Political Wire: “The first ballots of the general election are heading to voters, as Alabama officials started mailing them out Wednesday,” NBC News reports. “Once eligible Alabama voters who requested absentee ballots receive them, they can return them at any point to lock in their votes for candidates for president, as well as in statewide and local…
““Dynamite Nashville” Book Reveals KKK Behind Unsolved Civil Rights-Era Attacks, Prompts New Probe”
Democracy Now!: “Historian and journalist Betsy Phillips discusses her new book, Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control, which chronicles three bombings in 1957, 1958 and 1960 aimed at supporters of the civil rights movement in Nashville. The book has sparked a reopening of the formerly cold cases, the likely perpetrators of…
“Georgia Judge Throws Out Two Counts Against Trump”
Political Wire: “The judge in the election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president,” NBC News reports. “Judge Scott McAfee wrote in his decision released Thursday that the counts could no longer be allowed to stand because…
“James Sasser, Senator and Clinton’s Envoy to China, Dies at 87”
NY Times: “James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who, with no background in diplomacy or Chinese affairs, thrived as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to China in the late 1990s until a bombing in Europe left angry mobs besieging his embassy, died on Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 87….
“Cornel West Disqualified from Georgia Ballot”
Political Wire: “Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified from running for president in Georgia, two state court judges ruled Wednesday, saying that their electors didn’t file the proper paperwork,” the AP reports. “For now at least, the decision means votes for West and De la Cruz won’t be counted in Georgia, even…
RFK Off Ballot, Harris Volunteers Surging, and Why Mecklenburg County is Key – NC Playing Big Role in this Year’s Presidential Race
NC will reprint ballots: RFK Jr. wins his case to get out of the state’s presidential race “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name won’t be on ballots in North Carolina this year, as the state Supreme Court ruled Monday night that officials must reprint nearly 3 million ballots it finished printing last month. WRAL reports the…
“DeSantis election police question people who signed abortion ballot petition”
WaPo: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s election police unit is investigating alleged fraud in signature gathering for the state’s upcoming abortion referendum in a move that critics say is designed to intimidate voters. In the past week, two people reported that an agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrived at their homes and asked them about petitions they…
“Father of Georgia high school shooting suspect arrested, charged”
WaPo: “The father of the 14-year-old student accused of opening fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., has been arrested in relation to Wednesday’s shooting, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Colin Gray, 54, was charged Thursday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to…
“Harris Leads in North Carolina”
Political Wire: “A new SurveyUSA poll in North Carolina finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 49% to 46%, with 5% undecided and almost no voters saying they plan to back a third-party candidate. “
“[U of AR] Honors College to Host Pulse Discussion on the History of Campus Protests”
U of AR: “College campuses have often served as focal points for civil discourse. Campus protests and student activism have a long history of making headlines and influencing public opinion and lawmakers. These movements have addressed both campus-specific issues and international topics such as racial justice, wars, sexual assault, climate change, student loan debt and…