Federal Judges Block Newly Drawn Louisiana Congressional Map In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel sided with challengers who argued that the map that created a second Black majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.” ... 05/1/2024 - 8:26 am | View Link
Judges block Louisiana's congressional map. A Supreme Court appeal is expected A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act. 05/1/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
Judges reject Louisiana congressional map with second majority-Black House district A panel of federal judges rejected a newly drawn congressional map Tuesday that would have created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana. The move tees up a potential redistricting battle ... 05/1/2024 - 3:05 am | View Link
National Politics Merchan said that if Trump continued to violate his orders, he would “impose an incarceratory punishment.” “There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge ... 04/30/2024 - 11:49 pm | View Link
Trump Calls Judge 'Crooked' After Facing a Warning of Jail Time if He Violates a Trial Gag Order Merchan said that if Trump continued to violate his orders, he would "impose an incarceratory punishment.” “There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He's a totally conflicted judge,” Trump ... 04/30/2024 - 1:07 pm | View Link
After it emerged recently that Gov. Kristi Noem recounts a graphic, disturbing story in her forthcoming book about killing her puppy with a gun, the Republican from South Dakota defended the violence as a “tough decision” she had to make. The dog, she wrote, had attacked some chickens.
“I talk about it because what I’m tired of in this country is politicians who pretend to be something that they’re not,” Noem said on CBS’s Face the Nation today.
That tough talk aside, Noem apparently is not immune to such posing: It has now also emerged that she falsely claimed in her book to have met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)
WILMINGTON, N. C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.
Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.
But afterward, the Wilmington resident acknowledged he is worried about Biden’s political standing in the looming rematch with former Republican President Donald Trump.
“There’s not enough energy,” Rikard said of Biden’s coalition.
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According to a whistleblower, Pentagon personnel were complicit in ensuring that the January 6 protests were out of control. This is court-martial stuff.