The Jen Charlton Show

Dr. Brenda J. Thiam is a passionate special educator of nearly 25 years. Her fondest memories are of teaching students who have autism. She is originally from North Carolina, but chose to move to Hagerstown, by way of other cities, so that her family could have a better quality of life. Dr. Thiam comes from humble beginnings of being raised by a single mother of five children, no heat in her childhood home, and living in the projects during her high school years. She set high but attainable goals for herself because her mother required it. As a Delegate, Dr. Thiam is ready to work with and alongside the Hagerstown Mayor, its City Council and its citizens as we all embark upon a prosperous, safe, and healthy future for Hagerstown.  She is Maryland’s first female Black Republican state legislator in the House of Delegates.  Dr. Thiam was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan to represent a district in Washington County and western Maryland to replace a former delegate who was appointed to the state Senate.

Neil C. Parrott is a Delegate who represents District 2A as a Republican in the Maryland House of Delegates. Parrott is running for Congress as a Republican in 2020 in Maryland's 6th congressional district against Congressman David Trone.

Lacy Johnson (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 11, 2020. running against Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.

 

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Jennifer's take on the state of the nation.

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Steve Drazkowski is a Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Leader of the New House Republican Caucus. He represents District 21B, which includes portions of Dodge, Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state.  He is the business owner of a fourth generation family retail shoe business that has been part of the Winona community since 1924.

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Peter Huessy is Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and President of his own defense consulting firm, GeoStrategic Analysis. His 40 years’ experience has also included serving at the National Defense University Foundation, the AFPC and the Air Force Association. He specializes in developing and implementing public policy campaigns to secure support for important national security objectives.

Dean Cheng brings detailed knowledge of China's military and space capabilities to bear as The Heritage Foundation's research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs.

He specializes in China's military and foreign policy, in particular its relationship with the rest of Asia and with the United States.

Cheng has written extensively on China's military doctrine, technological implications of its space program and "dual use" issues associated with the communist nation's industrial and scientific infrastructure.

He previously worked for 13 years as a senior analyst, first with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), the Fortune 500 specialist in defense and homeland security, and then with the China Studies division of the Center for Naval Analyses, the federally funded research institute.

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Dr. Bourke is the Chief Psychologist for the United States Marshals Service and he serves as the head of the USMS Behavioral Analysis Unit.  He is a sworn federal law enforcement officer and certified polygraph examiner; prior to his deputation with the USMS he worked in local, state, and federal corrections for 20 years, including eight years evaluating and treating sex offenders at a federal prison.  He has taught various courses at the graduate level since 2006.  

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Shannon Wright was born at the height of the 20th Century Civil Rights movement. Many of these experiences went into shaping who Shannon has become today, because of the way her family taught her the lessons they learned. Shannon saw her own family’s progression from living in the projects, to a co-op, to home ownership – this path in her life has given her a unique perspective into the good and the bad of welfare, the distribution of wealth, and equality versus equity. She knows where people are, where some have moved from, and how it impacts communities and interactions between the diverse communities within the city. Her life has given her many of the experiences that Baltimore residents live daily.

Pastor Shannon Wright is a non-profit executive and former first Vice President of the Yonkers NAACP who has committed her life to improving public education and creating avenues to enhance the life of today’s youth in general. She has always been actively involved in community improvement. Shannon Wright is no stranger to the community as a pastor, radio personality and ultimately a Youth Guidance Commissioner of her hometown. She also served as the NJ NAACP youth and college advisor along with being a member of the state board of directors.                      

She believes in adherence to the Constitution and leadership that listens to the people. Shannon uses her voice in the media to encourage individual responsibility, uphold the value of human life, and diligently works to break of the cycle of poverty by encouraging choice in education and jobs training options. She is a Frederick Douglass Republican with a strong belief in the Frederick Douglass core principles. 

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