WaPo: “The guidance from the Florida Health Department came in a terse release at 6:12 on Friday evening, ahead of a three-day weekend: Joseph A. Ladapo, the state’s top health official, warned young adult men to stop taking coronavirus vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, citing an “abnormally high risk” of heart-related deaths. But Ladapo’s recommendation — extrapolated…
“Democrats’ Midterm Hopes In Georgia Hinge On Black Voter Turnout”
HuffPo: “At a conference of hundreds of Black church leaders here last week, the message from the pastors and the Georgia political candidates who stopped by to press the flesh sounded awfully similar: Vote in November like your lives depend on it. “We determine who wins this election,” warned Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson, the head…
“White House weighs in on Tuberville’s ‘reparation’comments”
AL Political Reporter: “After being questioned about the president’s reaction to another recent scandal involving overtly racist remarks made by the president of the Los Angeles City Council, Jean-Pierre mentioned how Democrats hold their own accountable in instances of racist comments, unlike “MAGA Republicans” who appear to celebrate and endorse that behavior. “Here’s the difference between Democrats…
“GOP makes push to weaken Democrats’ grip on Texas border”
North State Journal: “The task — like Democrat Beto O’Rourke ‘s underdog campaign to unseat Abbott — is an uphill climb. But it is another way Republicans are putting plenty at stake on the Texas border, given that they are already refocusing the final sprint of the 2022 midterms on portraying the 1,200-mile boundary as…
Herschel Walker Reportedly Ended Relationship Over Partner’s Refusal to Get Abortion
NY Times: “A woman who has said Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, paid for her abortion in 2009 told The New York Times that he urged her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later. They ended their relationship after she refused. In a series of interviews, the woman said Mr. Walker…
A Reflection on Matthew Shepard from One Who Knew Him During His Time in College in NC
Bearing Drift: “Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the death of my friend, Matthew Shepard. Matt and I went to college together in North Carolina, but he transferred to the University of Wyoming. In the pre-Facebook world of the 1990s, we passed through each other’s lives with the transience of youth. A few months after…
“As Supreme Court test looms, UNC defends use of race in admissions”
WaPo: “Founded to educate the enslaving elite of this Southern state, allied for generations with the cause of white supremacy, roiled by racial tensions in recent years over the fate of a Confederate monument and treatment of Black faculty members, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been thrust into an unlikely role…
“Roy Cooper’s stranglehold on N.C. politics”
Longleaf Politics: “Four years ago, I published a ranking of the 50 most powerful people in North Carolina politics. Gov. Roy Cooper came in at No. 6. Now, there were plenty of issues with that list, but Cooper’s position wasn’t one of them. At the time, Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly had relegated…
“Tuberville: ‘Pro-crime’ Democrats want ‘reparations’ for ‘people who do the crime’”
AL.com: “U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Saturday said Democrats are in favor of “reparations” because they are “pro-crime.” Tuberville, R-Ala., made the comments while at a rally held by former President Donald Trump in Nevada. “They want reparations because they think the people who do the crime are owed that,” Tuberville said as the crowd…
“Most Alabama inmates back to work after week-long prison strike”
AL.com: “After a week of inmates at Alabama prisons refusing to work during a strike for prison reform, most are back at work. Five of the 15 major Alabama Department of Corrections facilities are still experiencing total inmate worker stoppages, according to ADOC spokesperson Kelly Betts. Most facilities have seen the partial return of inmate…