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Eric Swalwell Has The Perfect Response To Tulsi Gabbard Leaving The Democratic Party
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) was not sad to see her go.
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“It’s Very Scary to Meâ€: Election Expert David Shor on 2022 and the Future for Democrats
Democratic elections expert David Shor has a stark warning: if Democrats think they’re sitting pretty, they’re deluding themselves.
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Report: Andrew Yang Looking to Run For Mayor of New York City
The 2020 Democratic primary introduced a number of voters to candidates they may not have known before. Pete Buttigieg went from being an Indiana mayor to an essential surrogate for Joe Biden. Marianne Williamson went viral, but not necessarily for the best reasons. And Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur from New York, gained a lot of…
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Opinion: Coronavirus Proves Necessity of Democrats’ Plan to Support American Lives Heading into 2020 Election
In his 1980 campaign against incumbent President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan famously asked, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?†The powerful question gave voters clear and focused direction in assessing how well the federal government was supporting and working to improve the everyday lives of Americans. What if we asked…
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Opinion: Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Calls for Democratic Party that Unequivocally Supports Women’s Equality and Abortion Rights
On this day of the 2020 Women’s March, masses of people across the nation will gather and march to call for recognizing the human rights of women as a necessary element of a truly just and equal society for all. Especially in this context, it is worthwhile to highlight efforts within the Democratic Party to…
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How Democrats Will Kill Trump in 2020 Using Digital Media
Democrats lost the presidency to Donald Trump in 2016, partly because the Clinton campaign couldn’t compete in the arena of digital media. But that was then. Now, it’s a whole new world, and Democratic 2020 candidates have all made using the internet effectively one of their top priorities. And because of this, having a very…
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U.S. Democrats pick Milwaukee for 2020 presidential convention
(Reuters) – The Democratic Party on Monday picked Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to host the 2020 nominating convention to formally select its candidate for U.S. president, four years after Hillary Clinton narrowly lost the Midwestern state to Republican Donald Trump. Clinton, who did not campaign in Wisconsin during the presidential campaign in 2016, also lost the states…
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Comey Begs Democrats to Set Aside Differences to Beat Trump in 2020
Former FBI Director James Comey knows better than most people the existential threat that Donald Trump poses to democracy in America. On Sunday night, speaking to a well-healed audience on New York City’s Upper East Side, he said that American voters must end Donald Trump’s presidency with a “landslide victory for his opponent†in 2020….
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Would-be Democratic investigators have crossed swords with Trump
In a multi-front House inquiry of Trump, his business interests and his presidency, Nadler would link arms with Elijah Cummings, who would become head of the House Oversight Committee, and Adam Schiff, who would chair the House Intelligence Committee.
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Kavanaugh Leads To Record Fundraising For Democrats
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings, along with the testimony from his sexual assault accuser Dr. Christine Ford, have generated a windfall of cash for Democratic candidates. ActBlue, an online clearinghouse for Democratic donors, reported that they raised $10 million from small donors on Friday, their highest daily total ever since the site was founded….
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Democrats’ Dreams Are Coming True As GOP Crime Spree Fuels Midterm Wave
The Democratic Party’s dreams are coming true, as they are going to get to run against a crime wave of Trump and Republican corruption.
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Study Shows Swing Voters Will Be the Ones to Create a Blue Wave in 2018
A new study of voting attitudes and preferences shows that the key to this year’s midterm elections will be so-called “swing voters†and not the voters who are historically partisan in favor of either Democrats or Republicans. This study, called The 2018 VOTER Survey, identified swing voters as those who split parties in their votes…
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Obama Warns Democrats: You Are Right to Be Concerned
Earlier today we reported that “Former President Obama is planning to come back into American politics and campaign for Democratic candidates in September ahead of the November midterm election.†And now POLITCO has reported that the popular former president spoke to an event for the Democratic National Committee last night and said people are “right…
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Billionaire Republican Donor Is Funding Democrats In 2018
Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman spent over $7 million donating to Republican candidates and political action committees during the years that Obama was president.  In effect, you could say that Klarman used his fortune to help the GOP take control of the government. But now Klarman is jumping from the sinking Republican ship.  He has…
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Young People Despise Trump As 70% Dislike The President
A new Associated Press poll shows that here is a very high level of agreement among younger Americans about President Donald Trump. Over 70% of them say he “doesn’t reflect my personal values.†And just 33 percent of them approve of Trump’s job performance. The poll was conducted among Americans between the ages of 15 and 34. …
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New Poll Shows Most Americans Think Arming & Training Teachers Is a Horrible Way to Stop School Shootings
A new NBC poll released Thursday morning should be a wakeup call to the NRA and its supporters in Washington, including President Trump. Â Most people think that putting more guns in schools is a really bad idea. The truth is that arming teachers is a crazy idea that could only be thought up by the…
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Democrats Erupt On Ignorant Trump After He Wishes For ‘Good Old Global Warming’
One Democratic representative called Trump a “child who hates science class.”
