2024

Where Things Stand: A Very Public Testing Of The Waters Prime Badge
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By and | April 29, 2021 1:50 p.m.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announces the Trump Administration's plan to create the U.S. Space Force by 2020 during a speech at the Pentagon August 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. Describing space as advasarial and crowded and citing threats from China and Russia, Pence said the new Space Force would be a separate, sixth branch of the military.

The former Veep is speaking at a carefully chosen podium this evening.

He’s giving his first speech post-Trump administration tonight, in a less-than-coincidental state (South Carolina) to a less-than-coincidental audience (the conservative Christian Palmetto Family Council).

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Where Things Stand: Pompeo Winks At 2024
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By | March 4, 2021 12:54 p.m.

This is one of the most concerning installments yet in the much-too-early-but-inevitable political musings about 2024.

During an appearance on Fox News’ Sean Hannity last night, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a pretty firm “maybe” to the prospects of running for president in 2024 — a prospect that his former boss has already called dibs on in the strongest possible terms.

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