American Prospect: “Regardless of whether one casts economic hardship, nativist bigotry, or coastal elitism as the primary cause of the Democratic Party’s disrepute in small factory towns and the farm belt, the resulting sense of alienation in rural America remains the single biggest obstacle to broadening the party’s regional power. And it has mostly stifled whatever impulse there might…
“Mississippi to Phase Out Income Tax”
Political Wire: “Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system — one that many lawmakers inadvertently voted for because of typos — into law on Thursday,” Mississippi Today reports. “This sets Mississippi on a path to become the first state to eliminate an existing income tax, when the tax is phased out in about…
“Georgia Plans Mass Cancellation of Voter Registrations”
Political Wire: “Georgia election officials plan to cancel about 455,000 inactive voter registrations this summer, one of the largest registration removals in U.S. history,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
“Hundreds show up for self-described ’empty chair’ town hall for Sen. Thom Tillis”
ABC11: “Hundreds of people packed Raleigh Brewing Company on Friday night, with more sitting outside listening over speakers, for a self-described “empty chair” town hall for Sen. Thom Tillis. “Listen to your constituents and do what is right for the working people of North Carolina,” said Anna Ruderman, a co-founder of Bull City Indivisible, one…
“FBI investigating after multiple incendiary devices found at Tesla dealership in Texas”
ABC News: “Multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers located the “suspicious devices” after responding to a Tesla dealership on U.S. Route 183 just after 8 a.m. local time and called the Austin Police Department Bomb Squad to investigate, police said in…
“Forgotten in Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants”
NY Times: “Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other goods for his family, he had not been brought into court or spoken to a lawyer. He did not hear anything about his case for nine months. Finally,…
“Rep. Crockett refers to Greg Abbott, who is disabled, as ‘Governor Hot Wheels’”
WaPo: “Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) came under fire from Republicans on Tuesday for referring to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who uses a wheelchair, as “Governor Hot Wheels.” Crockett made the remark Saturday at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles as part of a broader dig at the Texas governor. “Y’all know we…
“You’re His Property’: How One Sheriff Used Inmate Labor on His Family Farm”
NY Times: “Bryan Bailey, the Mississippi sheriff whose department had been under federal investigation for torturing people, staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the county jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, according to four former inmates and a former deputy who said they had worked on the farm. They…
“Democrats no longer have the luxury of losing Texas”
WaPo: “Solid-blue states are projected to lose substantial electoral power after the 2030 Census. California, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon and Rhode Island could collectively lose double-digit electoral votes. And two of the blue wall states, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, are set to lose one vote each. By 2032, even if the Democratic nominee for president wins all…
“U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker ‘Very Concerned’ After Trump Officials Texted War Plans to Group Chat That Included Journalist”
MS Free Press: “Top national security officials for President Donald Trump texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story published Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be…