Political Wire: “Donald Trump and Joe Biden “are both set to campaign in Georgia on Saturday with dueling visits that underscore the intense competition to capture one of the nation’s premier battleground states in November,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.”
Month: March 2024
“Alabama Democrats Get Rare Chance to Increase Power”
Political Wire: “When the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s congressional map last year as an illegal dilution of Black voting power, the decision set in motion a heated redistricting battle,” the New York Times reports. “Now, voters on Tuesday will head[ed] to the polls for the first time in a newly reshaped Second Congressional District, which was…
“Appeals court blocks Fla. ‘Stop Woke Act,’ says it’s a ‘First Amendment sin’”
WaPo: “A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Monday that blocked Florida from enforcing a law, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that restricts how private companies teach diversity and inclusion in the workplace. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled Monday that the “Stop Woke Act” “exceeds the bounds”…
“Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Back Union Drive”
Democracy Now!: “In labor news, thousands of hourly workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, have signed union cards to join the United Auto Workers. More than half of some 6,000 employees said they support joining the union — a major victory in one of the largest Mercedes-Benz plants in the U.S. Workers are…
After Years of Complaining About Voter Fraud, Republicans in NC-8 Nominate Man Whose Campaign Staff Changed Votes on Ballots in Prior Campaign
Charlotte Observer: “Mark Harris on Tuesday won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District six years after a ballot-harvesting scandal resulted in an election do-over…. Harris is a pastor who ran for Congress in 2018, when his campaign was marred by election fraud. Political operative McCrae Dowless, who worked for Harris in his…
“Tennessee House passes stringent restrictions on pride flags in schools”
The Hill: “Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Monday to approve legislation that would largely prevent pride flags from being displayed in public school classrooms, sending the measure to the state Senate, where it is also expected to pass. The measure, House Bill 1605, would prohibit local education agencies from displaying flags other than the United States flag…
Experts Giving Scathing Review of McConnell’s Legacy
Politico: “We reached out to scores of top political thinkers and congressional insiders to ask what they think is the single most consequential way McConnell has changed Washington. Their answers spanned a wide range, from normalizing obstruction and shielding Donald Trump from accountability to serving as architect of the Kentucky Republican Party and reshaping the…
“Offensive comments by N.C. Republican stand out even in Trump’s party”
WaPo: “Left unmentioned: The deluge of offensive comments that made such a declaration necessary. There was the time he called school shooting survivors “media prosti-tots” for advocating for gun-control policies. The meme mocking a Harvey Weinstein accuser, and the other meme mocking actresses for wearing “whore dresses to protest sexual harassment.” The prediction that rising acceptance of homosexuality would lead to pedophilia and “the END…
“PFLAG sues Paxton over intrusive data requests”
Off the Kuff: “An LGBTQ advocacy group is suing the Texas attorney general after his agency requested information that the group said would reveal the identities of its members, including those who sought to stay anonymous in recent suits. The suit, filed Wednesday by PFLAG, argued that the requests violate its members’ right to free speech, to petition…
“The 411: How a 50-year old Head Start nonprofit has helped migrant farmworker children”
North State Journal: “A 50-year-old Head Start program has had a multi-generational impact on migrant farmworker families and their children. Maria Garza, the CEO of the East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP), shared with North State Journal the impact of what the organization does and how it has made a “big difference” in the…