WaPo: ““It just does me good to come out here and talk to him,” Peggy Williams said on a blue-sky morning at the brink of fall. She had returned once again to the quiet spot by the North Toe River where, for decades, she shared a life with Lenny Widawski, a Yancey County musician who…
“Madison Cawthorn, ousted from House in 2022, tries comeback in Florida”
WaPo: “Former congressman Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina), who left office in 2023 after a series of scandals, is launching a comeback campaign in Florida. Cawthorn announced Wednesday that he is running for the state’s 19th Congressional District, a seat that is open next year because the incumbent, Rep. Byron Donalds (D), is running for governor.”
“Tennessee 7 Special: Upset in the Making?”
Inside Elections: “Throughout 2017 and into early 2018, election watchers kept seeing the same movie over and over: Special elections in heavily Republican areas were way closer than they had any right to be, as Donald Trump’s presidency galvanized Democratic voters and put several normally safe Republican districts into play. Eight years later, Trump is…
“Gunman kills one detainee, wounds two more at Dallas ICE facility, officials say”
Politico: “An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees was killed and two more wounded in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday that federal officials are investigating as an act of targeted violence. No law enforcement personnel were injured in the attack, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote in a post on X and posted a photo…
“New historic marker: How a deadly attack spurred NC’s first Pride march — in Durham”
9th Street Journal: “As Durham prepares for the city’s annual Pride parade on Sept. 27, an official commemoration of the very first gay rights march in the state is in the works. The new historical marker will recognize a 1981 Durham protest called Our Day Out that is considered North Carolina’s first Pride March. It…
“Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston”
NY Times: “First came the Republican gerrymander in Texas. Now comes the Democratic chaos in Houston. When Republican lawmakers, at the behest of President Trump, successfully redrew the congressional map of Texas this summer, the explicit aim was to grab as many as five U.S. House seats from the Democrats to try to preserve the…
Arkansans Fight Against Mega-Prison
The Nation: “So when news hit Facebook the day before Halloween last year that the governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was planning to call into the local radio station, KDYN True Country, to make an announcement, speculation ran wild. The station usually ran bulletins about local events like fish fries or little league baseball signups, not…
“El Paso DACA Recipient Remains in ICE Jail After Judge Ends Deportation Proceedings”
Democracy Now!: “In Texas, immigrant rights groups and supporters are demanding the release of an El Paso DACA recipient after a federal judge terminated her deportation proceedings. Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago is a longtime community organizer who was seized by Border Patrol agents at the El Paso airport in early August as she was about to board a…
“A Democrat in Texas Thinks Faith and Honesty Can Win a Senate Campaign”
NY Times: “Election after election, Democrats have raised the necessary money, gotten the needed attention and tried to win a Senate seat in Texas. They’ve talked football, chronicled their journeys across the vast state, highlighted their military heroism — and failed. Now James Talarico, a young Democratic state representative and Presbyterian seminarian, is taking a new tack, unafraid to talk…
“Taxpayer Money Down the Drain as Texas Poker Room Wins Major Legal Battle”
Poker News: “The Texas poker community, not just TCH, scored a victory on Friday when the Texas Supreme Court denied Espinoza’s appeal. Ryan Crow, owner of Texas Card House, said he anticipates this being the end of the three-year legal battle against his Dallas poker club. Crow received approval to operate a poker club from…