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On Wednesday, New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a package of six extremely exciting bills that focus on transparency and advocacy for low-income people. The bills, which come in a package called “A Just Society,” have the...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 12:48 PM PDT
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On today's BradCast, I’m in for Brad and Desi – Angie Coiro, of In Deep with Angie Coiro. Continued love and good wishes to Brad and Desi – and thanks to you all for making Nicole and me so welcome during their time off! Of course Nancy Pelosi’s...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 05:21 PM PDT
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Pelosi quotes Paine: “The times have found us.” The House will move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump “He is asking a foreign government to help him in his campaign, that is a betrayal of his oath of office.” President Donald...
by annieli
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 01:02 PM PDT
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This is happening, folks. Biden is adding his voice to the ever growing Impeachment chorus. Warren had already called for Impeachment, as did Sanders, Harris, Beto, Buttigieg. With Biden on board ALL of the top contenders for the Democratic nomination...
by modesttraveller
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 10:20 AM PDT
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Bloomberg published an exclusive today, reporting that a pollster who advises Biden is testing messaging to make Democrats opposed Medicare for All. Centrist think tank “Third Way” found that primary voters initially favor Medicare for All by a margin...
by oc hope
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 08:35 PM PDT
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Bust out your tiniest violin, and get ready to play it for Iowa Democrats upset that—gasp!— national Democrats should have a say in what the field is, not a bunch of non-representative Iowans ...
by kos
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 06:40 AM PDT
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The month of November is almost near. So to is Election Day 2019 and I'm posting to say that voting in this year's election day, if you have an election in your respective state, is just as important as voting on Election Day 2020. First, there's...
by drd1176
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 10:20 AM PDT
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I am struck daily by the lack of vision and imagination by the status quo when it comes to solving the immediate problem of global heating. The country holds the technology to seriously ramp down ...
by MaryAEnglish
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 10:30 AM PDT
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Overnight News Digest: Greta Thunberg: 'If You Choose to Fail Us, We Will Never Forgive You' Edition Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico, ...
by maggiejean
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 08:58 PM PDT
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Another Monday, and another round of good news. And I feel like this is gonna be the goodest good news roundup I’ve done yet. Yeah I know that made no sense. I’ve had a long day okay? Lets get ...
by Jessiestaf
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 04:00 AM PDT
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As I’ve said before, when it comes to predicting which of our top-tier candidates will be the nominee, I have no more faith in polls this early in the cycle than in astrology charts. But since we’re human we can’t help but have reflex reactions to...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 03:03 PM PDT
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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Unnecessary Censorship As long as there have been books, there have been tightasses trying to ban them, and American tightasses are among the most obnoxious, Jesus-freaked, and delicate-fee-fee’d in the civilized world....
by Bill in Portland Maine
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 04:49 AM PDT
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Welcome once again to $27 Quotes — a weekly place where you can sit back, relax, enjoy some inspiring quotes and good music, and (most importantly) spend time gazing at a picture or two of foresterbob’s cat Noble Fur. As usual I don’t have enough time...
by Nova Land
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 06:07 PM PDT
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Massachusetts Senator and 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren is leading the pack in the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll released on Saturday night. In the latest data, Warren rolled past former Vice President Joe Biden by two percentage points....
by Marissa Higgins
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 09:18 AM PDT
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Polls are published continuously by numerous polling organizations in an attempt to show an evolving snapshot of the preferences of the American electorate for each Presidential candidate. The quality of these polls varies and the polls are sometimes...
by liberaldad2
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 08:27 AM PDT
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Elizabeth Warren is now leading Joe Biden in the latest CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. Warren is up +7% from their last poll and Biden is down -3%. The takeaway for me is enthusiasm for Warren is powering her campaign to new heights and her...
by First Amendment
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 06:15 PM PDT
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Vermont Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders just released a plan that would cancel approximately $81 billion nationwide in overdue medical bills. Given that Sanders is an enormous advocate of Medicare for All, it’s not too surprising...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 09:57 AM PDT
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We need to answer, “Vote for what?” before we ask, “Vote for whom?” in the 2020 election. Over the last several decades, Republicans have consistently run for election on America for some of us in explicit opposition to an America that works for all of...
by acamins
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 12:29 PM PDT
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I have to preface this diary as “nine percent” guy (Warren supporter who has made up his mind already), but I wanted to share this view from The Hill about Elizabeth Warren: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) appears to be growing her share of support...
by Merlin1963
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on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 06:11 PM PDT
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Today the House-Senate conference committee on the National Defense Authorization Act – the bill that funds the Pentagon and its contractors – had its first meeting. U.S. military veterans from Common Defense were there for the press conference at the...
by Robert Naiman
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on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 11:02 AM PDT
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