A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Roger Stone to 40 months in prison Thursday.
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Day: February 20, 2020
Commentary: The Impatience of the Democratic Primary
A few takeaways after two weeks of stomping where the candidates were stumping and stalking Democratic voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
“It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes.” Or in the case of the Democrats’ caucuses in Iowa, who doesn’t count the votes.
The Iowa app-ageddon exposed the Washington political class for the self-serving failure it is. These people keep getting hired even though they keep losing elections or screwing them up as they did in Iowa.
Read MoreDemocratic Presidential Hopefuls Target Bloomberg at Fiery Nevada Debate
WASHINGTON – Six U.S. Democratic presidential candidates squared off in a contentious debate late Wednesday, with billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg the target of sharp attacks from his challengers in their first face-to-face encounter.
Read MoreMinneapolis Museum Drapes Refugee Life Jackets Over Exterior Columns
The Minneapolis Institute of Art has draped thousands of life jackets worn by refugees over the museum’s exterior columns.
Read MoreCarol Swain Commentary: A Dangerous Revisionist History of America’s Founding Pushes a False and Destructive Narrative
Under the guise of a venture called the “1619 Project,” revisionist history about race in America is being introduced into classrooms across America without undergoing the normal peer review expected of educational materials. August 2019 marked the birth of the project, a publication of The New York Times Magazine and the Pulitzer organization, containing a collection of essays and artistic works to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of slavery in America. The project has mushroomed into a movement to re-educate Americans via newfangled claims about how deeply racism is embedded in America’s core.
Read MoreMassachusetts City Allowing Illegal Aliens to Drive Without A License
City councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to prohibit police officers from arresting illegal aliens if they are caught operating a vehicle without a license.
Read MoreThree More Minnesota Counties Become Second Amendment Sanctuaries
Three more Minnesota counties declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries during their Tuesday night board meetings.
Read MoreCoronavirus Death Toll Hits 2,000
WASHINGTON – The death toll from the new coronavirus climbed past the 2,000 mark Wednesday, China’s health commission announced, even while the number of confirmed cases hit a monthly low.
Read MoreMexican Citizen Arrested for Working with Russians
A Mexican citizen was charged Tuesday with being an “unregistered foreign agent” for Russia. He is accused of spying on at least one U.S. informant in South Florida.
Read MoreEmails: Burisma Consultant Linked to Hunter Biden Approached Top State Department Official to Arrange Ukraine Meeting
A Democratic consultant working for Burisma Holdings and connected to Hunter Biden approached Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken at an event for a liberal think tank in June 2016 to arrange a meeting to discuss “troubling events” in Ukraine, State Department emails reveal.
Read MoreThe Trump Admin Is Waiving Contracting Laws to Expedite Border Wall Construction
The Trump administration is waiving federal contracting laws to hasten the time it takes to build border walls between the U.S. and Mexico.
Read MoreCommentary: How the Ruling Class Might Elect Bloomberg and Realign American Politics
The Democratic Party’s establishment might well succeed in making Michael Bloomberg president of the United States—not on Election Night 2020, however. But it could happen if a third party were to win some electoral votes and, with no candidate receiving a majority of them, the House of Representatives was called upon to choose between the top-two electoral vote-getters.
Read MoreCongressman Jim Hagedorn Reveals He’s Being Treated for Cancer
U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-01) revealed Wednesday that he was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer in February of last year.
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