Washington Examiner: “Asked by the podcast host if Tillis likely would have lost if Cunningham’s affair hadn’t been exposed, Bolger said, “Oh, I think so. I’m not taking anything away from Sen. Tillis or the campaign we run,” Bolger told McCrary, a Democratic pollster and partner at ALG Research. But the Tillis campaign focused on the affair…
TN Lawmakers Try to Make Bible State Book, Again
Tennessean: “A resolution designating the Bible as the state book cleared a House committee Tuesday morning despite constitutional concerns from several lawmakers. HJR150, carried by Rep. Jerry Sexton, R-Bean Station, would include the Bible in the Tennessee Blue Book next to a list of other state symbols. This is his third attempt to designate the Bible as…
Pres. Biden: GA Voting Law Is “Jim Crow in the 21st Century”
WaPo: “President Biden on Friday criticized a Georgia law imposing restrictions on voting and urged Congress to act on sweeping voting rights legislation. “This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century. It must end. We have a moral and constitutional obligation to act,” the president said in a statement. The newly signed law, among other…
Major League Baseball May Boycott GA Over Voting Restrictions
Boston Globe: “The 91st MLB All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta this July. But on Thursday, in the wake of voting-restriction legislation signed into law by the Georgia governor, the executive director of the MLB Players Association said the players are ready to discuss moving their annual midsummer exhibition out of Georgia….
“What Does Georgia’s New Voting Law SB 202 Do?”
GA Public Broadcasting: “Changes to absentee voting Mail-in absentee voting will look the most different for voters, especially after 1.3 million people used that method in the November general election. Voters over 65, with a disability, in the military or who live overseas will still be able to apply once for a ballot and automatically receive…
“Lady Bird Johnson Was About More Than Wildflowers”
Texas Observer: “Nearly 14 years after her death, Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson’s legacy, to most who know anything about her at all, has been boiled down to wildflowers alongside Texas highways. In Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig makes the convincing case that Johnson’s role in history is far more complex,…
“There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.”
WaPo: “We looked at data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to see whether there’s a “crisis” — or even a “surge,” as many news outlets have characterized it. We analyzed monthly CBP data from 2012 to now and found no crisis or surge that can be attributed to Biden administration policies. Rather, the current increase in apprehensions…
“Meredith Poll: North Carolinians support COVID precautions, Medicaid expansion, hiking minimum wage”
The Progressive Pulse: “A new Meredith College poll finds even as vaccination rates increase, most North Carolinians are not ready to abandon all COVID-pandemic restrictions. While some states have dropped mask mandates in recent weeks, the new poll found over twice as many respondents favor keeping the mask mandate in place in our state (64.2%) versus those…
“Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia”
Politico: “Former President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Rep. Jody Hice in a campaign to unseat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in next year’s Republican primary, saying that “unlike” the incumbent, “Jody leads out front with integrity.” Trump publicly seethed about Raffensperger after the November election, when the secretary of state refused to support…
Rep. Mo Brooks, One of America’s Craziest Congressmen, To Run for Senate
AL.com: “Congressman Mo Brooks announced Monday night he will run for Senate next year, a confirmation of his rising Republican profile as a fierce fighter for former President Donald Trump. Brooks made the announcement before more than 300 supporters at a gun club in his hometown of Huntsville. “I envy you,” former Donald Trump adviser…