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The Post reports: Beto O’Rourke, weighing whether to mount a 2020 presidential bid, met recently with Barack Obama at his post-presidency offices in Washington. The meeting, which was held on Nov. 16 at the former president’s offices in Foggy Bottom, came as former Obama aides have encouraged the Democratic House member to run, seeing him as capable of the same kind of inspirational campaign that caught fire in the 2008 presidential election. O’Rourke, as Obama did, certainly has the rhetorical skills and charisma to make Democrats swoon. He has some of the same advantages Obama enjoyed, and a few that...

As the most reliable and balanced news aggregation service in the world, RWN offers the following information published by The Daily Caller Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s senate campaign was flagged by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Sunday for accepting “excessive” and “impermissible” donations. The FEC notified O’Rourke that a preliminary review of his campaign’s July quarterly report showed contributions from one or more individuals with addresses outside of the United States. Donations were also made that “exceed the limit” determined by the federal government. O’Rourke has 45 days to respond. 1/ Campaign of @BetoORourke flagged by @FEC for...

A woman who fled the scene after crashing into a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle climbed into her own backseat to pose as a passenger -- while the vehicle was still moving, authorities say. But 25-year-old Amber Lovell's seat-switching ruse wasn't clever enough to fool the deputy, who immediately identified her as the driver of the vehicle, a Sheriff's Office arrest report said.-snip-Once taken into custody, Lovell is accused of slamming her head and feet against the window of the patrol car. Deputies had to restrain her, according to the report. Lovell is accused of spitting on one deputy...

So - has anyone in So California heard ANYTHING more about the hit and run driver who drove along Venice Beach? No names released, no age, no color of skin - no nothing. Why does that make me think it was a jihadi end-of-Ramadan 'celebration of death.'???

CNN's Cafferty: Criticism of Iraq Media Coverage is "Nonsense" Posted by Megan McCormack on March 23, 2006 - 17:56. Count CNN’s Jack Cafferty among the growing number of reporters who have expressed disdain towards those who criticize the mainstream media. During his 4pm EST "Cafferty File" segment on Thursday's The Situation Room, Cafferty was all riled up to take on those who believe the MSM’s coverage of Iraq has failed to report on progress being made there: "This is nonsense. It’s the media’s fault and the news isn’t good in Iraq. The news isn’t good in Iraq. There’s violence in...

Panel backs mandate with list of reforms to be met in 2 years. Washington -- Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, narrowly lost an effort Wednesday to fend off a Republican bill to slash U.S. dues payments to the United Nations by 50 percent unless the world body completes a long list of reforms within two years. During a three-hour debate at the House International Relations Committee, Lantos and his colleagues in the Democratic minority agreed with the Republican majority that the United Nations -- rocked most recently by the Iraq oil-for-food scandal and charges that peacekeepers in the Congo...