalize both cannabis possession and abortion. Ananda Tomas, executive director of police reform group ACT 4 SA, told reporters that her group and…