Democrat Texas House candidate Mike @SiegelForTexas signed letter in support of Bill Ayers.
Siegel also called himself a “red diaper-baby” in 2014 washex.am/3lwo3EV
A red diaper baby is a child of parents who were members of the United States Communist Party (CPUSA) or were close to the party or sympathetic to its aims.
"If I had to describe my parents as political figures, I would borrow from the Cuban revolution, and I would say, in our family, my mom’s the Che, and my dad’s the Fidel," Siegel said in a speech honoring his parents, according to the Austin News.
"But, I want to say that I’m here as a proud, red-diaper baby.”
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Data on almost 200,000 kids in 47 states from the last two weeks of September revealed an infection rate of 0.13 percent among students and 0.24 percent among staff.
That’s about 1.3 infections over two weeks in a school of 1,000 kids, or 2.2 infections over two weeks in a group of 1,000 staff. Even in high-risk areas of the country, the student rates were well under half a percent.
Special investigator John Durham is looking at the origins of persistent anti-Donald Trump stories that the president’s land development company maintained a secret communication link with Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest, according to a magazine report.
The lore surrounding the supposed Alfa-Trump Organization secret server took root right before the Nov. 8 election with a story in Slate.
Did the Russians have a window into the Clinton campaign?
“It sure looks that way, between Secretary Clinton’s security practices and her retention of Steele, with his stable of Russian oligarch clients and his dossier “primary subsource,” whom the FBI suspected (with copious reason) to be a Russian asset.
Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) last year signed the pardon of one of the men accused this week of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), the Delaware News Journal first reported.
Carney in April 2019 signed off on the pardon for Barry Gordon Croft Jr., who faced a series of charges in Delaware during the mid-1990s, including possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, assault and burglary.
“By the way, when anyone tries to humiliate or insult the incumbent head of state, in this case in the context you have mentioned, this actually enhances our prestige, because they are talking about our incredible influence and power.
“In a way, it could be said that they (Democrats and the leftist media) are playing into our hands, as the saying goes. But anyway, as I have already pointed out, this is none of our business. Let them settle scores with each other as they deem possible in the current context.
The lawsuit filed in Brooklyn in U.S. District Court seeks a restraining order on restrictions Cuomo announced on Tuesday, a declaration that Cuomo’s order is unconstitutional and legal costs.
“Forty-eight hours before the onset of these holidays, Defendant Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order that singles out and discriminates against all houses of worship — and synagogues in particular —