Antony Blinken, who McCain once called 'threat' to US, praises the late senator in Sedona Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Sen. Mitt Romney at the McCain Institute's annual Sedona Forum policy summit. 05/4/2024 - 6:10 am | View Link
Utah governor candidate Phil Lyman must find new running mate after judge rules his pick ineligible A judge decided on Friday that Phil Lyman’s first running mate choice doesn’t meet the Utah Constitution’s residency requirements to be eligible for the office of lieutenant governor. This is the end ... 05/3/2024 - 3:08 pm | View Link
Judge says Phil Lyman’s running mate stays off Utah Republicans’ primary ballot — for now Utah gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman will have to find a new running mate — and fast — after a judge ruled Friday that his pick for lieutenant governor, Layne Bangerter, is not eligible to be ... 05/3/2024 - 12:10 pm | View Link
Utah’s primary election stage is set: Lyman vs. Cox, the race for Romney’s seat and more Utah Republicans now know who they will see on their ballots for the state’s June 25 primary. In the race for governor, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will face Rep. Phil Lyman, who got the Utah Republican ... 04/27/2024 - 9:07 pm | View Link
Utah GOP convention picks Trump-backed mayor Trent Staggs as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, Utah, has been selected as the state Republican Party’s nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former ... 04/27/2024 - 6:58 pm | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.