Richmond Times-Dispatch: “The city of Richmond and the Richmond Police Department are more than a month late in complying with the terms of a legal settlement agreed upon with protesters and independent journalists from summer 2020. The suit, begun in 2022, sought damages under a claim of First Amendment retaliation and excessive force related to those who were…
Month: August 2023
“Texas Woman Charged With Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Election Case”
NY Times: “A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal judge in Washington who is overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s prosecution on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election. The woman, Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, called Judge Chutkan’s chambers on Aug. 5, two days…
“The 8 Biggest Takeaways From Trump’s Georgia Indictment”
HuffPo: “Georgia prosecutors on Tuesday night released a 98-page indictment charging Trump and 18 allies — ranging from attorneys to former top government officials — with a wide-ranging scheme to undo the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia and beyond by spreading lies and bullying officials to do the same. The indictment covers a lot…
“Alabama’s defense of its voting maps had a specific target”
AL Political Reporter: “But the script from which Alabama solicitor general Edmund LaCour was working didn’t direct his performance towards the three-judge U.S. District Court panel. No, it was meant for just one: A Supreme Court justice named Brett Kavanaugh. Honestly, this should not have surprised anyone. The day Alabama’s GOP-led legislature passed a congressional…
“Federal Judges Question Alabama’s New Map”
Political Wire: “Federal judges reviewing Alabama’s new congressional map on Monday sharply questioned if state lawmakers ignored the court’s directive to create a second-majority Black district, so minority voters have a fair opportunity to influence elections,” the AP reports. “The three-judge panel held a hearing as they weigh whether to let the map stand or to step…
“Republican voters deliver fatal blow to Mississippi’s far-right conservative movement”
MS Today: “It was an anticlimactic end for McDaniel’s fiery statewide campaign, but the effect of the evening was much more significant to Mississippi politics: For the first time since 2008, Mississippi’s far-right conservative movement had no clear leader. And to make matters worse for the group, Republican voters had soundly rejected its coordinated effort…
“Too many bicyclists are dying in [Houston] traffic this year”
Off the Kuff: “The death is the 12th roadway fatality in Houston involving a cyclist. With five months of the year to go, that is already more than the number of cyclist deaths last year and more than every year of the past decade except 2019 – when deaths in the city spiked to 16….
“Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote”
NY Times: “Over the two months that followed, a vast effort unfolded on behalf of the lame-duck president to overturn the election results in swing states across the country. But perhaps nowhere were there as many attempts to intervene as in Georgia, where Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, is now poised…
“Arkansas Nixes AP African American Studies”
Political Wire: “An official from the Arkansas Department of Education reportedly alerted high school teachers by phone on Friday that the class would not be recognized for course credit by the state in the 2023-24 school year.” “And unlike with every other AP class on offer, the state would not cover the $90 cost of…
“Judge gives former Tennessee state senator 21-month sentence over campaign finance crime”
Washington Examiner: “A former Tennessee state senator was given a 21-month prison sentence Friday for violating campaign finance laws. Brian Kelsey, 45, pleaded guilty to concealing the transfer of $91,000 from his state Senate campaign and $25,000 from a nonprofit group into a national political organization that went on to fund ads for his failed bid for the U.S. House. Kelsey had…