Congressional lawmakers are preparing to end the threat of a rail strike after the President called on lawmakers to force through a tentative contract agreement that some railroad workers initially rejected. On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced their plan to cooperate with Biden’s plea, agreeing that a rail strike this close to the holidays would be detrimental to the U.S. economy. According to The Hill, Pelosi is aiming to pass legislation this week, conceding that lawmakers don’t believe they can wait until the Dec. 9 strike deadline to act because railroads would immediately…
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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.
One week before the final U.S. Senate election concludes, Georgians have broken the state’s early in-person voting record. On Monday, more than a quarter million voters participated in the Georgia runoff election, amounting to the largest in-person early voting day in the state’s history as Republican Herschel Walker seeks to unseat Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock. “Just…WOW! GA voters, facilitated through the hard work of county election & poll workers, have shattered the old Early Vote turnout, with 300,438 Georgians casting their votes today,” Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling tweeted on Monday. “They blew up the old record of 233k…
A Biden Energy Department official has been charged with felony theft after stealing a woman’s suitcase from the Minneapolis airport earlier this fall. Sam Brinton, a senior Energy Department official who identifies as non-binary, allegedly took a Vera Bradley suitcase worth $2,325 from the luggage carousel according to a criminal complaint filed on Oct. 26 in Minnesota state court and obtained by Fox News. According to the court filing, after the suitcase’s owner alerted police, officers reviewed video surveillance of the carousel and identified Brinton taking the luggage before removing its tag identifying the owner. Law enforcement also observed Brinton…
Could West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin be quietly mulling a challenge to Joe Biden’s second term in the White House? Manchin, a moderate Democrat, is expected to face a contentious uphill reelection battle in two years and is already facing Republican challengers in a state considered a GOP stronghold. According to the Washington Examiner, a West Virginia political expert says those factors could push Manchin to set his sights on higher office, avoiding a tough Senate reelection battle but thrusting him into a whole other type of war. On radio station WAJR’s show “Talk of the Town,” Fairmont State University…
Comedian Jay Leno was recently released from the hospital after receiving burn treatment for nine days but made a big stumble before returning to the big stage. As Leno arrived at the Comedy Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, CA the comedian brushed a police car. Leno checked in with the police officer regarding any damage before entering the comedy club where a sold-out crowd awaited, according to Fox News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFen6zy5iy0 “I got burned. I was in the hospital for a few days, and now I’m back out working again,” Leno said, downplaying his return with a laugh. “People do this every…
President Joe Biden’s former White House “disinformation czar” has reportedly registered as a foreign agent, reportedly for a nonprofit in the United Kingdom. Fox News confirmed Nina Jankowicz is now working for “Centre for Information Resilience.” According to its website, CIR is an “independent, non-profit social enterprise dedicated to countering disinformation, exposing human rights abuses, and combating online behavior harmful to women and minorities.” (RELATED: It’s Official – Disinformation Governance Board Goes Underground) CIR was founded by U.K. citizen Adam Rutland and dual U.K.-U.S. national Ross Burley, the organization says it conducts research, digital investigations, strategic communications, building the capacity of…
Arizona Republicans have filed a lawsuit after widespread voting issues impacted Election Day and prolonged results for more than a week. Arizona Republican attorney general nominee Abraham Hamadeh in conjunction with the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed suit against many election officials Tuesday. The lawsuit targets Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) alongside the recorders and boards of supervisors for all counties in the state. According to Fox News, the lawsuit also stated the Republicans are not alleging “fraud, manipulation or other intentional wrongdoing,” and added that the alleged mismanagement did not directly affect the outcome of the election. “The…
A Chicago reporter who tangled with Mayor Lori Lightfoot this year might have lost a battle, but he intends to win the war. Journalist William Kelly filed a lawsuit against the Chicago mayor after she had his press credentials revoked following a tense exchange between the two. Kelly claims Mayor Lightfoot revoked his press pass in an attempt to shield herself from difficult questions, violating his First and 14th Amendment rights. “I was asking the obvious questions, and she lost her temper,” Kelly told “Fox & Friends,” recalling a May exchange when she told him he was “full of crap.” …
CNN has asked a Florida judge to toss out a defamation lawsuit brought by former President Donald Trump. In October, Trump filed a $475 million lawsuit against the left-wing network accusing CNN of defamation over its coverage of his 2020 election claims. This week, CNN rebutted Trump’s allegations and requested the judge to immediately dismiss the suit, according to The Hill. “The Complaint seeks to silence any criticism of Plaintiff’s debunked claim that the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen.’ The lawsuit, though, does not even try to prove this claim is true, for the simple reason that evidence of material…
President Biden is political poison and even he knows it. According to a recent report from Politico, the President is willing to do whatever it takes to help Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock cross the finish line, including staying as far away from the race as possible. “Biden aides tell us the White House let the campaign know they are willing to do whatever they need to keep the seat blue — including stay out of it, if need be. Their only focus is the win,” the Politico report reads. Biden’s unpopularity isn’t exactly a secret, for much of his presidency…