New Jersey, Virginia picking new governors in test for Trump
19, 2017 file photo, Democrat, gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam describes his view on confederate monuments in McLean, Va.
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Fear, Tears and Comfort Food: How The Media Dealt with Election Night ’16
Esquire magazine revisited Election Night 2016 by talking to journalists, pundits, campaign staffers and entertainers, getting their recollections of how they remembered the night or in the case of most of the journalists dealt with the pain. It's an entertaining and illuminating read about how most of the leftist media misread the election and how devastated they were by the results.
Furious CBS Hosts Badger ‘Bitter,’ ‘Angry’ Brazile for Exposing Hillary Clinton
A furious round of liberal-on-liberal violence broke out on Tuesday's CBS This Morning . The show's hosts confronted former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile for daring to expose Hillary Clinton's efforts to hobble any contenders in the 2016 primaries.
Trump Is Stumbling Into a Primary Fight in 2020
In early 1983, President Ronald Reagan dropped to 35 percent approval . By the end of the year, he was up nearly 20 percentage points, renominated by acclamation and won a second term with 49 states behind him.
Friend says Rand Paul has no idea what prompted attack
A close friend of Rand Paul says the U.S. senator has no idea why a neighbor tackled him in his yard and broke five of his ribs. Rob Porter says he has been friends with Paul for 20 years in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Schiff to AP: Trump, Russia, GOP leaders threaten democracy
The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says the United States is "marginally better prepared" to prevent Russian interference in U.S. elections. But, Rep. Adam Schiff cautions that "the Russians are a very capable cyber-adversary."
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia to pick new governors
19, 2017 file photo, Democrat, gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam describes his view on confederate monuments in McLean, Va.
A bump stock device is shown on a semi-automatic rifle at a gun store in Salt Lake City.
One of America's leading and most controversial gun-accessory makers says it will resume sales Tuesday of a device known as a "bump stock." Bump stocks dramatically accelerate the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles, allowing them to shoot almost as fast as fully-automatic machine guns, which are far more tightly regulated and expensive in the U.S. Slide Fire, a company based in Moran, Texas, suspended sales of its bump stock line of products in early October.
Lawyer For Rand Paul’s Neighbor Says ‘Trivial’ Dispute Led To Assault
Days after Sen. Rand Paul suffered five broken ribs, the lawyer for the man who's been charged with assaulting Paul says politics are not involved - and that it was a case of "a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial." The new details shed light on an attack on Paul in which he was reportedly tackled from behind while he was mowing the yard at his home in Bowling Green, Ky., Friday afternoon.
CLAIM: Trump Campaign May Have Coordinated with Volunteer’s Moscow Adventure
For starters, he said he was going to plead his Fifth Amendment rights in the ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but then, he just kept talking! Specifically, Page is dishing on a July 2016 trip to Moscow, that was originally billed as a "personal" trip. Now, however, it's a trip he sought permission for, then later briefed top Trump campaign officials on.
Jeff Dunetz: The Real Reason Donna Brazile Wrote Her Book. Since…
Since her election loss Hillary Clinton has been a constant media presence trying to explain all the reasons lost the election . Along with her blame game, at times Ms.
I Wonder If this is Where Lisa Bloom Got the Sexual-History Dirt She…
HISTORY DIRT SHE WAS SHOPPING AROUND? Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies. In some cases, the investigative effort was run through Weinstein's lawyers, including David Boies, a celebrated attorney who represented Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential-election dispute and argued for marriage equality before the U.S. Supreme Court.
BOLD: GOP planning run to make Elizabeth Warren, Bay State see red. …
BOLD: GOP planning run to make Elizabeth Warren, Bay State see red. "National Republicans are launching an unprecedented offensive into the deeply Democratic Bay State - installing a long-term Massachusetts presence meant to bolster GOP mid-term candidates and target President Trump foe and potential 2020 rival U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Herald has learned.
Bannona s forces may not like him, but Mitch McConnell is here to stay
Conservative activists eagerly hope the November 2018 election delivers a strong rebuke to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom they blame for stymieing President Donald Trump's agenda. When a new Senate convenes in January 2019, the Kentucky Republican will almost certainly remain in charge of Senate Republicans.
Jeff Flake To Trevor Noah: Donald Trump Veering Toward “Tin-Horn Dictator”
Donald Trump rose from reality TV show host to POTUS by out culture-warring the GOP , Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. The party's drift in that direction began years ago, the Arizona senator said, explaining, "We could not be the party of fiscal conservatism when we were ballooning our debt.
Midd professor breaks silence on C-SPAN
Middlebury College political science Professor Allison Stanger went on C-SPAN TV to discuss student violence in reaction to conservative author Charles Murray's controversial campus visit on March 2. It is the first time the educator, who was injured during the event along with Murray, talked about the free-speech incident in depth. Most people know Murray for "The Bell Curve" book.
More In Trump Counties Think Country Is Worse Off
"More people in some key counties President Trump carried in the 2016 presidential election say the U.S. is worse off now than say it is better off," The Hill reports. "An NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll surveyed residents of 438 counties that saw a surge last year for Trump or flipped to vote Republican in the 2016 election after previously going for President Obama in 2012.
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia elect new governors
19, 2017 file photo, Democrat, gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam describes his view on confederate monuments in McLean, Va.
Democrats try to look forward but are still haunted by 2016
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016 file photo, Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington. Time has not healed the Democratic party's wounds.
Atheist Mocking Be Damned
John Hawkins's book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know is filled with lessons that newly minted adults need in order to get the most out of life. Gleaned from a lifetime of trial, error, and writing it down, Hawkins provides advice everyone can benefit from in short, digestible chapters.