CNN: “A federal judge signaled Friday that she’ll likely allow a group of Georgia voters to move forward with their constitutional challenge against GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which claims she can’t run for reelection because she aided the January 6 insurrectionists. Federal Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia said during a lengthy hearing that…
“Alabama Legislature passes bill ending practice of shackling pregnant women”
AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Senate and House on Thursday passed legislation to end the practice of shackling pregnant women. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, would ban the use of waist and leg restraints on any incarcerated individual during pregnancy, labor and delivery or the immediate postpartum period, and would only allow…
“Texas Democratic Party leadership election roiled by accusation that a candidate shoved a staffer”
TX Tribune: “The race for Texas Democratic Party chair is being roiled by allegations that a challenger, Kim Olson, shoved the party’s top staffer during a bus tour in 2018. Olson denies the allegations, which her opponent, incumbent Gilberto Hinojosa, has publicly amplified and used to argue she is unfit to lead the party. Thousands…
Recent LA Dem Party Chair Resigns from Legislature, Citing Gambling Problem. But Is There a Fed Investigation too?
LA Voice: “When State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson (D-New Orleans) announced her immediate resignation from the legislature last week, she attributed her decision to depression and a chronic gambling addiction. While the reasons for her decision were rooted in facts, the truth may be a bit more complicated, it now seems. Political writers Gordon Russell…
Inflation Particularly Impacting Southern Voters
CNBC: “Matthew Rice doesn’t have to look hard for signs of inflation in Savannah, Georgia. A gallon of gas cost $2.79 a few months ago, he said. Now it runs him more than $4. “And, of course, when the price of gas goes up, the price of products goes up,” the 45-year-old added. “So yeah….
“Woman arrested in Starr County [TX] on murder for ‘illegal abortion’”
MyRGV News: “A woman was arrested Thursday and charged with murder for having a self-induced “illegal abortion.” According to the Starr County Sheriff’s Office, Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested and served with an indictment “on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by…
“Doris Derby, Civil Rights Era Photographer, Dies at 82”
NY Times: “Doris Derby, an educator, artist, activist and civil rights era photographer who turned her camera away from the violence of the times to capture the quieter moments of the movement, and in so doing documented the transformation of Black life in rural Mississippi, died on March 28 in Atlanta. She was 82. Her…
“Opinion: Abigail Disney: If my grandfather’s company doesn’t stand for love, what’s it for?”
WaPo: “The Walt Disney Co.’s slow and bungled reaction to a new Florida law ostensibly about education — better known as the “don’t say gay” bill — has left the company my grandfather co-created criticized by all sides. To find its way again, Disney needs to muster the courage to weather the momentary outrage of people who will not…
NC Militiaman Admits Jan 6 Plan to Stop Vote Count, Is Cooperating with Prosecutors
WaPo: “A North Carolina man who was one of the leaders of the far-right Proud Boys as they assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony counts with a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison and agreed to cooperate against other defendants in hopes of getting a lighter…
“Madison Cawthorn is not out of the woods yet on voter challenge”
WUNC: “These days, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn probably is focused on his crowded GOP primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. The freshman congressman has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump but also must navigate missteps like his citation for driving with a revoked license and calling the universally admired Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky…