Month: September 2020

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against […]

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Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) said that people cannot be disqualified because they made “mistakes” after she was asked her opinion on recent allegations facing former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling […]

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“Stop what you’re doing and watch this—all the way through.” That was the reaction Monday from youth-led climate group Sunrise Movement to a gripping new apocalypse-themed campaign ad rolled out by Democrat Andrew Romanoff, who’s running in Colorado’s 2020 primary race for U.S. Senate. “I have never ever seen anything like this before.” —journalist Eric […]

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Legal scholar and political activist Zephyr Teachout, who literally wrote the text book on government and corporate corruption, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Friday as she applauded him for building “the kind of movement that we need to fight the corruption that is killing us.” In her endorsement, Teachout said Sanders has emerged […]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced immediate backlash from progressives Tuesday night after she informed congressional Democrats of her decision to delay the planned vote on a War Powers Resolution to constrain President Donald Trump’s authority to launch further military attacks on Iran. Pelosi’s decision to push the vote back to next week, first reported by […]

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Calling the Trump administration’s attempt to gut the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program “unlawful” as well as “cruel,” 15 state attorneys general as well as the city of New York filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Agriculture Department over its new requirements for the program, a month after the new rules were finalized. The revamped […]

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The nonpartisan government oversight group Democracy 21 on Friday filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against Attorney General William Barr, calling for a formal investigation and “remedial action” over accusations that Barr has failed to comply with “norms, rules and standards of conduct” while overseeing President Donald Trump’s DOJ. “Attorney General […]

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Former Massachusetts Gov. William WeldWilliam (Bill) WeldVermont governor, running for reelection, won’t campaign or raise money The Hill’s Campaign Report: Amash moves toward Libertarian presidential bid Libertarians view Amash as potential 2020 game changer for party MORE (R), who is challenging President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge […]

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