Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro says the lack of diversity in Iowa and New Hampshire no longer makes them qualified to lead the presidential nominating calendar. Since the late 1960's, campaigns start with Iowa caucuses followed by the New Hampshire primaries. Castro's comments on Sunday evening may anger officials and voters in both states. He […]
State legislators across the country are once again “rolling the dice” on whether to support gaming in their respective states. With the majority state legislative sessions beginning in January 2020, gaming industry officials and representatives are dreaming of Black Jack and sharpening their arguments as to why gaming is needed in states like Florida and […]
Yesterday, the House unanimously passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act. This bill was introduced by Florida Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) the law would make it a federal crime for "any person to intentionally engage" in animal cruelty, including burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or otherwise injuring "non-mammals, birds, reptiles […]
On Monday, The U.S. Treasury Department renewed a license allowing Chevron Corporation to continue drilling for oil in Venezuela for another ninety days. Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo responded “Once again Trump has sold out an ally to support a dictator. While the President has pledged support for Guaidó, yesterday the Trump administration turned its back on Democracy in Venezuela […]
Earlier today, in Washington, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX); who serves on the Senate Finance, Intelligence, and Judiciary Committees, spoke on the floor. The Republican Senator addressed the Democrats' handling of the current impeachment proceedings. ‘When it comes to impeachment, arguably one of the most serious responsibilities under our constitutional for Congress, House Democrats have simply […]
This week Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn) campaign reported raising $1.1 million in the last three months for her 2020 re-election campaign. With the average donation being $14.55, over 55,000 people have donated to the campaign this quarter, according to what her team says. Omar has raised almost double from last quarter's $617,000 and the majority […]
It is going to be a heated race in Georgia between U.S. Representative Lucy McBath (D-Georgia) and former Republican Congresswoman Karen Handel (R), if Handel wins her primary. In looking at some polling and money raised, it appears as if McBath is set to battle Karen Handel, and she may be reading the writing on […]
Congresswoman Debbie Murcasel Powell (D-FL 26th District) held a meeting at her office to acknowledge the efforts of leaders in the Hispanic community. Murcasel Powell, who is of Ecuadorian descent, spoke with the ambassador to Ecuador in Washington about the anti-government protests which began when President Lenin Moreno began raising taxes and eliminated a subsidy […]
Looks like the competition is heating up in for the Democratic primary election in the swing state of Arizona. Mark Kelly is a former astronaut and husband to past Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly has announced he will run for the Senate seat that use to belong to John McCain. “I care about people, I […]
Representative Rashida Tliab (D-MI) is undergoing an extended review by the House Ethics Committee over salary issues from her 2018 campaign; prior to her election into the House of Representatives. This is the first time the committee has acknowledged that Tliab’s actions are being carefully examined. Committee Chairman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Texas Representative Kenny Marchant (R-TX) […]
A police officer in Fairfax County, VA was suspended after turning over an undocumented immigrant into federal custody. The unidentified officer arrived at the scene of a car accident on September 21. The driver did not have his license and the officer turned him over to an ICE agent that was nearby. “This is an […]
Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was in Detroit with Police Chief, James Craig, when she told him to hire only black analysts for the facial recognition program the city uses to identify individuals. In one of the most bizarre and racially charged comments yet, Tliab suggested the department should not hire anyone who is not black. […]
Looks like Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, will sue the U.S. Government if Elizabeth Warren is elected president in 2020. "You have someone like Elizabeth Warren thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … I mean, if she gets elected president then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, […]
On the 43rd anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal money from funding abortions, "Squad" members Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., joined former Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to repeal the amendment. "I was a staffer in 1977 to the late, great feminist congressman Ron Dellums," Lee said in the […]
Representative Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee Chairman, is being called a hypocrite by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for a phone call where Schiff said he would be willing to accept dirt on Trump. The two-year-old call was a prank by Russian radio hosts Vladimir "Vovan" Kuznetzov and Alexey "Lexus" Stolyarov, who have close ties […]
Today, Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) introduced the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019 (PSA Act), as a response to fraud and federal student aid programs.
