North State Journal: “First Lady Jill Biden is facing intense backlash for a remark she made about Hispanic Americans Fox News reported.  Biden was speaking Monday at the 2022 UnidosUS Annual Conference titled “Siempre Adelante: Our Quest for Equity” when she boasted about the “diversity” of the Hispanic community nationwide.  Biden was the featured speaker at the event’s…

LA Voice: “Well, it’s official. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has bestowed upon the right-wing lobbyist group the Family Research Council (FRC) the official status of a CHURCH and Tony Perkins (not the late actor, but the former Louisiana legislator from Greenwell Springs) as its religious leader, or pastor, as it were. A church. The agenda of…

TX Observer: “As we gazed down at the photo, I was struck by Richards’ magnetic hold on people. Perhaps her heaps of charisma, a quality generally lacking in Texas politicians today, is what captures the eye. Or perhaps it’s that she represents a more hopeful time when Democrats stood a fighting chance. Whatever the key…

USA Today: “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that people will begin to work once they run out of savings.  “You’ve got a whole lot of people sitting on the sidelines because, frankly, they’re flush for the moment,” he said at an event in his home state of Kentucky. “What we’ve got to hope is once…

AL Political Reporter: “The possibility of legislation to close Alabama’s primaries and allow only individuals registered with a party to participate during party primaries has returned, with Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl in recent weeks calling for the closing of the primary system. In mid-June of this year, Wahl said on The Yaffee Program, a radio…

WUNC: “A project started in 2019 to restore key buildings used by the first Black Marines — and protect the structures from the effects of climate change —is nearly complete. During the 1940s, about 20,000 men trainedunder harsh conditions on a racially segregated base in North Carolina known as Montford Point .It’s now part of Camp Lejeune — the…

The Daily Beast: “When Herschel Walker’s campaign aides approached him this winter to discuss whispers that Walker had a secret child, the Georgia GOP’s Senate candidate told his campaign the rumors were false. Walker’s aides already knew he was lying. They had expected him to lie, and had obtained documents in advance of that conversation…

ATL Journal Constitution: “Last year, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrated their wedding anniversary with a huge party in Plains. In addition to neighbors, the guest list of more than 300 people included former President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, civil rights icon…

Political Wire: “Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said Thursday it’s past time for the White House to withdraw the name of anti-abortion Republican Chad Meredith as a potential nominee for federal judge in Kentucky,” the Louisville Courier Journal reports. The pick was reportedly part of a Biden deal with Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “so he wouldn’t hold up…

AR Times: “Known as the Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment, Responsible Growth’s proposed measure would legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over but would not allow consumers to grow their own plants. The measure would increase the number of cultivators from 8 to 20 and the number of dispensaries from 40 to 120. … Responsible Growth submitted more…