AR Times: “The lead from The Hill: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 riot last year and called for Republicans to do some “soul-searching” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Hutchinson told “Fox News Sunday” guest host Brett Baier that while he did not believe…
“Tom Rice tries to survive his Trump impeachment vote — and stay in the House”
WaPo: “Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump in January 2021, Rep. Tom Rice seemed to be in the deepest political peril. The Myrtle Beach lawyer with a country club demeanor and a Southern drawl sailed into reelection four times with a conservative voting record, even winning by 24 points…
TX Pastor Calls for Execution of LGBT Individuals
LGBTQ Nation: “Pastor Dillon Awes of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Hurst, Texas had a very specific call for violence against LGBTQ people in sermon from this weekend. Entitled “Why We Won’t Shut Up,” his sermon was about “the solution for the homosexual,” which he said is murder. “What does God say is the answer,…
Uvalde Mom Handcuffed by Police Threatened by Police with Jail If She Spoke to Press
Mother Jones: “The Uvalde, Texas mother of two young Robb Elementary School students who was handcuffed by law enforcement at the scene of last month’s school shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead, gave a detailed description on Thursday of her attempts to save her children. Speaking to CBS News, Angeli Gomez said that…
MS’s Rep. Bennie Thompson in Spotlight as Head of Jan 6 Committee
NPR: “Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is facing one of the most high-profile moments in a political career spanning more than 50 years — leading this month’s hearings intended to show Americans what fueled the violence of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Some who tune in to Thursday’s prime-time hearing will encounter for the…
“$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Andrew Brown Jr.’s death”
WUNC: “A North Carolina sheriff’s office announced a $3 million settlement on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed in his car by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago. The family of Andrew Brown Jr. had filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit in 2021, saying the…
A Look at Martha Mitchell, Arkansas Native That Brought Down Nixon & Now Being Played by Julia Roberts in ‘Gaslit’
WaPo: “There was no mistaking the voice on the other end of the phone line. That twangy timbre. Brash and sass. Undiluted Arkansas Delta. Bob Woodward had heard this voice before. So when he answered his desk phone in the Washington Post newsroom that Sunday in the spring of 1974 he didn’t have to strain…
“Fake Trump electors in Ga. told to shroud plans in ‘secrecy,’ email shows”
WaPo: “A staffer for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign instructed Republicans planning to cast electoral college votes for Trump in Georgia despite Joe Biden’s victory to operate in “complete secrecy,” an email obtained by The Washington Post shows. “I must ask for your complete discretion in this process,” wrote Robert Sinners, the campaign’s election operations director for Georgia,…
Judge Forces LA to Redraw District Maps to Account for Large AfAm Population Growth
Political Wire: ““A federal judge has ordered Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature, which overpowered the state’s Democratic governor to enact a congressional map favorable to the GOP, to redraw the map to add a second majority-Black district,” the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.”
“Cisneros asks for recount in Democratic primary runoff against incumbent Cuellar”
WaPo: “Attorney Jessica Cisneros will request a recount of the runoff election between her and Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar. “Our community isn’t done fighting, we are filing for a recount,” Cisneros said in a statement. “With just under 0.6 percent of the vote symbolizing such stark differences for the future in South Texas, I owe it…