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Dems Reiterate Threat to Pack Supreme Court If GOP Fills Vacancy This Year

With Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health in question, Democrats are warning the Senate GOP not to try to fill a possible Supreme Court vacancy unless Republicans want an electoral retaliation. Democrats are trying to use Republicans’ 2016 strategy against them, reminding the GOP that they blocked former President...

GOP Bill Would Let All Prosecutors and Judges Carry Concealed Firearms

Three Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday that would let retired local, state and federal judges and prosecutors carry concealed firearms, according to a press release. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia brought forward the Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act, a...

Trump Admin Rescinds Global ‘Do Not Travel’ Coronavirus Warning

(Associated Press) The Trump administration on Thursday rescinded its warnings to Americans against all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying conditions no longer warrant a blanket worldwide alert. The State Department lifted its level-four health advisory for the entire world in order to return to country-specific warnings. That move came...

NJ Gym Owners Spar w/ CNN’s Cuomo Over Saving Their Business

Two New Jersey gym owners who have defied the state’s shutdown order defended their decision to do so during a heated exchange with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. "They have violated everybody's constitutional rights," says the co-owner of a NJ gym who was arrested after reopening. "We all have the right to...

Court Reverses Activist Judge’s Order to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline

(Associated Press) A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a judge’s order that shut down the Dakota Access pipeline pending a full environmental review. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with pipeline owner Energy Transfer to keep the oil flowing, saying a lower-court judge “did...

REPORT: Las Vegas Officials Sent 223K Primary Ballots to Wrong Address

On Wednesday, the Trump campaign filed suit against Nevada Democrats for a secretive attempt to pass a measure that would send ballots automatically to every registered voter on the state's voting rolls. In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state....

Trump Allies Hope Biden Chooses Susan Rice for VP: The ‘Most Target-Rich’ Candidate

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has not yet announced who he’ll choose to be his running mate, but President Trump’s allies hope it’s former national security adviser Susan Rice. Rice’s involvement in the Benghazi and Obamagate scandals would be the perfect fodder for Trump’s reelections strategy, according to campaign officials. Recent documents...

Dems Urge Biden to Pick Michelle Obama As VP

Presidential candidate Joe Biden is set to announce his pick for Vice President this month, and some supporters are pushing him to tap former First Lady Michelle Obama. The supporters even created the "Committee to Draft Michelle Obama for VP" to lobby and convince Biden that the only way to...

NEVERMIND: Proposal to Disband Minneapolis Police Blocked from Ballot

(Associated Press) A Minneapolis commission decided Wednesday to take more time to review a City Council amendment to dismantle the Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, ending the possibility of voters deciding the issue in November. Members of the Charter Commission expressed concern that the process to change...

‘See You in Court’: ACLU Files Nearly 400 Cases Versus Trump

(Associated Press) The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.” As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the witness stand, but the broader warning has been borne out. As...

VP Contender Karen Bass’s Fidel Castro Sympathy a Problem in Fla.

(Associated Press) Until recently, Robert Lewis had never heard of Karen Bass, the California congresswoman in contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate. But the recent college graduate had long heard stories from his grandfather recounting the days of oppression in Cuba under Fidel Castro. When he learned...

Portland Police Chief: Violence Detracts from Rioters’ Social Justice ‘Message’

(Headline USA) Clashes outside a U.S. courthouse in Portland, Oregon, have slowed since Democratic Gov. Kate Brown agreed to involve local law-enforcement in lieu of federal agents sent by the Trump administration to protect the building---but the turmoil is far from over. For the past several nights, Portland police have...
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