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A state senator is seeking the Democratic nomination in the 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of Berks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster and Montgomery counties.

Sen. Daylin Leach of Montgomery County made his announcement Saturday night. He plans an official campaign kickoff event Thursday.
At least two other Democrats - Dan Muroff and Molly Sheehan - are seeking the nomination in the May primary to face incumbent Republican Rep. Patrick L. Meehan of Delaware County in November 2018.

pacino wrote:i honestly don't even get what the horizon bill was about? someone that knows nj politics give me a primer?

swishnicholson wrote:I'm going to the beach with Christie!

NYTimes wrote:The station has also confirmed that Mr. Christie is being considered a successor to Mr. (Mike) Francesa, who is retiring this year

drsmooth wrote:didn't know where this should go, but this kinda-sports, kinda-politics news kinda really ties the room together:


A NYTimes story allowing as to how a disproportionate share of WFAN listeners are drumpf enthusiasts - gee, who ever would have guessed - contained this tidbit:

NYTimes wrote:The station has also confirmed that Mr. Christie is being considered a successor to Mr. (Mike) Francesa, who is retiring this year

The plan under consideration is laid out in a memo from Pentagon officials to Defense Secretary James Mattis. In the memo, obtained by NPR, high-level personnel and intelligence officials cite security concerns and inadequate vetting of recruits under a program called Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, or MAVNI.

The memo also cites "the potential threat posed by individuals who may have a higher risk of connections to Foreign Intelligence Services," and it refers to an "elevated" risk of an insider threat.

The recruitment program began in 2009 to attract immigrants with medical or language skills, such as surgeons or Arabic speakers. It allows visa holders, asylees and refugees to bypass the green card process to become U.S. citizens.

About 1,000 of the recruits who have been awaiting naturalization would be at risk of deportation because their visas have expired. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had deferred action on deportation in these cases because the soldiers were in the MAVNI program.

“Being rich or poor is a matter of choice; that’s all there is to it. So, let me ask you this, Brian: if 22 million people consciously make the choice to not work hard day in and day out, why on earth should the rest of us be concerned with whether or not they’re going to be healthy? If they choose to be poor, then it’s their own problem if they can’t afford to be healthy.

swishnicholson wrote:

pacino wrote:i honestly don't even get what the horizon bill was about? someone that knows nj politics give me a primer?

Yeah, I could give you the basics of the bill, but the why this, why now is a mystery to me. Power grab by somebody for somebody, but I don't know where the roots lie.

Soren wrote:Imaging and adult human losing the election because a political party spent a generation convincing idiots to vote against their own interests.