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# Brendan Dorsey

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## Brendan Dorsey


## Brendan Dorsey


* ![Eric Greitens Founder and CEO, The Mission Continues speaks at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on May 7, 2012 in New York City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8b1606362d58001/6988a15697cdff32376ad57a/gettyimages-143993212-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2016  
### [Watch a Candidate Shoot a Machine Gun in This New Campaign Ad](https://time.com/4440904/campaign-ads-eric-greiten-machine-gun/)  
'When he fights back, he brings out the big guns'  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Brent Daley, 27, and Brianne Daley, 25, were arrested for child endangerment and neglect, in San Tan Valley, Arizona, Aug 2, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt063adb14f441f35d/6988a0dc0b72e393b36ea830/child-abdandoned-pokemon-go.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2016  
### [Arizona Couple Allegedly Abandon Toddler to Play _Pokémon Go_](https://time.com/4435814/pokemon-go-arizona-couple-allegedly-abandon-child/)  
The father hung up on authorities who called him about the incident  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a crowd of supporters. Trump spoke at the Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium in Scranton, Penns. on July 27, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltded9b9cdecd4643c/6988a094ab6d775cdb6aabf3/donald-trump-republican-convention-polls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 1, 2016  
### [Gallup: People Less Likely to Back Trump After Convention](https://time.com/4433348/republican-convention-not-voting-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![2016 Democratic National Convention - Day 3](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bd109ba3eb94404/6988a02ae20a8713c4a91d5a/tim-kaine-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2016  
### [Tim Kaine Mocks Donald Trump for Confusing Virginia and New Jersey](https://time.com/4429517/tim-kaine-mocks-donald-trump/)  
Trump confused the two states  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Hillary Clinton Miami Rally](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f33d32baa89acf6/69889f1b428a9e171acd3935/debbie-wasserman-schultz-email-scandal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 25, 2016  
### [Watch Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Get Booed](https://time.com/4421717/democratic-convention-debbie-wasserman-schultz-booed-video/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Timothy Jones](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc8476cc74bb41cd/69889eb08e060190dc466ce7/timothy-jones-800.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2016  
### [Chicago Gang Member Sentenced for Shooting Pregnant Teen to Death](https://time.com/4417738/timothy-jones-charine-jefferson-pregnant-teen/)  
Timothy Jones shot Charinez Jefferson to death as she plead for her life  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b788a379206e616/69889cbe656a3f675ebcc5c3/donald-trump-al-baldasoro-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2016  
### [Donald Trump's Veterans Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason'](https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/)  
Al Baldasaro thinks Hillary Clinton should be punished for her handling of Benghazi  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![President Barack Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a Clinton campaign event in Charlotte, July 5, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70808107cbb4341d/69889c2d196cf4720d03c6bb/obama_clinton_dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 15, 2016  
### [President Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention](https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/)  
Former President Bill Clinton will also speak in Philadelphia  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![05700581.JPG](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c7a31a008282037/69889ba6bc6cfc7c9c3ddc64/db-cooper-investigation-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 12, 2016  
### [FBI No Longer Actively Investigating D.B. Cooper Case](https://time.com/4403412/db-cooper-fbi-investigation-oregon/)  
Cooper hijacked an airplane and stole $200,000 in 1971  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0891e2a4f66f99/69889b80fb4eacde1888e400/donald-trump-jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 11, 2016  
### [Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump](https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/)  
Bush thinks Trump is living in an 'alternate universe'  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Heather Koon  
](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5aa7746865d57de/69889acdbc6cfceec13ddb02/heather-koon-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 6, 2016  
### [Ohio Daycare Worker Pleads Guilty to Raping 4 Children](https://time.com/4394605/ohio-daycare-worker-rape/)  
Her fiancé also pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the case  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![US-POLITICS-WARREN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea7cf201228493b/69889a46cf40a8ee13c43d6d/elizabeth-warren-apple-amazon-google.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2016  
### [Elizabeth Warren Says Google, Apple and Amazon 'Snuff Out Competition'](https://time.com/4390274/elizabeth-warren-apple-google-amazon-competition/)  
She said competitors should be given the chance to change the world  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Paul Ryan speaks during his weekly briefing at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971f68733a85f724/698896cdcf40a840fbc4389a/paul-ryan-trump-judge1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2016  
### [Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't 'Tolerate' Another Sit-In by Democrats](https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/)  
The Speaker of the House called the sit-in a publicity stunt  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C. on May 26, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt455623ae88887c91/698896bf656a3f564ebcbd34/paul-ryan-judge-racism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2016  
### [Ryan Says Trump's Ascension Is 'a Very Strange Situation'](https://time.com/4373074/paul-ryan-donald-trump/)  
He calls Trump "a very unique nominee"  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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