Meghan Blonder

1 day ago | freebeacon.com | Meghan Blonder

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka (D.) said Sharpe James (D.)—a former Newark mayor who served jail time for using his power and influence to defraud residents—helped shape his values. Baraka, the current mayor of Newark, released a statement praising James, 89, following his death on Sunday.

5 days ago | freebeacon.com | Meghan Blonder

Rep. Laura Gillen said she "steadfastly championed government efficiency" and "rooted out waste and corruption" as a town supervisor on Long Island. The town’s operating budget increased by over 30 percent in one year under the New York Democrat, who also helped a campaign donor score a $1.5 billion government contract.

5 days ago | freebeacon.com | Meghan Blonder

Department of Homeland Security officials arrested Newark mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Ras Baraka (D.) on Friday following a chaotic scene at a Garden State immigrant detention facility. Baraka tried joining three New Jersey Democrats—Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez—on a tour of the recently opened Delaney Hall, but was denied entry.

1 week ago | freebeacon.com | Meghan Blonder

Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) apparently forgot she first met Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on a New Year’s Eve trip to the Bahamas. "This is the first time we've met, is that correct?" Waters asked Bessent during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday. "No, ma'am. We actually met one New Year's Eve in the Bahamas," Bessent said. "Why don't I remember that?" Waters, 86, asked. "You were much better at the electric slide than I was," Bessent testified.

2 weeks ago | freebeacon.com | Meghan Blonder |Thaleigha Rampersad

MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin said anti-Israel student activists, who have threatened and accosted Israelis, stormed university buildings, and caused millions of dollars in damage, are "advocating for peace." Mohyeldin said the Trump administration’s "abduction" of foreign students "is being done on the false premise that their speech is both a threat to American foreign policy, which we have said many times on this show is a laughable claim and that their protests are anti-Semitic and a threat...