A BUNCH OF INTERESTING CAMPAIGN FINANCE NUGGETS … 1) THIS IS NEW … THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE has spent nearly $400,000 buying 25,500 copies of Rep. DAN CRENSHAW’S (R-Texas) book “Fortitude” for donors. They used the book to entice Republicans to give money to the NRCC. ONE OF THE SOLICITATIONS FROM THE NRCC READS:…
THE READ-THE-FINE-PRINT PRESIDENCY: President DONALD TRUMP stood in the Rose Garden on Monday and said that his coronavirus strategy has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. “In every generation, through every challenge and hardship and danger, America has risen to the task. We have met the moment and we have prevailed,” the president said.IT SEEMED…
WHITE HOUSE TABLE SETTING ... PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is set to go to Philadelphia late this week, as the White House attempts to creep toward some semblance of normalcy. Two governors are slated to come to meet with the president at the White House: North Dakota Republican Gov. DOUG BURGUM and Colorado Democratic Gov. JARED…
TWO AIDES WHO ARE FREQUENTLY in close proximity to President DONALD TRUMP and VP MIKE PENCE have tested positive for Covid-19. The White House is now testing everyone who may come into contact with the president -- they use a quick nose swab that returns results within 15 minutes. BUT THAT IS NOT THE REALITY…
BREAKING … THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP abandoned its plans to come back into session next week, bowing to the reality that Washington is still a hotbed of Covid-19 infection, and it’s not safe to force lawmakers to travel and congregate here during the pandemic. THIS IS A REVERSAL from Monday, when House Majority Leader STENY…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…