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…
“Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress, sparking crowded race for her seat”
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…