Democratic presidential race: Why it’s back to the future – CNNPolitics
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South Dakota Democratic Party offices closing
According to the Federal Election Commission, the South Dakota Democratic Party started the most recent reporting period in July with $31,267 but ended the month with just $3,181; which is a trend the party has seen during the past year.
Additionally, the SDDP receives at least $10,000 per month from the Democratic National Party, according to FEC reports.
South Dakota Democrat Chair Paula Hawks said that the decreased funds are caused by “extreme mismanagement and lack of oversight.”
South Dakota Democratic Party offices closing
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Florida’s former Democratic party chair agrees to revocation of law license
Maddox, who also ran in the past for governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner, was suspended from practicing law Aug. 15 after pleading guilty to honest-services wire fraud, honest-services mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The charges were part of a federal investigation into Tallahassee city government, where Maddox served as a city commissioner. He faces a maximum of 45 years in prison and $750,000 in fines when he is sentenced in mid-November. In the Supreme Court filing, Maddox agreed to reimburse The Florida Bar for costs incurred in his disciplinary cases and to take other steps.
Florida’s former Democratic party chair agrees to revocation of law license
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Alabama Democratic Party chair accuses Jones, DNC of ‘all-out attack’
“From a continuous, ‘the sky is falling’ media assault on the party and its leadership, to the DNC’s withholding $10,000 per month to Alabama, they have bombarded the Alabama Democratic Party on every side,” Worley said in a statement.
…The state and national party have been at odds since February when the DNC ordered the state party to hold new leadership elections and rewrite its bylaws to provide for representation on the State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) for Hispanics, Asians, youth, LGBTQ individuals and those with disabilities.
That argument stems from a much longer one over the direction of the Alabama Democratic Party. Critics of Worley say she has done little to stem the Democrats’ repeated losses in state elections since 2010 and neglected the party infrastructure. Worley has said she is trying to pay off party debts and has little room for investment.
Alabama Democratic Party chair accuses Jones, DNC of ‘all-out attack’
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Here’s why Amy Klobuchar’s ‘every place, every race—every time’ logic is flawed
I’ll tell you the same thing that I tell my first-year English students when I ask them to gather sources for their essays: Be cautious and interrogate the rationale behind the candidates’ arguments because the things that come out of their mouths don’t always hold water.
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The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On
The second-tier candidates are wary of trying to replicate the Hail Mary pass Ms. Harris heaved at the first debate in June. Her highly personal attack on Mr. Biden over busing won her a much-needed spike in donations and a lift in the polls, but her gains turned out to be fleeting and her broadside angered some voters uneasy with intraparty conflict.
…Senator Cory Booker also tangled with Mr. Biden in the second debate, but he has appeared to gain little from the encounter. Yet even as he continued to target the former vice president in New Hampshire — “We can’t make the mistake that says, ‘Oh, we got to play it safe,’” he warned Democrats — Mr. Booker also turned his attention to Ms. Warren.
“This election is not just about our plans, it’s about our heart and gut,” he said
The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On – The New York Times
Oh, Cory… Knock it off. you sound like a snipy little wannabe mean-girl.
History and Hoping for a New Hampshire Miracle
Even though it flies in the face of all the glib certainties TV pundits are fond of proclaiming …[is that] it is too soon to be writing off anyone with a credible record and proven history of winning elections (with the strong exception of Bill de Blasio and Tulsi Gabbard).
…I recall pundits declaring with voice-of-God certainty in late summer of 2015 that the only Republicans who could plausibly win the 2016 nomination were Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
New Hampshire voters, in particular, are late deciders—and, even then, mercurial in their selections.
“Most New Hampshire voters aren’t really paying attention yet,” said pollster Andy Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center.
…TV [and] print [news] would rather ballyhoo the shallow preferences of voters who are, in truth, still undecided than admit how much of the 2020 campaign is still in flux.
…The secret of winning a presidential nomination—or coming tantalizingly close—lies in peaking at the right moment. …”t’s a lot better to pop in January than to pop in August.”
