NY Times: “A Latino civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation into a series of raids conducted on Latino voting activists and political operatives as part of a sprawling voter fraud inquiry by the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton. The League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the…
Month: August 2024
“Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It.”
Slate: “On Monday night at the DNC, Sen. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, embraced faith from the political left in a way that was dramatically different. Warnock called out Trump for weaponizing religious symbols and speech in ways that violate core religious values and leveled blame at certain churches for a willingness to…
“Polls show Stein with large leads [in NC gubernatorial], but not as big as Cooper had in 2020”
WFAE: “But those same polls have shown a huge gap in the governor’s race, with Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein holding sometimes double-digit leads against Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. The most recent poll is from High Point University. It shows Harris leading Trump in North Carolina, 46-45. But that same poll shows Stein with a 14-point…
“Democrats Sue Over Georgia Election Rules”
Political Wire: “The state and national Democratic parties sued Monday to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia’s State Election Board that could be used by county officials who want to refuse to certify an election, potentially causing delays in finalizing the state’s results,” CBS News reports. “The lawsuit, filed before a state judge in Atlanta, argues…
“How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda”
NY Times: “About 1,000 miles away, in New Orleans, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has turned its corner of the federal judiciary into a proving ground for some of the most aggressive conservative arguments in American law. Six of the 17 judges were nominated by former president Donald J. Trump, who…
“Harris’ hype man: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper”
Axios: “North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper delivered the final speech ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night in Chicago, cementing his position as one of the party’s biggest stars. Why it matters: Cooper’s prime-time speech — a coveted slot on the final night of the convention — comes on the heels of a…
“[AR] calls itself the ‘most pro-life.’ But moms there keep dying.”
WaPo: “In a state that touts itself as “the most pro-life state in the country,” where abortion is prohibited except to save the life of the mother, timber country in southeast Arkansas is an especially dangerous place to give birth. Arkansas already has one of the nation’s worst maternal mortality rates, and mothers in this…
“Harris Plans Bus Tour Through Georgia”
Political Wire: “Vice President Kamala Harris will kick off a bus tour through south Georgia on Wednesday that will culminate with a Thursday evening rally in Savannah as she tries to sustain the momentum from her party’s nominating convention,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The Democratic nominee will be joined on Wednesday by her running-mate, Minnesota Gov….
“Rep. Destin Hall isn’t NC House Speaker yet, but he is fundraising like one”
Yahoo! News: “Rep. Destin Hall, a 37-year-old Republican from Caldwell County, is not yet North Carolina House speaker, but he has already stepped into one of the position’s most important election-year roles: fundraising. And he’s pulling in big donations. Hall, who has gained the support of top leaders in the House Republican Caucus to replace…
“Meet the Rural Voters Who Could Swing North Carolina’s Election”
NY Times: “The most rural of the battleground states this year is North Carolina. About 3.4 million people, or roughly a third of the state’s population, reside in a rural area, more than in any other state besides Texas. Democrats have seen their support slip in rural areas, ceding ground to Republicans. As such, rural voters…