I am not affiliated, so I guess that is independent. Yes, limits participation in primaries here in PA, too. Might be worth declaring an affiliation just for one week.

I hope this becomes true.

I am having a hard time understanding this action.

JUDGEMENT?

"On a visit to New Zealand in July, [Patel] brought plastic 3D-printed replica pistols as gifts to senior national security officials."

“I have never seen a[n]...intelligence organization like the bureau be directed to go after people purely on political, vindictive reasons,” said...a former analyst with Canada’s intelligence and cryptologic agencies. “In a Western democracy, that’s unheard of. It’s every day in Russia and China.”

Looks like me, at 78, loading my dishwasher.

One comment on NYTimes article:

“But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick,” said Senator Mark Warner (Virginia).

"The shift this time was particularly remarkable given that the deal did not protect the health insurance tax credits, which Democrats had spent weeks arguing was a crucial piece of any government funding agreement."