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ADVERTISEMENT OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Surge is on governor | Mask mandate works | Sanders not qualified Today at 3:04 a.m. Surge is on governor When you see Gov. Asa Hutchinson on stage with his round-the-clock smile and the countenance of a senior pastor, you sometimes forget that he is an astute politician who studied at the feet of Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay. I believe this recent surge in positive covid infections is on him. In April and May he was telling everyone what a wonderfu...

That hit the senate majority leaders office at the time. in 98 a man killed 2 capitol police officers storming the offices of the majority whip tom delay. in april a 25-year-old reporter attacked the u.s. capitol killing one officer and injuring other. democrats want you to ignore all of that history, use the hearings and only talk about one riot. last summer they were in full denial and rarely talked about the rioting last summer and never mentioned it it during the democratic national conventi...

Behind the Scenes of the Latest Walkout by Texas Democrats Over Proposed New Restrictions on Voting Out of options in Austin, House Democrats fly to Washington, D.C., where they plan to press Congress to pass federal legislation protecting ballot access. July 12, 2021 Democrats from the Texas Legislature prepare to board a private plane from Austin to Washington, D.C., on July 12, 2021. Eric Gay/AP Representative Gina Hinojosa packed in a hurry this morning, stuffing a bag with enough clothes f...

To get a sense of the changing nature of the Texas delegation, it is necessary only to view two wildly disparate events: the monthly meeting of the Texas Breakfast Club and the extemporaneous orations of acid-tongued Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich. A recent meeting of the breakfast club, on a Thursday morning in April, drew about 280 Texans, pseudo-Texans, former Texans, staffers for Texas congressmen, and Texas media types, who crowded in to hear the day’s guest, Supreme Court justice and...

My friend that i served with in the house mentioned its been done four times. in 2003 we left the state for four days to try to stop tom delay from gerrymandering. we left over 30 days and im proud of the representative state reps and what they did to try to stop this bill. >> the u.s. house as you know passed u.s. federal voting rights legislation that is stalled in the senate. about passing that legislation you said, quote, this is a now or never moment in american democracy. the democracy is ...

New York Press. He now writes for Rolling Stone and will soon release his fourth book, ‘The Great Derangement.’ He’s also covering the ’08 campaign in a special RS diary entitled “Year of the Rat.” His caustic wit often compared to Hunter Thompson, he’s called Mitt Romney “a poll-chasing stuffed suit with a Max Headroom hairdo,” Tom Tancredo a “vengeful midget,” President Bush “a retarded Christian AA version of Woodrow Wilson” and gets Fred Thompson confused with Joe ...

POLITICO Playbook: How Palm Beach is preparing for a possible Trump indictment Posted on PALM BEACH MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CASE TRUMP IS INDICTED — Law enforcement officials in Palm Beach County, Fla., have actively prepared for the possibility that Manhattan District Attorney CY VANCE could indict former President DONALD TRUMP while he’s at Mar-a-Lago, according to two high-ranking county officials involved in planning sessions... (Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ... TOPICS: Th...

John A. Boehner showed that a comeback from the political wilderness is possible. John A. Boehner became House speaker in 2011 even though he had been ousted from Republican leadership in 1998.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times May 13, 2021 WASHINGTON — As dissension boiled in their ranks, House Republicans quickly turned on the chairman of their conference, the member of the leadership team responsible for party messaging. After a swift vote, the occupant of that office was unceremo...

Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (just a reminder) Posted on Make no mistake: Congressmen Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy are proud Republicans. But they believe the party had lost sight of the ideals it believes in, like economic freedom, limited government, the sanctity of life, and putting families first. This isn’t your grandfather’s Republican party. These Young Guns of the House GOP—Cantor (the leader), Ryan (the thinker), and McCarthy (the strategist...

The Mini-Midterms: Five Takeaways from Six Decades of House Special Elections A Commentary By Kyle Kondik Thursday, April 15, 2021 KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — There have been nearly 300 U.S. House special elections since the mid-1950s. — These elections more often flipped against the party that holds the White House — just like what often happens to the president’s party in midterm House elections — but the president’s party has scored some noteworthy wins, too, which can cloud...