Monthly Archives: September 2020

GOP lawmaker faces primary challenger with the same name

Click:block manufacturing machine Voters in Kansas will see double when they head to the polls for the state’s Republican primary in August, as there will be two GOP candidates with the same name. Ron M. Estes, as he will appear on the ballot, announced Thursday that he will challenge incumbent Rep. Ron EstesRonald (Ron) Gene […]

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Sanders: Trump has a 'demagogic desire to divide this country'

Vermont Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I) blasted President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from […]

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15 Years After Invasion, Many Americans Still Fail To Recognize Unending Scale of the Crime

Fifteen years after the illegal invasion of Iraq by the Bush administration—which both UN opposition and massive global protests failed to stop—new polling shows that many in the United States still refuse to recognize the war as a mistake even as Iraqis and people throughout the region continue to pay the price. In the New […]

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Citing FEC's Refusal to Act, CREW Files Suit Against Paul Ryan-Aligned Dark Money Group

After nearly six years of stalling by the federal authority that oversees elections, a government ethics watchdog has filed a “historic” lawsuit against a right-wing nonprofit aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, alleging that the group has violated campaign finance laws and should be required to register as a political committee, which would mean disclosing […]

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Rouhani Says Iran Prepared to 'Confront America's Plots' If Trump Ditches Nuclear Deal

With the deadline for U.S. President Donald Trump to recertify the Iran nuclear deal just days away and as new reports expose White House efforts to dig up “dirt” on negotiators of the agreement, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday warned the American president of “historic regret” if he withdraws from the accord and said […]

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50 Years Later, 'Catonsville 9' Burning of Vietnam Draft Notices Continues to Inspire

Fifty years ago today—on May 17, 1968 in the small town of Catonsville, Maryland—nine Catholic Worker and anti-war activists made history, and inspired a wave of popular resistance, for their stance against the Vietnam War as they used homemade napalm to torch a pile of draft notices they had seized from the local federal office. […]

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'Not Just Morally Wrong—It's Against the Law': Keith Ellison Calls Out Elon Musk for Anti-Union Threats

As billionaire investor Elon Musk continues to face accusations of labor law violations after he tweeted an apparent threat at workers attempting to unionize his California Tesla factory, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) sent a letter on Friday demanding that Musk answer for his “anti-union” tweets as well as “a series of anti-worker incidents” that have […]

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Ocasio-Cortez buried under more than 1,000 media requests after primary win

The democratic socialist who won a June primary election to unseat the No. 4 Democrat in the House is apparently still working on responding to more than 1,000 media requests her campaign staff have received since her victory. A spokesman for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the Daily Beast’s Gideon Resnick that the campaign is “over 1,000 emails deep” with press requests one week after […]

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GOP to hold 2020 convention in Charlotte

The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced on Friday that it will hold the party’s 2020 convention in Charlotte, N.C. The vote to hold the GOP convention in Charlotte had been fiercely opposed by some Charlotte residents because of opposition to Trump’s policies on immigrants detained at the border, his comments normalizing white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville, […]

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'Slap in the Face' to Progressive Outsiders as DNC Adopts Rule Forcing Presidential Candidates to Be Members of Democratic Party

“The DNC has learned nothing.” That was how the advocacy group People for Bernie reacted to reports late Friday that the rules and bylaws arm of the Democratic National Committee has moved ahead with a new resolution that, according to Yahoo News, would “force candidates in Democratic presidential primaries to state that they are Democrats” […]

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