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New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and comedian Seth Meyers, who grew up in Bedford, were among 500 Americans who have been banned from Russia, according to a list released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday.
The deep, resonant voice was already familiar, and there it was in my voicemail. “Hello Arnie, this is Senator Barack Obama. Can you give me a call?”
The primaries are coming up: a good time for our Republican friends to repudiate the big lie once and for all. Democrats have their own favorite lies, of course, but right now the sins of the donkey seem small in comparison. Put simply, Democrats aren’t burning down government buildings these days, nor are they striving to overturn valid election results.
Looks like a potential challenger to President Donald Trump is also stocking a warchest more than three years in advance: former Vice President Joe Biden.
President Trump raised $107 million for his inaugural festivities, shattering previous records. The former titleholder, Barack Obama, raised half that, $53.2 million, in 2009 — though Obama imposed far stricter limits on amounts and sources of donations.
In 2016, campaigns and PACs raised 32.2 percent of their funds — $1,564,345,434 — from donors giving $200 or less (the threshold at which campaigns must report the donor’s name, employer, and address to the FEC.)