IT’S OFFICIAL … DEMOCRATS OVERTURN THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IN MAINE … PLATNER DROPS OUT … Graham Platner Drops Out Of Senate Race After Rape Allegation Proved To Be Final Nail In Coffin Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday after a previous girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.
Platner suspended his campaign two days after 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot accused him of forcibly having sex with her in 2021. The Maine Democrat was embroiled in several controversies, including his Nazi tatttoo, inappropriate social media posts and his mockery as a veteran. “We are suspending our campaign operations,” Platner said in a video statement. “This is incredibly difficult because I know some will think it’s an admission of guilt and it most certainly is not. [….]” Platner denied Racicot’s allegation and any other accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior. HERE’S HIS VIDEO STATEMENT … PLATNER KAMIKAZES HIS OWN PARTY ESTABLISHMENT FOR RUNNING HIM OUT … GRAHAM PLATNER: ‘FALSE ALLEGATIONS’…Open
Confidence has reached a near-all-time low as Americans report increasing distrust in core institutions across the board, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. The poll , conducted during the first half of June, measured trust across 14 private and public institutions, finding that most had levels of distrust at or near their lowest points since polling began in 1993. (RELATED: DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Continues Its Election Integrity Offensive) The medical system matched its lowest recorded rating ever, with Americans telling Gallup that their faith in the institution had plummeted to 28 percent. However, newspapers and public schools — each rating one percentage point above their all-time lows — were still lower than the…Open
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett detailed a recent swatting incident while testifying before Congress on Tuesday, explaining how her family has been the victim of repeated threats and intimidation tactics. It should have been a watershed moment, especially given that several justices were the targets of a bombing just months ago. Instead, Rep. Rosa […]
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A Reuters photograph captured on a Washington Metro train on July 4 turned a 33-year-old woman into an overnight icon of racial courage. Within days, social media users had compared the image to scenes from the 1960s civil rights movement. Then someone pulled her court records. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Cheney Orr, showed […] The post A viral photo made her a civil rights symbol — then Virginia court records told a different story appeared first on American Almanac .
A Reuters photograph captured on a Washington Metro train on July 4 turned a 33-year-old woman into an overnight icon of racial courage. Within days, social media users had compared the image to scenes from the 1960s civil rights movement. Then someone pulled her court records. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Cheney Orr, showed a Black woman seated alone on a Metro car while hundreds of masked Patriot Front members, wearing khaki pants, blue shirts, and white face coverings and carrying American and Confederate flags, crowded around her. The image spread fast across social media, drawing comparisons to sit-ins and Freedom Rides. Commentators used it to frame a broader argument about racism in America today. But the woman in…Open
Congresswoman Nancy Mace told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Monday night that her break with President Donald Trump over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files "may have ended" her political career, even as she weighs jumping into the special election for the South Carolina Senate seat left vacant by the death of Lindsey Graham. The […] The post Nancy Mace concedes Trump split over Epstein files may have finished her political career appeared first on American Almanac .
Congresswoman Nancy Mace told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Monday night that her break with President Donald Trump over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files "may have ended" her political career, even as she weighs jumping into the special election for the South Carolina Senate seat left vacant by the death of Lindsey Graham. The admission landed with unusual candor from a sitting member of Congress. Mace, now in her final term in the House, signed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation compelling the Department of Justice to release all files on the deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, unredacted except for victims' names. That move put her crosswise with Trump, who later endorsed Lt. Governor Pamela Evette over Mace…Open
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that her security detail handed her a bulletproof vest the day Politico published the leaked Dobbs draft opinion in May 2022, and that her 12-year-old son discovered it minutes later in her bedroom, asking what it was and why she had it. […] The post Barrett tells Congress her 12-year-old found her bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak appeared first on American Almanac .
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that her security detail handed her a bulletproof vest the day Politico published the leaked Dobbs draft opinion in May 2022, and that her 12-year-old son discovered it minutes later in her bedroom, asking what it was and why she had it. The testimony marked the first time sitting justices appeared before Congress since 2019. Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan sat side by side to make the case for a $228.4 million Supreme Court budget for fiscal year 2027, including $14.6 million earmarked for security. The request lands at a moment when threats against the judiciary are climbing at a pace that even the justices themselves now describe in personal,…Open
Darline Graham Nordone stepped onto the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon and raised her right hand, becoming the first woman ever to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate. The 62-year-old public servant, a wife, mother of two, and grandmother with no prior elected office, was sworn in by Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley […] The post Darline Graham Nordone takes oath to fill late brother Lindsey Graham's South Carolina Senate seat appeared first on American Almanac .
Darline Graham Nordone stepped onto the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon and raised her right hand, becoming the first woman ever to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate. The 62-year-old public servant, a wife, mother of two, and grandmother with no prior elected office, was sworn in by Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley to complete the term of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly over the weekend at age 71. The appointment moved fast. Graham suffered a tear in his aorta Saturday evening. Preliminary findings from the Washington, D.C., medical examiner's office determined the rupture was brought on by chronic heart disease. By Monday, South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster had named Nordone…Open
A wildfire burning through the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris forced residential evacuations, shut down a section of a major highway, and disrupted rail service at one of the French capital's busiest train stations, the latest in a string of fires sweeping western Europe during a punishing summer heat wave. French President Emmanuel Macron […] The post Fontainebleau forest fire forces evacuations near Paris as wildfires spread across Europe appeared first on American Almanac .
A wildfire burning through the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris forced residential evacuations, shut down a section of a major highway, and disrupted rail service at one of the French capital's busiest train stations, the latest in a string of fires sweeping western Europe during a punishing summer heat wave. French President Emmanuel Macron said all necessary means were being deployed to fight the fire, which he described as one of "exceptional scale." Hundreds of firefighters and two water-dumping planes were sent to the forest, located roughly 70 kilometers, about 42 miles, from the center of Paris. As of Monday, the blaze remained uncontained. The fire is not an isolated event. Across France, Spain, and the United Kingdom,…Open
