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Robert F. Hyde
Robert Finley Hyde (born December 19, 1979) is an American businessman, lobbyist, and political candidate. Hyde gained attention during the first impeachment of Donald Trump as a figure associated with the Trump–Ukraine scandal. He runs a lobbying firm, Finley Hyde & Associates, in Washington, D.C. Early life Hyde was raised in Canton, Connecticut, and attended Central Connecticut State University. He has said that he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1999 to 2005 that he was deployed twice to Iraq. He started a landscape company, RF Landscaping and Construction, in 2000. Career Politics In June 2019, Hyde filed to challenge Senator Richard Blumenthal in the 2022 United States Senate elections. In August 2019, Hyde launched a congressional campaign to unseat Jahana Hayes. Following sexually crude comments Hyde made about Kamala Harris, Connecticut Republicans called on Hyde to end his campaign, and the Connecticut Republican Party refunded the contributions h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Connecticut State University
Central Connecticut State University (Central Connecticut, CCSU, Central Connecticut State, or informally Central) is a public university in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1849 as the State Normal School, CCSU is Connecticut's oldest publicly-funded university. It is made up of four schools: the Ammon College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; the School of Business; the School of Education and Professional Studies; and the School of Engineering, Science, and Technology. As of Spring 2022, the university was attended by 8,898 students: 7,054 undergraduate students and 1,844 graduate students. More than half of students live off campus and 96 percent are Connecticut residents. The school is part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system (CSCU), which also oversees Eastern Connecticut State University, Eastern, Western Connecticut State University, Western, and Southern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State Universities. History Central Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Republican Party
The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the national Republican Party. Republicans control neither chamber of the state legislature, no constitutional state offices, none of the state's five seats in the U.S. House, and neither of its two U.S. Senate seats. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. House was Chris Shays, who lost his seat in 2008 to Jim Himes. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. Senate was Lowell Weicker, who lost his seat in 1988 to Joe Lieberman. Town committees In Connecticut, there are Republican town committees in all 169 Connecticut municipalities. The 169 Republican town committees are affiliates of the Connecticut Republican Party. Town committees have the ability to endorse candidates in primary elections for local office. Elected officials Members of Congress U.S. Senate * None Both of Connecticut's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 1989. Lowell Weicker was the last Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America First Policies
America First Policies (A1P) is an organization created following the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 to promote the America First policy agenda of his administration. It was founded by Trump campaign people including Nick Ayers, Rick Gates, and Brad Parscale. History America First Policies was founded by several people, including Nick Ayers, a Republican consultant who is regarded as Mike Pence's top political adviser; Rick Gates; and Brad Parscale. In 2017, Brian O. Walsh was hired to oversee the group's day-to-day operations after the group experienced high staff turnover. Trump presidential campaign donor Rebekah Mercer disagreed with Parscale about the direction of America First Policies. According to investigative journalist Vicky Ward, Mercer wanted America First Policies' data engine to be Cambridge Analytica, which would have effectively given her organizational control and potentially influence over the Republican Party. According to Ward, if Mercer had cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Renacci
James B. Renacci ( ; born December 3, 1958) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he is a former city council president and two-term Mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio. In 2018, Renacci was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, losing to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown by a 7-point margin. He also ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Republican primary for governor of Ohio, losing to incumbent Mike DeWine. Renacci currently serves as the chairman of the Republican Party of Medina County. Early life and education James Renacci was born December 3, 1958, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna Marie (Sasko), a nurse, and Evo Renacci, a railroad worker. Renacci earned a degree in business administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and became a Certified Public Accountant and financial advisor. Business career In 2003, Renacci formed the LTC C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 37th governor of West Virginia since 2025. He served as the 34th attorney general of West Virginia from 2013 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected state attorney general in 2012, becoming the first Republican in the role since 1933. Morrisey ran for the United States Senate in 2018 and narrowly lost to incumbent Senator Joe Manchin. Morrisey was elected governor in 2024, defeating Democratic nominee Steve Williams in a landslide. He is the first Republican elected to a first term since Arch A. Moore Jr. in 1968. Early life and education Born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Morrisey grew up in Edison, New Jersey. His father was an account manager at U.S. Steel, while his mother worked as a registered nurse. Morrisey ran cross-country and played on his high school's tennis team, before he graduated from the St. Thomas Aquinas High School / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Pence
