All posts tagged "Keith Ellison"

CHICAGO — Protests are already underway as the Democratic National Convention begins today, with most of the energy coming from grievances over the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s sustained assault on Gaza.

Left-wing protesters promoting an array of causes marched up Chicago’s Michigan Avenue on Sunday and massed outside hotels where delegates are staying. Pro-Palestine protesters disrupted a convention delegate welcome party at Navy Pier.

Much bigger demonstrations are likely today. ...

There is MAGA and then there is Derrick Evans, a candidate for the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.

Raw Story recently documented how the once-remorseful Jan. 6 admitted felon has, since a plea bargain that landed him in prison, become more than just a fire-breathing, election-denying Trump acolyte.

Of particular note, he has made his status as a Jan. 6 “prisoner” his political brand as he attempts to defeat incumbent Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) in a Republican primary, then win the general election in this conservative congressional district. ...

By Nate Raymond

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) was beaming from ear to ear on Thursday as he played the guitar and sang in his Capitol Hill office to promote a new law legalizing same sex marriage in Minnesota.