NY Times: “James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who, with no background in diplomacy or Chinese affairs, thrived as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to China in the late 1990s until a bombing in Europe left angry mobs besieging his embassy, died on Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 87….
“Cornel West Disqualified from Georgia Ballot”
Political Wire: “Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified from running for president in Georgia, two state court judges ruled Wednesday, saying that their electors didn’t file the proper paperwork,” the AP reports. “For now at least, the decision means votes for West and De la Cruz won’t be counted in Georgia, even…
RFK Off Ballot, Harris Volunteers Surging, and Why Mecklenburg County is Key – NC Playing Big Role in this Year’s Presidential Race
NC will reprint ballots: RFK Jr. wins his case to get out of the state’s presidential race “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name won’t be on ballots in North Carolina this year, as the state Supreme Court ruled Monday night that officials must reprint nearly 3 million ballots it finished printing last month. WRAL reports the…
“DeSantis election police question people who signed abortion ballot petition”
WaPo: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s election police unit is investigating alleged fraud in signature gathering for the state’s upcoming abortion referendum in a move that critics say is designed to intimidate voters. In the past week, two people reported that an agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrived at their homes and asked them about petitions they…
“Father of Georgia high school shooting suspect arrested, charged”
WaPo: “The father of the 14-year-old student accused of opening fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., has been arrested in relation to Wednesday’s shooting, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Colin Gray, 54, was charged Thursday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to…
“Harris Leads in North Carolina”
Political Wire: “A new SurveyUSA poll in North Carolina finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 49% to 46%, with 5% undecided and almost no voters saying they plan to back a third-party candidate. “
“[U of AR] Honors College to Host Pulse Discussion on the History of Campus Protests”
U of AR: “College campuses have often served as focal points for civil discourse. Campus protests and student activism have a long history of making headlines and influencing public opinion and lawmakers. These movements have addressed both campus-specific issues and international topics such as racial justice, wars, sexual assault, climate change, student loan debt and…
“A Trial Over Tyre Nichols’s Death Begins as Memphis Is in a New Bind”
NY Times: “The agonizing footage of Memphis police officers kicking and punching Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man, during a Jan. 7, 2023, traffic stop horrified the city and the nation. Fallout was swift: Five officers were fired and charged in connection with Mr. Nichols’s beating and death. The Police Department disbanded the street crime unit…
“Start of mail-in voting delayed in NC, as RFK Jr.’s lawsuit leads to court-ordered pause”
WRAL: “Mail-in voting in North Carolina will be delayed by at least a few days — and possibly weeks — due to a court ruling Friday in the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should appear on the ballot for the presidential race. But the fast-moving legal fight isn’t over yet. The State…
“As Jimmy Carter nears 100, he is buoyed by Harris’s run for president”
WaPo: “Former president Jimmy Carter, 99, turned to his son several weeks ago as he watched President Joe Biden, 81, announce that he was passing the torch to a younger generation. “That’s sad,” Carter said softly. … Carter has been in hospice for 18 months, and his health slipped further after his wife, Rosalynn, died in November,…