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Wisconsin Governor primary upset. Trump's catering truck ruse exposed. Outrage over air craft carrier conditions.
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Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.David Crowley Upsets Francesca Hong in Race for Wisconsin Governor
On Tuesday, several states including Wisconsin, Minnesota and Connecticut held primaries. In Wisconsin, after polling consistently ahead, democratic socialist State Rep. Francesca Hong, who had been leading strongly in the polls, fell short in her bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor, losing to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley by 0.5 percent. Just a month earlier, Crowley had dropped his campaign for Governor amid poor polling but reentered ten days later at the urging of Democratic Governor Tony Evers (D-WI), who endorsed him in a last minute attempt to halt Hong’s momentum. Belying claims of intraparty animosity, Hong immediately endorsed Crowley and appeared with the entire Democratic slate at a unity breakfast, pledging to campaign together to ensure a Democratic win in November.
In the hard-fought race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, a progressive endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) by almost 20 points. Despite Hong’s narrow loss in neighboring Wisconsin, Flanagan’s decisive victory in Minnesota was a sign that the progressive populist momentum that has been a feature of this primary season was still alive and well. Meanwhile in Connecticut, Governor Ned Lamont (D-CT) survived a primary challenge from the left, but 78 year-old Rep. John Larson (D-CT) was defeated by 46-year-old former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. Larson had held his seat in Congress for 27 years.
White House Ruse to Whisk Trump Away From Ankara Amid Threat Draws Outrage
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that on July 8, based on Israeli intelligence warning of a potential Iranian assassination attempt, Donald Trump was secreted off Air Force One via a catering truck onto an Air Force C-32A jet, which flew him and a few select aides from Ankara, Turkey to safety in Britain.
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