meFor four years, Democrats and Republicans host their national conventions, major prime-time events in which presidential nominations are formally awarded amid balloon waterfalls, in front of cheering crowds. On August 20, just over two months before Election Day, Joe Biden will duly accept the Democratic nomination in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A …
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No one intimidates like Hawk Newsome. Newsome, the most influential leader of the Black Lives Matter in New York, is 6 feet 6 inches and has no trouble moving inches from his face, peeking from behind dark shadows and blowing cigarette smoke. On a recent afternoon in the South Bronx, …
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Democrats demonstrated this week that they don’t want law enforcement reform, they just want to address the issue this fall. That’s the clear conclusion of the Senate minority’s refusal to allow a vote, or even debate, on the Republican bill, led by Senator Tim Scott. “Our invoice does something. Yours …
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Senator Tim Scott criticized the “scandalous and sinful” comment by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that Republicans are trying to “get away with … the murder of George Floyd.” Scott, a South Carolina Republican and the party’s only black senator, was speaking on Fox News Radio on …
Read More »Trump scoffs at ‘basement’ strategy but cautious approach pays off for Biden | United States News
Republican opponents of Joe Biden have gleefully mocked him for effectively hiding in his basement rather than keeping track of the campaign in recent months. But an awkward truth is brewing for Biden’s critics: His discreet approach to campaigning is paying off. A series of new polls have shown Biden …
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