The Daily Beast: “But their calls to boycott Georgia over this law? They’re just wrong, she says. “Sometimes being an ally means shutting up,” Taylor continues. “As soon as this began to happen, we heard people, especially people in Hollywood, say, ‘Oh, we’re going to boycott Georgia until they stop this.’ Right. And both me…
Is Florida Lying About Its COVID Numbers?
Yahoo! News: “New research published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully. Conservatives have celebrated DeSantis for his handling of the pandemic, which has killed…
“Can an Anti-Trump Republican Win a Special Election in Texas?”
The Dispatch: “Michael Wood voted for Donald Trump in 2020 because of his strong record on deregulation, Israel, the 2017 tax bill, and Supreme Court justices. “You line all that up against—in early November 2020—an increasingly radicalized Democratic Party that was talking about packing the Supreme Court, abolishing the filibuster, statehood for Puerto Rico, statehood…
“A Mississippi Reckoning: Film Shows Battle To Change State Flag About Identity Itself”
MS Free Press: “Discarding the Mississippi state flag of 1894 came in a fast final chapter last summer after decades of political impasse. It was the only remaining state flag in the U.S. featuring the Confederate emblem. The police killing of George Floyd on May 25 started the ultimate event chain. At the June 6 Black Lives Matter protest in Jackson,…
MS GOP Sen. Wicker Calls for Ending License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines
MS Free Press: “Driver’s license suspensions over unpaid fines have long triggered a devastating domino effect on poor Americans, costing them not only their ability to commute, but their jobs and livelihood. But the 35 states that continue to enforce such penalties could find new reasons to reconsider if a bill that U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker,…
“Arkansas governor signs bill allowing medical workers to refuse treatment to LGBTQ people”
PBS: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday signed into law legislation allowing doctors to refuse to treat someone because of religious or moral objections, a move opponents have said will give providers broad powers to turn away LGBTQ patients and others. The measure says health care workers and institutions have the right to not participate…
Multiple GA Grand Juries Looking at Pres. Trump
The Daily Beast: “This is the team Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is assembling to investigate Donald Trump—to go after his advisers and their attempts to manipulate election results in Georgia….In interviews with Willis, her staff, five former members of the team, and several people who interacted with them, The Daily Beast has learned…
“Stacey Abrams-Founded Group Sues Georgia Over ‘Voter Suppression Bill’”
Forbes: “The New Georgia Project—which was founded by activist and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams—along with the Black Voters Matter Fund and Rise, Inc. filed a lawsuit against state election officials Thursday evening in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The suit seeks injunctive action to block new election restrictions outlined in Senate Bill 202—the “Voter Suppression Bill,”…
“Delta Air Lines Praises Georgia’s New And ‘Improved’ Law Suppressing Voting Rights”
NewsOne: “Georgia-based corporations tried to play both sides in a recent battle over a new law that enacts additional barriers to ballot access. Several of the corporations have dodged direct questions concerning the wave of voter suppression laws, often hiding behind the chamber of commerce. But a statement released by Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, praising SB 202, raised alarms. LaTosha…
“‘It is the moral thing to do’: Virginia’s death penalty abolished in historic signing”
Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Four centuries of capital punishment in Virginia ended Wednesday outside the Greensville Correctional Center, the site of more than 100 of the state’s most recent executions. Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty under a tent opposite the entrance to the sprawling prison. L Unit, home of the execution chamber where…