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President-elect Trump demanded an apology from the cast for making an unusual, politically charged appeal from the stage on Friday night to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who was in the audience, urging him and Mr. Trump to “uphold our American values” and “work on behalf of all of us.” Mr. Trump, who has stirred bipartisan concern over his habit of attacking those who challenge him, said that the actors had “harassed” Mr. Pence and issued a battle cry to his supporters by saying that the musical’s cast had criticized “our wonderful future VP Mike Pence.”

Video of State Representative Carl Seel, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, et al., introducing the Candidate Certification Bill, House Bill 2480, requiring any candidate running for office to demonstrate or sign under penalty of perjury, to meet the qualifications of the office sought, and also gives citizens the capacity to have standing in court to challenge any candidate appearing on the ballot, as to whether or not they are qualified to be on said ballot.

UPDATE: Mocek has been found not guilty of all four charges. (From another link FR barred me from posting part of the reason for prevailing on the ID issue is he had to submit ID along with a boarding pass just to enter security.... On November 15, 2009, Phil Mocek stepped into the main terminal at the Albuquerque International Sunport planning to board a Southwest Airlines flight bound for SeaTac. He carried with him two pieces of luggage, a boarding pass, and a cell phone capable of recording audio and video. What he didn't have was a valid form of...

Spc. Ashley Pullen wasn't thinking about the dozens of Iraqi insurgents who had just ambushed the convoy. Or their piles of guns and grenades or the bullets ripping through the air around her. Her bloody comrade lay on the road south of Baghdad, and she had to help the gravely wounded soldier — fast. So she hustled as quickly as her short legs would carry her, ignoring the heat, the ferocious battle and her heavy gear. She ran 100, 200, 300 feet — the length of a football field. It was March 20, 2005, the day Pullen, a member of...

How would you rate the performance of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld? Good job O Poor job O

(This is a letter from the brother-in-law of a friend of mine. I took out the LtCol's name as well as his wife's name since I didn't get permission to reveal them. Enjoy...)To my Family and Friends: Thank you very much for your support, As you know I am living in Baghdad...in the Green Zone and within the Embassy Palace Grounds. A little embarrassing that I am not in Fallujah with the boys fighting it out...but I am getting a little gray in the muzzle at 51 plus...so I can live with it. Plus (wife's name) wouldn't have let me...