Political News to Start the Week

Mark Finchem is Running for Arizona’s Secretary of State — a known Election Denier

Political News

Mark Finchem is the leading Republican candidate in line with being Arizona’s next secretary of state. He also is in line to be able to get his wishes of banning electronic voting machines and forcing the state to use paper-only ballots as well as counting them by hand.

Finchem has joined the GOP crowd that has endlessly echoed Donald Trump’s election fraud claims. The role of the secretary of state has become an important role due to the ever-growing threat of election-deniers being in charge of elections. The Secretary of State has always been seen as nonpartisan and responsible for the smooth running of elections and now has evolved to becoming something much more partisan.

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The Second Sit in Took Place in Baghdad’s Green Zone as Citizens push for new Government

World News

The Green Zone in Baghdad has been taken over once again as the Shi’ite Muslim cleric’s loyalists storm the empty parliament building for a second time trying to form a new government. Nearly 125 people, a figure pertaining to both police and demonstrators, were wounded.

A member of Sadr’s team said, "We're staying until our demands are met. And we have many demands.” The social-political Sadrist Movement is demanding parliament be dissolved and new elections are held. They’re also demanding that the current federal judges be replaced.

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More Anti-Trump Republicans face tough Elections this Tuesday

Political News

Last year, ten Republicans in total voted to impeach Donald Trump. This Tuesday, three of those ten face challenging primaries in their respective elections as they face off against Trump-endorsed candidates. Four of the ten Republicans that voted to impeach Trump have retired and two have overcome challengers to get to the November primary — one however did not.

Those included in Tuesday’s elections:

• Peter Meijer (MI)

• Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA)

• Dan Newhouse (WA)

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Economic News to Start the Week

Monday:

ISM Manufacturing Index - 10:00 am

Construction Spending - 10:00 am

Tuesday:

Job Openings - 10:00 am

Quits - 10:00 am

Real Household Debt - 11:00 am

Motor Vehicle Sales - TBD

Wednesday:

ISM Services Index - 10:00 am

Factory Orders - 10:00 am

Thursday:

Initial Jobless Claims - 8:30 am

Continuing Jobless Claims - 8:30 am

Trade Deficit - 8:30 am

Friday:

Nonfarm Payrolls - 8:30 am

Unemployment Rate - 8:30 am

Average Hourly Earnings - 8:30 am

Labor Force Participation - 8:30 am

Consumer Credit - 3:00 pm