Monthly Archives: September 2020

When 92% of Democrats and 67% of Swing Voters in Key Battleground States Support Green New Deal, Pelosi's Opposition Called 'Out of Touch'

The youth-led Sunrise Movement pointed to a new poll out Thursday to repeat their case that Democrats who don’t support a bold Green New Deal to help solve the climate emergency are not only failing a moral test but also making a deeply flawed political calculation about the public’s readiness for a far-reaching plan to […]

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Lucha Bros to face Jurassic Express on AEW Dynamite

AEW has made a new match announcement for this Wednesday’s post-All Out episode of Dynamite. The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero M & Rey Fenix w/ Eddie Kingston) will face off with Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy) on Dynamite this Wednesday. This will be the first time Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy have faced The Lucha […]

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'Fear of Victory' for Sanders or Warren in 2020 Driving Bloomberg and Patrick Bids, Say Progressive Critics

“We’ve got two super-rich guys who are scared to death that a progressive’s going to win the primary and then win the general.” That was how Charles Chamberlain, chairman of progressive group Democracy for America, characterized the last-minute 2020 Democratic presidential bids of former Bain Capital executive Deval Patrick and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg. “I […]

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'Both Sad and Funny on a Whole New Level': The President of the United States of America Just Tweeted This Image of Himself

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning took to social media and tweeted an objectively ridiculous picture with his head super-imposed on the muscled body of fictional boxing champion Rocky Balboa. Here it is. Here is what the person with the codes to the U.S. nuclear arsenal tweeted: In response, people (including this writer) who […]

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DOJ Inspector General Report Finds No Evidence of FBI Conspiracy Against President in Russia Investigation but Reveals 'Structural Problems' With FISA Court

The long-awaited report on the FBI’s Russia investigation was released Monday, revealing no political bias on behalf of the bureau but pointing the finger at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court’s processes as faulty and worthy of review.  “Because the process is not adversarial in any way, the FISC generally assert the reliability of info […]

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Buttigieg: Trump, Pence 'complicit' in white nationalist revival

Presidential candidate and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE told BuzzFeed News’s “AM2DM” morning show that he believes the Trump administration’s “negligence if not encouragement” of white […]

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Andrew Yang says his campaign raised $1.7 million in two months

Democratic presidential hopeful and entrepreneur Andrew YangAndrew YangGeorge Floyd protests show corporations must support racial and economic equality Andrew Yang discusses his universal basic income pilot program Andrew Yang on the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis MORE announced Tuesday that his campaign raised $1.7 million in February and March. In a press release, Yang’s campaign […]

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Koch network launches ad campaign opposing Trump's proposed gas tax

A conservative group backed by billionaire conservative activist Charles Koch is putting six figures behind a new ad campaign opposing a proposal to pay for an infrastructure spending package with a gas tax.   The Koch-backed group Americans For Prosperity will begin running digital ads on Thursday in 30 districts across 20 states pressuring lawmakers […]

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Dems see lane to Buttigieg victory

Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE can win the Democratic nomination for president, top party strategists say, as long as he can capitalize on his growing media attention and early grass-roots […]

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Stephen King Vows Effort to Defeat Maine Democratic Congressman If He Doesn't Vote for Both Trump Articles of Impeachment

One of Maine’s most famous residents, novelist Stephen King, has vowed to do everything in his power to unseat his own member of Congress, Rep. Jared Golden, if the first-term Democrat follows through with his decision to vote for only one of the two the articles of impeachment levied against President Donald Trump. With the […]

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