Rep. Jamaal Bowman‘s (D-NY) hopes of being elected to another term could be fading fast, according to a new survey, which finds him facing a double-digit deficit. Westchester County Executive George Latimer leads Bowman by a 52-35% margin, according to pollster Mark Mellman. Mellman hails from the Democratic Majority for Israel, an organization with a […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the oldest Democratic-appointed Supreme Court justice, has received calls from several left-liberal activists to step down from the Supreme Court so she doesn’t die in office. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made some of the strongest comments approaching saying what has been rumored as a push to force Sotomayor out of her chambers […]
A group of civil rights organizations has filed a lawsuit against a new Alabama law that criminalizes some forms of absentee voter assistance. The lawsuit — filed by the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries, the League of Women Voters of Alabama, and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program — claims that the […]
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger insisted that he was focused on defending the company in a recent proxy fight and that it was not personal. The fight in question revolved around billionaire Nelson Peltz’s effort to shake up Disney’s board, hoping to get a seat on it for himself. When asked about the failed […]
Thieves in Los Angeles pulled off the largest cash heist in the city’s history on Easter Sunday, making out with $30 million. The robbery took place at an unnamed San Fernando Valley money storage unit, according to L.A. Police Department Cmdr. Elaine Morales. The burglars were able to breach the building as well as the […]
Sen. Jacky Rosen’s (D-NV) campaign announced a record-breaking ad buy, one day after political experts deemed the Nevada Senate race to be more competitive than previously ranked. Rosen’s campaign told Axios it plans to spend $14 million on ads that will run from late July through Election Day. According to the campaign, it will be […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested the Biden administration is allowing the border crisis to continue in the hopes that the immigrants become “future Democrat voters.” Cruz appeared on Fox News’s Hannity on Wednesday to comment on President Joe Biden’s campaign efforts in Texas. A Democratic candidate hasn’t won the state since 1976, when Jimmy Carter […]
Epidemiologists are renaming the disease Alaskapox out of fear that the name of the illness may hamper tourism and stigmatize the state. Alaskapox, now called Borealpox, gained media spotlight in January following the abrupt death of an elderly man in the remote Kenai Peninsula after he was hospitalized with the disease last November. Joseph McLaughlin, […]
Washington, D.C. voters will get the opportunity in November to choose whether or not they want to implement a ranked choice voting initiative. The ballot measure, also known as Initiative 83, was proposed by an organization called Make All Votes Count and spearheaded by Lisa D.T. Rice, an advisory neighborhood commissioner from Ward 7. The […]
One-fifth of adults believe that violence may be necessary to get the United States “back on track,” a poll found. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, conducted March 25-28, found a significant number of Americans were open to violence to achieve political goals, though the large majority, 79%, rejected it. Of the 20% who agreed, 6% did […]
