Calvin Hayden, the sheriff of Johnson County, Kansas, who for years promoted a Trumpian investigation of the county’s election system, was defeated in a Republican primary Tuesday night by Doug Bedford, his former second in command. Hayden took a keen interest in the election system after Donald Trump lost Johnson County in the 2020 White … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday was launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks, with a particular emphasis on primary … Read more
A handful of Republicans running for Missouri’s highest offices secured crucial support from former President Donald Trump ahead of the primary election on Tuesday — a boost for candidates who have all promised to further restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the deep-red state. Missouri has already enacted several anti-trans laws, including a ban on trans youth … Read more
Kamala Harris is not new to politics, nor the public scrutiny that comes with it. Harris is also certainly not new to attacks dripping in misogyny, racism and xenophobia. She has weathered it all throughout her career as California’s attorney general, the state’s senator and the vice president of the United States ― the whole … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republicans this week unleashed a wave of attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, accusing her of being a radical based on some of the liberal positions she took during her 2020 run for the Oval Office. “She would literally be the most liberal person ever to seek the … Read more
The Great Recession had just formally ended, Barack Obama was entering only his seventh month in the White House and the Black Eyed Peas were atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “I Gotta Feeling.” That’s what was happening in America the last time the federal minimum wage was increased on July 24, 2009 — the … Read more
While Joe Biden’s symptoms are mild, the diagnosis removes him from the campaign trail. President Joe Biden can’t catch a break. The president’s hopes of counter-programming the Republican National Convention were dashed Wednesday after he learned he had contracted COVID-19, forcing him to cancel an appearance before a key Latino advocacy group. While Biden’s symptoms … Read more
High-profile Republicans have immediately blamed Donald Trump’s near-assassination on Democrats calling him a threat to democracy. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that “when the message goes out constantly that the election of Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the republic would end, it heats up the environment.” Other … Read more
Jacqualyne Johnson took her son to a mental health hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 19. Anthony Johnson Jr. had not slept for two days, and he suffered from schizophrenic episodes. This time it was “hot and heavy,” she said, and Anthony was trying not to harm himself. Anthony always wanted to be a … Read more
Arvind Sanger, Founder & Managing Partner, Geosphere Capital Management, says the US market would like a not-too-strong mandate for either party and no big sweep for either Democrats or the Republicans. A big Democratic sweep looks very unlikely, but a big Republican sweep is possible. As long as Trump does not have too much of … Read more
