Former football player Herschel Walker launched his campaign for United States Senate in Georgia on Wednesday. “I’m a kid from a small town in Georgia who lived the American Dream, and I’m ready to fight to keep that dream alive for you too,” the former athlete said. “Our country is at …
Read More »Danielle Allen Is Running For Governor Of Massachusetts
Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor, will launch a campaign on Tuesday to become governor of Massachusetts. “We are the first state to have abolished enslavement, and we should have gotten to a place where leadership is truly open to everybody a heck of a lot faster,” Allen said in …
Read More »Val Demings Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate Against Marco Rubio
With the theme “Never Tire,” Florida Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings on Wednesday formally launched her campaign to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022. The announcement was not a surprise: Demings last month said to “stay tuned” amid reports that she would run for Senate. She made the announcement …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Postmaster General Under Investigation By The FBI
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Trump-appointed USPS Postmaster General for campaign contributions. Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for political donations made while he was CEO of a private logistics company. “Mr. DeJoy has learned that the Department of …
Read More »FEC Wants Congress To Ban Pre-checked Donation Boxes
The Federal Election Commission wants Congress to ban political campaigns from automatically collecting funds through pre-checked boxes on their website. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend that Congress bar political campaigns from guiding donors by default into recurring contributions through prechecked boxes. “The Commission’s experience strongly suggests that many contributions …
Read More »A $211,000 Trump Campaign Bill Was Sent To Collection Agency
The city of Albuquerque sent a $211,175.94 bill from former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign rally in 2019 to a debt collection agency. “In my mind, he owes us a lot more because there was about a day and a half where we couldn’t even function as a city,” Albuquerque Mayor …
Read More »Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced To A Year In Prison
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison for influence peddling and corruption. Sarkozy was found guilty of trying to obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 when his campaign finances were investigated. According to CNN, a Paris prosecutor requested a two-year suspended sentence for …
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