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Nov 25 2019
News
Documents reveal massive 'dark-money' group boosted Democrats in 2018
The “green wave” of campaign cash that boosted Democrats and liberal causes in 2018 included an unprecedented gusher of secret money, new documents obtained by POLITICO show.
The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a little-known nonprofit headquartered in Washington, spent $141 million on more than 100 left-leaning causes during the midterm election year, according to a new tax filing from the group
PoliticoNov 21 2019
News
Fiona Hill tells impeachment inquiry about a ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukrainian interference
Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser on Russia, opened her testimony before the impeachment inquiry Thursday with withering criticism of Republican attempts to sow doubt that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
“This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services,” Hill said in her opening statement.
Washington PostNov 06 2019
News
'Virginia is officially blue.' Democrats regain control of legislature, clearing way for liberal policies
Democrats won control of Virginia's General Assembly on Tuesday, returning the party to full power over the legislature and governorship for the first time since 1993.
Democrats, who had been slightly favored to win both chambers, flipped six seats and lost none of their own in the House and took a slim majority in the Senate.
"I'm here to officially declare today, Nov. 5, 2019
USA TODAYJul 08 2019
Opinion
OPINION: World Cup winners paint President Trump into a corner
Megan Rapinoe and her team did what Donald Trump told them to do — they finished the job. Now the question is, how will the President honor World Cup winners who have carved out a remarkable political and societal legacy?
USA's win over the Netherlands in the World Cup final in France on Sunday did not just spark celebrations among their fans. It validated the team's status as icons
Guest Writer - LeftFeb 06 2020
News
House to vote on legislation to protect workers' rights to form and join unions
The US House of Representatives will vote on a bill on Thursday to protect US workers’ right to form and join unions that supporters are calling the “most ambitious pro-labor legislation” in decades and one Republican congressman has dismissed as “the worst bill in congress”.
The ‘Protecting the Right to Organize Act, PRO Act has strong support from congressional Democrats and labor
The GuardianJul 05 2019
News
US economy adds 224,000 jobs in June
The US economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a strong comeback for the labor market after a disappointing May.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, the highest level since March 2019 but still historically low.
The number substantially beat the expectations of analysts, who had forecast a drag on jobs because of business uncertainty around high trade tensions as well as a lackluster
CNN DigitalOct 29 2019
News
Poll: Who's sticking with President Trump, through trouble and tweets? His seemingly unshakable base.
Even as support for his impeachment grows, President Donald Trump continues to be backed by a seemingly unshakable core of supporters who deny he has done anything wrong and agree that he is the target of a political "lynching," a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Americans are split in the survey about whether Trump should be convicted by the Senate in an impeachment trial
USA TODAYDec 17 2021
Perspectives Blog
When a President Punts on the Midterms To Win Re-Election
From the CenterA newly elected president is dealing with a stubborn economy and a restless electorate. The problem is inflation: swiftly rising prices for basic necessities like food and gasoline undermine consumer purchasing power and can create an upward spiral of prices and wages that drive prices even higher. Given the basic laws of supply and demand, a politician’s short-term options
Dan SchnurAug 19 2020
Analysis
AOC’s 90-Second Speech Was Not Evidence of a Democratic Rift With the Left
One of the biggest stories leading into the virtual Democratic National Convention was that New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the party’s most popular leftist under the age of 78 depending on how you classify Elizabeth Warren, was to be allotted only 60 seconds of speaking time. Given the regular sass directed at AOC and “The Squad” by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the mini-slot was
SlateJan 30 2020
News
Donald Trump signs his USMCA trade deal into law and uses ceremony to lock down support from Republican senators in his impeachment trial after snubbing Democrats from White House ceremony
President Donald Trump used a signing ceremony for a new North American trade agreement Wednesday to praise Republicans who have defended him during his impeachment trial – and inviting half the sitting GOP senators who are hearing his case.
With the full Senate meeting just hours later during a critical new phase of his impeachment trial, Trump made no effort to mask the power play he
Daily Mail