Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a massive new voting law that places restrictions on absentee voting and reduces the number of absentee drop-boxes, as well as making it a crime to pass out food or drinks to voters waiting in line. https://t.co/KSF6W2Q55p
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 26, 2021
“Every last one of your names goes on a ballot. Enjoy your time in office because you’re going to the power of the vote come back on you like a hammer,” @MichaelSteele says, reacting to Georgia's new voting legislation signed into law by GOP Gov. Kemp. https://t.co/Rvy4quAXHx
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 26, 2021
Park Cannon, a Democratic state representative in Georgia, was arrested on Thursday for knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp’s door, as the Republican governor signed a new law restricting voting access in Georgia. https://t.co/E5nr3f1e2t pic.twitter.com/JNo7V1F9u1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 26, 2021
Something looked odd Thursday night when GA Gov. Brian Kemp signed his new Jim Crow voting law
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) March 26, 2021
With some Twitter sleuthing, we learned Kemp was in front of a painting of a notorious slave plantation. The symbolism is overpowering. My instant column https://t.co/CLKJWdASZu
.@ariberman: "This is the most important issue facing democracy and facing the Democratic Party right now. Democrats can either get rid of the filibuster and pass the For The People Act … or they can keep the filibuster and allow Republicans to implement Jim Crow 2.0." pic.twitter.com/OXjiLT83uG
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) March 26, 2021
Let's be clear. The legislation passed in Georgia is voter suppression. The Senate must quickly take up the voting rights bills passed by the House of Representatives. If we are serious about calling ourselves a democracy, we must make it easier for people to vote – not harder.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 26, 2021
Biden says the "Justice Department is taking a look" at the Georgia voting restrictions.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 26, 2021
The Georgia voting law — like so many others being pursued by Republicans in statehouses across the country — is a blatant attack on the right to vote, the Constitution, and good conscience.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 26, 2021
It’s Jim Crow in the 21st Century — and it must end.
Georgia activists call for Coca-Cola boycott over ‘deafening silence’ on voting rights | US news | The Guardian https://t.co/jgmp7uV9Iy
— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) March 26, 2021
that walk back to the mic 🔥 watch this ⬇️ #gapol
— Lauren Passalacqua (@laurenvpass) March 26, 2021
"Folks keep asking what we are going to do about the filibuster. I think they ought to ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, what are they going to do about voting rights? Why won't they stand up for voting rights?" pic.twitter.com/YNInaQAcOA
Biden indicated that the “talking filibuster”—apparently backed by Joe Manchin—will happen. So we can look forward to GOP senators staying up all night on the floor defending their “Keep Grandma Thirsty” bill.
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) March 26, 2021
Oh, and…
Fox News sued by Dominion in $1.6 billion defamation case that could set new guardrails for broadcasters https://t.co/Wd0c3EubVY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 26, 2021
Analysis: The false claims from Fox News and Trump allies cited in Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit https://t.co/STDOPHXYuD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 26, 2021
Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News, alleging an "orchestrated defamatory campaign."
— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) March 26, 2021
CNN's @OliverDarcy reports the network is now facing $4 billion in lawsuits over it's coverage of the 2020 election. https://t.co/G0GPhGY6yW pic.twitter.com/0dcFgg6xJj
Laura Ingraham cut Trump off when he tried to repeat false claims the election was stolen, as Fox News faces defamation lawsuits https://t.co/07SVMvzWhA
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) March 26, 2021
“The Ever Given is standing athwart one of the most important shipping lanes in the world, yelling “Oops!” She is ruining everything, and at least for the moment, she cannot be (un)stopped.” https://t.co/RfZqAnmv0r
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 26, 2021
— Steve (@SteveMcGookin) March 26, 2021
If it were down to me, I would simply ask the Scottish rugby team to move The Stuck Boat
— Dr Alice Lilly (@aliceolilly) March 26, 2021
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SALMOND THROWS POTENTIAL WRENCH IN SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
I'm no expert, and don't have a horse in this race.
— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) March 26, 2021
But from the outside, this looks spectacularly stupid, vastly egotistical, and strategically demented. Surely splitting the indy vote is vastly damaging to Scottish independence. The man must be mad.https://t.co/FaheR5ut0b
Alex Salmond's ego is now arguably the chief obstacle to Scottish independence. https://t.co/U7C5neBg5x
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 26, 2021
SNP have just responded to launch of Alba Party: pic.twitter.com/E3kcFTMupg
— BBC Andrew Kerr (@BBCandrewkerr) March 26, 2021
Meanwhile…
This is a wipeout of an entire sector – imagine the reaction in France, Spain or Italy if their food and drink exports collapsed like this?!! Their governments wouldn’t last the week. https://t.co/NDTJzSHp03
— Seb Dance (@SebDance) March 26, 2021
Hive mind: help myself and @MarinaOLoughlin with a mystery. There's a restaurant called Pollyana in which the Home Office has spent thousands of pounds. We can not find it. (And for those wary of a screengrab you'll find that spend in the detail here https://t.co/5wxucflfzC) https://t.co/trfTxsNzpq
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) March 26, 2021
For reasons no doubt entirely unrelated to the vast amount of funding the Tories get from property developers. https://t.co/o5NcYDS5XW
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 26, 2021
No. 10 readout of @BorisJohnson
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) March 26, 2021
call with @JoeBiden
"On Northern Ireland, the leaders reiterated their shared commitment to protecting the Good Friday Agreement."
Just a gentle reminder, tween friends. pic.twitter.com/JaBwX19sgl
If the British Government and EU are on the same page, that means the former is dutifully fulfilling its obligations with the NI Protocol. So expect some diversionary story in the Sunday Times. https://t.co/sla9NhOWGE
— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) March 26, 2021
The Overnight Note 