MS Today: “A wide majority of Mississippians across partisan and demographic lines supports expanding Medicaid to provide health coverage for the working poor, according to a newly released Mississippi Today/Siena College poll. The poll showed 80% of respondents — including 70% of Republicans — either strongly agree or somewhat agree the state should “accept federal…
“Biden becomes the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at MLK’s church”
NPR: “Joe Biden delivered a sermon on Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to do so at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor. “I’ve spoken before Parliament, kings, queens, leaders of the world — I’ve been doing this for a long time,” Biden said. “But…
“On Martin Luther King Day, nine facts about him that may surprise you”
WaPo: “The United States honors the most prominent figure in its civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday. The national holiday was hard won by his family and activists in 1983 and has been marked on the third Monday of January ever since. It’s a day to remember King’s life and legacy. He championed nonviolent…
“This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.”
NY Times: “Last year, when Nashville’s Metro Council voted not to support the state’s bid for the city to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, retaliation was widely understood to be inevitable, according to Nashville’s NPR affiliate, WPLN News. Now we know what shape retaliation will take: Last week, on the first day of the new legislative session,…
MS Rep. Kabir Karriem Continues Effort to Stop State Celebrating Robert E. Lee Day on MLK Jr. Holiday
WLOX: “A Mississippi lawmaker has drafted a bill to remove the celebration of Robert E. Lee on the same day the state honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Representative Kabir Karriem of Columbus says Dr. King and his work for civil rights and equality deserve to be celebrated without the history of the Confederate General….
“Louisiana Democrat Sentenced to 22 Months”
Political Wire: ““Former Louisiana Democratic Party leader Karen Carter Peterson, who resigned from the state Senate last year year citing depression and a gambling addiction — and later pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud — was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 months in prison,” the AP reports.”
Republican Administrations in MS Directed Welfare Funds to Support Conservative Talk Radio
MS Today: “New and Davis were hyping their ill-conceived welfare delivery model, Families First for Mississippi, which resulted in the theft or misspending of nearly $100 million. The pair would later plead guilty to several felonies after perpetuating what officials have called the largest public fraud scheme in state history. “Sometimes it just takes people…
“San Antonio will vote on marijuana decriminalization”
Off the Kuff: “Progressive groups celebrated on the steps of City Hall Tuesday afternoon before delivering the boxes of signed petitions needed to get a measure in front of voters that would decriminalize both cannabis possession and abortion. Ananda Tomas, executive director of police reform group ACT 4 SA, told reporters that her group and…
“NC Latino Voter Turnout Fell, Reversing Upward Climb. These Are Some Possible Reasons”
WUNC: “North Carolina advocacy groups registered thousands of Latino voters in 2022 in a push to turn out the state’s fastest growing group of residents. They made calls. They used concerts, cultural events and Instagram posts to appeal to hard-to-reach young voters. Yet Latino registration and turnout rates, after increasing in the past two midterm…
GOP Chaos Can Be Traced to Newt Gingrich’s Lack of Character
NY Times: “In contrast, Mr. Gingrich said of his own speakership, which sought a revolt in the Republican Party and the way Washington does business, “We weren’t just grandstanders. We were purposeful.” He would be glad to show the current rebels how to do it, he said. “But anything that takes longer than waiting for…