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MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki Warns Trump And GOP About The Massive Blue Wave Coming In 2018
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“Trump’s very much in line here with what you’d expect to see from a president whose party takes a shellacking in a midterm election.”
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Keith Ellison Shames Both Parties For Not Standing United Against Trump’s Dangerous Presidency
There is no longer any excuse for members of Congress – especially the Democrats – to curb their opposition to this president and his dangerous agenda.
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Democrats Pushing Al Franken To Resign Over Sexual Misconduct Should Urge Trump To Do The Same
It’s time for Democrats to remember that the sitting President of the United States still has paid no political or legal price for his own behavior.
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Democrats Do What Trump Hasn’t And Put $45 Billion Toward Fighting The Opioid Epidemic
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Democrats have stepped up to the plate and are trying to put billions of dollars toward a crisis that deserves more than just lip service.Â
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Nancy Pelosi Exposes GOP Tax Plan As A ‘Scam’ That Will Decimate Suburban Voters
If the GOP continues to embrace Trump and push for policies that put the donor class over the middle class, what happened on Tuesday will happen on a much larger scale in 2018 – and beyond.
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Chris Murphy Says Virginia’s Democratic Wave Proves That NRA Blood Money Is Losing Its Influence
As gun violence continues to rear its ugly head all across this country, the American people want to see real change, not more extremist, guns-everywhere rhetoric from the NRA.
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Opinion: The Time Has Come To Abolish Republican And Democratic Parties
The time has come to take a long hard look at abolishing the Democratic and Republican political parties. America stands divided politically, socially and economically and the seed of division has been planted in our government. Party affiliation has taken precedent over common sense and country. Republicans and Democrats alike, push and pull for power…
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Senate Dems Slam Trump And Defend America As White House Considers Lifting Russia Punishment
A handful of Democratic Senators were fuming on Thursday as Donald Trump and the White House strongly consider giving back two compounds to Russia that were shut down by the Obama administration.
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Rejection of Steve King’s Endorsement of White Nationalism Slow in Coming from GOP
America is supposed to be a refuge for people who think a certain way about freedom, not a homeland for people who look a certain way.
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The Women’s March Isn’t The “New Tea Party” It’s the Democratic Party Getting Loud
The media has dubbed the Trump protests as the “New Tea Party”. But this is mainstream America. This is not an extremist faction of the Democratic Party. And therein lies the huge difference between this movement and the Tea Party.
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More Bad News For Trump As Latest CBS Poll Has Clinton, Democratic Enthusiasm Surging
Rising Democratic enthusiasm comes at a time when many voters across the country are already casting their ballots.
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Hillary Clinton Tops Trump’s 88 With a List of 110 Generals and Admirals Backing Her
“Clinton is getting the backing of senior military service members and former officials with command and management experience because of her proven record of diplomacy and steady leadership on the world stage.”
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Tim Kaine Joins Joe Biden to Denounce Donald Trump’s Ivory Tower Economic Policies
“This stuff about growing an economy that works for everybody, we haven’t been sitting in an ivory tower looking out at the world; we’ve not ever been sitting in penthouses looking out at the world.”
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Harry Reid Celebrates Labor Day With a Call to Continue Supporting Workers
“Labor Day is a time to celebrate working Americans, the backbone of our economy, and remember the labor activists who fought for the many rights and protections we enjoy and deserve.”
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President Obama’s Open Letter to America’s Hardworking Men and Women
The president told Americans they “should be able to get ahead, retire with dignity, and leave something behind for the next generation.”
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Mark Cuban Says Hillary Clinton Did Nothing Wrong With Her Email Use
Asked by host Don Lemon, ‘So you don’t think that she did anything wrong with the handling –‘ Cuban answered, ‘No, I really don’t.’
