Dems' HR 1 would benefit AOC, Pelosi, media-dominant House members most: experts

A provision in House elections voting reform bill H.R. 1 that would require the government match congressional candidates’ small-dollar donations would amplify polarization and reward candidates at the extreme ends of their parties, like Reps. alexandria-ocasio-cortez” target=”_blank”>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez< “It doesn’t do away with special interests. It just changes the special interests and how they go about it,” he…

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Rep. Roy: Cartels have 'operational control' of border, Kamala Harris has done 'nothing'

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas., said Wednesday that the Biden administration and congressional democratic-party” target=”_blank”>Democrats< have taken “operational control” of the southern immigration ARIZONA GOV. DUCEY DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD TO SOUTHERN BORDER AMID MIGRANT CRISIS CHIP ROY: Cartels have operational control of our border. Period. Anybody who’s following it knows that. Tamaulipas, the state right across the border…

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Democrats avoid ‘confrontation’ with Maxine Waters over controversial Chauvin trial comments

Some house-of-representatives seethed privately. They heard the remarks of maxine-waters” target=”_blank”>House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Waters< comments threatened to unspool the very tightly wound Democratic coalition of moderates and progressives. Some rank-and-file Democrats found maxine-waters” target=”_blank”>Waters< That disgust metastasized further after Hennepin, MN County Judge Peter Cahill criticized Waters from the bench on…

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St. Louis attorney who aimed gun at protesters 'definitely' mulling 2022 Senate bid

Mark McCloskey, the vacation-destinations attorney who along with his wife grabbed national headlines last year for pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, says a elections run for us-regions‘s open senate” target=”_blank”>Senate<. “I think there’s a general outpouring of concern for what’s going on currently with the erosion of the Constitution and our basic rights,” McCloskey said. MISSOURI SENATE…

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Arizona Dem Sens. Sinema, Kelly back governor’s move to deploy National Guard to border

Arizona’s Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly are both backing the governor’s decision to deploy the National Guard to the southern border in response to the surge in migrants that has overwhelmed authorities. “I welcome the Governor’s action to provide logistical support to Arizona communities, and look forward to hearing more details about how…

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Virginia explores plan to end advanced diplomas: 'Equitably serving the needs…of all of Virginia learners'

The us-regions Department of Education is taking steps to end advanced diplomas in the name of equity. Leslie Sale, director of the Virginia Education Department’s office of policy, on Tuesday announced an exploratory effort to review Virginia’s diploma and graduation requirements in a live-streamed meeting with the department’s Special Committee to Review the Standards of Accreditation. VIRGINIA…

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Virginia county allocating more than $6M for 'equity and equity training'

us-regions, is planning to allocate more than $6 million for “equity” and “equity training” as part of its fiscal year 2022 budget, raising questions about how the county is responding to education” target=”_blank”>parents’ concerns< updated on April 15 shows the county crediting equity efforts for an increase in contractional services from $200,000 to $1.2 million. VIRGINIA…

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SpaceX Crew-2 flight delayed to Friday due to weather

air-and-space announced on Wednesday that its highly anticipated SpaceX Crew-2 launch to the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>International Space Station (ISS)< Initially scheduled to liftoff Thursday morning at 6:11 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in us-regions, agency leaders confirmed Wednesday that the event is now targeted for 5:49 a.m. ET on Friday.  The delay, NASA explained in a release,…

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