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‘One of the hardest decisions of my life’: Kamala Harris ends once-promising campaign (Politico)
Kamala Harris is ending her presidential campaign after months of failing to lift her candidacy from the bottom of the field — a premature departure for a California senator once heralded as a top-tier contender for the nomination.
Harris told aides of her intentions in an all-staff call on Tuesday, and a person familiar with the conversation said she sounded distraught. While Harris had qualified for the December debate in her home state later this month, she was running dangerously low on cash — lacking the resources to air TV ads in Iowa — and her staff was gripped by long-running internal turmoil. [Read More]
In the ‘nicest place in America,’ community thrives (Washington Examiner)
The thing about a city earning a title such as the “nicest place in America” is that outsiders often assume the people who live there don’t have to work at being nice.
Well, ask anyone in this lovely city that straddles both Mahoning and Columbiana counties, and they’ll say you do have to work at it. But like anything worthwhile in this world (including warmth, generosity, common courtesy, and the selfless notion of paying it forward), it starts to come more easily with time.
It also helps that Columbiana has a deep sense of community, which means it is deeply committed to its success. People here are involved in church, civic groups, and the general betterment of the city. [Read More]
The Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee released a scathing report Tuesday on the findings from its impeachment inquiry, accusing President Trump of misusing his office to seek foreign help in the 2020 presidential race.
The 300-page report comes hours before the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin taking up the case with its first formal impeachment hearing Wednesday morning. The report is expected to be transmitted to that committee following an evening vote and would form the basis for any impeachment articles. [Read More]
Fusion GPS Chiefs Spin Hard Before the Horowitz Report (American Greatness)
There are a few bombshells tucked in the new book authored by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, co-owners of Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm responsible for the most infamous dossier in American political history.
Here’s one that—as far as I know—hasn’t been disclosed until now: Before Fusion hired Christopher Steele in 2016 to produce his sketchy dossier on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Steele hired Fusion to help him with a client at odds with a key figure in the Trump camp. The London-based operative, misleadingly portrayed in the press as a mere former British intelligence officer, needed help investigating the Trump advisor for his client. [Read More]
Greta Thunberg: People underestimate ‘angry kids’ (BBC)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg said that adults should stop making young people “angry” over global warming.
Ms Thunberg was speaking after her arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, after a two-weeks-plus journey across the Atlantic from her starting point in Virginia, US. [Read More]
VIDEO: How does the #ImpeachmentInquiry against @realDonaldTrump compare with those against President #Nixon and @BillClinton? Watch here. @WeAreSinclair pic.twitter.com/bxcoar4Mum
— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) December 3, 2019
The Trump-resistance Washington Post went after First Lady Melania Trump’s choice of a white coat Monday when previewing the White House Christmas decorations earlier this week.
The Post’s fashion critic, Robin Givhan laid into the first lady after briefly approving of this year’s December decorations after the paper chastised last year’s display as a “nightmare forest.” [Read More]
“Existential” is Dictionary.com’s Word Of the Year (CBS Radio)
“Existential” is Dictionary.com’s 2019 Word Of the Year, the organization announced Monday. The word won out over other crisis-themed words and phrases including “polar vortex,” “stochastic terrorism” and “exonerate.”
“It captures a sense of grappling with the survival — literally and figuratively — of our planet, our loved ones, our ways of life,” Dictionary.com wrote in a post announcing the choice. “But, existential also inspires us to ask big questions about who we are and what our purpose is in the face of our various challenges — and it reminds us that we can make choices about our lives in how we answer those questions.” [Read More]
