Beto O'Rourke: “I think this discussion today is happening within the larger context of the American publics' and Congress' frustration…”

This is for all the marbles. We need to show up this Saturday at 11 a.m. on the statehouse steps.

I think people will take it for what it is – it’s a gimmick, it’s a bribe. It’s another promise that the president will be unable to fulfill … It adds to the stink of desperation that is emanating from that convention centre.

We have to get serious.

Russia's sense of being diplomatically isolated... has encouraged Russia to increase its cooperation with China in the Arctic.