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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, first woman elected to the Senate on her own, dead at 94 Sat Aug 22 17:58:23 2026

Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described […] The post Nancy Kassebaum Baker, first woman elected to the Senate on her own, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .

Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described his mother as someone who never treated her seat as a partisan possession. Bill Kassebaum told the AP that his mother "loved Kansas" and "loved people from Kansas and representing Kansas for 18 years in the U.S. Senate." He added a line that captures the kind of Republican she was: "She was an independent-minded Republican who was willing to stand up for what she thought was right, even if that…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future Sat Aug 22 17:58:22 2026

Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a […] The post Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future appeared first on American Almanac .

Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a political argument. His grandfather, James Vance, welded steel there for nearly 40 years. The family came north from Kentucky's hills looking for a middle-class life, and the plant delivered one. Now, Vance told the crowd, the party James Vance once supported for its union ties has become unrecognizable. As the Associated Press reported , Vance framed the visit as both a homecoming…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Curt Mills) - Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin Sat Aug 22 17:48:59 2026

State of the Union: Reports of Driscoll’s looming exit come after his long-simmering rivalry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and amid a rash of hazy exits by Vance affiliates. The post Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin appeared first on The American Conservative .

Daniel P. Driscoll, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army, is poised to leave the administration by the end of 2026 , several outlets report .  Driscoll is a former Yale Law School student and longtime friend of Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. At the nadir of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s perceived stock in Washington, Driscoll was widely tipped as a possible — if not likely — successor.  The Hill claimed Driscoll had been in a “months-long turf war” with Hegseth. But if anything, the palace politics at the Pentagon had seemingly cooled for much of 2026.  Hegseth’s position has been largely bolstered by frontline television appearances during the administration’s crusade against…Open

AMERICANTHINKER - Socialists aiming to make 'educational' indoctrination 'free' Sat Aug 22 17:48:53 2026

By Eric Utter Socialists target educational systems for a reason ...

AMERICANTHINKER - The Karmelo Anthony prosecutor made the right decision Sat Aug 22 17:48:52 2026

By Andrea Widburg The defense had information that could have turned a bad judge and the wrong jury into a racial mob.

AMERICANTHINKER - Trans university rector in Belgium fires white American academic who outed black fraudster, and U.S. State Department responds Sat Aug 22 17:48:51 2026

By M. Walter Good job by the U.S. ambassador for protesting this targeting of a truth-teller.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Nolan Wells' friends to sue Rev. Al Sharpton for defamation Sat Aug 22 17:41:00 2026

Attorneys for Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say Sharpton's remarks have labeled the three boys as criminals and subjected them to threats.