The Also-Rans Hoping for a New Hampshire Miracle | The New Republic
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The richest American family hired terrorists to shoot machine guns at sleeping women and children
The company towns, writes historian Philip Foner, were “feudal domains with the company acting as lord and master. The ‘law’ consisted of company rules. Curfews were imposed, company guards — brutal thugs armed with machine guns and rifles loaded with soft-point bullets — would not admit any ‘suspicious stranger’ into the camp.” CF&I was the most restrictive of all, and its employees often lived 20 to a shack, in houses owned by the company itself.
…In September, after the company refused demands for an eight-hour workday and the elimination of company guards, the workers went on strike. The labor organizer Mother Jones gave a rousing speech in support of the strike, for which she was imprisoned for 20 days.
…When she was released, she saw that the miners had been evicted from their shacks for attempting to strike. They were now living in tent colonies outside the towns of boarded-up shanties they had once called home. Not only that, but the company guards were arresting the newly homeless miners for vagrancy and forcing them to work for no pay as punishment. The miners were regularly beaten by the guards.
…In response to the terrorism of the agents, the miners and their families dug pits in the earth under their tents, in which they hid at night to avoid being sprayed by bullets. They endured this violence, living in their tents with their pits, all through the winter and spring. The few occasions they fired back at agents were used as justification for calling in the Colorado National Guard.
…President Woodrow Wilson, having been informed that the situation in Colorado was out of control and the Colorado Guardsmen were defeated, dispatched federal troops to the region.
…More than 400 miners were arrested and charged on nearly as many counts of murder, but only one was convicted, and the verdict was eventually overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court. It turned out that the State of Colorado, while waging war with guerrilla fighters within its own borders, had never declared martial law.
The richest American family hired terrorists to shoot machine guns at sleeping women and children
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She fled North Korea for a better life. How her lonely, impoverished death became political
But their demands run deeper than Han’s case. They say newly arriving refugees should receive better job training and more financial and other support.
The Unification Ministry has acknowledged there have been “blind spots” and said it was examining its policies and procedures. The ministry announced last week it would conduct a wholesale survey of vulnerable North Korean refugee households across the country.
City officials also came by the memorial saying they intended to clear it because the structure wasn’t properly permitted.
The city backed off after one of the refugees doused himself with gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire.
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Big Papi surprises fans with 1st pitch at Fenway
Ortiz, introduced on the public-address system as a symbol of “resilience, strength, triumph and love,” ran up the steps from the dugout to the field, appearing strong and healthy, before throwing a pitch to former teammate Jason Varitek.
…”I want to thank you for all for your prayers, all of them came home,” he told the crowd.
Ortiz also thanked his former Red Sox teammates for their visits and support, as well as some players on the Yankees who had come to see him as he was convalescing.
…Ortiz, known as Big Papi, was a 10-time All-Star and three-time World Series winner with the Red Sox from 2003 through 2016, thrilling fans with late-game dramatics in the postseason. A street across from Fenway Park has been named for the slugger.
He further endeared himself to the fans with his heartfelt and profane speech at Fenway Park days after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, urging the city to be “Boston Strong.”
Big Papi surprises fans with 1st pitch at Fenway
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Vermont is not New Hampshire
Aesthetics, however, is where the similarities between Vermont and New Hampshire end. Though the physical landscapes of these two bucolic states share much in common, their political landscapes are quite different. In fact, from a policy and political standpoint, these two neighboring states are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
With annual state spending equivalent to 17% of state GDP, Vermont has the seventh largest state government in the country relative to the size of its state economy. New Hampshire, meanwhile, with state spending equaling less than 8% of GDP, has the smallest state government in the country except for Texas.
Vermont, New Hampshire, And Joe Biden’s Confusion
Bill O’Brien is a tool. If he “got” New Hampshire, he’d still be in control of the NH House.
New Hampshire Border Patrol checkpoint earns backlash
New Hampshire Border Patrol checkpoint earns backlash | TheHill
GOP agenda bumps up against Live Free or Die.
