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Trump’s Buddy Chris Collins Just Resigned From Congress

Ron Sachs/Getty Hours after reports emerged that Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was expected to plead guilty to insider trading charges, the Daily Beast broke the news that Collins had resigned his seat on Monday. Several other outlets, including the Washington Post, confirmed that the four-term congressman had stepped down.  Collins’ departure from the House marks an inglorious…

The Biden Campaign Is Demanding That TV Execs Stop Booking Guiliani

September 25, 2019, Manhattan Beach, California, USA: Presidential candidate Joe Biden leaves a private fundraiser at a home in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019. (Credit Image: © Wire)Scott Varley/Orange County Register via ZUMA Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is reportedly asking television news executives to not book Rudy Guiliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer,…

Corey Lewandowski Wants to Run for Senate. He’s Spent the Last 3 Years in Trump’s Swamp.

Corey Lewandowski testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on September 17..Alex Wong/Getty Halfway through the fourth hour of Corey Lewandowski’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) asked the former Trump campaign manager about his work since the 2016 election. By and large, that work appears to have entailed…

In Next Year’s Biggest Senate Primary, It’s AOC Vs. the Kennedys

AP(3) Last December, during one of her busy trips down to Washington to prepare for her congressional swearing-in, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grabbed lunch with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The 29-year-old congresswoman-elect wanted to discuss potential opportunities to collaborate with the 72-year-old political veteran who, in 2009, had authored an ambitious climate bill that passed the House…

Democrats Say They Want to End Mass Incarceration. There’s No Way They’ll Do What’s Needed to Get There.

LightFieldStudios/Getty In his criminal justice proposal, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has said he would grant clemency to 17,000 federal inmates serving time for nonviolent drug-related offenses. He proposed this idea in June, as part of his plan to end mass incarceration in the United States.  Shrinking the enormous US prison population has become a standard…