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It’s Not Easy Being the Good Guys, But in January We Can Say, ‘You’re Welcome, GOP’
And we must do it not only for ourselves, but for our adversaries. The survival of our democracy depends on it.
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The Difference Between the DNC and RNC is the Difference Between Love and Hate
Rather than excluding, Democrats are looking to bring as many into the party as they can: Democracy’s many voices rather than an oligarch’s one.
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Yes, Even Some Republicans See Trump as a Fascist
“His neo-fascistic tendencies make him the most divisive and scary of any serious presidential candidate in American history.”
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Trump Claims Sanders Abandoned his Revolution as Sanders Starts ‘Our Revolution’ Group
Trump said “Sad to watch Bernie Sanders abandon his revolution,” while Bernie was talking about, “Our…new group called Our Revolution”
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As Bernie Rallies Supporters Around Hillary, Trump Accuses Him of ‘Folding’
“Hard to believe that Bernie Sanders has done such a complete fold. He got NOTHING for all of the time, energy and money.”
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Morning Joe Calls Clinton’s Choice of Tim Kaine a ‘Home Run’
“I think it was a home run…if you want to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, hard to find a better selection than that”
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Unhinged Trump Claims Democratic Party in ‘Total Meltdown’
“The Democrats are in a total meltdown but the biased media will say how great they are doing! E-mails say the rigged system is alive & well!”
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GOP Promotes Racism But Jeffrey Lord Wants Democrats to Apologize for Slavery
The Democrats of the antebellum south are the Republicans of today, and the Democratic Party that more closely resembles the party of Lincoln
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Unity Is Easy When Your Party’s Nominee Is Actually Qualified To Be President
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It’s not so easy, on the other hand, to unify behind a candidate who has no knowledge of the issues and uses bluster and racism to fuel a substance-free campaign.
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WaPo Columnist Says Sanders is Playing With Fire and Will Burn The Democratic Party
“If he means it when he says he will do everything in his power to keep Trump from being elected…He…must stop attacking the Democratic Party in a way that might discourage voters in the fall.”
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WaPo’s Editorial Board Gets It – Time For Sanders To Start Being Honest
He is selling his own brand of fiction to a slice of the country that wants to buy it. It proves that many progressives like being told what they want to hear
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Penn State Feels The Bern As Bernie Sanders Seeks To Rebuild Momentum
As expected, Bernie Sanders’s rally at Rec Hall was packed to capacity with lines stretched out for blocks nearly two hours prior to the speech, while the arena was already nearly filled. You could feel the excitement of the campaign throughout the rally as the crowd chanted “Feel the Bern†and other slogans.
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Democrats Beware: Ideological Purity is Un-Democratic
There is room for us all. The problem is not the wildly variant views we hold, but those who insist that only they are the real Democrats
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Sanders and Clinton Support of Right of Americans to Sue Saudi Arabia Over 9/11
“The bottom line is that keeping this material classified only strengthens the theory that some in the US government are hellbent on covering up for the Saudis.â€
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Clinton Campaigns in Upstate New York and Sanders in Brooklyn and Harlem
Clinton stresses her past victories and her special connection to New York, and Sanders says “We are not going to get beaten up.”
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Republicans REALLY Hate the Election Process Right Now
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Republican satisfaction with the election process is dropping like a rock
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Bernie Sanders Made the Right Decision to Skip ‘Pro-Israel’ AIPIC Conference
A second American Revolution can be won in California with its 55 electoral votes, but not in Galilee, which gets 0
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Conservatives Freak Out – Call Spanish Language Debate ‘Pandering’
From cries of “Hispandering” to “English please” conservative pundits completely lost it when Spanish speakers were included by Democrats
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John Lewis Says He Did Not Mean to Disparage Sanders Civil Rights Activism
After first suggesting Sanders was not active in the civil rights movement, Lewis said he had not meant to suggest he was not active
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Sanders First Jew to Win a Presidential Primary
Bernie Sanders not only upstaged Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but Republican ideologies that would deny high office to non-Christians
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Far From Unrealistic, Sanders Has the Experience to Work Toward his Vision
It has been claimed Sanders is unelectable and unrealistic, but his years as senator suggest his ability to hold onto his ideals while he works the daily grind of the political process
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Paul Krugman Says Hillary Clinton is Right and Bernie Sanders is Wrong on Healthcare
Paul Krugman has entered the healthcare reform fray on behalf of Hillary Clinton, a fact which will no doubt disappoint many progressives.