Harris briefing memo cites ‘summer slump’: report
The memo also reportedly included talking points to respond to Harris’s less frequent visits to New Hampshire.
“You haven’t traveled to New Hampshire as frequently as some of your Democratic rivals,” Politico reports the “Briefing and Talking Points” memo read. “Is the state a priority for your campaign?”
Harris briefing memo cites ‘summer slump’: report | TheHill
Um, yup.
There are too many good choices to bother with one who doesn’t seem to give a crap about your point of view or your vote.
This is N.H., not L.A. No one is going to swallow polished but hollow lipservice ’round these parts, Senator.
We asked 100 New Hampshire insiders about the Democratic field at the State Democratic Convention
The largely friendly tone among the different campaigns’ supporters and “Anybody But Trump” signs were a stark contrast to the event in 2016. The party’s annual convention that year was marred by chants and boos, forcing former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schutlz to stop speaking.
In a sign of unity this year, hundreds of delegates agreed to hold signs for whichever candidate was speaking at the time, regardless of which contender they backed personally. The only jeers were when several candidates couldn’t remember or pronounce the names of the state’s congressional members.
We asked 100 New Hampshire insiders about the Democratic field. Here’s who they favor. – POLITICO
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Seth Moulton wants New Hampshire’s vote — and for the state to change its ways
Seth Moulton wants New Hampshire’s vote — and for the state to change its ways – The Boston Globe
Please stay south of the border, Seth.
Sincerely,
New Hampshire
Russia’s Putin Offered Trump Hypersonic Weapons: ‘I Told Donald, We Can Sell You Some’
“the issue was raised as to how and in what way it would be possible to count Russian modern weapons, including the hypersonic missile systems, into the common agreements, considering that so far not a single country in the world possesses these weapons, not even the U.S.,” as quoted by the state-run Tass Russian News Agency.
“I told Donald the following: ‘If you want, we can sell you some and this way we will balance everything out. But truth be told, they are saying that they will soon produce it themselves,” Putin remarked.
Russia’s Putin Offered Trump Hypersonic Weapons: ‘I Told Donald, We Can Sell You Some’
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Outer Banks wild horses will ride out Hurricane Dorian as usual, with ‘butts to the wind’
The hurricane with no name threshed across the Atlantic coast in mid-September 1713, ripping at tobacco crops and sending panicked colonists inland, where the storm’s destructive power found them.
…By then, the Spanish mustangs already had made a home on North Carolina’s thin, boomerang-shaped Outer Banks for two centuries, passing down cyclone-survival skills to foals for generations.
…Around 200 horses will stay and ride it out, as they have since the 16th century — seeking refuge under towering live oak trees.
It’s not their first rodeo, said Meg Puckett, the nonprofit’s herd manager. The wild horses will instinctually seek cover in wooded high grounds, standing in tight circles with their butts out like a reverse phalanx.
“After all that time, the herd just knows,” Puckett told The Washington Post by phone on Thursday, as wind hummed in the background, announcing Dorian’s inevitable approach up the coast. “That information is passed down from generation to generation.”
…They are thought to be descendants of horses that swam ashore after the shipwrecks.
Others believe they were simply abandoned by the Spaniards after various violent clashes with Native Americans and English settlers.
The horses are remarkably resilient in the harsh conditions, where fresh water and vegetation often give way to sand and salt. And they don’t scare like domestic horses. Facing a hurricane or a threat, they endure. “It says a lot about their resourcefulness and hardiness,” Puckett said. “They have an incredible will to survive.”
…In 2010, the Spanish mustang became the state horse of North Carolina, even as their future remains far from certain. Conservationists have focused their efforts on genetic diversity to keep mares and foals healthy, Puckett said.
…She is not concerned over Dorian’s approach. Many hurricanes have come and gone for 500 years, and the horses remain.
If they ever disappear, it’s unlikely that a hurricane will be the culprit.
Outer Banks wild horses will ride out Hurricane Dorian as usual – The Washington Post
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