By Ken Stone and Chris Stone Using #NeverHillary hashtags, some in the “Bernie or Bust” movement are swearing allegiance to Jill Stein of the Green Party. That sends shivers up the spine of Rep. Juan Vargas, the two-term San Diego congressman whose 51st District borders Mexico. “I understand that some people are disappointed,” Vargas said […]
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Ken Stone, USAIt’s a long way from where I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, to the dining room in Vice President Joe Biden’s home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Yet that’s where I found myself one day last December, along with a handful of other cancer specialists. We had been invited to offer our perspectives
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah State Senator Mark Madsen has announced his switch from the Republican party to the Libertarian party and his endorsement of Gary Johnson for president. Madsen held a press conference at 1:30 Monday afternoon in Salt Lake City, stating, “Today I announce that I am joining the Libertarian party and will
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USAEntering the Wells Fargo arena to “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, President Barack Obama took one of his final primetime bows on Wednesday. The event marked perhaps the last of the soaring speeches that have defined his unlikely rise to the White House, his defiant re-election and his place in history as the first
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USALONDON, England (Press Release) — Dozens of celebrities have offered their support for a Jewish family who has just a month to find a bone marrow donor to save their mother’s life after her leukaemia returned. Stars such as Sharon Osbourne, Matt Lucas, boyband Blue, Bear Grylls, Jeremy Kyle and London mayor Sadiq Khan have
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By Ken Stone Cracking a slight smile only after finishing her remarks, an ex-Marine from San Diego completed her mission Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention: Attacking Donald Trump. “The military is defined by discipline. Leadership. Integrity,” Kristen Kavanaugh said in a 4-minute talk just before former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. “Those are the qualities
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC on Thursday, July 28, announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. Bend the Arc Jewish Action CEO Stosh Cotler issued the following statement: “We are excited to join President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and other leading
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USASaudis: Israel visit doesn’t reflect government stance (JNS.org) The Saudi government distanced itself on Wednesday from a recent visit to Israel by a delegation of Saudi citizens, which included a former military general. An unnamed Saudi Foreign Ministry official told the state-owned al-Hayat newspaper that the visit “does not reflect the views of the Saudi
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Middle EastPHILADELPHIA — President Barack Obama forcefully made the case Wednesday that Hillary Clinton has the tenacity, heart and temperament to guide the nation as commander in chief, while painting Donald Trump as a candidate of cynicism and fear unfit for the office. “There has never been a man or a woman” more qualified to be
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton already has a powerhouse sales force: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton. On Wednesday night, Tim Kaine joined the team. And he had one of the bigger jobs: trying to balance the ticket and attract voters while distinguishing himself from his more famous allies. As he introduced himself
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USAPHILADELPHIA — Democrats are messing with your mind at this convention. Republicans last week did, too. Democrats are making sure that their star speakers stand in front of soothing colors. They speak on a set that’s wide open and welcoming. Behind them are slogans that the party wants you to associate with Hillary Clinton. It’s
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USAPHILADELPHIA — Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hit Donald Trump on Wednesday night where it hurts: in his business portfolio. The political independent, showing up at the Democratic National Convention to lend his support to Hillary Clinton, called Trump a “dangerous demagogue” and said he spoke from experience when he described the Manhattan
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USAAbortion rights activists were on the defensive last year, pummeled by conservatives and Republicans in Congress after a series of anti-abortion sting videos stirred controversy, ultimately debunked, about Planned Parenthood. But the movement has come roaring back in 2016, and nowhere is this more obvious than at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Groups such
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USAThis article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article. Hillary Clinton, the first woman presidential nominee of any major party, has a lifetime of experience in fighting for the rights of children and families. She draws on the inspiration from her mother’s Dickensian childhood. President Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared on the
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