Month: November 2024

NY Post: “President-elect Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, was once caught up in a legal dogfight with a Louisiana couple over a pooch named Tank fighting to keep the beloved animal she felt had been seriously “neglected.” The dispute goes back to 2005, when Tank’s owners, Steve and Dorreen Couture, put the St. Bernard in an…

Axios: “The North Carolina state Supreme Court race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Republican Jefferson Griffin is heading to a recount after Riggs appeared to win the race by just 625 votes. Why it matters: If Riggs, who was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to the court in 2023, continues to hold the narrow lead after the recount,…

WFAE: “When compared to some of president-elect Trump’s other cabinet picks, Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State is a pretty conventional choice. He’s a veteran politician who served on the foreign relations and intelligence committees for over a decade, and he’s been a loyal Trump backer throughout this year’s campaign. But when you look…

Queen City Nerve: “Republicans in the NC General Assembly on Tuesday fast-tracked a bill to strip authority from statewide offices that will be held by Democrats in the coming year, stuffing a number of such provisions into a 137-page bill that was ostensibly meant to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Helene. The NC House…

NY Times: “The slashing of core classes across the state, which has often been based on course titles and descriptions, is meant to comply with a state law passed last year that curbed “identity politics” in the curriculum. The law also bars classes from the core that “distort significant historical events” or that include theories that “systemic…

Political Wire: “Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill that will change the state’s election process for certain primary races, including Congress and the state Supreme Court,” the AP reports. “Candidates will now participate in a party primary with the winner of the Democratic primary and the Republican primary going on to face each other in the general…

AL.com: “A Black man found dead at an abandoned house in Colbert County last month had earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit against Sheffield police officers alleging police brutality. Dennoriss Richardson, 39, of Sheffield, was found hanging by a rope on Sept. 28, said civil rights attorney Roderick Van Daniel, who represented Richardson in…

WaPo: “When 43 monkeys escaped from a South Carolina research facility on Nov. 6, countless human cousins around the country cheered them on. Indeed, the Freedom Monkeys provided a reprieve from the malaise at least half the country was feeling after Donald Trump was elected president the day before. Yes, of course, I cheered. I’m wearing my pompoms as…

The Daily Beast: “House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s impeachment probe into President Joe Biden may have fizzled, but at least he might get some cash out of it by launching a tell-all book. The Kentucky Republican was co-chair of a two year GOP effort that spent millions of dollars to produce a 291-page report that did not recommend moving forward…

Axios: “House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reaffirmed his view that the possibly damaging House Ethics Committee report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) should remain sealed. Why it matters: Gaetz, President-elect Trump‘s controversial pick for attorney general, resigned from the House Wednesday — making him a “private citizen,” Johnson argued. But senators tasked with confirming the president-elect’s pick have made bipartisan calls to…