Alternet: “Has Rick Scott emerged as the front-runner to succeed Mitch McConnell as majority leader for Senate Republicans? Two betting markets think so. On Monday, Polymarket gave the Florida Republican a 60% chance of succeeding McConnell, who announced earlier this year that he would step down from leading Senate Republicans following the general election. Polymarket places Idaho…
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“In Louisville, Relief and Regret After Ex-Officer’s Conviction in Breonna Taylor Case”
NY Times: “Four years ago, thousands of demonstrators would squeeze into Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, Ky., to remember Breonna Taylor. They marched, they chanted, they gathered for vigils. Police officers broke up crowds with flash bang grenades. It was the epicenter for racial justice protests in the city. On Saturday, less than 24…
“Supreme Court to Review Louisiana Map”
Political Wire: “The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal over Louisiana’s more Democratic-friendly congressional districts, though the case won’t impact this year’s election,” CNN reports. “The fight over how to divvy up the state into six congressional districts has been playing out for years, with repeated stops at the Supreme Court. The current map,…
The Latest Election News from GA
Atlanta’s northern suburbs are likely to decide who wins Georgia“Like Green, many were White, but the group also included a large number of Asian Americans, Indian Americans and Black people, all dancing in unison. The crowd was reflective of the rapidly diversifying population of Forsyth and other North Atlanta suburbs in recent years that has made the region…
The Latest Election News from NC
The Biggest Question in North Carolina: Can Democrats Win?“The race for North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes remains incredibly close. The New York Times polling average shows Mr. Trump up by one point, well within the margin of error. “It’s been frustrating to not know for months: Who are we as a state?” said Jerry Sholar, a…
“In Georgia, Harris Supporters Pull Together and Fight the Odds”
NY Times: “The Republicans of Forsyth County, Ga., deep in Trump country, have a peculiar problem: More and more of their white neighbors are voting for Democrats. Forsyth County, about 40 miles north of Atlanta, was until the 1990s a whites-only suburb. Democrats don’t hold a single elected office. But these days, some white residents…
“Florida Stopped Being a Swing State Slowly, Then All at Once”
NY Times: “Florida’s days as a presidential battleground are bygone. No longer do candidates drop in every few days during campaign season. No longer do voters get bombarded with their ads. Nor is there more than a whisper of doubt that the state will vote Republican. Presidential elections in Florida used to be decided by…
“Gov. Sarah Sanders drags Arkansas State Police into her politics”
Alternet: “One of Gov. Sarah Sanders’ first decisions after her election in 2022 was to undo part of the state government reorganization put in place by her predecessor, Asa Hutchinson. Instead of appointing both a cabinet secretary for the Department of Public Safety and a director of the Arkansas State Police, Sanders gave both jobs to the…
“Texas Woman Died Because of Abortion Law”
Political Wire: “A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a “crime” to intervene in her miscarriage, ProPublica reports. “Though proponents insist that the laws protect both the life of the fetus and the person carrying it, in practice, doctors have hesitated to provide care under threat of prosecution, prison time and professional ruin.””