Month: November 2019

One of Tesla’s most fascinating features is its stainless steel body. It provides real durability which was tested during the truck’s debut last night. A sledgehammer hit to the 3-millimeter-thick stainless-steel door left no dent. […]

Amazon Files Lawsuit against Pentagon’s $10B Contract to Microsoft

Amazon was expected to file a lawsuit against the Pentagon’s decision to award a lucrative cloud computing contract to rival Microsoft. A spokesperson for Amazon Web Services told Reuters on Friday that the suit was […]

Warren Told Pro-school-choice Activist She Sent Her Kids to Public School, Campaign Says Otherwise

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Thursday, addressed a school choice activist in Atlanta stating that she had sent both of her children to public school. On Friday, her campaign shared a slightly different story, Fox News informed. […]

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Side with Trump over Tax Returns

The Justice Department called on the Supreme Court side with Donald Trump in the legal battle he is leading over his tax return release, The Hill reported. The DOJ in a brief filed Friday called […]

Trump Demands Impeachment Trial

President Donald Trump stated that he wanted an impeachment trial in the Senate in case the House votes to impeach him. “I want a trial,” Trump said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” Friday […]

Trump says Congress Went Easy on Yovanovitch Because She’s a Woman

President Donald Trump on Friday went after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, saying that people were going easy on her because she’s a woman and asserting that she “was not an angel”. “I […]

Trump Says if it Weren’t for him Hong Kong Would Have Been Obliterated in 14 Minutes

President Trump said in an interview on Friday that he prevented the Chinese government from crushing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong by saying that it would complicate a US-China trade deal. According to Reuters, Trump […]

November 22, 2019 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New York State – National Nomination Recap – Trump vs. Generic Dem

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, November 22, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: President Trump’s job approval rating has remained remarkably stable during the impeachment inquiry. Today’s average is […]

Kamala Harris Secures New Endorsements

Following her performance in the fifth Democratic debate, Kamala Harris won her new endorsements from local Iowa as well as state officials. “NEW @KamalaHarris IOWA ENDORSEMENTS after last night’s standout debate performance!” Miryam Lipper, Harris’s […]

Xi Says China wants to Work Out Initial Trade Deal with U.S.

China wants to work out an initial trade pact with the United States and has been trying to avoid a trade war, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, but is not afraid to retaliate when […]

Former Trump Aide Calls Ukraine Meddling Theory Fiction

President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, Reuters […]

U.S. Charges Chinese National with Stealing Trade Secrets

A Chinese national who worked for Monsanto before it was purchased by Bayer AG was charged in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday with stealing trade secrets for China, the U.S. Justice Department said, Reuters reported. […]

Sondland Says Family Receiving Threats over Role in Impeachment Inquiry

As Democrats work to protect the whistleblower, whose lawyer says he receives regular threats due to the complaint that touched off the current impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, another major figure in this week’s […]

Russia Moves Closer to U.S. Stronghold in Syria

Russia wants to establish a new military base in a part of Syria perilously close to an area that American troops have been charged with defending, heightening the risk of a confrontation from either an unintentional […]

NASA Shares Video of Astronaut Throwing Debris into Space as Part of Cleaning Sensation Marie Kondo

NASA shared a video of an astronaut throwing debris into space on its Instagram page today and channeled the motto of Netflix cleaning sensation Marie Kondo. Luca Parmitano threw a debris shield into space after […]

November 21, 2019 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Last Night’s Debate – Health Care – Trump Rated by Issue – Wisconsin

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, November 21, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls. The range is 41% (Politico, Reuters) to 46% (Rasmussen). […]

Buttigieg, Gabbard Scuffle over U.S. Military Fighting Mexican Cartels

Presidential hopefuls Pete Buttigieg and Tulsi Gabbard scuffled over previous experience and judgment, following Gabbard’s comments that Buttigieg allegedly suggested that he would use the U.S. military to battle Mexican drug cartels. The South Bend […]

Warren Says She Won’t ‘Drive Anyone Out’ of the Democratic Party

Elizabeth Warren avoided saying if there will be any room within the Democratic Party for those who are opposing abortion rights. “I’m not here to drive anyone out of this party, I’m not here to […]

Watergate Congresswoman Says GOP Senators Need Time before Flipping on Trump

GOP senators will need more time before they abandon President Donald Trump and vote to back his impeachment, says a Watergate-era House judiciary committee congresswoman. Elizabeth Holtzman represented New York in the House for four consecutive […]

Venezuelan Oil to Back Sanctioned Cryptocurrency

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said some 30 million barrels of oil sitting in storage tanks would serve as backing for the OPEC nation’s state-run cryptocurrency, the petro, which has been sanctioned by the […]

Iran Claims It Has Contained Antigovernment Protests

Iranian authorities used arrests, deadly force, and a prolonged internet blackout to contain nationwide protests that pose the most serious test in years for Iran’s leaders, The Wall Street Journal reported. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on […]

Rocket Attack on Syrian Camp Kills Sixteen

At least 16 civilians were killed when rockets struck an internally displaced persons camp, in the village of Qah in Syria’s Idlib province on Wednesday, according to the volunteer rescue group known as the White […]

McConnell Claims It’s ‘Inconceivable’ to Get Enough Votes to Impeach Trump

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the chance of GOP senators to vote to impeach President Donald Trump. “It’s inconceivable to me there would be 67 votes to remove the President from office,” McConnell told […]

Yang Says if Elected will Offer Condolences to Putin during First Call

Andrew Yang on Wednesday during the Democratic debate joked that if he’s elected president in 2020, his first words to Russian President Vladimir Putin would offer condolences for winning over Trump. “Sorry I beat your […]

Biden Forgets Harris is Black and Senator

Former Vice President Joe Biden during the fifth Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday said that his candidacy is endorsed by the only black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. However, Senator Kamala Harris, another […]

November 20, 2019 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Buttigieg Leads New Hampshire, Biden Everything Else – California, Arizona – Immigration Goals – Newsom’s Ratings

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, November 20, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 41% (Politico) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes, it […]

Democratic State Senator in Pennsylvania to Become Independent over Increasingly Liberal Party

A Democratic state senator in Pennsylvania who represents a district that flipped to President Donald Trump in 2016 said that he is considering becoming an Independent and caucus with the state’s Republicans because he is […]

Ben Carson Accuses Maxine Waters of ‘Shamelessness,’ Lacking ‘Basic Manners’ in Letter

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday made accusations against Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., of lacking “basic manners” due to a letter addressed to President Donald Trump from last month where she states […]

Democratic Presidential Candidates Positions on ‘Medicare for All’ ahead of Next Debate

Perhaps no issue has divided the field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls more than the debate over “Medicare for All”, Reuters reports. Progressive candidates favor the sweeping proposal, which would replace private health insurance with […]

Israel Launches Airstrikes in Syria

Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired towards Israel a day earlier, Reuters informs. Syrian state media reported two civilians were […]