Month: September 2020

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-Vt.) shut out Folasade Adeluola in Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday as he seeks a third term in office. With 10 percent…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leads his Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, by just 1 point in their Texas Senate race, well within the margin of error of a new poll from Emerson College.  The survey, which was released on Monday, found that Cruz leads O’Rourke 38 to 37 percent. Four percent of voters favor a different candidate and…

In just three days, a petition in the United Kingdom aimed at keeping right-wing operative and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon from entering the country has gathered more than half the signatures it needs in order for the government to issue a formal response. “Steve Bannon is a far-right political figure who poses a direct…

Despite the fact that NFL players have been extremely clear that their pre-game National Anthem demonstrations—which have included kneeling, locked arms, and raised fists—are aimed at calling attention to America’s appalling levels of systemic racism and police brutality, President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on Friday accusing the athletes of being “unable…

The words “guilty” and “criminal” and “felons welcome here” were projected onto the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening. The projections appeared hours after President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight federal felonies, including campaign finance violations, and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted…

With the Texas senate race between GOP incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke tightening intensely, progressive activists are enjoying the irony that President Donald Trump could soon be entering the race—against Cruz. The story, as the Washington Post details, starts with Antonio Arellano, a Houston-based activist and Latino community organizer, who decided…

Giving proof to what progressive critics and Democratic lawmakers have said has been a shamefully non-transparent process from the start, Republicans lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary committee declared Monday night that they were able to thoroughly examine over 42,000 documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in under three hours. Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

As details of Amazon’s plans for its new headquarters in Queens, New York and Arlington, Virginia come into view, local officials in New York spoke out on Wednesday against their state’s decision to give away a total of nearly $3 billion in taxpayer money to the company as an incentive for supposedly bringing new jobs…

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced the launch of a new Political Action Committee (PAC) Wednesday, in a move bound to fuel speculation about a presidential run in 2020.  Click Here: cheap sydney roosters jersey The PAC, Reason to Believe, is intended to help push causes and “elect progressive Democrats running for federal office in the upcoming midterm…

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz on Friday endorsed actress and activist Cynthia Nixon in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in New York. “I met Cynthia five years ago. In one conversation, we spoke about education, equal rights, housing issues and the LGBT community,” Cruz said in a statement. “Cynthia has long been a part of the…