The Shadow War on Blake Miguez: Fake Grassroots Group Turns on Its Own
Blake Miguez is publicly praised as a conservative standard-bearer by the same group now funding attacks against him. For years, we have watched a strange and increasingly destructive phenomenon take hold inside Louisiana’s political landscape: a small but noisy...
The Myth of Safe Seats: Rethinking Louisiana’s Senate Races
It all started with a phone call. As a data guy by nature, it’s difficult to answer an opinion question like which state Senators may be out of sync with their districts. However, thanks to the data-driven approach to everything we do here at Citizens for a New...
Louisiana’s Infant Mortality Crisis The Advocate Got Wrong
We’ve all read The Advocate’s “sweeping exposé” declaring that Louisiana’s infant mortality crisis is “shocking,” “inhumane,” and “unacceptable.” According to the paper, our state has “one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the developed world —...
Julie Emerson: The Quiet Power Behind Louisiana’s Conservative Comeback
Louisiana politics is like football — passionate fans, rival teams, and more drama than policy. Everyone’s got a jersey, a hashtag, and a side to cheer for. But while the loudest players chase the spotlight, a handful of quiet workhorses actually move the ball down...
Not So Fast: Carbon Capture and the US Senate Race
A recent article circulating on social media claims that State Treasurer (and candidate for U.S. Senate) John Fleming has long opposed Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). At the same time, claiming that Louisiana Freedom Caucus member, state Senator Blake Miguez...
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Lunsford spent years raising the heat leading a stealthy but steady campaign that replaced members of the library board who, from his perspective, were not quite on board.
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The movement... all across the nation to hijack and remake whole library systems, in order to purge their respective systems of objectionable material, is... by a group called Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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