September 12, 2020 / By mobanmarket
A 2014 photo of Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) wearing a Confederate soldier’s hat resurfaced this week at a time when the senator is facing public blowback over comments she made about willing to be “on the front row” for a “public hanging.” Hyde-Smith had posted a photo of herself on Facebook in 2014 wearing a Confederate soldier’s hat, which […]
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) is staffing up ahead of his possible 2020 presidential bid, with his campaign manager conducting dozens of interviews with potential aides since September, a source close to Hickenlooper told The Associated Press. Hickenlooper’s team has hired a Democratic strategist, Anna Greenberg, to be his pollster and FK & Co as his national fundraiser, according to the AP source. ADVERTISEMENT […]
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It’s one of the clearest signals to date of who’s considering a run for the White House in 2020: staffing. For months, would-be Democratic presidential hopefuls — Sens. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement […]
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro on Monday said that President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE has “contributed […]
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly opened three new detention centers in defiance of congressional orders, a move Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said vindicates her opposition to additional funding for the agency. Mother Jones reported on Tuesday that “ICE has started using three new for-profit immigration detention centers in the Deep South in recent weeks,” despite […]
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Human rights defenders in Israel on Wednesday linked recent threats at three civil society organizations to the rhetoric and policies of the country’s government, which has worked to intimidate and suppress groups critical of its treatment of Palestinians and other marginalized people. Staff members at Amnesty Israel in Tel Aviv and the Aid Organization for […]
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Ahead of an AFL-CIO event in Iowa Wednesday, Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that, if elected, he would “make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions by implementing the Workplace Democracy Plan and establishing a national goal to double union membership during his first term.” Pointing to research from the […]
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The Trump White House is reportedly reviewing a Labor Department rule that would give states the power to force people to pass a drug test before they can receive unemployment benefits, ignoring protests that such screenings would amount to demeaning and unconstitutional invasions of privacy. “The rule itself would not automatically impose drug tests on […]
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From “inconsolable” crying to refusing to eat to feeling “terrified,” the emotional distress suffered by migrant children detained by the Trump administration at the southern border is conveyed by a new report from a government watchdog that emphasizes the trauma the children are going through. The report (pdf) was released Wednesday by the inspector general’s […]
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