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• washingtonexaminer.com10 hour(s) ago
• House Democrats fight each other for political survival in Georgia primary
• Two incumbent House Democrats will compete in a primary for a newly drawn Georgia district on Tuesday, setting up a clash between different factions of the party. After Georgia’s Republican-led redistricting process, Rep. Lucy McBath announced she would vacate her 6th District seat to run in the newly drawn 7th District instead, where fellow Democratic Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux would also compete. Georgia’s redistricting process left the suburban Atlanta 6th District friendlier to Republicans than when it elected McBath and the 7th District friendlier to Democrats. Both congresswomen previously flipped...
• thedailybeast.com19 hour(s) ago
• Trump’s Billionaire Pal Watered Down GOP Platform on 9/11 for Saudis
• The Justice Department has updated its indictment of former President Donald Trump’s billionaire buddy Thomas Barrack, documenting how he quietly tweaked the GOP platform at the 2016 Republican National Convention to avoid mentioning the Saudi royal family’s connection to the 9/11 hijackers. On Monday, the DOJ replaced its original 46-page charging document with an expanded 55-page superseding indictment that more closely details how the financier allegedly exploited his proximity to Trump to make secret deals with the United Arab Emirates. Barrack, who was also the chairman of Trump’s 2017 inauguration...
• cbslocal.com1 day(s) ago
• MN State Auditor Julie Blaha Tests Positive For COVID
• MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota State Auditor Julie Blaha said on Tuesday afternoon that she tested positive for COVID-19. Blaha said she is at home with manageable symptoms. She will quarantine for at least five days, her office said. “My first thought is thanks to all who worked to get us vaccinated and boosted,” she wrote on Twitter. “It’s why this is an inconvenience for me instead of a tragedy.” I tested positive for COVID today. I’m home with manageable symptoms. My first thought is thanks to all who worked to get...
• dailykos.com2 day(s) ago
• Morning Digest: Join us tonight to find out if the GOPs worst candidates win big primaries
• Pennsylvania Republican Kathy Barnette The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Subscribe to our podcast, The Downballot! x Embedded Content Leading Off ● Primary Night: Oz Well That Ends Well: Tuesday brings us the biggest primary night of the 2022 cycle so far―in fact, one of the biggest we can expect all year―as voters in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania...
• cbslocal.com2 day(s) ago
• Erin Maye Quade Announces Primary Run After Being Forced To Withdraw While Going Into Labor At Convention
• MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A candidate for the Minnesota State Senate got national attention when she went into labor during a nominating convention last month. Erin Maye Quade was immediately forced to withdraw her candidacy. But Monday, she announced her campaign to run in the Aug. 9 primary. READ MORE: Victim In Saturdays Double Homicide Was Brother Of 11-Year-Old Killed In 2000WCCO’s Esme Murphy spoke Monday with Quade, who also wants to raise awareness about the potentially deadly pregnancy disorder she experienced. “A lot of women are probably saying right now,...
• wtop.com2 day(s) ago
• DC convention center first to receive WELL Health-Safety rating
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Courtesy Events DC) The Washington Convention Center has the most conferences, conventions and events booked for 2022 since before the pandemic — twice as many as 2021 — and people attending them can be assured of one thing: It’s clean. It is the first convention center in the world to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating certification. The certification, from the International WELL Building Institute, is based on verified ratings for operational policies, maintenance and emergency plans for addressing a post-COVID-19 environment. IWBI says, “The...
• wtop.com3 day(s) ago
• Md. Democratic Party asks that state be considered for early primary in 2024
• This article was written by WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters and republished with permission. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. If Maryland is truly “America in Miniature,” should we play a bigger role in picking presidents? As the Democratic Party looks to reshuffle early presidential primary states for 2024, party leaders want the state to be considered as a host for influential early contests. The Maryland Democratic Party submitted a letter of intent to the Democratic National Committee to be considered for an early primary in 2024, a national party official...
• CNN3 day(s) ago
• Wisconsin Democrats look for do-over with rural voters after Trump-era shellacking
• New Glarus, Wisconsin (CNN)It was the moment the lifeless body of a 1,500-pound steer was hoisted in the air, blood pouring from its neck, that Mandela Barnes knew he was a long way from his comfort zone.Born and raised in Milwaukee, Barnes political upbringing is intertwined with Wisconsins urban heart, a place that could not have been more different to the scene at Hoeslys Meats here in rural New Glarus. As the still steaming bovines were processed, the states lieutenant governor turned to a few aides, his eyes the size...
• minnpost.com4 day(s) ago
• Scott Jensen wins Republican endorsement for governor at dramatic state GOP convention
• Scott Jensen, a one-term state senator and family doctor who became a nationally known critic of COVID-19 restrictions, is the endorsed Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota.  In a dramatic state GOP convention, the Chaska resident ended up winning 65 percent of the vote of 2,200 delegates meeting at Rochester’s Mayo Civic Center on Saturday. He will enter the August primary potentially facing former Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, who did not seek the party endorsement. The other four GOP candidates who sought the endorsement — Lexington Mayor Mike Murphy,...
