WaPo: “A lone four-lane road goes south past a Navy air base, an idle industrial site, a coal export terminal and a handful of small storm-battered communities. Then, suddenly, a gigantic facility rises from the wetlands. Cranes dot the skyline. They hover over crews that are installing a jumble of pipes, pumps, storage tanks and…
Month: July 2024
“Arkansas Abortion Amendment still needs 8,200 signatures before Friday”
AR Times: “Arkansans for Limited Government announced Tuesday on social media that they still need 8,200 petition signatures in order to get the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot in November. If passed, the amendment would allow for abortions under any circumstance within 18 weeks of fertilization as well as in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies…
“NC legislature passes laws on masks, protests, and campaign money over the governor’s objections”
NC Newsline: “The Republican-dominated legislature passed three new laws that Gov. Roy Cooper does not want, with the Senate voting Thursday to tear holes in campaign finance rules, allow billboard owners to cut more trees along roadsides, and have more 16- and 17-year-olds to face trial in adult court. The Senate voted along party lines…
“Disability rights activists protest at DHHS building, blocking exits and risking arrest”
ABC 11: “Activists from across the country gathered in Raleigh Monday, calling on North Carolina lawmakers to prioritize care and secure more funding for people who are disabled. 50 protesters in wheelchairs and on crutches made their way from Glenwood South to the State Department of Health and Human Services near Dix Park. According to…
“Protester Arrested after Cementing Hand Inside Car Blocking Smyrna [GA] Business Entrance”
ABC 11: “Several arrests were made early Thursday morning after protesters attempted to shut down a road leading to Hudson Technologies in Smyrna. According to the Cobb County Police Department (CCPD), at 4:20 a.m., Olympic Industrial Drive was temporarily blocked by Pro-Palestine protestors. Police say they found a vehicle obstructing the roadway, and one individual,…
“Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas”
the 19th: “The Supreme Court agreed to review a case arguing that Texas’s age verification “porn ID” law infringes on constitutionally-protected free speech for adults. The law requires web-based age verification on sites with at least one-third of their content devoted to adult sexual material. Now the Supreme Court will solicit arguments and briefs about…
“El Paso judge rejects Ken Paxton’s ‘outrageous and intolerable’ efforts to shut down Annunciation House shelters”
El Paso Matters: “An El Paso district court judge has denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to shut down the Annunciation House network of migrant shelters in El Paso, saying the state was harassing its employees and guests. In a pair of rulings issued Tuesday morning, 205th District Judge Francisco Dominguez said the AG’s…
“NC redistricting lawsuit dismissed by trial judges”
North State Journal: “North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to “fair elections.” The judges said a recent affirmation still applies — that redistricting policy decisions are left to the General Assembly, not the courts….
“Kinky Friedman, Texas songwriter, satirist and folk hero, dies at 79”
WaPo: “Kinky Friedman, who became a Texas folk hero as a flamboyant singer-songwriter, satirist, raconteur and would-be politician, running for governor in 2006 while jokingly declaring that he was neither pro-life nor pro-choice, but instead “pro-football,” died June 26 at Echo Hill, his ranch outside Medina, Tex. He was 79…. He toured with Bob Dylan,…
“The abortion fight has pushed GOP women out of South Carolina’s senate”
WaPo: “In South Carolina, what Republican men want, Republican men get. This month, primary voters ousted the only three GOP women in the state senate for bucking the party line and defeating a near-total ban on abortion….. For their considerable troubles, the five women were honored with a JFK Profile in Courage award last year in Boston. But you…