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…
“New Georgia Project Shuts Down”
Political Wire: “Once one of the most influential political groups in the South, the New Georgia Project is shutting down this week, marking a stunning fall for an organization that pushed to advance Democratic causes for more than a decade,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
Nationally Significant Trans Rights Champion Dies in Arkansas”
WaPo: “Miss Major Griffin-Gracy spent more than half a century refusing to be ignored while advocating for transgender people and others who’d been marginalized: sex workers, drug users and those who were homeless, sick or dying…. Miss Major, whom the LGBTQ+ rights organization Lambda Legal described as “a towering figure for transgender liberation,” inspired legions of activists…
“There Is No Trump Without the South”
NY Times: “The South isn’t just a wellspring for American culture; it offers a blueprint for America’s future. For this week’s round table on “The Opinions,” three Southerners — the columnists Jamelle Bouie, David French and Tressie McMillan Cottom — explore how the nation’s fascination with Southern culture reveals deeper truths about race, class, belonging…
“Justice Department Scrutinizes a Trip Fani Willis Took to the Bahamas”
NY Times: “As President Trump continues calling for investigations of his perceived political enemies, federal investigators are scrutinizing a trip that Fani T. Willis, the prosecutor who brought charges against him in Georgia, took to the Bahamas, according to a subpoena reviewed by The New York Times. Ms. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County,…
“To counter Trump, Virginia Democrats plan to redraw congressional map”
WaPo: “Virginia Democrats are initiating a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map in their favor to counter efforts to boost Republicans in other states, a push that state lawmakers will begin discussing in a special session on Monday. …Democrats in Virginia — a purple state with a Republican governor and a Democratic majority in…
“GOP-dominated Florida town votes to keep the name Gulf of Mexico Drive”
WaPo: “Of the hundreds of towns that crowd Florida’s coastline bordering the broad blue sea between America and Mexico, only one has a street named Gulf of Mexico Drive. For 68 years, the main road through the small island town of Longboat Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast has used that name — GMD to the…
New Posting Schedule
For the foreseeable future posting will be reduced to once per week, due to a new political project being undertaken by the editors. We intend to keep YD Wire alive for the long term, but this other political effort contributes to the cause and requires our full attention right now. Sincerely, Yellow Dog