NY Times: “Vice President Kamala Harris challenged former President Donald J. Trump to commit to a presidential debate on Tuesday night during a raucous rally in Atlanta that featured some 10,000 attendees, celebrity appearances and another rare feature of Democrats’ rallies lately: fun. In a roughly 21-minute speech, Ms. Harris, now just nine days into…
Month: July 2024
“Biden was faltering in Georgia. Harris is putting it back on the map.”
Politico: “When Joe Biden last left this city after his abysmal debate performance, Democrats felt hopeless about their chances in Georgia — and just about everywhere else. Kamala Harris’s Tuesday rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center — a boisterous affair that included line dancing, a “hotties for Harris” banner and a performance by rapper…
“I Put Him on Death Row. He Shouldn’t Die.”
NY Times: “Admitting a mistake can be very hard. But how would it feel if the mistake helped put a man on death row? That’s the burden the Rev. Brian Wharton has been carrying for more than two decades. He played a crucial role in the prosecution of Robert Roberson, who was found guilty in…
“Roy Cooper Withdraws From Harris’s Vice-Presidential Field”
NY Times: “Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, who had been seen as a leading contender to become Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, has withdrawn from the vice-presidential sweepstakes. Mr. Cooper confirmed the news, reported earlier by The New York Times, in a social media post on Monday night. “This just wasn’t the right time for…
“Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest”
abc News: “A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 33, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to…
“Amazon workers in northern Kentucky walk off the job”
Spectrum News 1: “Workers at the Amazon Air Hub in northern Kentucky, the company’s largest air hub, walked off the job Wednesday, July 24, in what the International Brotherhood of Teamsters called a “one-day unfair labor practice strike.” In a news release, the union said workers were striking over issues concerning “surveillance, discrimination and retaliation…
“KY man charged with federal hate crime, firearm offenses after allegedly threatening man with gun”
LEX18: “The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs reported that on Monday, a Kentucky man was charged with federal hate crime and firearm offenses after he allegedly threatened a Palestinian American man with a loaded gun in March. The office reported that the unsealed indictment revealed that Melvin Perry Litteral III reportedly “used…
“Mark Meadows takes bid to toss Georgia election charges to Supreme Court”
WaPo: “Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, took his battle to throw out the Georgia election interference case against him to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to overturn a lower-court ruling that rejected claims that his alleged conduct was tied to his official federal duties. The move comes…
“Former Uvalde school officer pleads not guilty, faces families in court”
WaPo: “Former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple child-endangerment charges stemming from the botched response to the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 schoolchildren, two teachers and injured many others. It was the first time any law enforcement officer has faced the families of the victims in…
“New Richmond institute to examine how slavery helped build modern America”
WaPo: “This city tried hard to purge its landscape of reminders of slavery. The old slave jail, the auction blocks, even the African burying grounds were paved over long ago and largely forgotten. But an ambitious effort here aims to shed light on artifacts that linger in everyday life: the ways the slave economy and its major…