News9: “Marjorie Taylor Greene is set to step down from her seat in Congress in 2 weeks and there is a growing list of candidates vying for her seat. However, since there will not be an election scheduled until after she leaves office, there is no official candidate list just yet. Rep. Greene made the…
NC Man Dismantles Charlotte Church’s Nativity Scene in Support of ICE
WCNC: “A Charlotte church’s Nativity scene featuring mannequins dressed as ICE agents. The incident happened on Thursday at Missiongathering Church near Optimist Hall. The church partnered with an art collective to create the Nativity. A church official said the point is to make people think about ICE raids and immigration enforcement. The church has since…
“Ted Cruz weighs another presidential run, setting up clash with Vance”
WaPo: “Sen. Ted Cruz sat down with a longtime ally in November at an office near D.C.’s Union Station to discuss the future of the Republican Party. Before long, the discussion touched on his own future. His friend Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, told Cruz he believed that “Jew hatred and…
“U.S. Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns”
CBS News: “The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago. An unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in…
“Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation”
SuperTalk: “A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in August ordered Mississippi to redraw the map, which was enacted in 1987, concluding the current configuration dilutes the…
“Jasmine Crockett Enters U.S. Senate Race in Texas, Reshaping Democratic Primary”
NY Times: “Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic firebrand from the Dallas area, said Monday she was running for Senator John Cornyn’s seat in Texas, shaking up the Democratic primary for what could be the party’s best chance in years to win statewide office. Her entrance into the campaign, hours before the deadline for candidates to…
“Georgia Democrats Flip Solid Red House Seat”
Political Wire: “Georgia Democrats continued to gather momentum ahead of next year’s midterm elections, flipping a solidly Republican state House seat in a special election on Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The Downballot: “That’s 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans.””
“Did Texas Republicans Overplay Their Hand on Redistricting?”
NY Times: “When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map over the summer, they aimed to flip five districts held by Democrats and were guided by the 2024 presidential election results, which showed voters moving to the right. But winning all five of those seats under the new map is far from a lock for…
“DOJ sues Georgia county as Trump pushes debunked 2020 election fraud claims”
WaPo: “The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false claims that his loss to Joe Biden was rigged. Citing a need to investigate “compliance with federal election law,” the lawsuit demands Georgia election officials turn over “all…
“Neo-Nazi group spotted marching in Little Rock over the weekend | What to know”
THV 11: “Over the weekend, a Neo-Nazi group was spotted marching through the streets of Little Rock. However, we’re now learning that the group, Blood Tribe, didn’t have a permit. Since then, there has been fear and frustration in Little Rock from many people after the Neo-Nazi group marched at two of the city’s most…