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Democrat Strategist Launches #HuntRepublicans, #HuntRepublicanCongressmen After a shooter in Alexandria left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in critical condition, critically injured a young lobbyist, and wounded three other people, New Jersey Democratic political strategist Jim Devine celebrated by introducing the hashtags #HuntRepublicans and #HuntRepublicanCongressmen on Twitter. “We are in a war with selfish, foolish & narcissistic rich people,” wrote James Devine on Twitter. “Why ...

Country music fans donned their cowboy hats and danced the night away at the Country Music Drive-In Weekend that took place at Stuarts Car-park, Enniskillen recently. Hosted by the JMG Music Group, the two day event over Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12 seen performances from some of Irelands top Country music artists. The stellar line-up featured Robert Mizzell, Patrick Feeney, Jim Devine, Philomena Begley, Declan Nerney, Paul Kelly, Boxcar Brian, Joe Moore, Ritchie Remo and Aidan Q...

As Northern Ireland awaits official notice of the return of live music to indoor venues, open-air drive-in shows are still proving popular with lovers of live entertainment. This weekend, Country music enthusiasts will be able to get their live music fix as a host of Ireland’s top Country stars take to an open-air stage as part of the ‘Country Music Drive-In Weekend’ at Stuarts Car-park, Enniskillen. A stellar line-up of artists including Robert Mizzell, Patrick Feeney, Jim Devine, ...

A B-Day surprise for Normandy veteran saluted by comrades as he turns 102 By Stephen Stewart © Jamie Williamson Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A hero of D-Day fought back tears of joy as his old regimental comrades delivered a surprise ceremonial salute on his 102nd birthday. Normandy veteran John MacKellar was enjoying a quiet celebration with his...

Winner in 2016: Angela Constance (SNP) ALMOND Valley is essentially a rebranded version of the old Livingston constituency, which for many years was synonymous at Westminster level with Robin Cook. Labour’s fondly remembered former foreign secretary won the seat on six consecutive occasions with large majorities that peaked at more than 13,000 votes just before his untimely death in 2005. However, at local government level in West Lothian, the SNP were sometimes much more competitive – ...

By Bertin Lefkovic | April 25, 2021, 9:55 pm | in Edward Edwards When Lisa McCormick ran against United States Senator Robert Menendez in the 2018 Democratic primary election, her campaign’s alleged usage of bogus signatures was probably one of the worst kept secrets in progressive politics.  Anyone and everyone who followed the race knew that neither she nor her diminutive (I vaguely remember someone else referring to him in the past as Lilliputian...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has taken the moral high ground over the Greensill lobbying scandal in heated exchanges in the Commons. When Boris Johnson hit back that Lord Mandelson, the former Labour trade secretary who is an adviser to Starmer, runs a lobbying company, Sir Keir said with a triumphant flourish: ‘I have not heard a defence that ridiculous since my last days in Crown Court. It is called the shoplifters’ defence. “Everyone else is nicking stuff, so why can’t I?”’ Sta...

Gov. Murphy’s Democratic primary opponents should be tossed off ballot, judges say Updated Apr 13, 2021; It looks like Gov. Phil Murphy will go unchallenged in this year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary after administrative law judges Tuesday said his two would-be challengers should be tossed off the ballot for failing to get enough voter signatures on their petitions. Judge Jeffrey Rabin ruled one of the challengers, Lisa McCormick, didn’t have a single valid signature from all of the...

TRENTON — After a judge rejected her campaign petition, a would-be challenger to Gov. Phil Murphy is asking voters to write in her name on the ballot for the Democratic primary in June. Lisa McCormack failed to show up for her hearing this week or to give an explanation as to how the nearly 2,000 names submitted by her campaign appeared to be phony. Several people whose names were on the digital document testified they never signed it, while at least two were people who died, according to th...

A Hunterdon County woman who has been building a record of unsuccessfully challenging Democratic politicians has been accused of generating fake signatures on an online candidate petition. Lisa McCormick, who has billed herself as a progressive Democrat, attempted to file her candidacy to run against Gov. Phil Murphy in the upcoming June primary with support from her campaign manager and partner, Jim Devine. Of the 1,951 would-be signatures submitted, roughly 85% of them have last names that st...