Political Wire: “A new Virginia Commonwealth University-Wilder School poll finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race, 39% to 36% with an astonishing 25% preferring neither or still undecided.”
Month: July 2024
“Peter Buxtun, Tuskegee Syphilis Study Whistleblower, Dead At 86”
HuffPo: “Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. Buxtun died May 18 of Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, California, according to his attorney, Minna Fernan. Buxtun is…
“RFK Jr.’s party wins approval to appear on NC ballots, but Cornel West denied”
WFAE: “The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to allow one third-party presidential candidate on the November ballot, but denied another. Pending any court challenges, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on the ballot, but Cornel West will not.”
“How Blue-Collar Candidates Could Change Politics”
The Assembly: “Robinson has, to put it mildly, an unorthodox political profile. She’s a blunt progressive Democrat in a deep-red mountain county. She last worked as a shift manager for a Pizza Hut. She’s a white woman married to a Black man in a place with almost no racial diversity, and they live with their…
“Arkansas Rejects Abortion Rights Amendment Petition on Technicality”
NY Times: “The Arkansas secretary of state on Wednesday rejected an effort to put an abortion-rights amendment on the ballot this November, saying the campaign had failed to submit some of the necessary paperwork. Less than a week ago, organizers said they had successfully submitted more than 101,000 signatures in support of the effort, a…
“Dem [MS] congressman says staff member no longer employed for ‘don’t miss next time’ post after Trump shooting”
Fox News: “A staff member of Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is “no longer” in the congressman’s employment after allegedly posting “don’t miss next time,” after the apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump on Saturday evening. “I was made aware of a post made by a staff member and she is no longer in my employment,” Mississippi Rep….
“Proposed Arkansas voter registration rule blocks access, opponents say”
AR Times: “Opponents to a rule requiring “wet signatures” on Arkansas voter registration forms crowded into a public hearing room Thursday to voice concerns about barriers to voting they say would result from the rule’s adoption. “Make no mistake about it, this rule makes it harder for Arkansans to vote,” said Toney Orr, chairman of the…
“Christian nationalism event in Fort Worth Botanic Garden draws protest, police presence”
KERA News: “Armed with rainbow flags, cardboard signs and megaphones, almost 90 demonstrators stood Saturday morning on the corner of University Drive to protest a private event inside the Fort Worth Botanic Garden that included sessions on Christian nationalism and “The War on White America.” Amy Ramsey, chief operating officer for the national nonprofit Defense of Democracy,…
“Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff, dies at 82”
ABC News: “Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff for tactics that included chaining inmates outside a state prison to protest overcrowding, has died. He was 82…. Robinson’s rhetoric and stunts earned him folk hero status among rural voters, said Arkansas Democrat-Gazette senior editor and columnist Rex Nelson. “He was…
“Tennessee Is the Second State to Criminalize Minor ‘Abortion Trafficking.’ Activists Are Pushing Back.”
Ms.: “Late last month, Nashville Democratic Rep. Aftyn Behn and abortion rights attorney and activist Rachel Welty brought a lawsuit in federal district court challenging the trafficking law on constitutional grounds and asking to have it permanently enjoined. At the heart of their case, is their argument that the law “criminalizes pure speech based on the…