North Carolina’s Democrat Attorney General Josh Stein announced on Wednesday he’s running for governor in 2024. Stein marks the first major candidate to declare their bid to succeed term-limited Gov. Roy Cooper (D). In a video posted to Twitter, Stein says that he “learned early on that some things are worth fighting for, no matter the opposition.” “Today, there’s a different set of bomb throwers who threaten our freedoms and our future while some politicians spark division, ignite hate and fan the flames of bigotry,” Stein said, while the video shows a clip of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. https://twitter.com/JoshStein_/status/1615698844892766208…
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Nancy Jackson
Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became an arts and culture writer for Athens Magazine where she enjoyed reporting on the eclectic music and art scene in Athens, GA. However, her desire to report on issues and policies impacting everyday Americans won out and she packed her bags for Washington, DC. Now, she splits her time between the Nation’s Capital and Philadelphia where she covers the fast-paced environment of politics, business, and news. In her off time, you can find Nancy exploring museums or enjoying brunch with friends.
How low can disgraced Congressman George Santos (R) sink? The embattled New York Congressman is facing allegations he conned a homeless veteran out of thousands of dollars intended to save the man’s dying service dog. The veteran, Richard Osthoff, told the local news site Patch that he met Santos, who introduced himself under the alias Anthony Devolder in May 2016. Osthoff was honorably discharged from the Navy in 2002 and was living in a tent on the side of Route 9 in Howell, New Jersey, with his service dog Sapphire when he reportedly met Santos. At the time, Osthoff’s dog Sapphire was suffering…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reportedly tapped Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to serve as a counselor to the Senate Republican leadership team. “North Carolina and the whole country benefit from his service and I’m glad he’s taking on this new leadership role,” McConnell said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The counsel position isn’t an official role but McConnell has historically offered one or two counselor positions to rank-and-file members of the Senate to have a seat at the leadership table. According to reports, Sen. Tillis has emerged as a skilled negotiator over the past two years…
The Ohio Senate race is already seeing challengers enter the race. On Tuesday, Republican Ohio state sen. Matt Dolan announced his campaign to unseat liberal Senator Sherrod Brown (D). “I am unapologetically committed to putting the needs of Ohio first and delivering results as our next U.S. Senator,” Dolan said in a statement. “With the courage of my convictions, clarity of purpose and a resolute focus on the challenges and opportunities facing our beloved state, I am ready to lead.” https://twitter.com/dolan4ohio/status/1615340622600196096 “A lot can change in thirty years, but in that time Sherrod Brown’s commitment to his party has remained…
A federal judge in Florida handed Governor Ron DeSantis a substantial win after ruling that the governor’s administration did not violate a court order regarding the state’s “Stop WOKE Act,” which prohibits colleges from teaching Critical Race Theory and other woke concepts. According to Townhall, plaintiffs attempted to argue that Gov. DeSantis failed to comply with a preliminary injunction that prevents the enforcement of some parts of the law, citing a memo sent out by Florida’s chief of the Office of Policy and Budget, Chris Spencer, asking universities to provide a list of all staff, programs and campus activities related…
President Biden will finally be forced to answer for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. A top House Republican has officially launched a probe into the Biden administration’s 2021 withdrawal, sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is requesting additional information related to the chaotic withdrawal which led to the quick Taliban takeover of Kabul and the death of 13 American troops in a terrorist attack. “It is absurd and disgraceful that the Biden administration has repeatedly denied our longstanding oversight requests and continues to withhold information related to the withdrawal,”…
Congressional Republicans are hitting the road running. On Thursday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy signaled to reporters that he would consider expunging one or both of former President Trump’s impeachments, according to The Hill. “I would understand why members would want to bring that forward,” McCarthy said in response to a question at a press conference on Thursday, before listing off several other key priorities for House Republicans. “But I understand why individuals want to do it, and we’d look at it,” he added. Republicans have attempted to expunge the former President’s impeachments before. In the last Congress, a group of…
On Thursday, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) tapped former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) to fill the Senate seat vacated by former Sen. Ben Sasse (R) earlier this month. Ricketts will now serve until January 2025, according to The Hill. Under Nebraska state law, Rickets will have to run in a special election in 2024 to fill the remaining two years of Sasse’s term. He would then have to run again in 2026 in order to win a full six-year term. The former two-term governor, who also co-chaired the Republican Governors Association during the 2022 campaign cycle, was among those who officially applied for…
There’s a new turn in the Boston bomber case. On Tuesday, The attorney for the surviving Boston Marathon bomber asked a federal appeals court to overturn his client’s death sentence. Daniel Habib, who represents Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is arguing his client’s death sentence should be overturned because of juror misconduct during the trial. The death sentence was first handed down by a federal jury in 2015 and reimposed by the Supreme Court last year. (RELATED: Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Bomber) According to the Associated Press, the attorney told the First Circuit Court of Appeals that his client’s sentence should be lifted because…
A second California Democrat is preparing to announce their campaign for the seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. According to reports from The Hill, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is planning to become the second prominent entrant into California’s Senate race. A source informed The Hill that Lee told members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday that she intends to dive into the race. After the Black Caucus meeting, Lee said she did broach the issue of the Senate race with the group but did not go so far as to announce her intent to jump into the race.…