Month: February 2023

Slate: “On Thursday, Georgia Judge C.I. McBurney released five pages of the report from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s special grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s alleged interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The released pages give little if anything away. But to a former federal prosecutor, the tea leaves are there to read, and they say…

Democracy Now!: “The Democratic National Committee approved a radical overhaul of the primary calendar, making South Carolina the first primary contest of the 2024 presidential election, replacing the Iowa caucus. Primaries in Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan will then follow. The new voting schedule is intended to give more weight to voters of color….

Political Wire: “Nikki Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, announced Tuesday that she is running for president, becoming the first major rival to officially challenge Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024, the Washington Post reports. Said Haley, in a video: “It’s time for a new generation of leadership.””

NY Times: “A Georgia judge said on Monday that he would disclose parts of a grand jury report later this week that details an investigation into election interference by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies, though he would keep the jury’s specific recommendations secret for now. In making his ruling, the judge, Robert C.I….

Political Wire: “A Tulchin Research poll in Mississippi finds Gov. Tate Reeves (R) trailing challenger Brandon Presley (D), 47% to 43%. Key takeaway: “The sprawling welfare scandal has emerged as one of the top issues of the 2023 governor’s race.””

CBS 42: “Over 200 students at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa County participated in a walkout protest Wednesday following controversy involving a Black History Month program. Students claim that school administration told them their student-run Black History Month program could not reference anything that happened before the 1970s, including slavery, the Black Panthers or the…

The Guardian: “Prisoners in Texas who have been kept in solitary confinement in some cases for more than 20 years are sustaining a hunger strike in protest against their brutal form of incarceration in the face of threatened retaliation from state authorities. Outside advocates working with the protesting inmates say that in their latest count 22 men…

PBS: “Documents released Tuesday provided a scathing account of what authorities called the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim. The officer, Demetrius Haley, stood…

WRAL: “North Carolina Democrats sent a message to the state party’s establishment: the party needs better leaders. Members of the North Carolina Democratic Party on Saturday ousted their sitting chair, first vice chair, and second vice chair, voting instead to elect new candidates to the top four leadership positions. The overhaul comes three months after the…

WaPo: “Twelve years before she was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, Anna Paulina Luna was serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Warrensburg, Mo., where friends said she described herself as alternately Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European. Known then by her given last name of Mayerhofer, Luna…