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Republicans aren’t the only bracing for a big shift in the congressional remap. Democrats are wondering how redistricting might accommodate an additional Latino seat in Congress.
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President Trump has been very selective when using his clemency powers. But whenever he does use them, the left is predictably outraged.
When Trump granted a full pardon to former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, they had a collective hissy fit. Never mind the fact that if there was ever a case where there was a miscarriage of justice, it was this one, and the pardon was long overdue when it was granted. Democrats want us to forget that Flynn was set up by the Obama administration and railroaded by the FBI. Simply put, they went after him for something that was not a crime, then set up a perjury trap for him in order to get him fired as Trump’s national security advisor. Obama officials also withheld exculpatory evidence, and launched and carried out a bogus investigation over claims of Russian collusion where there was no empirical evidence.
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Happy Thursday, Illinois. Relax Democrats, says POLITICO’s John F. Harris,
The Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus announced late Wednesday night that it s sticking with
Michael Madigan as speaker, even as he struggles to hold onto a majority of members in the wake of concerns about his connection to a corruption scandal.
Madigan hasn’t been charged, but the looming scandal has touched people in his orbit and in turn been a distraction, some members of the full House have said, putting his position as speaker in jeopardy.