The Hill's 12:30 Report

It turns out that more young people want to be a carpenter or electrician than another expert in gender studies or whatever.

Just hours before the deadline, Michael Allen Ogle, a Kansas man who pleaded guilty to a violent crime, submitted the paperwork to run for the 2nd District seat being vacated by U. S. Rep. Jake LaTurner. “The majority of Kansas is probably going to vote for a felon for president,” said the newly minted candidate, Michael Allen Ogle, as quoted by KSNT.

Monica Crowley's reputation as a serial plagiarist prevents her from getting any job other than a Fox News projectionist. And here she's projecting with all the bulbs on. Biden won't go peacefully? GTFOH, Monica. And AOC is mad Trump won't date her? Monica, Trump is grifting his own party into the toilet, he definitely won't pay for your next "procedure." PS YOU ARE TOO OLD FOR HIM, MONICA. And the ultimate projection is projecting about projection, but if anybody can twist rhetoric like a Vegas acrobat, it's Monica.

North Carolina's Lt. Governor and candidate to become their next Governor might just have outdone himself with this conspiracy theory, that the United States was behind the attack of December 7, 1941. Current polling puts him neck-and-neck with Democrat Josh Stein. Are North Carolinians paying attention to who they put in office?

Sporting a Cat Power ballcap and denim shirt for his runoff debate with his Republican opponent in GA-02, Chuck Hand gave a prepared statement with a cockamamie reason for why he wouldn't be taking part and then left the televised debate. But I suppose when these types of people see how contemptuous Trump is of democratic norms that they all want to emulate him.

Here's a pro tip for Eric Hovde, the California banker who is running for the US Senate in Wisconsin: If you're fighting a reputation of being a carpetbagger, don't get spotted on the beach in California when you're supposed to be campaigning. As first reported by Politico, Hovde was supposed to be at the Copperfest Parade in Oconto County, Wisconsin this past Saturday: However, Wisconsin Democrats got a photo from a tipster of a man who appears to be Hovde speaking with another man whom Politico identifies as Carson Lappetito, president of Hovde's bank: Politico also reported that the hat, swimsuit and beach chair match those in this video which a tracker had previously recorded: [embed eid="60753" /]read more