Black Voters Did That

Lisa McNair, sister of one of the four girls killed in the 1963 church bombing, is hugged as U.S. Senate candidate… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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Mickey Welsh  (@mickeywelsh) December 13, 2017

Black women when they left the voting booths in Alabama: https://t.co/pOHefqxAhc

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Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) December 13, 2017

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Selma, Lord, Selma. It’s no coincidence that Selma, where blood was shed in the struggle for voting rights for Blac… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 13, 2017

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Let this sink in - Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ Senate seat was taken by a civil rights lawyer who convicted Klansmen. Justice is sweet.

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Lily Adams (@adamslily) December 13, 2017

Black voters just replaced Jeff Sessions with the man who prosecuted the KKK for the Birmingham church bombing. #AlabamaSenateElection

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Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 13, 2017

Early Bird Chat

me, reading about the jeff sessions news https://t.co/pko0hwWYQN

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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 02, 2017

PRO TIP: Next time Coretta Scott King tells you not to trust someone, believe her.

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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 02, 2017

Coretta Scott King’s Words

if you’re gonna be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty…..

oh boy, these people……

CBS: Dozens of Republicans who strongly touted their opposition to the 2009 Recovery Act have nonetheless quietly made requests for stimulus money, according to a report by the Center for Public Integrity.

The report finds that leading members of Congress — including Rep. Pete Sessions, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, former presidential candidates John McCain and Ron Paul, and Tea Party favorites Michele Bachmann and Sen. Scott Brown – have discreetly requested stimulus funds despite their public opposition to the initiative.

Sessions, a Texas Republican, has repeatedly decried the law as a “trillion dollar spending spree” that was “more about stimulating the government and rewarding political allies than growing the economy and creating jobs.” But in February of 2010, Sessions wrote to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urging him to allocate $81 million in stimulus money for a project in an affluent Texas suburb, according to the report.

In his letter of request, Sessions changed his tone regarding the potential usefulness of stimulus aid in relieving recession-related hardships. “Carrollton’s project will create jobs, stimulate the economy, improve regional mobility and reduce pollution,” he wrote.

Conservative advocacy groups that oppose the Recovery Act have expressed their dismay at news of the discrepancy between rhetoric and reality on the part of some lawmakers.

“The GOP should not be taking this money and spending it regardless of where it came from,” Rob Gaudet, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots, said to the Center for Public Integrity. “They should be fighting against it with every fiber of their elected beings.”