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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis Trump to attend private RNC donor retreat DeSantis easily defeats Rubio, Scott in hypothetical presidential primary: poll Florida official tells offices to disregard DeSantis order to lower flags in Limbaugh's honor MORE (R) outpolls two of his state’s other high-profile Republicans, Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio Marco Antonio Rubio Sanders votes against Biden USDA nominee Vilsack Senate confirms Vilsack as Agriculture secretary DeSantis easily defeats Rubio, Scott in hypothetical presidential primary: poll MORE , by a wide margin as a potential 2024 presidential candidate, according to a survey by GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio. Between the three, DeSantis gets 64 percent to Rubio’s 12 percent and Scott’s 10 percent, according to the survey, shared with Politico . Although DeSantis led the field the last time Fabrizio conducted a poll in which the three were options, he led Rubio by only 11 … [Read more...] about DeSantis easily defeats Rubio, Scott in hypothetical presidential primary: poll

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Tom Vilsack to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture in Joe Biden’s administration, making him the ninth cabinet member to be confirmed. Vilsack, who previously served as Iowa’s governor and also as former President Barack Obama’s Agriculture Secretary, was met with a bipartisan vote of 92-7. “We’re going to be a USDA that represents and serves all Americans,” Vilsack said after the vote. “I am optimistic about the future and believe our brightest days are ahead.” U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of Agriculture, 92-7. pic.twitter.com/tLX397cbJJ — CSPAN (@cspan) February 23, 2021 Vilsack’s confirmation was also met with bipartisan opposition. Those who voted “nay” on Vilsack’s confirmation include Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). With eight years of experience leading the … [Read more...] about Senate Confirms Biden Nominee Tom Vilsack to Lead Agriculture Department

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Tom Vilsack Tom Vilsack USDA: Farm-to-school programs help schools serve healthier meals OVERNIGHT MONEY: House poised to pass debt-ceiling bill MORE to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the second time. The Senate voted 92-7 to confirm Vilsack. He is the 32nd Agriculture secretary and the ninth member of President Biden Joe Biden Hoyer: House will vote on COVID-19 relief bill Friday Pence huddles with senior members of Republican Study Committee Powell pushes back on GOP inflation fears MORE ’s Cabinet to be confirmed by the Senate. Vilsack previously served for eight years as head of USDA under former President Obama. Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders Sanders has right goal, wrong target in fight to help low-wage workers Democrats in standoff over minimum wage Sanders votes against Biden USDA nominee Vilsack MORE (I-Vt.), voted against Vilsack’s nomination, … [Read more...] about Senate confirms Vilsack as Agriculture secretary

The pandemic, social unrest, and presidential election upended life as usual in 2020. It was also an unprecedented and devastating year of violence. It is almost certain that the 2020 rise in the homicide rate will go down as the largest on record. Denver bucked the national trend but in the wrong direction. The city’s homicide rate jumped by 50% — there were 95 homicide victims last year, compared to 63 in 2019. That’s well above the 30% average rise observed by the Council on Criminal Justice in 34 large U.S. cities. Why did violence rise so dramatically in Denver? Our evidence points to a legitimacy crisis with the criminal justice system. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its cascading consequences, was no doubt important. In fact, it’s quite possible that the legitimacy crisis wouldn’t have taken hold as strongly in the pandemic’s absence. But the killing of George Floyd, which shocked the conscience of the country, had ramifications that were swift and substantial. … [Read more...] about Opinion: Understanding Denver’s devastating rise in homicides in 2020, the largest in at least 5 years

With little warning and contrary to federal health guidelines, Colorado State Patrol troopers, Denver police and other city workers swept a large homeless encampment Wednesday morning out of Lincoln Park, just west of the State Capitol. Last week, Gov. Jared Polis said he would welcome the camp’s removal, but Denver health officials said Wednesday the decision to uproot the camp was theirs and that the sweep had been in the works for weeks. The sweep also comes less than a week after Denver Public Safety Director Murphy Robinson gave troopers from the Colorado State Patrol authority to enforce municipal ordinances — including the urban camping ban — on state property in Denver. There was just a conflict between a small group of about 10 people and police, I am not sure if they live here or came from outside to protest. One man was handcuffed after he climbed on a garbage truck apparently in protest of the removal. pic.twitter.com/1PYUuGy0ni — Shelly Bradbury … [Read more...] about Police launch early morning sweep of homeless camp near Capitol