Monday Forum: August 27, 2018
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Category Archives: US News
McCain Was The Type Of Leader That President Trump Will Never Be
I had the honor of covering Sen. John McCain and frankly, it was one hell of a ride. He along with Sen. Jack Kemp , Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. Joe Biden all were leaders that knew the best way to run the country was to do it in a bi-partisan manner.
Arizona candidate groused about McCain hours before he died
Hours before Sen. John McCain died on Saturday, a Republican seeking Arizona's other U.S. Senate seat suggested that his family's earlier announcement that he was ending cancer treatment had been timed to hurt her campaign.
Facebook now actively covering up for illegal alien murderers who kill innocent Americans
In the wake of the tragic killing of Mollie Tibbetts, the left-wing has wasted no time in trying to demonize anyone who dares to utter the words "illegal immigration." For many, the death of another young American woman at the hands of an illegal immigrant has been hard to process - and her murder has prompted calls from the Right to buckle down on illegal immigration and tighten up the nation's borders.
John McCain remembered as a friend of Canada,a advocate for expanded NAFTA
Mulroney says in a statement that the Arizona senator, who died of brain cancer on Saturday, "would always come down on the side of his friendship with us." As recently as June, McCain tweeted his support for Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weak and dishonest.
Iconic American Playwright Neil Simon Is Dead At 91
Award-winning playwright Neil Simon passed away at the age of 91 on Sunday. His death was announce by his publicist, Bill Evans.
What We Know About John McCain’s Funeral Services
McCain will lie in state in both the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and the Arizona Capitol before his burial, officials confirmed. Senator #JohnMcCain will lie in state here at the Arizona Capitol this Wednesday - his birthday.
US Drone Strikes Kill Afghan ISIS Leader
Abu Sayeed Orakzai was the fourth ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed since July 2017, according to the provincial governor of Nangarhar, NBC News reported Sunday. The airstrikes were launched near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, according to Agence France-Presse, Fox News reported.
Confirmed: No change (well, not much) to Trump’s job approval after Cohen and Manafort convictions
It took a few days longer than expected for the results to arrive but here they are at last, via NBC : Between August 18th and August 22nd - the day after the news involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump attorney Michael Cohen - the president's approval rating stood at 46 percent approve, 51 percent disapprove. In a separate NBC/WSJ survey, conducted August 22nd through August 25th, Trump's approval rating was 44 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove.
The Latest: McCain to lie in state at Arizona Capitol on Wed
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, which is his birthday. The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran died Saturday of brain cancer at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. Republican and Democratic leaders did not give a date for the event, saying Sunday that more details would be released later.
Why online donations have Democrats abuzz
By the time of November's election, Democratic candidates and liberal groups will have raised an astounding $1.5 billion in online contributions alone. And nearly every cent of it will arrive first in a mostly empty basement, where a printer the size of a carry-on suitcase processes checks next to a solitary cardboard cutout of former President Bill Clinton.
Mo Better:
Following the senator's death, we remembered a wonderful moment from Lewis' 1997 New York Times Magazine profile of McCain, "The Subversive." The passage below comes at the very end of Lewis' article.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins Remembers John McCain
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council , which former Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain worked closely with when he was in office, released a statement Sunday to commemorate his death. "My prayers today are with the family of Senator John McCain .
Flake: McCain left an ‘indelible mark’ on DC
Jake Tapper is joined by Senator of Arizona Jeff Flake looks back on his relationship with John McCain and how he's influenced him.
Pontins visitor disgusted by litter-strewn floors, rubbish and…
White House flies flag at half-staff as the body of maverick Senator John McCain - who has died aged 81 - is prepared to lie in state at the US Capitol before his life is honored at the National Cathedral EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN - 'I'll remember the good times that's for darn sure.
White House Press Secretary Sanders speaks at Kentucky’s Lincoln Dinner
The event celebrates Republican success over the last year and is meant to generate excitement for the upcoming fall election. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was the keynote speaker.
John McCain told Susan Collins ‘I’m going to die at home in my own bed’ during rough landing
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday recalled a past trip to the Middle East with Sen. John McCain , when Mr. McCain coolly reassured her during a rough landing with words that turned out to be prescient. "He took younger senators under his wing.
Sen. John McCain updates: Ducey won’t name successor until after funeral
Sen. John McCain updates: Ducey won't name successor until after funeral LIVE UPDATES: U.S. Sen. John McCain died Saturday afternoon. We follow what's happening across Arizona.
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive of all tumors that originate in the brain.
It emerges from tissue cells in the brain itself, spreading like an interlocking network of tiny fingers with such speed that pinpointing treatment is chasing a moving target. It stimulates the abnormal growth of blood vessels around itself to assure it is well fed.
Netanyahu salutes McCain: His support for Israel never wavered
John Sidney McCain John Kerry honors McCain: He 'showed all of us how to bridge the divide' McCain's body arrives at Phoenix-area mortuary to cheers of 'I love you, John' Trudeau praises McCain as an 'American patriot and hero' MORE , who died of brain cancer on Saturday at the age of 81, writing that the senator's support for Israel never wavered. "It was with great sorrow that I received the news of the death of John McCain, a great American patriot and a true friend of Israel," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter Sunday morning.