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Mar 11 2019
News
Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for Facebook breakup
Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
But the social network later reversed course after POLITICO reported on the takedown, with the company saying it wanted to allow for "robust debate."
The ads, which had identical images and text, touted Warren's recently announced
PoliticoOct 25 2019
News
Small Donors Get Creative to Give Over and Over to 2020 Candidates
The trend is fueled by the increasing ease of giving money online.
The February day that Bernie Sanders began his second Democratic presidential campaign, Christine Peloza gave him $27, the amount Mr. Sanders often boasted was the average donation in his first run. Then, she kept giving, in $3 increments, clicking donate up to 20 times a day.
By the end of June, Ms. Peloza, a 34-
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 13 2019
Headline Roundup
Reactions to Third Dem Debate Differ
Reactions to the third 2020 Democratic Presidential primary debate dominated the media universe Friday.
Coverage showed significant differences, not just between left and right, but particularly within the left. Some reporting framed former vice president Joe Biden as the front-runner; other coverage focused more on his perceived blunders from Thursday. A significant amount of reporting
National Review (News) CNN (Opinion) Associated PressJan 16 2020
Analysis
Will Any 2020 Candidate Offer an Alternative to Trump's Trade Protectionism?
The Trump administration's "phase one" deal with China will keep many tariffs in place, but Democrats don't seem to have the guts to stand up for freer trade.
Whether President Donald Trump wins re-election this year, his protectionist economic views and skepticism about the benefits of foreign trade are likely to continue guiding federal policy for the foreseeable future.
Indeed
ReasonJan 15 2020
Opinion
The Democrats Have Had This Primary Before
The problem with campaigning on electability is that it’s a brittle rationale for a candidacy compared with organic support from the grassroots.
As of this writing, the Democratic presidential contest looks very fluid, with four candidates bunched up in Iowa and New Hampshire. But the sudden relevance of foreign policy, thanks to the confrontation with Iran, has made it look more and
Jonah GoldbergDec 25 2014
News
NYPD Arrests Seven for Threats After Slayings of Two Officers
At least seven New Yorkers have been charged with making threats against police officers since the Dec. 20 killing of two patrolmen shot in their squad car in Brooklyn, a police spokeswoman said.
Six were charged with making terroristic threats through social media or in direct phone calls to police, said Officer Sophia Mason, a police spokeswoman. The seventh, Elvin Payamps, 38, of
Newsmax (News)Jun 27 2019
News
Democrats clash on healthcare, border in scrappy first U.S. presidential debate
Democratic presidential contenders battled over healthcare coverage and border policy on Wednesday during a surprisingly heated first debate that laid bare the party’s divisions on whether to abolish private insurance and shift to a Medicare-for-All system.
In the first round of back-to-back debates, several of the lesser-known candidates vied for attention in the crowded race to take
ReutersJun 25 2019
News
The 2 big disagreements between the 2020 Democratic candidates on Medicare-for-all
The Democrats running for president in 2020, while sharing a general goal of “expanding health coverage,” have two fundamental disagreements about health care.
One is on the policy: Would the best insurance system be one fully funded by the federal government? The Democrats who support Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-all bill are saying it is, while other candidates prefer to build
VoxOct 03 2019
News
Warren just released the most ambitious labor-reform platform of the 2020 campaign
It would rewrite the rules of the labor economy.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just released her labor platform. It’s an eye-popping 14 pages long.
Warren makes a long list of promises to close every loophole and fix every broken policy that has kept working families from getting ahead in the post-Recession economy. Oh, and she wants to give workers new rights too, such as the right for
VoxOct 01 2019
Opinion
In Today's America, Everybody Who Disagrees with You is a Traitor
Throwing the word "treason" around, unmoored from its actual meaning, is a weapon for delegitimizing political opposition and dissent.
With a little over a year to go before the next presidential election, politicians, pundits, and political players have grown comfortable yelling "treason" in each other's faces. That's a problem. Except in those rare circumstances when the charge is
Reason