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Source: Observer. Originally posted 12/19/2017 New Jersey’s 7th District looks like an ink blot smattered across the Northern half of the state, a gerrymandered hodgepodge of pieces and parcels of six different counties and 74 municipalities, including the affluent Short Hills community, a popular bedroom neighborhood for Manhattan commuters. Republican Leonard Lance has been the …

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Originally in The Hill Tom Malinowski, a longtime human rights activist and assistant secretary of State under former President Obama, is tossing his hat into the ring for one of the top House races in the country. Malinowski announced his decision to take on Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) in a tweet that linked to his campaign …

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Originally in Washington Post In the first national election of the Trump era, more than a half-dozen Obama administration national security officials are running for Congress, which could result in the largest influx of foreign-policy-minded Democrats to Capitol Hill in years. But all of them face the challenge of moving from the world of policy …

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Source: The New York TimesOriginally published on 08/11/2017, Authors: Alexander Burns & Jonathan Martin Supporters of Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, at his election night party on Tuesday in Richmond. President Trump’s brand of politics did not lead to a victory for Mr. Gillespie. Credit: Parker Michels-Boyce for The New York …

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Source: Politico.com Originally published on June 19, 2017, Author: Susan B. Glasser Tom Malinowski spent years trying to get President Obama to care more about human rights. Now, he’s figuring out what to do with a president who doesn’t seem to care at all. Whatever you think about President Donald Trump, his speech Friday announcing the …

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Source: The AtlanticOriginally published March 27, 2017, Author: Tom Malinowski “Where people are desperate, it is still America they count on, whether they love or scorn it, and America they blame when aid does not come.” After Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election in November, a foreign ambassador accosted one of my deputies …

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