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Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult' Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult'
Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult' Two decades after the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal — when the former president  had an affair with the 22-year-old White House intern, but got caught lying about it, his wife from Chappaqua offered a fresh nationally televised perspective. In an interview with CBS’ “Sunday Morning” on Oct. 14, the former First Lady, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator from New York and losing presidential candidate said her husband should have absolutely not resigned from office after the affair was made public, according to multiple media reports. She also opined that it was not "an abuse of powe…

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by Jon Craig
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This Democratic Congressman Remains Popular In Pro-Trump Eastern CT District This Democratic Congressman Remains Popular In Pro-Trump Eastern CT District
This Democratic Congressman Remains Popular In Pro-Trump Eastern CT District U.S. Rep Joe Courtney has represented Connecticut’s 2nd District in Congress for more than a decade. He's a Democrat who rejects almost every one of President Donald Trump's policies and proposals. Yet Courtney also happens to represent a congressional district, the only one in the very blue Nutmeg State, that supported the Republican over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. The district includes most of the eastern third of the state, including Norwich and New London. Courtney, a 65-year-old lawyer and former state legislator has taken a different path -- where moderation, listening and an …

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Bill, Hillary Clinton International Speaking Tour Will Come To Connecticut Bill, Hillary Clinton International Speaking Tour Will Come To Connecticut
Bill, Hillary Clinton International Speaking Tour Will Come To Connecticut Bill and Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua are going on tour, including April stops in Connecticut and New York. The political couple's speaking tour will span two countries and 13 cities — including Wallingford, CT where they'll speak at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre. The tour, billed as "An Evening with the Clintons," kicks off on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas.  Bill Clinton served as the nation's 42nd president from January 1993 through January 2001. His wife, Hillary, is a former First Lady, Secretary of State and U.S. senator from New York who lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump…

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by Jon Craig
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Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump
Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump Hillary Clinton unloaded on President Donald Trump, charging her former presidential rival with being racist, sexist and anti-gay rights. 'He has been racist, he's been sexist, he's been Islamophobic, he has been anti-LGBTQ, I mean, there's a long list,' Clinton told the Atlantic Events Festival last week. She also said there's "a lot to be concerned about" over Trump's Supreme Court appointee Brett Kavanaugh. The former presidential candidate and Secretary of State from Chappaqua cited Trump's behavior in the wake of Charlottesville, Virginia, riots in 2017, which were provoked …

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by Jon Craig
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Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message
Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has thought a lot about what happened during the 2016 presidential race and what to do about it.  Murphy isn’t shy about suggesting that his party needs to learn lessons from Donald Trump’s victory, according to this interview in The Washington Post. Trump understood that you had to be the candidate who most credibly looked and sounded like a reformer, Murphy said. “He never talked about it in those terms," Murphy told The Post. "But he looked and sounded like the most obvious candidate to change the way that things were done here, and you could a…

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'Hilary Clendon' Touts 'Email Experience' In 'Murphy Brown' Secret Cameo 'Hilary Clendon' Touts 'Email Experience' In 'Murphy Brown' Secret Cameo
'Hilary Clendon' Touts 'Email Experience' In 'Murphy Brown' Secret Cameo What do Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton as well as Bette Midler, the late John F. Kennedy Jr., Sally Field and Don Rickles have in common?  They've all applied for or been Murphy Brown's secretary on the acclaimed television series. "On our first show we had a secretary who is probably the jewel in the crown of our chain of secretaries," lead actor Candice Bergen said about former First Lady and Secretary of State Clinton's surprise appearance on Murphy Brown revival premiere. Clinton's surprise appearance on Thursday, Sept. 27 was exactly that: A surprise -- in an era of spoilers an…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Hillary Clinton To Appear On CBS Show 'Madam Secretary' Hillary Clinton To Appear On CBS Show 'Madam Secretary'
Hillary Clinton To Appear On CBS Show 'Madam Secretary' Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua will appear on the season premiere of "Madam Secretary" this fall, CBS announced. "We've got some BIG guest stars in store for Season 5!" the popular TV show said on Twitter, noting that Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell also will play themselves on the CBS broadcast. "Former Secretaries of State @HillaryClinton, @Madeleine, and Colin Powell will be appearing on the season premiere of #MadamSecretary on Sunday, October 7!" Clinton, a former First Lady and U.S. Senator turned 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, posted her own T…

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by Jon Craig
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Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Out with the old, in with the new. That's what voters are telling political pollsters in the latest public opinion surveys. While Westchester County's Hillary Clinton, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Delaware's Joe Biden are considered presidential contenders in 2020, three-out-of-four Democratic voters think their party needs to back someone new. Some top media pundits are touting former Vice President Biden as a likely frontrunner, as seen in this Tweet.  However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73 percent of likely Democratic voters believe their pa…

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by Jon Craig
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Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure
Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure The Connecticut House of Representatives narrowly voted on Thursday, April 26 to approve a bill directing the state to join a compact committing its seven electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, according to multiple news reports. The compact would not take effect until states representing 270 electoral votes sign onto a compact that would undo a 200-year-old element of the U.S. Constitution. If approved by its state Senate, Connecticut would bring the tally to 11 states and 172 electoral votes. The candidate with the most votes should win, a standa…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Fire Contained At Bill, Hillary Clinton's Westchester Compound Fire Contained At Bill, Hillary Clinton's Westchester Compound
Fire Contained At Bill, Hillary Clinton's Westchester Compound Click here for an updated story: Cause Determined For Fire At Clinton Chappaqua Compound A fire that broke out at the Northern Westchester compound of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton was "knocked down" Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. The wood fire began in the Secret Service facility on the Clintons property at 15 Old House Lane. The building was not connected to the Clintons; main home, according to Nick Merril, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton. The fire was called in at 2:51 p.m. according to Ne…

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