HuffPo: “In a new political low in Texas, the Republican-dominated state Senate has passed a bill to eliminate a requirement that public schools teach that the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist campaign of terror are “morally wrong.” The cut is among some two dozen curriculum requirements dropped from the new measure, along with studying Martin…
Long Serving MS Democrat Heading Insurrection Investigation Committee
The Guardian: “Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the new House select committee to scrutinize the Capitol attack, says he will investigate Donald Trump as part of his inquiry into the events of 6 January – a day he sees as the greatest test to the United States since the civil war. In an interview with the…
“Andrew Brown Jr.’s family seeks $30 million compensation in federal lawsuit”
The Progressive Pulse: “The family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black Elizabeth City man killed by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies in April, is asking for more than $30 million from two sheriffs and seven deputies in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Lawyers for the Brown family announced the filing of a Brown complaint in the U.S. District…
Down in AL, People Are Wondering: Is This Weather The Result of Climate Change?
AL Political Reporter: “Is there anybody out there who still doesn’t believe in climate change? Seriously. I mean, other than Mo Brooks, who believes rising oceans are actually caused by rocks falling into the world’s seas? I’ve been around 65-plus years now. I’ve probably been fairly aware for 60 or so years. Over my life,…
“Two more incarcerated men died in Alabama prisons this week”
AL Political Reporter: “Charles Hall, 34, was found unresponsive by prison staff at Bullock Correctional Facility on Wednesday and died from an apparent suicide, ADOC spokeswoman Kristi Simpson confirmed to APR on Friday. His death was still under investigation. That same day, DeVarrieo Shepherd, 33, was also found unresponsive in a segregation cell at Donaldson Correctional Facility….
“Democratic US Senate hopefuls [in NC] report second quarter fundraising totals”
North State Journal: “The reports are in from the candidates running in the state’s 2022 U.S. Senate Democratic primary. Former state Supreme Court chief justice Cheri Beasley raised $1.26 million. That amounts bests state Sen. Jeff Jackson, who raised just over $700,000. In his first quarter report, Jackson raised $1.3 million. He entered the race on January…
“More Democrats Like Texas Democrats!”
Watauga Watch: “Instead of more talk, including a presidential speech, we need elected Democrats to take action to protect the right to vote, like members of the Texas House did last night in chartering two planes and flying to the nation’s Capitol to lobby US senators to pass the For the People Act. Without the…
GOP Partisan Recounts How Often Ken Starr’s Career Has Harmed America, Including Starr’s Role Defending Disgraced Floridian Epstein
Medium: “I entered what as I now see as our long national unraveling during the Clinton impeachment, as an adviser to independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, and over the next couple of decades as I remained personally and professionally dedicated to him. Only in the last three years, thanks to the hold of an unhinged liar…
“Editorial: It’s Time for Texas Police to Ban Bean Bag Rounds at Protests”
TX Observer: “In late May of 2020, Anthony Evans says he was “walking down the street with [his] hands in the air” when a bean bag round fired by Austin police shattered his jaw bone. His injuries required surgery, and he had to have his mouth wired shut while he healed. Sareneka “Nemo” Martin was pregnant…
“Greg Abbott Could Get Burned as Democrats Flee”
Political Wire: ““Abbott’s predicament is one he seems uniquely unfit to solve. Unlike his predecessor, Rick Perry, he has never had much in the way of personal relationships with lawmakers.” “Abbott did not help the situation with his decision after Democrats walked out on the last day of the regular session to veto funding for…