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en. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said in a statement on Wednesday that he would support changes to break the filibuster to pass two voting rights reform bills. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Tuesday that the Democrat-led Senate will move to strike the 60-vote threshold to advance legislation and instead replace it with a “talking filibuster.” The taking filibuster would require senators to continuously speak on the Senate floor to avoid ending debate on proposed bills. At the end of debate, the bill would require only 51 votes to pass through Congress’s upper chamber. Kelly, who is up for reelection...

Mark Kelly campaign spokesman T.J. L’Heureux is apologizing for calling police “worthless f****** pigs” in August 2020, the Washington Times reported. L’Heureux hurled the insult after watching “Chicago police clashing with protesters,” the Times reported. The insult was made in an August 17, 2020, tweet, which L’Heureux has since deleted but which the Washington Free Beacon published. “Chicago Police you worthless f****** pigs,” L’Heureux’s tweet read. L’Heureux joined Kelly’s campaign about a week after sending the text. “I deeply regret my comment and apologize for what I wrote — I was wrong,” L’Heureux told the Arizona Republic. “My comment does...

Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mark Kelly blasted an initiative to make Tucson a "sanctuary city," saying that he will not vote for the measure. "(I'm) strongly against this, I'm not going to vote for it," Kelly said Tuesday, "I think it's a mistake." In November, voters will decide whether Tucson declares itself Arizona's first "sanctuary city," which limits local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents. Kelly, a former Navy fighter pilot and astronaut, said cities and states should follow federal laws. "This is contrary to that so I'm not in favor of that. I think it's also...

Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and current Senate candidate in Arizona, released the full transcript of the speech he gives during paid speaking engagements. The idea was to be open and transparent with voters. But here's the catch: his campaign refuses to say exactly how much Kelly makes every time he delivers his speech. They are, however, quick to tout that Kelly refuses to take money from Political Action Committees (PACs).

Florida Memorial University is planning to award Trayvon Martin a posthumous bachelor of science degree in aviation during its commencement ceremonies this Saturday. Didn’t think of Trayvon as the scholarly type, did you? Since his death in 2012, Martin, the 17-year-old thug who was fatally shot during a fight with George Zimmerman, has been made into a martyr. According to Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon’s mother, Trayvon wanted to be a pilot or an airplane mechanic. But he was far from a model student. According to reports, Trayvon had been suspended twice that school year before his death for offenses that should...

Living the good life. Tell me again how this is not a career driven endeavor for them. Being anti-gun pays pretty well, doesn’t it Mark?

Breitbart News previously reported that Kelly went to Tucson, Arizona’s Diamondback Police Supply in February 2013 to show that “background checks are easy.” Kelly brought in a Texas ID instead of an Arizona ID and was denied because the current background check system stipulates that you can only purchase a handgun in the state within which you reside.

NASA's Administrator Charles Bolden acknowledged Wednesday there is no back-up plan to fly the International Space Station if Russia cuts off U.S. access to space. "We would make an orderly evacuation," Bolden said during a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing. Because both countries are dependent upon one another, the $140 billion station would be lost.