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Reality-Avoiding Paul Ryan Accuses Obama of Not Confronting Reality in SOTU
Basing his entire critique on an invented reality, Ryan speaks from the Fox News reality bubble when he accuses Obama of managing perceptions
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Bernie Sanders Begins a Critical Swing Through New Hampshire Today
Bernie Sanders begins a two day visit to New Hampshire today, a state conventional wisdom says he must win to beat Hillary Clinton
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Debunking the GOP’s Obamacare Tax Meme Again
An old Republican lie about Obamacare and taxes is making the rounds again, so as a public service, here is a handy antidote
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Strategic Analyst Claims Trump’s Popularity is Founded on His Authenticity
In a deeply flawed analysis, George Friedman claims that Trump’s popularity stems less from ideology and more from an imagined authenticity
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear Restores Voting Rights For 180,000 Convicted Felons
Beshear signed an executive order on Tuesday to restore voting rights to 180,000 Kentucky residents who had completed their sentences
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Americans Trust Hillary Clinton Over Any Republican To Handle Terrorism
According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans trust Hillary Clinton more than any Republican “to handle the threat of terrorism.”
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The Democratic Response to GOP Debates “Stop Hillary” Password
Do you remember the GOP’s password for their last debate? For the Republicans as we all know, the Benghazi hoax, the whole election process so far, has been about stopping Hillary Clinton. They couldn’t be any clearer about this: Democrats have a response for their debate tonight, and they, too, could not be any clearer:…
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Clinton Holding Nearly Steady, Enjoys 52-33 National Lead Over Sanders In Democratic Race
A New York Times/CBS News national poll shows Clinton leading Sanders 52 to 33 percent. In October, she led 56 to 32 percent.
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Democratic Candidate John Bel Edwards Unloads On David Vitter During Louisiana Debate
Telling the truth about Republican David Vitter is Democrat John Bel Edwards’ best weapon in the Louisiana Governor’s race.
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Beware: Conservatives, Republicans And Seniors Are Most Motivated To Vote In 2016 Election
Democrats had better recognize that the GOP threat to win in 2016 is real if Democrats don’t get out and vote.
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The Religiously Unaffiliated are Now the Largest Single Group Among Democrats
Pew has announced that the religiously unaffiliated (or “nones”) are “now the largest single religious group among Democrats.”
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Democrats And Liberals Scored Significant Victories On Election Night 2015
For Democrats, election night began poorly with Matt Bevin’s surprise victory over Jack Conway, followed by the disappointing defeat of HERO in Houston. However, Democrats and liberals scored several significant victories in other races.
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Democrats Lead In 2 Of 3 Southern Governor’s Races At Stake in 2015
Three Southern U.S. states have Governors races in 2015, and Democrats are poised to win two of them.
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Joe Biden Had Talked Up Working With Republicans, Ending The Rationale For His Candidacy
Biden seemed intent on running as the Democrat who would befriend Republicans, and that idea wasn’t going to attract Democratic voters.
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Americans More Optimistic About Sanders’ Presidency Than About Any Other Candidate
Voters are less pessimistic about Bernie Sanders’ ability to run the country, than they are about any of the other announced candidates.
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Rand Paul Fears Sanders’ European-Style Socialism Leads to Genocide
Paul compared Sanders’ European-style socialism to the communist regimes of Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot as though they are identical
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Democratic Vice Chair R.T Ryback Calls Debbie Wasserman Schultz A Liar
Party Vice Chair R.T Ryback accused DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz of making statements that were “flat-out not true,”
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Rep. Elijah Cummings Leads Three-Way Democratic U.S. Senate Primary In Maryland
Cummings has not announced his candidacy, but a WA Post shows that he would lead a three-way primary race by double digits.
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Total Freak Out at Fox & Friends Over Democratic Debate and “Free Stuff”
The Fox & Friends crew loves handouts to the wealthy but spend to help working class Americans and all they see are freebies to buy votes
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Mike Huckabee Attacks Bernie Sanders With A Racist Tweet During Democratic Debate
Mike Huckabee blasted a racist tweet about Koreans out during the Democratic debate.
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Clinton Takes 32-Point Lead Over Sanders Into Tuesday Night’s Democratic Debate
A new Morning Consult national poll found that 54 percent of Democratic voters support Clinton, with 22 percent backing Sanders.
