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Posted by Mary Chastain on August 15, 2019 8 Comments
Rumors have started to float around that Corey Lewandowski, a former campaign manager to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, plans to run for the Senate in New Hampshire. Those rumors gained fuel after news came out that Lewandowski will join Trump in New Hampshire on Thursday.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 15, 2019 10 Comments
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper officially ended his presidential run Thursday. Hickenlooper attempted to position himself as a centrist Democrat without success and failed to qualify for the third and upcoming Democrat presidential debate. In a statement announcing the end of his presidential campaign, Hickenlooper hinted at a potential Senate run. High-ranking Democrats are pressuring the former Governor to challenge Sen. Gardner as polling suggests Hickenlooper could unseat the first-term Senator.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 15, 2019 14 Comments
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused some British Members of Parliament (MP) of collaborating with the European Union to prevent Brexit. "There’s a terrible collaboration, as it were, going on between people who think they can block Brexit in parliament and our European friends," Prime Minister Johnson said during a question-and-answer session on Facebook.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2019 62 Comments
Anti-Israel representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement (though they denied that while running for office), are planning a trip to Israel. BDS is widely recognized as anti-Semitic and subterfuge for the destruction of Israel. Both also credibly have been accused of making anti-Semitic statements themselves.

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Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 15, 2019 20 Comments
When I began covering the protests in Hong Kong, I noted that China had two options for dealing with the city-state's citizens and their demands for freedom and justice: Cooperation or crackdown. Clearly, the decision has been made.
Large numbers of Chinese paramilitary forces have been filmed assembling just 30km (18.6 miles) from Hong Kong in the city of Shenzhen, as riot police clashed with protesters occupying the airport for a second day.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2019 14 Comments
Another one bites the dust? The 2020 Democratic presidential field may lose another person. The New York Times reported that Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has started to consider dropping out of the race to challenge Republican Se. Cory Gardner in 2020.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2019 48 Comments
Stacey Abrams, who has not yet admitted she lost the Georgia governor's race fair and square, has tried to remain relevant with the mainstream media more than happy to help. Abrams sat down with The New York Times to discuss her decision not to jump into the 2020 presidential race, but would not mind running as a vice presidential candidate for any of the Democratic candidates.

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2019 23 Comments
Tom Steyer, the west coast billionaire obsessed with impeaching President Donald Trump, recently announced his 2020 bid for president. To the shock of many, he has met the fundraising goal to appear in the next Democratic primary debate. Although he still has to meet the polling requirement, some people on the left believe he used his wealth to satisfy the donor threshold.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 14, 2019 62 Comments
On January 7, 2007, Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were kidnapped, beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered in one of the most heart-wrenching and purely evil crimes in my memory.  The fifth person to be tried in relation to these heinous crimes was found guilty Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 14, 2019 28 Comments
California and a coalition of 21 other states have sued the Trump administration over the decision to rescind restrictions on coal-burning power plants. These restrictions played a crucial part in Obama’s climate change policy.
State Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said Trump’s effort to dismantle 2015’s Clean Power Plan undercuts efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allows the Environmental Protection Agency to abandon its legal responsibility to crack down on air pollution.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2019 115 Comments
It had been almost a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court took a major 2nd Amendment case, something Justice Clarence Thomas lamented in a dissent from the Court's refusal to hear an appeal from a 9th Circuit decision upholding California's 10-day waiting period even for those who already owned guns legally and had gone through the permitting and background check.
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