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18 House Races Shift Towards the Democrats
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (664+ words) Become a member. Already a member? Log in. Cook Political Report: "Ten months out from Election Day, it's increasingly clear that Democrats are in a strong position to win control of the House this November." "As the contours of the…...
QAnon Shaman to Run for Arizona Governor
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (660+ words) The man known as the QAnon shaman, Jacob Chansley, told the Times of London he plans to run for governor of Arizona. Said Chansley: "Since I'm one of the only people that seem to have their wits about them and…...
House Republicans Cling to Their Majority
1+ week, 2+ day ago (811+ words) Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets that grant American citizenship," the New York Times reports. Now,…...
Turning Point Tries to Take Over Arizona’s Republican Party
3+ week, 3+ day ago (646+ words) Politico: "Turning Point USA wants to be Arizona's political kingmaker. And two upcoming primary elections could show just how far the organization has reshaped the state GOP in its own image." "Turning Point USA is campaigning against two Republican candidates…...
Fitzpatrick Signs On to Democrats’ Discharge Petition
4+ week, 1+ day ago (788+ words) Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has signed the House Democrats" discharge petition to force a vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, Punchbowl News reports. Fitzpatrick is the first Republican to sign the petition. It now…...
Matt Van Epps Sworn In Just Two Days After Election
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (850+ words) Matt Van Epps (D) "was sworn Thursday as the newest House member, two days after winning a closely watched special election that helped maintain his party's slim grip on power," the AP reports. "The swift seating of Van Epps bolstered the…...
Secret Maps
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (643+ words) This is interesting: Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today. An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries....
Lawmakers Say Pentagon May Have Committed War Crime
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (768+ words) A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested on Sunday that American military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump's offensive against boats in the Caribbean after a news report said that during one such attack, a…...
House Odds Shift Towards the Democrats
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (143+ words) Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: "Despite the haze over the House battlefield thanks to a flood of mid-decade redistricting, Democrats remain favored to flip the House majority next year." "The one thing that could really change the House calculus would be…...
Discharge Petition for Epstein Files Succeeds
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (122+ words) A discharge petition spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (R-CA) secured its 218th signature on Nov. 12, a crucial step to force a House floor vote on a bill that would compel the U.S. Department of Justice to release…...