NC Newsline: “Affordable housing advocates say such victories are too few for North Carolina tenants, who they contend, are often up against unjust laws that leave them at the mercy of landlords. The organizers of the new North Carolina Tenants Union (NCTU), which officially launched Tuesday, want to level the playing field. NCTU was created to help…
Month: April 2024
“Federal appeals court won’t force redrawing of NC Senate districts”
North State Journal: “A federal appeals court declined Thursday to order North Carolina legislators to redraw some state Senate districts, rejecting arguments that clear evidence has been presented showing Republican manipulation of boundaries means black voters there are prevented from electing their favored candidates. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit…
“RFK Jr. Has Signatures for North Carolina Ballot”
Political Wire: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has collected enough signatures to qualify for the presidential ballot in North Carolina, his campaign said Monday,” Axios reports. “North Carolina is expected to be a battleground in 2024 — and the Biden campaign has eyed the state as a possible pick-up opportunity.”
“2 training center protesters lock themselves to crane at West Midtown construction site [in Stop Copy City protest]”
11Alive: “Protesters opposed to the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center disrupted a construction site early Wednesday morning by locking themselves to a 250-foot crane, activists said, in at least the third such protest action in recent months. The group “Drop Cop City” issued a release saying the protest targeted a site at 11th Street and Bellingrath Avenue,…
“Woman Who Was Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Texas Prosecutor”
NY Times: “A woman in Texas who was falsely charged with murder over a self-induced abortion in 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the local prosecutor’s office and its leaders, seeking more than $1 million in damages. Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested in April 2022 in Starr County, near the southeastern border with Mexico, and charged with murder…
“Sen. Warnock: ‘The Bible Does Not Need Trump’s Endorsement’”
The Daily Beast: “Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) ripped former President Donald Trump on Sunday for his latest commercial exploit—hawking $60 “Trump-endorsed” Bibles, which he promoted over Easter weekend. “The Bible does not need Trump’s endorsement,” Warnock said, appearing on CNN’s State of the Union on Easter Sunday. The senator—who is a longtime Baptist pastor—used an example from the Bible to condemn…
“Rittenhouse speaks at Western Kentucky University as hundreds protest outside”
WKMS: “Amid the drone of protest chants, Kyle Rittenhouse spoke about his personal experience shooting and killing two people at a 2020 protest, while at a student sponsored event on Western Kentucky University’s campus Wednesday. The WKU local chapter of the rightwing organization Turning Point USA invited Rittenhouse to speak on the Second Amendment and…
“Trump Asks Appeals Court to Boot Fani Willis”
Political Wire: ““Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case on Friday asked a state appeals court to allow them to challenge a recent ruling that didn’t disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the case,” NBC News reports.”
“Florida Democrats Can’t Even Win Over Themselves”
Political Wire: “Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried says her recent move to oust local party chairs is part of a bigger vision to get the party back on track for November. Some Democratic insiders see it as a personal vendetta fueled by her own ambition for the governor’s mansion,” NOTUS reports. “The showdown punctuated Florida Democrats’ existential…