The Florida Senate has declined to consider reinstating former Broward County elections head Brenda Snipes, paving the way for an ally of Republican Gov. Rick Scott to fill the remainder of her term, according to a memo on Thursday from Senate President Bill Galvano. Snipes had announced she would resign her post on Jan. 4, […]
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Bernie Sanders Backers Battle DNC in 11th Circuit…
A group of Bernie Sanders supporters faced off against the Democratic National Committee before an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday, fighting to resurrect their claims that the committee shafted them by favoring Hillary Clinton over Sanders in the 2016 presidential primary. The Sanders supporters urged the Atlanta-based federal appeals court, which held hearings in Miami on […]
LA Democratic Party Office Shuts Down. Seven Party Top Officials Fired…
Less than a month after its chairman resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations, the California Democratic Party has again been roiled by internal strife — this time, the abrupt firing of seven of the party’s top officials and the shuttering of its Los Angeles office by the acting chairwoman, Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker. Those fired […]
House Passes $867B Farm Bill…
The House on Wednesday passed an $867 billion farm bill to help those in the agricultural industry, sending the legislation to President Trump for a signature. The measure easily passed the lower chamber by a 369-47 vote after overwhelmingly passing the Senate the previous day, capping off months of negotiations. The legislation expands farm subsidies […]
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Senate Votes to Overturn Trump Donor Disclosure Rule…
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to reverse a Trump administration policy limiting donor disclosure requirements for political nonprofits in a rare rebuke to the White House. In a 50-49 vote, the Senate approved a resolution from Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that would block the recent Treasury Department change to IRS forms […]
Circling the Swamp? The Five U.S. Counties with Highest Household Incomes Surround Washington D.C….
The five counties in the U.S. with the highest median household incomes are surrounding the Washington, D.C., metro area. The 2013-2017 American Community Survey found in its report released Thursday that the five-year estimates shows Loudoun County, Va.; Fairfax County, Va.; Howard County, Md.; Falls Church City, Va.; and Arlington County, Va., are the top […]
Judge Orders Stormy Daniels to Pay Trump $293,052 for Lawyers in Defamation Suit…
A federal judge has ordered porn star Stormy Daniels pay President Trump nearly $300,000 in attorneys’ fees and dismissed her defamation case. Central District of California District Court Judge S. James Otero on Tuesday cleared Trump and instructed Daniels to pay him $293,052.33 in attorneys’ fees and other costs he ensued during the legal matter. […]
A College Kid Running for 13th Ward Alderman Gets a Lesson in the Chicago Way…
The history of the little guy being squashed by massive Chicago political clout at election time is just too long to print without weeping. But the story for today is so amazing that some Chicago election officials have never seen the like. “No one can remember anything approaching this,” said an election official. Really? It’s […]
Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Efforts…
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Bernie Sanders, and Dick Durbin last week sent a letter to John Kelly, acting inspector general (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security, asking him to expand the ongoing investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) contracting in Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The senators asked the […]
Clintons Resort to Groupon After Speaking Tour Fails to Draw Crowds…
Bill and Hillary Clinton, who just can’t seem to exit stage-left, have resorted to selling tickets for their 13-city speaking tour on Groupon for nearly 60% off after failing to attract crowds at full price – or any price. What’s worse, their Groupon deal is for a May 4, 2019 appearance in the liberal stronghold […]
What a Whackadoodle: Dems Have Hard Time Connecting to Voters Because They Know So Much…
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday told a conference that she heard one of the reasons that her party has a difficult time connecting with voters is because Democrats know so much, and have a tendency of appealing to voters’ minds instead of their hearts. Hirono made the comment at a conference in Washington, D.C. […]
Pelosi Says No to Support for Border Wall Funding in Exchange for DACA Solution (VIDEO)…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took questions from reporters about spending negotiations as well as the legislative priorities for the 116th Congress. On spending, the Democratic leader dismissed the idea of Democrats agreeing to more funding for a wall along the Southern border in exchange for a permanent solution for undocumented children brought to […]
Wisconsin Republicans Pass Legislation to Reduce Powers of Governor, Attorney General…
Republicans in Wisconsin passed legislation on Dec. 5 that will weaken the power of the governor and attorney general while strengthening the Republican-controlled legislature. The move comes nearly a month after Gov.-elect Tony Evers, a Democrat, narrowly beat Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The attorney general-elect, Josh Kaul, is also a Democrat. He beat challenger Brad […]
Emails of Top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack…
The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election, exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to three senior party officials. The email accounts of four senior aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were surveilled for several months, the party officials said. The intrusion was detected in […]
Orange County Releases Official Vote Count and the Numbers Don’t Add Up – One Precinct Has 120% Turnout…
Orange County, a conservative area just south of Los Angeles, California turned all blue after Democrats produced hundreds of thousands of votes weeks after election day using a practice known as “ballot harvesting.” The amount of mail-in ballots counted in Orange County were unprecedented – a whopping 250,000 ballots were produced in OC as a […]
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Felix Sater Says Putin Penthouse Idea Was Just a ‘Marketing Conversation’…
A former adviser to the Trump Organization said the idea of giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a penthouse at the top of a new development in Moscow was just a “marketing” strategy, according to a conversation Friday with The Daily Caller News Foundation. BuzzFeed News published a report Thursday alleging that the Trump Organization was […]
Greenwald Goes Ballistic on Politico “Theory” Guardian’s Assange-Manafort Story Was Planted by Russians…
After The Guardian attempted to shovel what appears to be a wholly fabricated story down our throats that Trump campaign manager met with Julian Assange at the London Embassy – Politico allowed an ex-CIA agent to use their platform to come up with a ham-handed cover story ever; Russia tricked The Guardian into publishing the […]
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What Is ‘Ballot Harvesting,’ and How Did California Dems Use it to Nuke the GOP?…
As the polls closed on election day last month, six California Republican House candidates, including Representatives Dana Rohrabacher, Steve Knight, and Mimi Walters, were ahead in their respective races. However, as the absentee and provisional ballots rolled in over the intervening weeks, all six lost to their Democratic opponents. The case of Korean-American GOP candidate […]
She Resigns. Gov Makes Resignation Immediate. She Rescinds…
Embattled Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes abruptly rescinded her official resignation over the weekend; vowing to stay in her position after a fierce backlash surrounding the 2018 midterm elections. “The embattled Broward County Supervisor of Elections rescinded her resignation Saturday, a day after Gov. Rick Scott suspended her without pay,” writes the NY Daily […]
Cindy Hyde-Smith Easily Wins Mississippi – 55 to 45…
The Mississippi Senate Seat of retired senator Thad Cochran will be decided today as Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy have a runoff today. Mississippi has a history of sketchy political power schemes between professional democrats and professional republicans that often crosses party boundaries. The outcomes are often under the control of a few […]