Meet the Pro-Refugee “Hipster Mayor” Running for Senate in Georgia
Ted Terry, mayor of Clarkston, GeorgiaAssociated Press The field of Georgia Democrats vying to unseat GOP Sen. David Perdue is getting interesting. On one end of the spectrum is Teresa Tomlinson, the former mayor of Columbus, Georgia, who told me that one of her assets is that she speaks “fluent Republican.” On the other is…
A Quarter of All State Supreme Courts Have Never Had a Justice of Color
Chris Ryan/Getty State courts hear 95 percent of cases filed in the United States, setting sweeping legal precedents that influence generations. “The [courts] touch virtually every aspect of our lives,” says Alicia Bannon, managing director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. But unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the people whose hands those…
Robert Mueller Is Human. But He Delivered for Democrats.
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify at a House Intelligence Committee on July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Robert Mueller, whose reputation reached mythic proportions amid his nearly two years of silence as special counsel, seemed notably human during roughly seven hours of testimony on Wednesday. He struggled to hear lawmakers’ questions,…
Mueller: Trump Was “Generally” Untruthful
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A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Latest Attempt to Turn Away Asylum Seekers
Protesters hold signs outside the San Francisco federal courthouse on Wednesday.AP Photo/Haven Daley In another rebuke to President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, a federal judge blocked the White House’s most recent asylum ban Wednesday, writing that it is “inconsistent with the existing asylum laws” set by Congress. On July 15, Trump announced a rule…
Quote of the Day: Amazon Has Destroyed Retail Sales
Our Treasury secretary is all in favor of the Justice Department’s antitrust review of online platforms: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that he supported the Justice Department’s efforts to look into Amazon, because the tech giant has “destroyed the retail industry.” “I think if you look at Amazon, although there are certain benefits to…