Alternet: “Georgia’s fetal personhood law, which was signed into law by Republican Governor Brian Kemp in 2019 and initially declared unconstitutional due to protections under Roe versus Wade, was the first in the nation to effect this past June after the United States Supreme Court struck down the half-century-old provision. House Bill 481, or the Living Infants…

WaPo: “Early on March 9, Robert Chapek, Walt Disney Co.’s CEO, got on the phone with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss the Parental Rights in Education bill, which restricts what teachers can say about gender and sexual orientation. On the surface, the pair shared a classic partnership between corporate leader and Republican governor. Disney…

Alternet: “U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has lost in federal appeals court and will have to given a deposition under oath in Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis’ special grand jury investigation into Donald Trump’s and his allies’ alleged election interference. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals late Thursday afternoon rejected Graham’s…

WaPo: “Growing up in the 1930s, Daniel R. Smith would listen to stories from his father, as young boys often do. He was not supposed to hear these stories — they were meant for his older siblings, not for a child as young as 5 or 6 — but after dinner on Saturday evenings he…

ABC News: “A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Gov. Ron DeSantis announced had been charged with voter fraud in August, to beat his case. The ruling by a Miami judge may now pave the way for similar motions and rulings in the other 19 election…

Today: “The state of Texas is sending public school students home with DNA kits designed to help their parents identify their children “in case of an emergency.” In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill No. 2158, a law requiring the Texas Education Agency to “provide identification kits to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution…

AL Political Reporter: “What a mess That was the assessment of the Alabama Department of Corrections by a federal appeals court judge on Monday, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit attempted to sift the rubble of yet another death row legal challenge and the underhanded manner in which the state has…

North State Journal: “Republican Ted Budd leads Democrat Cheri Beasley by a 50% to 44% margin according to a new East Carolina University Center of Survey Research poll of North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. That doubles the lead Budd had in a September poll by the university. “Budd’s most notable gains have come from women….

NC Policy Watch: “With the pain of last week’s mass shooting in Raleigh still new, North Carolina Democratic legislators pushed the Republican majority to consider gun safety laws and increase funding for mental health care…. Democrats for years have not been able to convince Republicans to consider stricter gun laws. Pro-gun activists and the National…

WaPo: “I spoke at the meeting because I’m the father of a transgender boy. I wanted to remind the board of a tragic constant in human history that I saw at play again that day — the dynamic by which empathy, tolerance and love become weaker political motivations than disgust, fear and hatred. I explained…