Political Wire: “Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he’s not Speaker anymore because “one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17 year old,” CBS News reports.”
Month: April 2024
“‘Donald Trump did this’: New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban”
NBC: “President Joe Biden’s campaign released its latest abortion ad of the election hours after former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want. The 60-second ad, which first aired Monday on MSNBC, focuses on Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman who sued the state after, she…
“Alabama Hospital Is Ending IVF Services”
Political Wire: “A Mobile, Ala., hospital at the center of a State Supreme Court ruling that found that frozen embryos could be considered children said on Wednesday that it would no longer provide in vitro fertilization lab services after this year,” the New York Times reports.”
“Virginia militia member raised suspicion, then alarm with talk of bombs”
WaPo: “Even before he started talking about assassinations and homemade bombs a couple of months ago, “Duke” had weirded out his fellow members in an anti-government militia group. … Vane, 42, was a former Marine reservist with an intelligence background whose loose talk about explosives and Russian government connections unnerved his fellow militia members. The…
“Audit of [AR] governor’s mysterious $19,000 lectern expected to be released within 10 days”
AR Times: “Andrew DeMillo of the AP breaks the news that the long-awaited audit of a $19,000 lectern purchased for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is slated to be released to the public within the next 10 days. …. The Arkansas-Democrat Gazette reported Sunday that Republican legislative leaders said they expected the audit report to be released at some point during…
“Florida Supreme Court approves abortion restriction — and ballot measure that would overturn it”
The 19th: “The Florida Supreme Court struck down its state abortion protection — paving the way for a six-week ban passed in 2023 to take effect — but will allow voters to weigh in on whether they can amend the state’s constitution to explicitly enshrine abortion rights. The court issued two separate rulings Monday: one upholding…
“NCGOP attorney known for redistricting cases dead at 69”
North State Journal: “Thomas Farr, a longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney who regularly defended Republican interests but whose 2018 federal judgeship nomination was scuttled by two GOP senators, has died, a legal colleague said Tuesday. He was 69. Farr died on Monday following a series of heart problems, according to Phil Strach, a fellow…
GOP NC State Treasurer Refuses to Endorse NC GOP Gubernatorial Nominee
NC Newsline: “State Treasurer Dale Folwell declined again on Tuesday to endorse Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson in North Carolina’s closely watched gubernatorial contest. Folwell, who lost the GOP nomination race to Robinson in the March primary, has refused since that time to endorse Robinson in his general election showdown with the Democratic nominee, Attorney…
“Counties to Watch in the 2024 North Carolina General Election”
Old North State Politics: “All this is to say: North Carolina matters. But, as anyone has has ever attempted to order Eastern Barbecue West of Lexington knows, the state is not a monolith. Some counties in North Carolina prefer the tomato based sauce in the West and some prefer the vinegar based sauce in the…
“The Amendment: Imagining New Realities with Stacey Abrams”
The 19th: “Stacey Abrams has a big imagination. She’s used it to expand Georgia’s electorate, be the first Black woman to be a major-party nominee for governor and write 16 books across multiple genres. This week on the show, Stacey sits down with Errin to share how she imagines American policy and democracy shifting — from…