Political Wire: ““New audio from inside a U.S. government shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Fort Bliss, Texas, reveals allegations of sexual misconduct by staff toward minors, acknowledgment the children were running low on clean clothes and shoes and a reluctance by officials to make public the scope of the facility’s Covid outbreak,” NBC News reports.”

Slate: “On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings for a number of Joe Biden’s nominees, including Hampton Dellinger, whom the president selected to serve as assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy. An outspoken progressive, Dellinger surely expected Republican senators to grill him about his past political tweets on controversial…

Off the Kuff: “Former President Donald Trump has backed Attorney General Ken Paxton for reelection, passing over primary challenger George P. Bush in bestowing the highly sought-after endorsement. “It is going to take a PATRIOT like Ken Paxton to advance America First policies in order to Make America Great Again,” Trump said in a statement…

The Progressive Pulse: “House Democrats plan to next week unveil a new version of legislation named after the late Georgia civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis that could protect voting rights across the U.S. During a Friday press conference, House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said that House Democrats are expected to introduce…

LA Voice: “All this is to say while that the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission got a lot of media coverage because of the legal battle and the eventual release of its records, Louisiana once had its own State Sovereignty Commission, formed four years after and modeled on Mississippi’s commission but which received far less notoriety. The…

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Georgia Republicans have taken the first step on their freshly blazed path toward a possible takeover of Fulton County’s elections. A letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows two dozen state senators support a performance review of Fulton elections chief Richard Barron. The letter was written Tuesday, the very same day a front-page…

NY Times: “In the Supreme Court petition Attorney General Fitch filed in June 2020 (that is not a typographical error; it took the justices 11 months simply to decide to hear the case), she was coy about what she was really asking. “To be clear,” she told the court, “the questions presented in this petition do not…

AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Democratic Party will field a slate of “credible and viable candidates” for statewide offices — but party leadership isn’t ready yet to provide details, ADP executive director Wade Perry said on the Alabama Politics This Week podcast.  With Alabama Republicans already fighting in a number of primary races — and raising money…

Texas Observer: “Every so often, an alarm would sound, indicating that something, somewhere, had leaked. Some families retreated into the clubhouse until the air had cleared of the unidentified particulate matter, but most simply carried on with their picnics. “Honestly, I didn’t really think that much about whether there was any danger,” Laura remembers. “It…

The North State Journal: “Critical Race Theory is based in the belief that all facets of society, all people, and history are inherently racist and that resolution or redemption for those people or societal structures is not possible. At the press briefing, Cooper was asked directly his position on the issue. Cooper responded, “What I…