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The leader of Minnesota’s Democratic Party says he is calling an emergency meeting this week to "ban individuals engaged in violent assaults" from its ranks after a tense confrontation erupted over the weekend at an event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat. The showdown between supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai and her challenger, Nasri Warsame, on Saturday has been surrounded by allegations of assault from both campaigns ahead of the November election. Video shows the incident began after a crowd of Chughtai supporters took the stage in preparation for her speech, which caused an uproar...

Democrats will hold their 2024 national convention in Chicago, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The decision to hold the 2024 Democratic National Convention there will place the party and President Biden in the heart of a battleground region that has proven pivotal in the last several election cycles. Party officials were torn between a few finalists as they weighed where to hold the gathering, including New York and Atlanta.

Paul Ryan, a member of the Fox Corporation Board of Directors, said this weekend he will skip the 2024 Republican National Convention if former President Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primary. In an interview on WISN ABC, Ryan was asked where he would be during the 2024 convention held in Milwaukee. “Where will you be?” the host asked. “It depends on who the nominee is,” Ryan replied. “I’ll be here if it’s not named somebody Trump.”

Conservatives are just 15 states away from an unprecedented gathering that could rewrite large parts of the US Constitution and fundamentally change American life.

Milwaukee looks a lock to host the 2024 Republican National Convention after a GOP site selection panel recommended the city Friday. The GOP panel’s choice will go through a final approval process during an August meeting of the full Republican National Committee in Chicago. “Today, the Site Selection Committee voted to recommend Milwaukee to host the 2024 Republican National Convention and it is a testament to the forthright and professional behavior embraced by Milwaukee’s city leaders throughout the process. A final decision will be made by Chairwoman [Ronna] McDaniel and the full RNC in the coming weeks.” RNC senior adviser...

The latest Supreme Court rulings make it clear: Our current constitution is ill-equipped to provide the necessary legal structures and framework of ideas necessary for democracy to flourish as an institution in the 21st century. This may be the real point of the latest rulings of our highest court. Rather than hold the position that the court ruled inappropriately, consider the argument that the court ruled correctly based upon the document they had at hand, namely, the United States Constitution. During the 1970s and ’80s, conservative groups dreamed of holding a constitutional convention. Why? To write into our governing document...

The reaction to the National Rifle Association hosting its conference in Houston, Texas continues to draw unhinged responses. Ethan Klein on Friday broadcast calls to violence during his "H3 After Dark" episode which he hosts with his wife, Hila Klein. They have nearly 3 million subscribers. The Blaze TV's Elijah Schaffer tweeted out a clip of Ethan Klein saying "someone should bomb that building" when it comes to where the NRA conference is being held. Hila Klein initially reacts with an "mhm," seemingly in agreement. It's important to mention that Klein walked back his remarks immediately, though he then went...

Your article would post as follows: your article would post as follows: thank you, wayne, and thank you, jason. I'm honored to be here in the great state of texas with the wonderful patriots of the nra, and unlike some, I did not disappoint you by not showing up. [Cheers and applause] gotta show up. For more than 150 years, the NRA has stood strong in defense of our rights, our freedoms, our families, our law enforcement officers and take with liberties -- and sacred liberties, and together, we will be standing tall and strong for many years to come....

President Biden will head to an electrical workers union convention in Chicago next Wednesday, a White House official announced on Thursday. “NEXT WEDNESDAY: @POTUS will travel to Chicago, Illinois to attend the 40th @IBEW International Convention,” Matt Hill, White House senior associate communications director, tweeted, referring to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has announced a bid to bring the Democratic National Convention that will choose the party’s presidential nominee to the city in 2024. The announcement Tuesday morning was accompanied by endorsements from top Illinois Democrats, including Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker on down.

