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☆ Congressional candidate gets raw about sex rights by publishing porno featuring himself
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York Congressional candidate Mike Itkis hopes to being sexual rights to the front of politics. Itkis released a sex tape with a list of his political reasons for doing so. New York Congressional candidate Mike Itkis wants to share his point of view: Sexual rights need to be explicitly defined and protected. Itkis' sex tape is not the first to penetrate the New York political sphere. Pornhub, Itkis, Sage, Nadler, and Zumbluskas did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Fact Check-Democrat-proposed bill aims to expand translation of voting materials, not allow non-citizen voting
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

An amendment struck down by House Judiciary Democrats has led to debate online, with critics claiming the move indicates they support non-citizens voting in U.S. 8770 and Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act are not about expanding voting rights to non-citizens or changing legislation that prohibits non-citizen voting. He said the amendment was voted down because it was irrelevant and unnecessary, adding that the underlying bill had nothing to do with non-citizen voting. “(It) would not have changed a single practical aspect about federal law applicable to non-citizen voting,” he said. This bill was not about the legality of non-citizen voting.

☆ Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler clashed over Trump's first impeachment with Nadler saying Democrats' plans were 'unfair' and 'unconstitutional'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Jerry Nadler also reportedly pushed Democrats to have Trump's lawyers more involved. "It's unfair, and it's unprecedented, and it's unconstitutional," Nadler reportedly told Schiff, according to an excerpt from "Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump." In the end, Schiff's House Intelligence Committee took the lead role in handling Trump's impeachment, a break from the historic tradition of the Judiciary Committee handling such proceedings. "I write the rules of my committee, not you," Nadler reportedly told his colleague once. Schiff, according to the book, retorted, "I don't really care about your resentment.

☆ Fights over political lines have fueled the aging of America's government. But that may be changing.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Grace Panetta | Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Redistricting and fights over political lines have fueled the aging of America's government. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois outside a January 6 committee hearing on June 13, 2022. Partisan gerrymandering, the redrawing of political district lines to favor one political party over the other, has gotten increasingly tactical. In all, 14 House incumbents lost renomination in 2022, the highest number in a single cycle since 1992. If you're a Democrat in a Republican district, your days are probably numbered."

☆ These 5 former House candidates might've been the next AOC, but entrenched politicians blocked their path
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam competed in this year's Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. And we need to have an infrastructure like that on the Democratic Party side. Former House candidate John Isemann faced ex-state lawmaker Tom Kean Jr. in the Republican primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. Jay Nixon and also worked for the Missouri Democratic Party — decided to jump into the race himself. "We talk about the Democratic Party being a big-tent party," she said.

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