NY Times: “Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Democrat who represented Miami for one term in the House after immigrating to the United States from Ecuador, stepped forward on Tuesday to challenge the incumbent Republican, Rick Scott, for the Senate in 2024. Flipping the seat could be crucial for Democrats to keep their narrow majority in the Senate,…
Month: August 2023
“Texas Takes Attacks on Austin to New Level With “Death Star” Law”
Slate: “On Sept. 1, a bill with the pithy title “An Act Relating to State Preemption of and the Effect of Certain State or Federal Law on Certain Municipal and County Regulation” will take effect in Texas. The bill —signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June—was given a much zippier name by its opponents:…
“Georgia Republicans Seek Ways to Punish Prosecutor”
Political Wire: “Several Republican lawmakers are seeking ways to sanction Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she brought criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and 18 allies,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “Trump backers are going after Willis using a new state law approved by Gov. Brian Kemp that creates a state commission with power…
“Abortion’s next big battleground is in Virginia”
Axios: “Democrats are mobilizing for what they widely view as the next major referendum on abortion rights: this fall’s Virginia state legislature elections. Why it matters: Virginia is the lone southern state that hasn’t banned or restricted abortion since the Supreme Court struck down federal protection of the procedure and provides another off-year test of its potency as…
“The Antiabortion Judge With a Financial Ethics Problem”
Jacobin: “For years, Allyson Ho has received payments from the Alliance Defending Freedom. When the right-wing advocacy group argued a case in her husband’s court, Judge James Ho cast a decisive vote to cut off remote access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Judge James Ho, who was nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump, wrote…
TN Republicans Object to Resolution Stating African Americans Were Previously Oppressed, GOP Leader Says Does Not Think His Colleagues “actually read the whole resolution.”
News Channel 5: “Race relations have become so strained in the Tennessee General Assembly that a simple resolution to honor an elderly civil rights leader sparked controversy earlier this year, as Republicans in power insisted it had to be amended to eliminate any reference to “oppressed people.”… Faison had an amendment to remove any reference…
“North Alabama Veterans, NAACP hold protest against Senator Tommy Tuberville’s promotions blockade”
WAFF: “The NAACP has a message for Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville: Stop your protest. The Pentagon says Sen. Tuberville’s block of hundreds of military promotions is impacting readiness across the world and on a granular level those service members and their families. “Senator Tuberville, you represent Alabama. You’re supposed to be for the people. But…
“Texas atheist group protests denial of downtown space to advertise its event”
UPI: “Members of Metroplex Atheists, a north Texas organization, plan to march Saturday in downtown Fort Worth while carrying banners that advertise an upcoming seminar about the dangers of Christian nationalism. In addition to publicizing the panel discussion — titled “Keep God Out of Our Public Schools” and scheduled for Aug. 26 at the Fort…
“Tuberville’s stock trading raises questions about potential insider trading”
AL Political Reporter: “Questions are swirling regarding whether or not Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Alabama, recent stock trades are an example of insider trading, according to a report by Newsweek . Tuberville caught the eye of financial services website, Quiver Quantitative, who posted on social media last Monday about Tuberville’s trade in a biotech company called Humacyte. Humacyte is a…
“As Georgia Republicans rebuke Trump, they are lonely voices in GOP”
WaPo: “After Donald Trump was indicted for the fourth time, a handful of Georgia Republicans at the heart of the case issued a sharp political rebuke of the former president. Ex-lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan argued that Republican voters should assess the damage Trump has wrought and “hit the reset button.” Gov. Brian Kemp refuted Trump’s false election…