HuffPo: “Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said that he plans to vote for Donald Trump in November despite previously registering his disapproval of the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a July interview with Spectrum Local News published on Tuesday, the former senator insisted it was not…
Month: August 2024
“GOP nominee to run North Carolina schools advocated pro-Trump military coup in January 6 video”
CNN: “Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to run K-12 public education in North Carolina, filmed a video after attending the January 6 riot at the US Capitol urging then-President Donald Trump to put “the Constitution to the side” and use the military to stay in power. In a deleted Facebook livestream she filmed from her…
“GOP Lawmaker Charged with Drunk Driving”
Political Wire: “Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh (R) was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol after hitting a bicyclist, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “While the records do not indicate what kind of drugs were allegedly involved in the incident, Seabaugh was cited for being under the influence of multiple substances…
“Trump’s focus on Georgia election board raises fears for November vote”
WaPo: “To election administrators, democracy advocates and Georgia political figures — including some Republicans — Trump’s comments were unsettling: The board’s work is supposed to be done outside the fray of politics, and Trump’s words suggested that if he loses the state, he would again mount a pressure campaign on the officials responsible for fairly and impartially…
“Judge to rule on Alabama’s threat to prosecute out-of-state abortion assistance”
AL Political Reporter: “A federal judge is set to rule on whether Alabama can prosecute healthcare providers and advocates who assist pregnant patients in seeking abortions outside the state. Since the 2022 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Alabama has enforced one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, with no exceptions for rape or…
“Bringing Home the Story of Ben Spencer”
TX Observer: “Then, as her new book, Bringing Ben Home, describes, Spencer’s story also became her business. Hagerty plunged into a seven-year-long search for new evidence that could help free Spencer and for the deeper reasons behind his wrongful conviction. She began with an investigative piece for The Atlantic in 2018 that recounted how she’d helped a private detective interview…
“Georgia Is a Toss Up Again”
Political Wire: “Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “As Harris has performed better against Donald Trump in the Sun Belt than Biden, we are moving Georgia back into the Toss-up category.” “These changes mean that all of the electoral votes that Trump carried in 2020 continue to at least lean to him, although we do wonder if…
“Beloved Texas Immigrant Rights Activist Eddie Canales Has Died”
Democracy Now!: “In Texas, Eddie Canales, a tireless advocate for immigrants’ rights and founder of the South Texas Human Rights Center, died this week at 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Canales was well known for setting up water stations around rural Brooks County for migrants traveling through the brutal border landscape, and for…
“Georgia Panel Orders New Probe into 2020 Election”
Political Wire: ““A divided Georgia Election Board voted Wednesday to reinvestigate Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 presidential recount, reviving an inquiry into allegations of double-counted ballots months before this year’s election,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The board, led by three Republicans lauded by Donald Trump at a rally last weekend, voted 3-2 to ask for…
““Historic”: Black Farmers Celebrate $2 Billion Payout for USDA Discrimination, Still Seek Debt Relief”
Democracy Now!: “We look at the historic $2 billion payout by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to farmers who experienced systemic discrimination when applying to the USDA’s farm loan programs. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has documented how USDA administrators routinely denied loans to Black farmers and other farmers of color for many decades, contributing to…