NY Times: “For years, guards in a jail outside Jackson, Miss., terrorized those in their care, according to dozens of people who say they endured, witnessed or participated in violent assaults. Guards dragged inmates into blind corners, where cameras couldn’t capture acts of violence. They beat people behind closed doors. And they encouraged favored inmates…
Month: November 2025
“Feud in the family: Trump break with Marjorie Taylor Greene jolts MAGA heartland”
Reuters: “Greene, who has been one of the most prominent voices in the MAGA movement, has not shirked from criticizing her own party or taking on Trump directly over the Epstein scandal, foreign policy, healthcare costs or the government shutdown, which saw food aid benefits for the poor cut or reduced and thousands of government workers…
“Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities”
NY Times: “When she takes office as governor of Virginia in January, Abigail Spanberger will step into a partisan war over the political direction of one of the nation’s most respected public university systems. The schools have lately been at the center of a push by Republicans to overhaul universities that they see as having…
“Alabama Democrats see 2026 opportunity after Southern election wins”
AL.com: “Democrats are basking in decisive victories from Tuesday’s elections, results that some Republicans have shrugged off as predictable wins in blue strongholds. But Democrats also scored gains in reliably red states such as Georgia and Mississippi. In Mississippi, where Republicans control nearly every statewide office, Democrats flipped enough state Senate seats to end the GOP’s…
“Texas bishops issue statement expressing solidarity with immigrants ahead of court order”
Catholic News Agency: “The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops expressed its solidarity this week with immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Texas ahead of the implementation of a federal court order that will impact the immigrants’ legal status. In a statement released Nov. 4, the Texas bishops called the looming implementation…
“Nancy Mace Completely Loses It After She’s Called Out by Both of Her Home State GOP Senators Over Airport Fiasco”
Mediaite: “Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) completely lost it on Tuesday night after Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) both threw her under the bus over the recent incident at Charleston International Airport bedeviling her gubernatorial campaign. Last Thursday, Mace reportedly berated airport police in profane fashion, calling them “f*cking incompetent” in a rant that one officer said would have…
“Democrats end GOP two-thirds supermajority in Mississippi Senate. What does that mean? “
MS Today: “Democrats broke the Republican Party’s two-thirds majority in the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday by gaining two new seats, eroding the GOP’s grip on the 52-member chamber for the first time in over a decade. But the GOP still has a strong hold on the Mississippi Legislature and can override Democrats on all but a…
“President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions”
WSMV4: “President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House, Glen Casada, and one of his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing. Casada confirmed the pair were pardoned on Thursday. The former speaker was sentenced in September to 36 months in federal prison on wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money…