The boomer veterans support Trump in greater numbers but there are not many boomer vets remaining. The majority of Veterans support Biden and are aware of Trump's comments on military service. #johnmccain @skykiss
#JosephLieberman, the doggedly independent 4-term #US#senator from #Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for VP in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in NYC. He was 82.
The cause was complications from a fall, his family said in a statement.
“I have not always fit comfortably into conventional political boxes,” #JoeLieberman said near the end of his #Senate career, an understatement that tiptoed around the anger his maverick ways stoked among many liberals.
His transition from #AlGore’s running mate in 2000 on the Democratic ticket to high-profile cheerleader for #JohnMcCain 8 yrs later was a turnaround unmatched in recent American politics.
…#JohnMcCain seriously considered making #JohnLieberman his running mate, but his advisers warned that #Lieberman’s Democratic history & voting record, particularly his stand in favor of #AbortionRights, would anger convention delegates & split the party. McCain instead chose the #RightWing#populist gov of Alaska, Sarah Palin, a decision he later said he regretted.
Most observers, including Lieberman, doubted that his presence on the ticket would have saved McCain from defeat by Obama….
Speaker Johnson: We also advanced cuts to some of the agencies that have been turned against the American people. We are going to cut 3% from DOJ, 7% from the ATF, 6% from the FBI, and 10% from the EPA.
A recap of main events today (while i was working on a completely different story so details to come later):
-emergency government and war cabinet formed in #Israel
#Gaza 's only power station stopped working, leaving the territory without main electricity
17 Brits, including children are dead or missing after #hamas attack in Israel
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
Excerpt from President #Biden's speech on #democracy scheduled to start 2:45PM ET:
“…there is no question that today's #Republican Party is driven & intimidated by #MAGA#extremists. Their #extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American Democracy as we know it."
Pres Biden will announce federal funding for a #library & community facility at #Arizona State University to honor the late AZ Sen #JohnMcCain.
[News] John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.