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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Shasti Conrad wins open DNC vice chair position after Hogg fallout
Washington State Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad won the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) second open vice chair position Friday after members voted to redo the election amid significant inner turmoil over David Hogg's role within the party. Conrad won the spot with almost 56 percent of the vote over DNC member Kalyn Free in a runoff election that took place from Wednesday to Friday. Kansas Democratic Party Chair Jeanna Repass had initially been eliminated from contention for the seat in the first round of voting after no candidate received a majority of DNC members' votes. Conrad finished the first round ahead of Free and Repass, reportedly with 44 percent of the vote to Free's 37 percent and Repass's 20 percent. Free's complaint in February over the way that the DNC's vice chair election was run started the process that resulted in Hogg losing his position as vice chair. Conrad joins Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D), who was first elected vice chair in the winter and won the redo election Saturday to reclaim his post, filling out the DNC's last two vice chair roles. The Washington state Democrat, a South Asian millennial, said in a statement that she's honored to serve as vice chair, underscoring her commitment to provide more opportunities for young people to get involved and to ensure Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have a seat at the table. 'This was the longest election in DNC history, and every vote cast reflected our shared belief in building a stronger, more inclusive Democratic Party,' she said. DNC Chair Ken Martin called Conrad a 'trailblazer' who understands the importance of hard work to ensure Democrats win up and down the ballot. He said Conrad helped Washington be the only state in the country to buck a red wave across the ballot. 'She is also the first AAPI chair in the contiguous 48 states and is deeply committed to the DNC's mission of organizing everywhere, year round,' he said. 'As a former state party chair and [Association of State Democratic Committees] president myself, I look forward to working with her to continue bolstering our state party infrastructure and strengthening and broadening our Democratic coalition.' Free, a DNC member since 2019 from Oklahoma, argued in her complaint that the February election that selected Hogg and Kenyatta as vice chairs was improperly conducted and gave the male candidates an unfair advantage. The DNC Credentials Committee recommended redoing the election last month, and the full membership of the DNC voted overwhelmingly to hold another election last week. The controversy concerning the election was procedural, but it came at a time when Hogg, who rose to prominence as a gun control activist, was in the midst of a firestorm over his group, Leaders We Deserve, pushing to primary certain longtime House Democratic incumbents. His moves caused significant backlash among DNC leadership and contributed to a wider conversation of generational change within the party. After the DNC voted to hold the vice chair election again, Hogg announced he wouldn't seek his vice chair position a second time, wanting to allow the party to 'focus on what really matters.' He said building the strongest party possible will be his 'number one mission.' Kenyatta won support from almost all voting members as he was unopposed in his election, which took place Thursday to Saturday. The position was specifically for male candidates, and Kenyatta was the only male candidate eligible to run again. Female candidates were eligible for the second election, which ran from Sunday to Tuesday. Both the DNC and Republican National Committee have rules requiring some amount of gender balance in its leadership positions. Updated at 6:32 p.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Mic picks up bellowing 'Free Castellanos' cry during Phillies game
Mic picks up bellowing 'Free Castellanos' cry during Phillies game Surprising to absolutely no one, it seems the benching of Philadelphia Phillies slugger Nick Castellanos is not going over well with the fanbase. After 236 consecutive starts in the lineup, Phillies manager Rob Thomson sat Castellanos on Tuesday at Miami. Thomson said the outfielder crossed a line when speaking to the skipper on Monday after he was removed late in the game for defensive purposes. So Castellanos was benched for the first time since September 2023. At least one paying fan in Miami did not take kindly to the development on Tuesday night. In a mostly-empty LoanDepot Park — there was much more sports excitement just up the road — a bellowing 'Free Castellanos" cry was so loud it echoed across the field and into the broadcast booth. Considering a Marlins team that sits last in the NL East defeated the Phillies, 8-3, on Tuesday — and the Phillies are about to face the first place New York Mets this weekend — it sure seems like Castellanos will be free soon enough.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Garena Free Fire MAX redeem codes for today, June 17, 2025: Get free in-game rewards & gifts items
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Once you redeem a code, the rewards will appear in the 'vault' section of the game, and any gold or diamonds will be added to your wallet. Only valid codes will work – expired ones will not give any items. If a code doesn't work, it could be due to server problems or regional restrictions. Below, you'll find today's working codes and how to redeem them. 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NZ Herald
13-06-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Formula 1: Liam Lawson makes impressive start to Canadian Grand Prix, finishes top-10 in practice one
Liam Lawson has had an impressive start to Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix weekend at Montreal's Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, logging a top-10 finish in the weekend's first practice session. The Kiwi got through 29 laps on both soft and medium tyres, and set the eight-fastest time of the Free
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Russell building community through Little Free Library
Jacqueline Russell believes in the importance of being a good neighbor. But she hasn't been pleased with some of the discussions that have taken place throughout the country in recent years concerning whether some books should be banned. So Russell has addressed both points by establishing a Little Free Library in the corner of her front yard near the intersection of Booth and Windsor avenues in Owensboro. 'I'd seen them in other communities — there are a couple actually in Owensboro other than mine — and at a time when so many people are like, 'We're banning books,' I'm like, 'No, we're sharing books,' ' she said. 'I think the more we can share ideas, the better we are as a community. There is stuff for kids and there is stuff for adults, and anybody can take stuff and leave stuff. 'It's just sharing. To me its about building community. Just trying to be a good neighbor.' Russell said she started the library with books she bought or thrifted, trying to find titles 'I know have been popular.' But that stock has quickly turned over. 'It's been out here for about three weeks, and a lot of the ones that I initially put in there are gone and people have restocked it,' she said. 'It's really cool. I don't sit and watch it, so I don't know when people are coming by necessarily, but every time I check on it every couple of days there is something new. They're moving.' The library box, which has its own walkway from the street and small light, is hard to miss, with it being a repurposed newspaper machine painted pink with large white polka dots. 'There's a website where you can order a cabinet, and I had actually thrifted a cabinet and I was going to use it, but I was going to have to weather-proof it,' she said. 'But I saw one on Instagram that was a repurposed newspaper box, and I was like, 'Well I know people at the newspaper.' I was like, 'I'll come pick it up, I'd love to repurpose one.' '(Messenger-Inquirer Circulation Director) Barry Carden was just like, 'Yeah, we'll hook you up.' They gave it to me and dropped it off. But it got a whole paint job.' Russell said it has already been successful building community. 'The first day I was putting it out I had neighbors that came by and were like, 'What do you have going on?' I told them, and they said they had so many books and said, 'We'll help keep it stocked,' ' she said. 'It's been really neat to kind of get to know more people around us that have wanted to help with it. 'There are two other houses around that I know they've both brought books by.' Russell has registered her box with the Little Free Library to obtain a charter number, which has placed it on the organization's national map, which can be found at She also expects to add a stamp to the books that says 'Little Free Library: Always a gift, never for sale.' 'That's so if people were to take them to try and sell to a shop that buys books, they know they're not supposed to be sold,' she said. 'And I think it's a neat thing to be able to take one and put it on the bookshelf and keep it, and then two years later when I'm like, 'Where did I get that?' it's neat to be able to see where it was picked up.' In addition to books, the box contains pencils, bookmarks, erasers, stickers and a notepad to enter book requests. She also anticipates adding a free food stand next to it later in the summer. 'As the garden grows, we can put extra things out,' she said, 'like if I have a million tomatoes.' Russell also plans to soon add a geocache to the top of the box. 'It's just as a way to get more traffic to it, she said. 'There's going to be a hint on the geocaching web page to figure out the (lock) combination. 'I thought it would be cool to add, and they may grab a book.'
