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Kafer: After four years, here’s why this never-Trumper is voting for Trump (The Denver Post)

Age has a way of disabusing us of idealism. I was 25 when I drove across the country to Washington D.C. in a three-cylinder tin can of a car that barely made it over the Appalachians. A resume of restaurant and retail work wasn’t the most competitive on Capitol Hill, and it took me a while to find a job at the Dole Campaign running the file room.

After the election, a glum mood settled over what remained of headquarters. After the death of a campaign, the candidate’s finance office lumbers on zombie-like for months. As the damp chill of a D.C. winter arrived, I couldn’t stop wondering why Americans would choose a smarmy womanizer over a decorated WWII veteran. [Read More]

Where Trump’s 2020 coalition must come from in Pennsylvania (Washington Examiner)

When people think of Washington County, Pennsylvania, they often associate it with the wealthy northern tier of affluent suburbs such as Peters and Cecil townships. But that is only part of the story. If you are from these parts, you know Washington County is both Fox Chapel and West Virginia.

Washington County is the second-largest producer of natural gas among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties and also the second-largest producer nationwide, thanks to the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. It is also one of the so-called “heat counties” that could swing Election Day in less than two weeks.

Its environs include suburbs filled with teachers, college professors, doctors, and executives. Some parts are very rural, with farming and ranching. It is home to quaint river towns and scarred Rust Belt remnants of the coal and steel era. [Read More]

Indian-American woman Manga Anantatmula to run for US Congress from Virginia (The Indian Express)

An Indian-American woman, who raised her voice against alleged discrimination in the admission of Asians in IV League schools, has announced that she will run for US House of Representatives, saying she wants to be a -voice, not a noise- for the community particularly the Hindus in the US.

Andhra Pradesh-born Manga Anantatmula, who worked as a federal government contractor in defence acquisitions programme management, has already become a presumptive nominee of Republican party from the 11th Congressional District of Virginia, making her the first Indian origin candidate to run for the House of Representatives from there. [Read More]

Amy Coney Barrett sworn in at Supreme Court by John Roberts (Washington Examiner)

Judge Amy Coney Barrett has now become Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

On Tuesday morning, Chief Justice John Roberts administered the judicial oath to Barrett in private in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court, making her the 103rd associate justice on the Supreme Court.

“Upon administration of that oath, she will be able to begin to participate in the work of the Court,” the high court said in a press release on Monday. “A formal investiture ceremony will take place at a special sitting of the Court in the Courtroom at a later date.” [Read More]