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Democrat Jack Conway Leads Matt Bevin In Close Kentucky Governor’s Race
Democrat Jack Conway holds a narrow 43 to 41 percent lead over tea party Republican Matt Bevin, according to the latest Mason-Dixon Poll.
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Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Raul Grijalva Becomes First Congressman To Endorse Sanders
Arizona Congressmen Raul Grijalva (AZ-3) plans to announce his endorsement of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for President on Friday.
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Evidence That The Left Is Smarter: Democrats Have Bigger Vocabularies, Better Grammar Than GOP
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidates display larger vocabularies and better grammar than supporters of Republican candidates.
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Democrats Get Their Candidate As Gov. Maggie Hassan Will Run Against Kelly Ayotte In NH
Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan announced that she will run for U.S. Senate and attempt to unseat Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte.
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The Right Attacks Bernie Sanders As Michael Savage Calls Candidate a “Liberal Weasel Jew”
According to Michael Savage, Sanders is not only a “liberal weasel Jew” but secretly a front man for Clinton to make her look like a centrist
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Jennifer Rubin Does Some Republican Math and Finds Clinton in as Much Trouble as Paul
Jennifer Rubin takes a far right turn into wishful thinking, comparing the failing Rand Paul with Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton
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New Poll Shows Biden Would Be Strongest Democrat Against Republicans In North Carolina
A new poll found Biden performing better than both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in head to head contests with the leading Republicans.
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President Obama Truth Bombs Republican Claims About Religious Freedom
Obama said Sunday that “our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights.”
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House Democrats Blast Republican Plan to Create Committee on Planned Parenthood
When House Republicans announced a new witch hunt against Planned Parenthood, Democrats were swift and decisive in their response
Kim Davis Officially Joins Republican Party Where Her Intolerance Will Be Welcomed
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis announced on Friday that she and her husband had officially switched to the Republican Party.
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How A Joe Biden Campaign Could Help Bernie Sanders Become the Democratic Nominee
If Joe Biden enters the Democratic race he could split the centrist vote with Hillary Clinton, giving Sanders greater odds of winning.
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Elizabeth Warren Calls For Ending The Use Of Credit Checks To Deny People Jobs
Taken in a broader context, the practice of using credit histories as a factor in hiring further rigs the system against people at the bottom.
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GOP Woes In California Continue As No Senate Candidate Polls Above 10 Percent
California Republicans have no candidates that appear to have any realistic chance of cracking the top two in the June primary
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Clinton Trounces Trump By 47 Points With Latino Voters, Leads 53-40 With All Voters
If Trump is the Republican nominee, his abysmal showing with Latino voters is almost certain to sink his candidacy in a general election.
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California Senate Makes Voting Easier By Passing Motor Voter Act
The California State Senate passed the California New Voter Act on a 24 to 15 vote.
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Meet The 25 House Democrats Who Betrayed Peace By Joining Republicans In Opposing Iran Deal
While 162 Democrats stood with the president, 25 Democrats defected and sided with the Republicans in the House.
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South Carolina Not Feeling The Bern As Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders 66% to 12%
South Carolina isn’t feeling the Bern. Instead, the state appears poised to serve as a firewall for Hillary Clinton.
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Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig Enters Presidential Race
The professor plans to focus heavily on the need for campaign finance reform and redistricting reform.
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Bernie Sanders Embraces Limited Use of Drones as One Tool of Foreign Policy
Bernie Sanders has not ruled out the limited use of drones, and that might provide some hints about his foreign policy platform
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Refusing to Bow to the Gun Lobby, Hillary Clinton Talks Gun Sense
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton continues to champion common sense gun reform on the 2016 campaign trail.
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Hillary Clinton Seizes The Upper Hand Before Voting Starts With Super Delegate Pledges
The Clinton campaign says Hillary has already received pledges of support from at least 440 of the party’s estimated 713 super delegates.
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Second Poll Shows Bernie Sanders Leading Hillary Clinton In New Hampshire
A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey has Sanders leading Clinton 42 to 35 percent in New Hampshire.
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Martin O’Malley Campaigns in Front of Trump Hotel, Shows Solidarity with Hotel Workers
O’Malley spoke to hotel workers and union leaders in Las Vegas about higher wages for workers and recognizing their right to organize.
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Bernie Sanders Is Closing Fast, But Hillary Clinton Holds Double-Digit Lead In New Poll
Clinton still leads Sanders 49-30, but that margin is down from her 59-19 lead from a month ago.
