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Jan 29 2019
News
Kamala Harris Backs Medicare For All And She Isn’t Messing Around
The Democratic senator knows it’d basically wipe out private coverage. She seems OK with that.
HuffPost
Feb 18 2021
News
It might just be game over for the Iowa caucus
The siege of Iowa and New Hampshire has begun.
The two states with privileged places on the presidential primary calendar are finding their roles more threatened than ever before — most recently in the form of a bill introduced in Nevada this week to move that state’s nominating contest to the front of the line in 2024.
On its own, the Nevada encroachment would mean little. For
Politico
Jul 21 2020
News
US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday it would take unspecified “necessary measures” after the U.S. government imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China’s Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang.
The sanctions add to U.S. pressure on Beijing over Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of mass detentions, forced labor, forced
Associated Press
Jun 21 2020
News
TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally
President Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say they’re at least partially responsible.
Brad Parscale, the chairman of Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign, posted on Twitter on Monday that the campaign had fielded more than a million ticket requests, but reporters at the
New York Times (News)
Feb 27 2020
Background
The Case for Amy Klobuchar
Since President Trump took office, Democrats have been having a passionate debate about what matters more: increasing progressive turnout or winning over swing voters. And there is no doubt that both tactics help Democrats win elections. But the evidence about which tactic matters more is pretty overwhelming. Persuasion does.
David Leonhardt
Oct 19 2020
Analysis
Trump Will Have $900 Million Of Loans Coming Due In His Second Term If He’s Reelected
Whether or not Donald Trump wins the election, lenders will expect his businesses to pay back an estimated $900 million in the next four years, an alarmingly accelerated timetable that involves more than twice as much debt as the president previously indicated. In order to emerge unscathed, Trump will likely have to engage in a series of high-stakes, big-money transactions—deals that could
Forbes
Mar 29 2020
News
Time's Up said it could not fund a #MeToo allegation against Joe Biden, citing its nonprofit status and his presidential run
LAST APRIL, Tara Reade watched as a familiar conversation around her former boss, Joe Biden, and his relationship with personal space unfolded on the national stage. Nevada politician Lucy Flores alleged that Biden had inappropriately sniffed her hair and kissed the back of her head as she waited to go on stage at a rally in 2014. Biden, in a statement in response, said that “not once” in his
The Intercept
Nov 07 2019
Opinion
Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote?
Voter suppression as a tactic – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard for minority communities in America to exercise their democratic right
Martin Luther King Jr marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 in protest of attempts by white legislators across the south to prevent African Americans from voting. At the
The Guardian
Sep 04 2020
News
Trump says Pentagon won't cut funding to 159-year-old newspaper, Stars and Stripes
President Trump announced Friday that the Defense Department "will NOT be cutting funding" to the military's historic independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes.
Driving the news: The Pentagon had ordered the shutdown of the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, despite objections by Congress, per the AP.
In February, the agency proposed cutting $15.5 million in
Axios
May 25 2020
News
Ann Coulter torches Trump in unhinged tweet storm: 'You complete blithering idiot'
Ann Coulter ripped into President Donald Trump over the weekend after he publicly rebuked former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on social media.
The president has openly berated his former attorney general for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Trump has even gone so far as to endorse former college football coach Tommy Tuberville over Sessions in the Republican primary for
The Blaze