BY: JACOB FISCHLER (North Dakota Monitor) Democrats will gather in Chicago for their once-every-four-years convention, beginning Monday. Here’s a rundown: What is it? National political conventions are large gatherings of party officeholders, candidates and allies. They meet every four years to officially nominate candidates for president and vice president; to adopt a party platform, the […]
By JASON COHEN (Daily Caller News Foundation) NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Friday ridiculed Vice President Kamala Harris’ skill level following a gaffe she made in her economic speech. Harris, during the Friday afternoon speech in North Carolina, announced her plan to impose a federal ban on so-called “price gouging,” but said “gauging” instead of “gouging.” Cuomo said he […]
JASON COHEN (Daily Caller News Foundation) CNN’s Michael Smerconish warned Saturday that Vice President Kamala Harris will eventually have to answer for her record and policy changes during her presidential campaign. Harris has not sat down for a single interview nor published a policy platform on her campaign website as of Aug. 17, nearly four weeks into her presidential bid. Smerconish said […]
By JENNIFER NUELLE (Daily Caller News Foundation) The city of Chicago is preparing for mass arrests and protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) starting on Monday, clearing jail spaces and boarding up establishments, according to multiple reports. Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced in July that they would prepare […]
Dear Fellow Citizens, We are responding to the InForum editorial about the Sep 7th soccer tournament we are organizing, sponsored by District 10 State House candidate Jared Hendrix. We would like to address comments made by Rep. Hamida Dakane about new Americans, Hendrix, and our tournament. To be clear, Hendrix did not come up with […]
BY: JEFF BEACH (North Dakota Monitor) CASSELTON — While hosting a congressional field hearing, Greg Tehven, one of the founders of North Dakota’s Grand Farm, called on the federal government to honor its financial commitments in a timely manner. “It was very uncomfortable sitting in this room and telling my board of directors that we […]
BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) It may have been unconventional to roll a beat-up pickup onto a political convention floor, but that was in character for Rep. Randy Schobinger. In 1996, that was a resounding success for the Minot lawmaker, according to his friend and former campaign staffer. Schobinger, 54, who died Tuesday, started […]
By: BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota medical marijuana businesses are high on the list of donors backing the state’s legalized pot ballot measure, according to campaign finance reports. More than $287,000 has been donated to the ballot initiative’s sponsoring committee by two organizations associated with North Dakota medical marijuana dispensaries, with only […]
By JASON HOPKINS (Daily Caller News Foundation) Over a million migrants hailing from Central America have crossed illegally into the U.S. since Vice President Kamala Harris was tapped to address the illegal immigration crisis stemming from that region. Since the launch of her presidential campaign, Harris and her allies have vehemently pushed back on the […]
By: WALLACE WHITE (Daily Caller News Foundation) A rule requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish annual reports on wasteful spending has saved billions of taxpayer dollars since 2011, according to an Open the Books report released Wednesday. Former Republican Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn amended the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the GAO to include […]