• Heavy.com4 day(s) ago
• Roots: The Gift is a Trek Convention Cloaked in a TV Movie
• ABC The logo for Roots: The Gift No one could have known it at the time, but the made-for-television movie “Roots: The Gift” was pretty much a “Star Trek” convention… before most of its talent ever even worked on “Star Trek” or actually attended a convention. ABC premiered “Roots: The Gift” on December 11, 1988, according to the Internet Movie Database. The Christmas-themed movie followed the network’s landmark 1977 miniseries “Roots,” which was based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” and won...
• wtop.com5 day(s) ago
• Finkenauers Senate bid faces skepticism after ballot woes
• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Abby Finkenauer ‘s bid to clinch the Democratic nomination for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat wasn’t supposed to be so fraught. She’s one of the more prominent Democrats in the state, building a wunderkind reputation in the Legislature before toppling a Republican congressman in 2018. She was the second-youngest woman elected to Congress, helping Democrats retake control of the U.S. House that year. And though she would go on to lose the Democratic-leaning district in 2020, her stature suffered little. She raised her profile on...
• minnpost.com5 day(s) ago
• Minnesota GOP endorses Jim Schultz for AG, Kim Crockett for Secretary of State
• Republicans at the GOP state party convention in Rochester did most of what they planned to do Friday — and avoided some hurdles along the way. After defeating moves to require paper balloting instead of using electronic counting and heading off a move to deny delegates to party affiliate groups — including gay Republicans — the 2,200 delegates endorsed candidates for auditor, secretary of state and attorney general. Kim Crockett, an attorney who has been active in challenging the results of the 2020 election, was endorsed for secretary of state....
• theblaze.com5 day(s) ago
• Security video shows out of control Tesla crashing into convention center at 70 mph, causing $300k worth of damage
• The repairs for the damage to the convention center are estimated to cost between $250,000 and $300,000 and include replacement of drywall, a sprinkler system, power lines, carpeting, and wall coverings. The restoration will take about three months. The driver was cited for failure to control his vehicle according to Franklin County Municipal Court. The report said neither drugs nor alcohol were a cause of the accident. Heres the security videos of the Tesla crash: Out-Of-Control Tesla Crashes Through Convention Center Wall www.youtube.com
• cbslocal.com5 day(s) ago
• Minnesota GOP Seeks Victory As Convention Kicks Off In Rochester
• ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — All eyes were on the governor’s race as Minnesota Republicans convened Friday to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic incumbent Gov. Tim Walz in the November election. Dr. Scott Jensen, a vaccine skeptic and former state senator; former Senate Majority Leader Gazelka; and outsider Kendall Qualls were among the top candidates heading into the convention, where the 2,200 delegates must complete their work by a 6 p.m. Saturday deadline for vacating the Rochester Mayo Civic Center. READ MORE: All I Could Do Was Cry: Straight-Line Winds...
• minnpost.com5 day(s) ago
• Family claims MPD took DNA sample from child without consent
• Reg Chapman at WCCO is reporting that a Minneapolis family is claiming the Minneapolis police took DNA samples from their child without their consent. They allege that reports of gunfire at Phelps Park led to the teen and two others to be detained. The teen was not charged with a crime, but his DNA was taken without parental consent. Now, members of the Unity in Community Mediation Team and its Young People’s Task Force want answers. Reporting from the first day of the Minnesota Republican Convention in Rochester, Hunter Woodall...
• abc7.com5 day(s) ago
• Video: Tesla jumps curb and crashes straight into convention center in Ohio
• COLUMBUS, Ohio (KABC) -- Shocking surveillance video shows a Tesla flying straight into a convention center in Ohio.The video released by county officials shows the driver of a Tesla speeding and crashing into the building.According to police, the driver told investigators he lost control of the brakes.READ ALSO | Dangerous Tesla stunt caught on video ends in crash in Echo Park neighborhoodEMBED More News Videos Dramatic video shows a driver trying to pull off a dangerously high-speed stunt in a Tesla but ends up crashing in an Echo Park neighborhood....
• dailykos.com5 day(s) ago
• Minnesota Republicans want to anoint their candidates this weekend. Heres why it might not work out
• State Sen. Paul Gazelka is one of six Minnesota Republicans seeking the party endorsement for governor Minnesota Republicans convene Friday and Saturday for their biennial party convention, and while the GOP won’t formally choose nominees for any offices, the gathering could dramatically winnow the fields for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state auditor—posts that are all currently held by Democrats. That’s because many contenders have pledged, in local parlance, to abide by the GOPs endorsement process, meaning they intend to drop out of the August primary if delegates...
• the-sun.com6 day(s) ago
• Watch shocking moment Tesla loses control and FLIES through the side of a building – narrowly missing children inside
• A SHOCKING CCTV video has been released showing a Tesla crashing through the glass wall of a convention centre. The video shows the brutal force with which the car hit the building, smashing through the glass and ending up pointing backwards inside. 2The driver said the cars brakes stopped working 2he driver told police afterwards that the Tesla lost the ability to brake and would not stop, causing the incident As reported by The Columbus Dispatch, the Tesla Model 3 hit the Greater Columbus Convention Centre in Ohio at around...