Gregory Joseph Pence (born November 14, 1956) is an American businessman and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Indiana's 6th congressional district from 2019 to 2025. The district serves much of east-central Indiana, including Pence's hometown of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus, as well as Greenfield, Indiana, Greenfield, Richmond, Indiana, Richmond, Shelbyville, Indiana, Shelbyville, and the southern third of Indianapolis. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he is the older brother of former Vice President of the United States, U.S. vice president Mike Pence, who represented the district from 2001 to 2013. In January 2024, Pence announced that he would not be running for re-election to the 119th United States Congress. Early life Born in Columbus, Indiana, on November 14, 1956, Pence is the oldest of six children born to his parents, Ann Jane "Nancy" (née Cawley) and Edward Joseph Pence Jr., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin Nunes
Devin Gerald Nunes (; born October 1, 1973) is an American businessman and politician who serves as the Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board since January 20, 2025, and as chief executive officer of the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Before resigning from the House of Representatives and joining TMTG, Nunes was first the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2013, and then from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Nunes was the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, chair of the House Intelligence Committee from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of President Donald Trump's First presidential transition of Donald Trump, first transition team. Nunes's former district, numbered as the 21st from 2003 to 2013 and as the 22nd after 2010 United States redistricting cycle, redistricting, was in the San Joaquin Valley and included most of western Tulare County, California, Tulare County and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'', bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QAnon
QAnon ( ) is a far-right conspiracy theories in United States politics, American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q". Those claims have been relayed and developed by Virtual community, online communities and influencers. Their core belief is that a cabal of Theistic Satanism, Satanic, Human cannibalism, cannibalistic child molesters in league with the deep state is operating a global child sex trafficking ring and that Donald Trump is secretly leading the fight against them. QAnon has direct roots in Pizzagate conspiracy theory, Pizzagate, another conspiracy theory that appeared on the Internet one year earlier, but also incorporates elements of many different conspiracy theories and unifies them into a larger interconnected theory. QAnon has been described as a cult.Description of QAnon as a cult: * * * * During the first presidency of Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijuana Legalization In United States
In the United States, the non-medical use of cannabis is legalized in 24 states (plus Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia) and decriminalized in 7 states, as of November 2023. ''Decriminalization'' refers to a policy of reduced penalties for cannabis offenses, typically involving a civil penalty for possessing small amounts (similar to how a minor traffic violation is treated), instead of criminal prosecution or the threat of arrest. In jurisdictions without penalty the policy is referred to as ''legalization'', although the term ''decriminalization'' is sometimes used for this purpose as well. During a wave of decriminalization in the 1970s, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis in 1973. Ten more states followed by the end of 1978, influenced by the Shafer Commission's endorsement of decriminalization in 1972. By the end of the decade the tide had turned in the other direction, however, and no state wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Background Checks
A universal background check for guns is a policy that requires a background check for all gun sales or transfers, regardless of where they occur or who is involved. This includes sales at gun shows, private sales between individuals, and sales made online. The idea is to close loopholes in existing laws that currently allow some gun purchases to occur without background checks. Proposals in the United States, as part of gun control to curb gun violence, would require all gun sales or transfers to be recorded and go through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), closing what is sometimes called the private sale exemption. Universal background checks are not required by U.S. federal gun law, but at least 22 states and the District of Columbia currently require background checks for certain private sales of firearms. Background Federal gun law requires background checks (through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS) only for gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag Law
In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“; also known as a risk-based gun removal law,Reena Kapoor, Elissa Benedek, Richard J. Bonnie, Tanuja Gandhi, Liza Gold, Seth Judd, Debra A. PinalsResource Document on Risk-Based Gun Removal Laws ''Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry'', Vol. 17, Issue 4 (Fall 2019), pp. 443-451, doi:10.1176/appi.focus.17403.) is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger. A judge makes the determination to issue the order based on statements and actions made by the gun owner in question.Barbaro, Michael, host."Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018."''The Daily'', New York Times. 27 Feb. 2018. ''New York Times''. Refusal to comply with the order is punishable as a criminal offense. After a set time, the guns are returned to the person from whom they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
