Sanders orders AG Tim Griffin to investigate another business operation with possible Chinese ties in the state.
Politics
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Look who’s knocking state business with China: Asa Inc.
Asa Inc. at work trying to elect a Republican candidate by trashing Asa’s outreach to China.
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Governor, your privilege is showing
Wednesday morning, days after a Baxter County School Resource Officer was arrested after admitting to sexually assaulting a minor student and a Benton County Jail Lieutenant was fired after an internal investigation uncovered years of sexual harassment committed upon fellow officers, Governor Hutchinson tweeted, “I never feel more safe than when I am in a room full of police officers as I was today when I spoke to the Arkansas Municipal Police Association Convention in Hot Springs.” I get that politicians love to glad-hand, but Hutchinson’s words seem especially poorly chosen.
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Guardian UK reports on the failing state next door
Guardian UK recently published a deep and enlightening dive into the fortunes of Oklahoma, the Republican-dominated state where the petroleum industry largely holds sway over environmental regulations, fracking-driven earthquakes rattle the land, school teachers make less than convenience store clerks, 1-in-12 residents has a felony conviction, and Gov. Mary Fallin’s best idea to help stave off an ongoing budget meltdown was to proclaim Oilfield Prayer Day, asking Oklahoma residents to use the power of prayer to halt falling global oil prices.
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Political ad in NWA features picturesque views of Fayetteville… North Carolina
Eagle-eyed politicos in Northwest Arkansas have noticed that a banner that, until recently, had been front and center on the campaign website of Republican Tracy K. Hoskins, a business developer who hopes to win the Ward 3 seat on the Fayetteville (Arkansas) City Council today in a run-off election, featured two lovely views of the Old Market House in downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Donald Trump’s policy agenda is not popular
A national poll released this week from Quinnipiac suggests that Americans may be in disappointed with the actual policy agenda of Trump and the Republican Congress.
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Donald Trump’s speech will aim to terrify Americans with tales of murder and mayhem
The text for Donald Trump’s speech tonight has just been released by Politico (though of course the Donald may go off script). It’s dark. Trump’s message is basically that America has turned into the bleakest bits of a “Mad Max” movie and only Trump can save us.
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Conservative advocacy groups continue to push inexplicably awful ads in attempts to reach young people
Conservative advocacy groups target young people. Hilarity ensues.