Month: February 2024

South Carolina to Haley: Thanks for Everything, But We Prefer Trump “Without a win in the first handful of contests, Haley is vowing to stay in the race even if she racks up another double-digit loss here, as the statewide polls predict she will. On the campaign trail, Haley is staking out differences with Trump…

Political Wire: “Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said that he is “all for” the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that frozen embryos are children, the HuffPost reports. “He also said he opposes the effects of the ruling. And that he supports fertility treatments like IVF that are now being denied to women across his state as a result of…

AP: “Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and handpicked choice to help lead the Republican National Committee said she thinks Republican voters would support having the political organization pay the former president’s ballooning legal fees. Lara Trump said Wednesday while campaigning for her father-in-law ahead of the South Carolina primary that she was not familiar with the RNC’s rules about…

WaPo: “The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying them, a decision that reproductive rights advocates say could imperil in vitro fertilization (IVF) and affect the hundreds of thousands of patients who depend on treatments like it each year….. The Alabama case focused on whether a patient who…

WUNC: “Speakers at Tuesday’s demonstration organized by the North Carolina chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign had a unifying message, repeated in call and response with the assembled group: “Forward together, not one step back.” The Poor People’s Campaign, founded by Rev. William Barber of North Carolina, has launched a mobilization effort in 31 states…

WaPo: “Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand last week under attack from Michael Roman, former henchman 0f four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump, and many in the media and legal community. At issue was whether her romantic relationship with a special counsel, Nathan Wade, was grounds for disqualifying her from the sprawling RICO case she brought…

Live5News: “Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association gathered at the State House Thursday to protest anti-union statements made by Gov. Henry McMaster. ILA President Charles Brave said they want McMaster to apologize specifically for anti-worker comments he made in his State of the State Address. In his Jan. 24 address, McMaster said one thing the…

The Daily Beast: “About two dozen neo-Nazis marched through Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, chanting and wielding giant swastika flags while spewing hatred at a man who trailed and recorded them, calling them cowards for disguising their identities with masks. “What are you ashamed of?” the heckler, Ruwan Karu, shouted in an interaction that he shared on…

NY Times: “Mr. Carter entered hospice care one year ago Sunday, choosing to forgo further life-prolonging treatment with the intent to return to his simple home in Plains, Ga., to pass his final days in comfort and peace. As it turns out, there have been more final days than he or anyone around him anticipated. The…

TX Tribune: “In 1994, Sheila Jackson Lee, then a 44-year-old Houston city councilwoman, unseated four-term U.S. Rep. Craig Washington in the Democratic primary, securing a seat she’d come to hold for the next 30 years. This March, former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, 42, is hoping to replicate that political upset as she faces off against Jackson Lee…