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Best bang for your buck this Fourth of July

Jul. 4—ROCHESTER — The Fourth of July is here and the Post Bulletin spent less than $100 to see how much bang you can get for your buck when it comes to fireworks. There are firework tents all over the Rochester area this season. Vapor of Smoke Fireworks have tents in every Hy-Vee in town, […]

How California Republicans learned to buck Trump and love electric vehicles

LOS ANGELES — Donald Trump thinks electric vehicles are anathema to the American Dream — he calls them union-busting job-killers that are “all made in China.” Someone forgot to tell California Republicans. California Republicans are living in a different reality from the majority of conservatives across the country, who have heeded Trump’s message that President […]

Marjorie Taylor Greene Receives A Withering New Nickname From Ken Buck

Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) with a new moniker on Monday, calling her “Moscow Marjorie.” CNN’s Erin Burnett asked Buck, who resigned from Congress last month, to comment on former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) praise of conspiracy theory-peddling Greene as a “very serious legislator.” Buck recalled how Greene […]

Republicans Somehow Find Worst Possible Nominee to Replace Ken Buck

The man who will likely temporarily replace Representative Ken Buck in Congress has a history of frightening run-ins with the law. A Republican committee on Thursday chose Greg Lopez, the former mayor of Parker, Colorado, as the party nominee for the upcoming special election to replace Buck. Buck, who left Congress last week, represented Colorado’s […]

Freedom Caucus Kicks Out Rep. Ken Buck Days Before His Retirement

WASHINGTON — Members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Col.) this week, just days before his early exit from Congress. Buck said Freedom Caucus chair Bob Good (R-Va.) called him on Tuesday to deliver the news. “He did open by saying, ‘I’m not happy about having to make this […]