'A hate-for-profit racket': Warren refuses Fox town hall invite
By Elizabeth Warren turned down a Fox News invitation Tuesday for a televised town hall and denounced the cable network as a “hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists.” The network has been inviting Democratic presidential candidates to participate in town halls moderated by its news reporters. Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar already […]
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Biden extends lead by 11 points in CNN poll with post-announcement surge
One of the first polls conducted since Joe Biden announced his presidential run shows the former vice president has jumped out to a commanding lead in the 2020 Democratic primary. According to a CNN poll out Tuesday, Biden’s lead in the Democratic primary field grew by 11 percentage points after his announcement Thursday, underscoring his […]
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Inside the 2020 Democrats’ survival strategies
Bernie Sanders must win New Hampshire. Julián Castro is letting it all ride on Nevada. South Carolina is essential to Cory Booker’s chances. The 23 candidates chasing the Democratic presidential nomination are piling up events and plowing resources into the four early-nominating states, telegraphing which states they’re prioritizing and which ones they’re writing off. The […]
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How Beto O’Rourke would address term limits for lawmakers, money in politics
Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday called for a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress and limiting the service of Supreme Court justices to a single 18-year term, part of a sweeping series of electoral and government reforms the Texas Democrat pledged to pursue if he is elected president. In addition to term limits, […]
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Booker raises $5 million in first quarter of 2020 campaign
Cory Booker has raised more than $5 million since launching his presidential campaign on Feb. 1, a relatively modest figure for the New Jersey senator compared with the sums announced thus far by several of his rivals for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Booker’s haul, announced Sunday in an email to supporters, falls short of the […]
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Beto hires digital guru amid staff scramble
Beto O’Rourke has hired a digital director for his presidential campaign as the former congressman attempts to find his footing and organize a viable campaign in a growing field of Democrats. Rob Flaherty, the former creative director at the progressive super PAC Priorities USA and deputy digital communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid, […]
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McSally shuffles campaign leadership ahead of 2020
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) is shaking up her campaign team ahead of her 2020 race, turning the page on her disappointing loss last year as she tries to protect a critical battleground Senate seat. Terry Nelson, a veteran strategist and managing partner at FP1 Strategies, will take on the role of general consultant to McSally’s […]
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Bill Weld: I'm in GOP primary to beat Trump, not just weaken him
Bill Weld, the Republican former governor of Massachusetts who is mounting a primary challenge to President Donald Trump, insisted Wednesday he is running to win his party’s presidential nomination, not just weaken Trump. Weld, who ran against Trump in 2016 as the vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party, outlined his strategy to take on […]
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Episode 658: Strike One
Flint sit-down strikers sitting down. This episode originally ran in 2015. In the 1930s, some automobile workers decided to shut down the biggest carmaker in the world and go on strike. They seized a few key General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan and kicked everybody else out. In the few weeks that followed, those workers […]
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Kirsten Gillibrand launches presidential exploratory committee
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand launched a presidential exploratory committee Tuesday night, joining the crowded Democratic hunt to win the White House in 2020. The New York Democrat, a longtime advocate for women in politics and a leader in the #MeToo movement supporting survivors of sexual assault, announced her decision to run for president on CBS’ “The […]
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