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“No Virginia governor has come into office with a deeper dealmaking background than Glenn Youngkin, who as former co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group made a fortune acquiring and merging companies around the globe,” the Washington Post reports. “But as the Republican chief executive of a purple state, Youngkin has struggled to translate that business acumen into political success — or even economic development success, with the demise Wednesday of his much-touted plan to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals to Alexandria.” “While Youngkin and his group of financial experts had negotiated with team owner Ted Leonsis to cut what the governor called ‘the single largest economic development deal in Virginia’s history,’ the governor was never able to work the same magic with members of the General Assembly who had to sign off on the $2 billion project.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn a 2020 interview with CNN, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington criticized the manner of President Donald Trump's visit to St. John's Episcopal Church amid protests over the death of George Floyd.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA Republican state representative in Michigan, Rep. Matt Maddock, claimed on social media that he had photo evidence of "illegal invaders" arriving at Detroit Metro Airport. CNN's Daniel Dale explains that it only took a few minutes to find out it was the Gonzaga men's college basketball team arriving for their March Madness game.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareKiller Kyle Rittenhouse is doing a tour of campuses around the country, sponsored by the Turning Point USA with Charlie Kirk.. Last week, when stopping at the University of Memphis, they were ready for him. A group of people were able to play the reserved seating to a tee and so there were several Black students present for his little speech.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLONDON, Ohio — Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip. Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough,” searched ahead of time for convenient charging stations between his home in Indianapolis and Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania. About 175 miles (282 kilometers) into his journey, he stopped at a new public charging station at the Pilot Travel Center along Interstate 70 outside Columbus, Ohio.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareNEW YORK — When No Labels’ critics got the loudest, it was Joe Lieberman who came to the group’s defense. The former Connecticut senator was a founding chairman of the centrist organization that focused, above all, on promoting bipartisanship in national politics. Despite its benign stated mission, No Labels inflamed many people across politics by working to recruit a third-party presidential candidate that some fear might tilt the 2024 election in Donald Trump’s favor. At almost every major turn, Lieberman served as the group’s chief public defender.
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