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SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to violence and vandalism that have grown from what had started out as peaceful protests Saturday, San Francisco officials late Saturday night imposed a curfew starting immediately, running until 5 a.m., and beginning again at 8 p.m. Sunday. The California National Guard is also on standby as of late Saturday night to respond to lawless behavior in the city, San Francisco officials said during a hastily called video news conference late Saturday night. Vandalism and attacks on police officers accelerated after nightfall Saturday, after several hours of relatively peaceful protests. Late Saturday night, police were...

Last week nasty anti-Trump robocalls started running in South Carolina. Donald Trump accused the Cruz camp of being behind the calls.Of course, Senator Cruz denied having anything to do with the ads. But it was a lie. And now there is proof that a Cruz PAC is behind the nasty anti-Trump and anti-Rubio robocalls.The Washington Post reported: Natalie Barrett, a 53-year-old schoolteacher from Westminster, got a robo-call earlier this month and ended up furious. It started off simple enough, an automated man’s voice asking her age and gender, then quizzing her on which Republican candidates she liked. But when she...

Tea party antics could end up burning RepublicansBy Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 28, 2010; 12:32 AM The tea party's volatile influence on this election year appears to be doing more harm than good for Republicans' chances in some of the closest races in the nation, in which little-known candidates who upset the establishment with primary wins are now stumbling in the campaign's final days. In Kentucky, a volunteer for tea-party-backed Senate candidate Rand Paul was videotaped stepping on the head of a liberal protester. In Delaware and Colorado, Senate hopefuls Christine O'Donnell and Ken Buck, respectively,...

The St. Louis Post Dispatch has been keeping tabs on Rep. Lacy Clay's (D-Mo.) impending divorce. Sadly, it was news - literally - to Clay's wife, Ivie. Yesterday the St. Louis Dispatch reported that the congressman had his divorced filings sealed. (This after a reporter asked to see the file.) And today, Ivie Clay released a stinging statement regarding her husband, whom she married in 1992 when he was a state senator. Turns out, Ivie and her children found out about the divorce only through the media. She released the following statement: “I and my children are devastated and embarrassed...

Bob MacDonald says U.S. voters will detest antics at GOP summitWith an estimated 250,000 protesters -- including busloads from Canada -- descending on New York to harass this week's Republican national convention, a growing danger for John Kerry and his Democrats is backlash. That's a backlash from many fair-minded American voters who will resent the protesters -- many who have already broken the law and been arrested. Others have announced they plan to stage a day of civil disobedience on Tuesday. And there are so many co-ordinated protests planned to make life miserable for the GOP delegates that no...