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Dear Moderate Democrats: Your Party Has Completely Abandoned You

Justin Haskins / Townhall Columnist

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I grew up in a small town in rural New England, which has long been a stronghold for Democrats. My grandfather was a carpenter, and for many years as a boy, my father was, too. Several of my family members are or used to be members of labor unions, and many of them have for years consistently and exclusively voted for Democratic candidates.

For much of my young life, their commitment to the Democratic Party had puzzled me. The values I grew up in my small town were the same American values that have made this country exceptional for more than two centuries: self-reliance, hard work, and individual liberty. Yet, come Election Day, much of my family and many of my neighbors would march off to the polls and pull the lever for candidates who seemed to embrace policies that are in complete contradiction to these ideals. And the older I get, the greater the divide grows between what Democratic voters in small towns and cities across the country think they’re getting from the politicians they vote for and the actual policies being proposed and implemented by Democrats.

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By:  Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

It is nothing but a calculated witch hunt by the Democrats orchestrated to stop any and all Trump nominates to the SCOTUS as now two other sexual assault accusations from the early 80s are being leveled against Brett Kavanaugh. Both say they were drunk when said assaults happened and both remember few details except to say it happened. Liars all and yet Democrats are doing and saying nothing about Keith Ellison. Democrats are truly DemocRATS!!!

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Developing now, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018

• Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces a storm of new sexual misconduct allegations: Michael Avenatti, lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, claims to have 'evidence' that Kavanaugh and a high school friend targeted women for gang rape. Meanwhile, the New Yorker magazine late Sunday reported that a former Yale classmate alleges that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party
• The new allegations against Kavanaugh emerged after his first accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, agreed to appear at a Senate hearing this Thursday, setting up a dramatic showdown over his Supreme Court nomination. But Thursday's hearing could now be in doubt.
• President Trump will address the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, and observers will closely watch how he addresses North Korea and China
• President Trump appeared to blame Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the alleged 'Deep State' conspiracy allegations surrounding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in an interview with Geraldo Rivera
• Tiger Woods won his first PGA tour in five years on Sunday, capping an emotional comeback from a series of injuries and personal problems
• Bill Cosby faces up 30 years in prison as the sentencing hearing for his sexual assault conviction begins on Monday