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Florida Mayor Dan Gelber Slams DeSantis as ‘Craven’ Over Vaccine Claims

In a letter sent on Friday, Mayor Dan Gelber of Miami Beach laid into presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, saying the governor’s advice to Florida residents under 65 to avoid the newly available COVID vaccine is “entirely based on the politics of the Republican primary and not on what’s best for [his] Florida constituents.” “I have […]

Alabama

Opinion | Republicans in Alabama and Florida Are Attacking Civil Rights Gains | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

In May, 1901, 150 white men gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to rewrite their state’s constitution. They elected John Knox, a prominent lawyer, to chair the convention. Knox said in his opening speech: “[W]hat is it that we want to do? Why, it is to establish white supremacy in this state… we must establish it by […]

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Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 | #elections | #alabama

FILE – A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the […]

Alabama

Third Republican 2024 Debate Will Be at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican presidential candidates plan to gather at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for their third debate, according to people familiar with the event’s planning. The showcase in the heart of the Deep South could prove decisive for some candidates, as the party looks to winnow the large field seeking the nomination. Former President Donald […]

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Christie Says 3rd GOP Presidential Debate Is Coming to Tuscaloosa | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said the third Republican primary presidential debate will be hosted in Tuscaloosa, and former President Donald Trump may attend. In a long interview on MSNBC Monday night, Christie said Trump did not attend the first debate last week in Milwaukee and he is not expected to participate in […]

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Eight Republican candidates qualified for the first GOP debate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the debate stage anyway. Trump supporters including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in Milwaukee. There are questions about how many of his campaign surrogates will be allowed into Fox […]

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Donald Trump seems inescapable but many Republicans embrace a campaign discussion without him | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican debate may hurt television ratings and put more pressure on the eight contenders who will be on stage. But plenty of rank-and-file conservatives said they were eager to see their options without the former president dominating the conversation. “People are just so focused on […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Schools Will Still Offer AP African American Studies

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, right, walks with Jacob Oliva, Arkansas education secretary, prior to unveiling the Arkansas LEARNS education bill at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg (Getty Images) Even though the Arkansas Department of Education discredited AP African American Studies earlier this […]

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a fierce Ron DeSantis critic, qualifies for GOP presidential debate

NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said Friday that he has qualified for next week’s Republican presidential debate, becoming the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds required to participate in the opening face-off of the 2024 campaign. Suarez, 45 and the only Hispanic in the field, will be […]

Arkansas

Arkansas schools defy state, vow to continue offering AP African American Studies as local elective

by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press Thu, August 17th 2023, 10:15 PM UTC An angry mob of more than 1,000 white people made their way to the front of Little Rock Central High School where nine African American students were being escorted inside during integration. A number of white students even jumped out of windows […]