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Jun 10 2015
News
Republicans Have Always Been At War With The New York Times
So, who's got their dander up, in the world of the 2016 election? By the looks of things, it's Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican, who was hopping mad on Tuesday at The New York Times. Congratulations to him, for earning his "Beefing with the Times" merit badge, a GOP tradition.
What happened? Well, the Times published an article that takes a rather robust look at Rubio's personal
HuffPostOct 03 2012
Opinion
Mitt Romney's George W. Bush problem
Its a matter of when, not if, President Barack Obama turns to Mitt Romney at the first face-off here Wednesday night and repeats some variation of the same line the president and his campaign have used all year: Mitt, electing you would mean a return to the same policies that got us into this financial mess in the first place.
PoliticoMar 15 2019
News
Newly released documents spark call for special counsel to probe FBI handling of Clinton
Sen. Lindsey Graham called Thursday for Congress to create a special counsel to probe the FBI and Justice Department, saying evidence is mounting that they treated Hillary Clinton more leniently than they did President Trump during the 2016 election campaign.
Mr. Graham made the call as newly released documents show the extent of anti-Trump sentiment among FBI employees who were
Washington TimesSep 03 2014
News
In Rare Move, Chamber Backs Democrat in California
Rep. Scott Peters (D., Calif.) joined a rare breed this week: a Democrat in a close race with the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Peters, who faces a stiff challenge from Republican Carl DeMaio for his San Diego-area seat, announced his Chamber backing in U-T San Diego Wednesday morning. He became just the fourth Democrat this year to carry the Chamber’s endorsement and
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 14 2018
News
New York sues Trump Foundation for 'illegal conduct'
New York's attorney general announced on Thursday she was suing the Trump Foundation, as well as Donald Trump and his children, alleging "extensive and persistent" lawbreaking.
Barbara Underwood said the charitable foundation had engaged in "unlawful political coordination" designed to influence the 2016 election.
The lawsuit seeks to dissolve the foundation, Ms Underwood said.
BBC NewsJan 26 2015
News
Handicapping the Hispanic vote for 2016 GOPers
The last Texas Republican to occupy the Oval Office, George W. Bush, took 49 percent of the state's Hispanic vote in his 2004 presidential re-election, setting a relatively high bar for the handful of Texas-born or -raised Republicans who might be hoping to follow in his footsteps in 2016.
Republican presidential aspirants with ties to the Lone Star State must figure out how to hold the
Washington PostMar 14 2019
News
In overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, House calls for Mueller report to be made public
The House voted overwhelmingly and in bipartisan fashion to urge the Justice Department to publicly release the entirety of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, once completed.
The move is an attempt to “send a clear signal both to the American people and the Department of Justice” that lawmakers expect to see the full account of
Washington PostJun 11 2014
News
Cantor’s defeat, mythbuster edition
A lavish mythology has already arisen around the shocking defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who despite a 28-to-1 cash advantage, a late-game media blitz and 13 years of incumbency, lost to an economics professor at a small college in the district. To know what happened, we first ought to know what didn’t happen.
Myth - Cantor was upended in a low-turnout election by a small
Fox News DigitalDec 12 2019
News
Biden Fights Back
“Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lashed out at a voter at [an Iowa] campaign event [last] Thursday, calling him ‘a damn liar’ for accusing him of ‘selling access’ to the presidency in Ukraine.” (Des Moines Register)
The left is critical of Biden and weighs in on the relevance of Warren’s and Buttigieg’s employment history.
“For as much as Biden, who was first elected
The Flip SideJul 09 2019
News
Why these Kentucky Democrats still love President Trump
In much of America voters increasingly back only candidates from the party they most support. But eastern Kentucky is a heavily Democratic region where President Donald Trump is very popular – and we wanted to see what’s behind this split partisan identity.
Earl Kinner Jr. chuckles, imagining what his father would say.
His father, Earl Kinner Sr., bought the Licking Valley
Christian Science Monitor