In spite of the COVID-19 related deaths of several members, including State Representative Reggie Bagala, State Representative-Elect Luke Letlow, and former State Representative Steve Carter, the Louisiana Republican Party is planning an in-person meeting of its 230-member central committee on Jan 30, 2021.
Category: Politics
One Thing at Time
January 28, 2021The Capitol Insurrection was a monumental event that, unless something even more dramatic and disruptive happens in the next few weeks, will likely shape American public life for the next […]
Grading the Trumpian Coup: A COIN Analyst Reacts
January 26, 2021Author’s note: I don’t claim to be the world’s foremost expert on extra-legal campaigns to usurp power, but neither am I a completely unqualified bar stool-patriot here to mansplain tyranny. […]
Free Speech: First Amendment v. Common Misconceptions
January 25, 2021Free speech; two words that are constantly called forth in an attempt to justify opinions, ideas and insults hurled across the internet. Freedom of speech is critical to our identity […]
Chucks, Pearls, Courage, and Black Women
January 23, 2021The racist regime has fallen and now it’s time to move the moral arc of the universe toward justice. This brings me to the curious case of the St. Martin […]
LA Dem Leader Skipped Voting on Pivotal Issues; Now Receives GOP Support
January 23, 2021Louisiana Democratic Vice-Chair C. Travis Johson has been notably silent on issues important to Louisiana Democrats in the past several months. Johnson, who was hand-picked by Democratic Chair Katie Bernhardt has skipped several pivotal and important votes and is now receiving fundraising help from Lousiana GOP leaders.
68 Louisiana Law Students & Faculty Call for the Resignation of U.S. Senator Kennedy
January 23, 2021Law Students & Faculty from Loyola University New Orleans and Tulane University Urge the Senator to Resign After His Continued Objection to the Electoral College Certification Following the January 6th […]
Bernie Wins Inauguration
January 22, 2021At last, on January 20th, Bernie mania finally swept the world. The media, the citizens, they all finally came to appreciate Bernie—as a meme. No, we will likely never see […]
New Orleans City Council Defers Appointment of Prop 2 Supporter to NOPL Board
January 21, 2021This afternoon, the New Orleans City Council Government Affairs Committee will move to appoint Dana Henry to the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL). Henry currently serves as the Executive Director of Institutional Advancement at Einstein Charter Schools and was a vocal proponent of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s failed Proposition 2, which would have cut the NOPL budget by 40 percent.
Conservative Media Confesses to Lying About Voting Machine Companies’ Role in Presidential Election
January 16, 2021Conservative media is known for a lot of things, but honesty is not one of them. Whether that’s fact-free “news” websites that spring up out of nowhere on social media, […]
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