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November 2019

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2019 24 Comments
President Donald Trump told Bill O'Reilly he wants the U.S. to designate the Mexican drug cartels as terrorists. It comes weeks after drug cartels killed nine Americans, including six children, in northern Mexico. His decision pushed Mexican officials to announce they want to meet with the State Department to discuss the designation.

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 27, 2019 25 Comments
Between the GOP ad blitz underway in competitive House districts and numerous polls released over the last month, vulnerable House Democrats are in full panic mode as they head home to their districts for the Thanksgiving holiday. While Republican opposition and Democrat support for impeachment remains largely unchanged, support from independents for impeachment dropped dramatically as television stations carried the hearings. Now media reports have come out about some moderate Democrats getting "cold feet" over the entire process.

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2019 7 Comments
Democrats rant and rave against money in politics, especially so-called "dark money." A few reports have emerged about a few little-known groups that have funneled millions into political races and fights to prevent President Donald Trump's appointments. It looks like a lot of this dark money helped the Democrats take back the House in 2018.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2019 41 Comments
On Sunday morning, November 24, Walter Canon, son of Kemberlee Kaye and her husband Jeff, entered the world at 9 lbs. 8 oz. He joins his two big sisters, who have been anxiously awaiting his arrival. Walt was born with a congenital heart problem, and is being cared for by doctors and nurses at a Houston children's hospital.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2019 53 Comments
I'm not saying we're clairvoyant. I'm not saying we see things before others do. I'm not saying that by the time this is all over you are going to be asking us to pick lottery numbers for you. I'm not saying any of those things, though I will humble brag that as a kid I was pretty good at the Ouija board and Magic 8 Ball.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 26, 2019 5 Comments
Pro-Democracy protestors prevailed in Hong Kong this weekend, as its candidates decisively won nearly half of the seats on the ballot.
So far, pro-democracy candidates have won 269 out of 452 seats in 18 district council races, while pro-Beijing forces, who previously held 73 percent of the seats, have only won 30. Voters came out in droves -- with a 71 percent turnout -- up from 47 percent four years ago in the same elections, according to the Electoral Affairs Commission.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 26, 2019 20 Comments
The latest polls show British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has increased his lead over Labour Party rival Jeremy Corbyn. "Boris Johnson’s Tories have established their biggest lead over Labour for two years," the British newspaper The Telegraph reported. With less than three weeks to go until the December 12 election, the Conservative party is "on course for 80 seat majority" in the 650-seat Lower House, the newspaper predicted citing a "monthly poll of polls."

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2019 18 Comments
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a subpoena issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to Trump's accounting firm, pending a full appeal. So while the Stay is temporary, it likely will last several months until the appeal is decided. This is part of a full-scale assault by Democrat controlled entities at the federal and state level to obtain (and then leak, of course) Trump's personal financial and tax information. There is a related petition pending regarding a grand jury subpoena to the same accounting firm from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which presents similar but distinct legal issues.
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