Month: September 2024

Clarion Ledger: “Rumors that the Democratic National Convention would have Beyoncé as a special guest ricocheted through the media last month. Alas, despite her song “Freedom” being the official Harris-Walz theme song, Beyoncé did not make an appearance at the DNC. Was it a mistake that, because of the pop icon rocket fuel driving it,…

As Mark Robinson’s Campaign Crumbles, North Carolina Republicans Seethe “Six weeks before Election Day, the Republican Party in North Carolina is in an extraordinary standoff with its own nominee for governor. After a CNN report last week linked the candidate, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, to offensive comments on a porn website, donations to his campaign have dried…

Elon News Network: “In a state where former President Donald Trump won by less than 75,000 votes in 2020, both parties are looking to win over North Carolina through the fastest-growing population in the state — the Hispanic community.  From 2010 to 2020, the Latino population in North Carolina grew by almost 40%, far more than the…

WaPo: “A panel of federal judges heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could upend the rules for counting a sliver of mail ballots in Mississippi just weeks before Election Day, with possible ramifications for all states. At issue is a Mississippi law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they arrive up to…

Lawfare: “The changes have ignited breathless media coverage over the past several weeks, as commentators forecast how former President Donald Trump and his allies could delay certification in another attempt to reject an unfavorable presidential election outcome. Over at the Bulwark, A.B. Stoddard sums up Trump’s supposed legal strategy for Stop the Steal 2.0 as follows: “Refuse…

Rolling Stone: “At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, according to a new report from the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 — the information later used against the women was obtained or disclosed…

WaPo: “Around the state of Texas, Octopus and other power companies raised thermostats, paused electric car chargers and tapped into home batteries in thousands more of their customers’ homes. They also paid stores, data centers and office towers to shut off lights and air conditioners and slow down their computers. All told, Texas utilities made…

‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum” Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago, in which he referred to himself as a “black…

CBS News: Vice President Kamala Harris‘ visit to Georgia Friday is centered around one thing: women’s reproductive rights. The visit by Harris follows ProPublica’s investigation into two women who recently died in the state. It found their deaths could have been prevented, but their medical care was hindered by Georgia’s six-week abortion ban. Harris highlighted the…

Political Wire: “The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation,” NBC News reports. “From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%,…