Month: September 2020

Jon Ossoff is reportedly considering challenging Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue in 2020 after the Democrat’s failed bid last year to represent the state’s 6th District. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Ossoff had held a town hall meeting in northeast Georgia on Thursday as he mulls another run for public office. The meeting, which reportedly drew nearly 100…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government began preparing for a possible pandemic as soon as it received the first alert about a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in China on New Year’s Eve. Trudeau is defending his government against accusations it didn’t act fast enough to warn Canadians about the danger…

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says his party will draw inspiration from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s motto — Per ardua ad astra, or “through adversity, to the stars” — as it seeks to convince Canadians they should form government at a time of unprecedented challenge. “Friends, this is our new mission statement,” O’Toole, who served…

Republicans are feverishly digging into Beto O’Rourke’s past, a sign they view the former Texas congressman as a potential threat if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination. GOP organizations and political action committees have spent recent weeks delving into multiple areas of O’Rourke’s life, from his voting record to a drunken driving arrest in 1998.…

OTTAWA — The Senate’s powerful internal economy committee agreed Thursday to offer “financial awards” to employees of former senator Don Meredith, more than seven years after concerns about workplace harassment in his office were flagged to human resources.  Twenty-one senators, including committee chair Sabi Marwah, met behind closed doors for a virtual meeting. They reviewed…

Click:Anti-aging Beauty Device Brand Alf Roberts died on June 2, one day after his 92nd birthday. A resident at Fudger House retirement home in Toronto for more than a decade, he embraced his time in the facility by serving in leadership roles, including president of the home’s resident’s association. His other position, though, was one…

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) on Saturday called on others to extend “grace to one another so that we can start having honest conversations” about issues including racism. Booker’s comments…

2020 has thrown a lot at us. The COVID-19 pandemic. Murder hornets. A literal garbage fire.  But Vancouver residents are currently in the midst of another 2020 apocalyptic happening.  Moths. Millions and millions of moths. They’re in our streets. They’re on the bus. They cluster around street lights at night in swarms, foreshadowing some darkness…

Puerto Ricans erupted with joy and celebration after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Wednesday night that he will resign amid historic protests over his corruption and slur-filled text messages, but activists were quick to make clear that Rosselló’s ouster is just the first step toward bringing about necessary systemic changes to the island’s political system and…

Four members of the U.S. House of Representatives—Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib—delivered a series of scathing and thoughtful rebukes of President Donald Trump at a Monday press conference as they collectively denounced, in Omar’s words, the “vile garbage” the #racistpresident has made in recent days. Watch: All four of the…