WaPo: “South Carolina’s new license plate, now one of two default options in the state, features a simple slogan: “Where the Revolutionary War Was Won.” The change, part of the state’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday, recognizes South Carolina’s contributions in the Revolutionary War, which helped secure victory for the Continental Army. The problem,…
“She made a Facebook comment about her mayor. Then the police arrived.”
WaPo: “Raquel Pacheco began recording on her phone Monday as she opened her front door to the pair of police officers standing outside. They told her they had questions about a Facebook comment she had written. “Is that your account?” one officer asked. The other held out his phone, showing a message Pacheco had written…
“Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nod”
Political Wire: “A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media poll of the 2026 elections in Texas finds James Talarico leading the Democratic Primary for US Senate with 47%, followed by Rep. Jasmine Crockett at 38%, with 15% undecided.”
“Here’s Andy Beshear’s Case for President”
Politico: “The primaries before the midterm elections haven’t even started yet, but Beshear is running for president. His local political advisers are thinking deeply about his strategy, and he’s tapped a handful of national strategists to guide him in these early days. However, the real giveaway is that Beshear already has a two-pronged theory of…
“Mobile County protest policy faces pushback over targeting concerns, constitutional rights”
AL.com: “A proposed policy regulating protests inside Mobile’s Government Plaza is facing pushback from a county commissioner who argues it targets a specific individual and could infringe on constitutional rights….”I’ve been told there was no ongoing situation we were trying to address,” Ludgood said. “I later learned that wasn’t the case. To the extent I…
“Georgia sets special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat”
WaPo: “Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Tuesday announced a special election to fill the House seat vacated by the resignation of former Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, a onetime staunch defender of President Donald Trump who had an acrimonious split with the president on several issues. The election to succeed Greene in the state’s 14th Congressional…
“Death at a Mississippi jail: Brutal beating or a fall from bed?”
MS Today: “For months, Chancellor Berrong, a 26-year-old in prison for assault and kidnapping, has been trying to tell authorities that he killed a man in a Mississippi jail seven years ago. He told a prison guard that he had information about the crime, attempted to confess to a detective and gave a written confession…
“South Carolina serves up another taste of RFK Jr.’s America”
WaPo: “More than 250 people in South Carolina have been placed under quarantine due to their exposure to the state’s largest measles outbreak in decades. Some parents of newborns, who must wait until their first birthday to receive the vaccine, are hunkering down as if they’re back in the darkest days of the covid-19 pandemic. Pediatricians, fearful…
A Look at One Fast Growing Indivisible Chapter in the South
INDY Week: “The local activist group was founded back in February by longtime Democrats Steve and Martha Glass. The group’s first meeting was limited to about 30 people living in the Glasses’ retirement community, Glenaire. But word soon spread. Now, Cary Indivisible has expanded beyond Glenaire to include some 700 official members, mostly “younger seniors”…
“Texas Is Sued Over Investigations Into Teachers’ Speech After Charlie Kirk’s Death”
NY Times: “The Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers sued the state’s education agency in federal court on Tuesday, challenging investigations against scores of teachers in the state over comments they made after the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The union’s lawsuit was among the first to oppose a broad effort by…