A pair of Republicans want Ohio to join a national effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with term limits for members of Congress and a balanced federal budget. "It’s time for the states to step up," Rep. Riordan McClain, R-Upper Sandusky, said. His proposal, House Joint Resolution 1, would submit Ohio's official application for a Convention of States to create new amendments in three specific areas: A balanced budget, term limits and reducing the jurisdiction of the federal government. "Congress has had plenty of time to act on the subject items that we’ve laid out," McClain said. "But they've shown...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Satanic Temple's Satancon 2022 is coming to Scottsdale in February. Satancon is the organization's first religious convention, according to a news release. The event is set for Feb. 11-13, at the Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale, with a second venue to be announced soon. Click here for tickets at $95 apiece. The mission of The Satanic Temple is, "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits," according to its website. SatanCon is set to feature talks and presentations about the various campaigns The Satanic...

Dear Southern Baptists: Though I am an elderly man, I am your kid. And though I am no longer a pastor in a Southern Baptist church, I am employing skills and applying knowledge you nurtured in me beginning in 1950 when I first joined a Southern Baptist church at age nine. Through scholarships and grants you enabled me to graduate from a Baptist school, Samford University, and then attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Alabama Baptists surprised me in 1983-1985 by twice electing me president of the million-member Alabama Baptist State Convention. You licensed me to ministry in 1958 and ordained...

Apparently the republicans in Georgia are not very happy with Governor Brian Kemp for blocking audits into transparent election fraud within the state. During his introduction to the delegates at the GOP convention yesterday the Georgia governor was greeted by jeers and boos from the crowd. It should be noted Brian Kemp is in charge of the voter integrity initiative within the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA), and recently requested that Mike Lindell be blocked from attending the conference in Tennessee. (video of booing at the link)

In this series I will relate the debates at the Federal Convention surrounding the structure and responsibilities of the US Senate. We’ll find that the Framers assigned the new government its functions, beyond those of the Confederation Congress, after the convention determined the mode of senatorial elections, and the number of senators per state. Like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, the structure and powers of the various pieces of government shaped, and were shaped by, the checks and balances between the three branches and the states. The shape of each piece influenced the shape of adjacent pieces. The pulling of...

The disastrous results of the 2020 election have proved a few things. They’re lessons hard learned, but if we are to survive as a free people, we must learn them. The lessons are as follows… The Republican Party (GOP) is essentially dead. The “Republican In Name Only” (RINO) career-politicians have completely turned their backs on Trump-supporting Patriots and made it crystal clear, in no uncertain terms, that they are willing to go on without us, and they would rather remain a minority party indefinitely, or go the way of the Whigs, than accept our support. When it comes to the...

C-SPAN changed their open phone line labels after an overwhelming number of Democratic viewers called on Wednesday night proclaiming their support for President Donald Trump in the upcoming election. “I’m a longtime Democrat, born and raised … After watching tonight … I have made up my mind. I am definitely gonna vote for Donald Trump,” said one of the many voters who dialed in. Before the Republican National Convention, C-SPAN’s open phone lines were labeled as open for “Democrats,” “Republicans,” and “Other” viewers to call into and share their opinions on-air. After Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention,...

It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump associate who oversees federal housing programs in New York. Ms. Patton told a leader of a tenants’ group at the New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest, that she was interested in speaking with residents about conditions in the authority’s buildings, which have long been in poor repair. Four tenants soon assembled in front of a video camera and were interviewed for more than four hours by Ms. Patton herself. Three of the tenants were never told that their interviews would be edited into a...

The 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) this week featured a notable amount of diversity in its speaker lineup that included nearly two dozen Black, Hispanic, Asian, and even handicapped speakers. The speakers delivered heartfelt speeches about their own personal struggles, how they became Republican, or how they have benefitted under the Trump administration. One of the most memorable speeches from the first night of the RNC was from Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican senator of South Carolina, who said he went from flunking four subjects in high school to realizing that education was the closest thing to “magic.” “Our family...

President Donald J. Trump participates in a naturalization ceremony in the Cross Hall of the White House Monday, August 25, 2020.