
CASA in Action endorses Terry McAuliffe for governor
The board of Latino and immigrant electoral powerhouse CASA in Action has endorsed Terry McAuliffe for governor of Virginia.

The board of Latino and immigrant electoral powerhouse CASA in Action has endorsed Terry McAuliffe for governor of Virginia.

Terry McAuliffe is trying to win the debate over debates, raising issue with the reported refusal of Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin declining an invite to participate in a July 24 debate being hosted by the Virginia Bar Association.

C‑SPAN is releasing the results of its fourth Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, in which a cross-section of presidential historians and professional observers of the presidency ranked the country’s 44 former chief executives on 10 characteristics of leadership.

The House voted 222-190 on Wednesday to pass H.Res. 503, which would establish a Select Committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The Virginia Police Benevolent Association announced today its endorsement of Republican Glenn Youngkin for governor, after Democratic Party nominee Terry McAuliffe and ticket-mates Haya Ayala and Mark Herring declined opportunities to interview for endorsements.

President Biden announced Tuesday the country’s first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, which in the wake of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection would seem to be in order.

Even Terry McAuliffe isn’t keeping up, for the moment, anyway, with Glenn Youngkin, who has reported having raised $15.9 million for his run at governor through the end of May.

Never Again PAC launched and released an introductory spot evoking the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and the 147 Republican members of Congress who enabled it.

Republicans, who spent years using congressional subpoena powers to go on several anti-Democrat witch hunts (“Benghazi!”), are calling foul on this Jan. 6 commission, saying it reeks of politics. Something here reeks, and it ain’t the Jan. 6 commission.

Something former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel said to Barack Obama back in 2009 foretold where the West is today in 2021.
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