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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is rushing the impeachment vote to the floor of the House before the Christmas recess to keep wavering Democrats in key battleground districts away from their constituents, the majority of whom oppose the process.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using the same partisan power tactics to jam impeachment through the House of Representatives in 2019 that she used to pass Obamacare on a straight party line vote in March 2010.

The #RedforEd movement continued its international expansion into Canada on Wednesday when an estimated 60,000 public school teachers and support staff went on a one-day strike in the province of Ontario.

#RedforEd teachers plan to hold a protest against state legislators who are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at the organization’s annual States and Nation Policy Summit meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was caught making a false statement on video last week at an event in Atlanta when she was questioned by Sarah Carpenter, a black woman who supports charter schools.

One day after billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced he is running for president, the news organization in which he holds a controlling interest announced that it will not investigate Bloomberg or any of his Democratic rivals for president, but will continue to investigate President Trump.

A majority of registered voters in Wisconsin oppose the impeachment and removal from office of President Trump according to a poll released by Marquette University Law School Poll on Wednesday.

The #RedforEd movement shut down a number of K-12 public schools in Indiana on Tuesday as school teachers skipped class to protest at the State Capitol.

Louisiana’s incumbent Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards was re-elected to another four year term by a narrow 2.6 percent margin over Republican challenger Eddie Rispone on Saturday.

A poll released on Thursday by JMC Analytics and Polling shows that the race between Louisiana incumbent Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican challenger Eddie Rispone is a dead heat two days before voters go to the polls on Saturday.

The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday that Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has hurt the economy in Louisiana by turning it into the trial lawyers state.

Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Louis Gurvich told Breitbart News on Saturday that Democrat incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards “is really a leftist” who has put the state “on a downward trajectory.”

Heavy turnout marked early voting in the Louisiana gubernatorial runoff election, which ended on Saturday.

Louisiana’s Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards called an audible on Tuesday when he met with the #2 LSU football team in advance of Saturday’s big game with #3 Alabama.

Gov. Matt Bevin requested a vote recanvas after Republicans swept to victory in the five other statewide offices on the ballot in Kentucky on Tuesday, winning races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor, State Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture.

The #RedforEd teachers movement flexed its political muscle in the Kentucky gubernatorial race on Tuesday, powering the campaign of Democrat Attorney General Andy Beshear against incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.

The outcome of Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in Kentucky between Republican Matt Bevin and Democrat Andy Beshear will test the political power of the #RedforEd teachers movement.

DES MOINES, Iowa — An energized audience of  about 13,000 Democrat activists united in their hatred of Donald Trump packed the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday night to listen to 13 candidates for the party’s presidential nomination make their case for the party’s nod to challenge the incumbent president in the November 2020 general election.

A group of about 150 Buttigieg supporters flew from Iowa to California in hopes of creating an “Obama Moment” for their candidate.

A New York Times Upshot/Siena College Poll shows residents of six battleground states oppose impeaching and removing Trump from office by a 52% to 44% margin,but support the House impeachment inquiry by a 51% to 44% margin.

Two recent polls show that the effort by Democrats to impeach and remove President Trump from office is unpopular with a majority of voters in several key battleground states.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Sunday the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) “cannot simply take yes for an answer” as the teachers strike moved into its eighth day with no end in sight.

Gallup’s poll released last Wednesday that claims 52 percent of United States residents over the age of 18 support the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump likely included illegal aliens.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took her 2020 campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination to Chicago on Tuesday, where she joined striking members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on the picket lines.

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will take up a case on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued into its third day on Saturday as negotiations with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) failed to reach a resolution.

A poll released on Friday shows GOP challenger Eddie Risponse has moved into a tie with Democrat incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards four weeks before the November 16 Louisiana gubernatorial runoff election.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) followed through on their earlier threats and went on strike on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of all classes for the 361,000 K-12 students who attend Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

Voter backlash against the Democrat impeachment inquiry of President Trump and strong support for the president in Kentucky appear to be key factors helping Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in his re-election battle against Democrat challenger Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear.

One thousand members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) marched through the streets of downtown Chicago on Monday, demanding more money.

The chairman of the Louisiana State Republican Party told Breitbart News Washington political editor Matt Boyle on Breitbart News Sunday, heard each week on Sirius XM’s Patriot Channel 125, that Republican Eddie Rispone will defeat incumbent Democrat John Bel Edwards in the state’s November 16 gubernatorial runoff election.

Louisiana will hold a “jungle primary” pitting incumbent Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards against Republicans Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone.

The Trump campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday marks the beginning of the presidential re-election campaign’s intense efforts to win the state of Minnesota in 2020.

The Trump campaign claimed victory late Tuesday in its battle with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a first term Democrat elected in 2017, who wanted the campaign to pay more than $500,000 in security expenses for Thursday’s rally at the Target Center.

Early voting in the October 12 “jungle primary” between incumbent Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and two Republican candidates ended on Saturday, and the turnout is massive, particularly among Republicans and Independents.

John Bel Edwards’ grandfather voted to enact several state laws that defied the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation ruling.