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Elizabeth Warren on Texas Abortion Ban: “It’s Time for National Laws to Secure Our Reproductive Freedom”

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke out after the state of Texas effectively outlawed abortion by banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “Let’s be clear about what just happened in Texas: The second-largest state in America has effectively banned abortions,” she wrote on Twitter. “We can’t rely on the courts to protect our rights….

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Billionaire Leon Cooperman Calls Warren’s Proposed Wealth Tax “Foolish,” Expresses Worry About Attitudes Toward Wealthy People

Leon Cooperman, an investor and hedge fund manager worth roughly $3.2 billion, has criticized Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for her proposed wealth tax, calling the idea “foolish.” “The idea has no merit. It’s foolish. It probably is not legal,†he said in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If the wealth tax passes, go out…

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Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is “Flirting With Treason” by Refusing to Commit to Peaceful Transition

Elizabeth Warren came close to accusing Donald Trump of treason Thursday following the President’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses in November. The Democratic senator told MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes that Republicans are enabling Trump to behave in this way and took aim at Senator Lindsey Graham. “When…

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Opinion: Trump “Scares the Hell†Out of the Working Class While Democrats Give Them Voice

Is Trump the 2020 candidate who best represents the American working class? Did the Democratic Party fail to encompass working-class interests, issues, and people at last week’s convention? What does the working class think? Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen seems to think the working class heard nothing of interest from the Democrats and their convention…

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Warren Calls on McConnell to Reconvene Senate to Address USPS Troubles

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to reconvene the Senate to address problems with the United States Postal Service (USPS) amid reports that the Trump administration is interfering with the postal service to impact November’s general election. “Good for [Speaker] Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for bringing the House back. I…

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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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Elizabeth Warren Endorses Joe Biden for President

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has officially endorsed former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency. “Empathy matters. And, in this moment of crisis, it’s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans’ faith in good, effective government,” Warren says. “Joe Biden has spent nearly his entire life in public service. He knows…

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Elizabeth Warren Skewers Republican Coronavirus Bailout Plan in New Op-Ed

Writing in USA Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) took a stand for American workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic, saying that any bailout must put their needs first. “That means making sure that any federal bailout of giant corporations directly helps their employees, fuels a grassroots recovery and ensures that those big companies make serious, long-term…

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Trump Slammed For Another “Pocahontas” Attack Against Warren as Coronavirus Outbreak Takes Toll

President Donald Trump claimed Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) “singlehandedly destroyed” the campaign of fellow Senator Bernie Sanders (ID-Vt.), accusing her of “stripping voters away” from him on Super Tuesday. Sanders “lost states that he easily would have won if she had dropped out 3 days earlier,” Trump said before suggesting that the Democratic National Committee…

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Asked If Sexism Played A Role In Warren’s Exit, Trump Responds With Sexist Trope, Calling Her ‘Mean’

Responding to questions from reporters on Friday regarding Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s departure from the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination contests, President Donald Trump said that she lost confidence from voters because of how “mean” she is. He also questioned her credentials as a candidate. “I think lack of talent was her problem. She had a tremendous…

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Elizabeth Warren ‘Reassessing’ Next Steps Of Campaign As Progressives Push Her To Exit Race

Sources close to presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Wednesday that she was taking the day to discuss with staffers what her next moves would be, and to “reassess” if there was a path forward for her within the Democratic Party’s nomination proceedings. A senior campaign official speaking to The Hill stated that…

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Opinion: What Do The 99.9% Think About A Wealth Tax?

The wealth taxes Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed continue to provoke the malice of Wall Street, corporate democrats, and now even other Democratic candidates running for president. As I have written in  PoliticusUsa.com (here and here), the intensity of the energy devoted to this criticism, combined with the lack of…

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Opinion: Is the Opposite of Warren’s “Socialism†an Anti-American, Fraudulent Capitalism?

Imagine picking up a newspaper, or scrolling through your favorite internet news source, and coming across articles with headlines such as “How to Burglarize Your Neighbor’s Home,†“How to Undermine Public Education for America’s Children,†or “How to Destroy Sidewalks and Streets and Sabotage Other Infrastructure.†I like to think you’d find that news source…

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Biden Has Massive Lead in New Michigan 2020 Poll

Barack Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden has a commanding lead over the rest of the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in Michigan, according to a new poll. The Emerson College poll shows Biden leading all announced and unannounced candidates by a large margin. In fact he has a 17 percent lead over the second…

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Sen. Warren: ‘It’s Time to Break Up Amazon, Google and Facebook’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), desperate to increase her standing in the 2020 presidential polls, today called for the breakup of tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook. In a Medium blog post, Warren named specific “anti-competitive” mergers she wants reversed, including: Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram; Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods and Zappos; and Google’s…

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Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren called herself ‘American Indian’ on ID card

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren listed her race as “American Indian” on a State Bar of Texas registration card in 1986,  the Washington Post has reported. The Post’s disclosure represents a previously unknown example of Sen. Warren claiming her race as Native American. It is also the first document that definitively shows the 2020 presidential hopeful making…

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Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running For President

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren sent out a video message and email to supporters yesterday saying that she is forming an “exploratory committee†and will run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. In the video, which was also posted on YouTube, Warren said: “America’s middle class is under attack. How did we get here?…

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Warren Releases DNA Test Showing Native American Ancestry

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence’’ she has Native American ancestry. The story was first reported by The Boston Globe. After receiving the results of the test Senator Warren tweeted: “My family (including Fox News-watchers) sat together and talked about what they think of @realDonaldTrump’s attacks…

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Obama Has Been Meeting With 2020 Presidential Contenders

Former President Barack Obama has had nine different private meetings with possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Politico reported Monday. Obama reportedly held the one-on-one sessions in his D.C. office over the past several months, including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D)….

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Senators Ask For Investigation Into Trump Insider Trading Violations

Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard professor and defender of consumer rights in the financial markets, has asked various federal agencies to start investigating possible insider trading violations by President Donald Trump. Warren, along with Democratic Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Michael Bennet of Colorado, sent letters to three different federal agencies…

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Chief Justice Roberts Stands against Sexual Harassment and Trump’s Anti-Woman, Anti-Worker Values

While Donald Trump, as we have heard in the infamous Planet Hollywood tape, gloats about how his wealth and power enable him to violate women sexually without consequences and while he smears those, such as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who call him on this behavior, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts recently offered a stunning contrast…

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