Views on key issues: Openly socialist and standard bearer for the Democratic party's left-turn. Wants federal $15 minimum wage; banks broken up; union membership encouraged; free college tuition; universal health care; re-distributive taxation; he opposed Iraq War and also U.S. leading the fight against ISIS and wants troops largely out of Afghanistan and the Middle East … [Read more...] about Mike Bloomberg ‘is considering picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate in the 2020 Democratic race to help take on Trump’
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EXCLUSIVE: Estranged bedfellows! Grim-faced exes Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin are spotted together in rare NYC outing
During the investigation into Weiner's devices, one agent in the FBI team compared the discovery of Clinton's use of a private email server to 'dropping a bomb in the middle of the meeting', James B. Stewart wrote in Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law. … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: Estranged bedfellows! Grim-faced exes Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin are spotted together in rare NYC outing
Do black people vote? The racist lie rooted in the American psyche
The same message reverberated through political commentary and activism. Brando Starkey of The Undefeated wrote that, “Black people who didn’t vote let us down,” in the 2016 election. Two years later, the Detroit News’ Bankole Thompson wrote, “It is not enough to raise your fist in a political frenzy as a symbol of Black power and solidarity if you are failing to exercise the power of the ballot and not showing up at the polls.” … [Read more...] about Do black people vote? The racist lie rooted in the American psyche
‘Deporting three million was a big mistake’: Joe Biden admits for the first time that he regrets expulsions under Obama administration
Biden mustered a similar retort when Ramos reminded him that, as a senator, Biden supported appropriations for physical border barriers. Biden insisted he supported construction of facilities at 'legal points of entry,' where he said most drugs and terrorist activity enters. 'Making sure we modernize crossings,' Biden argued, is different than 'a wall that (Trump) wants from sea to shining sea.' … [Read more...] about ‘Deporting three million was a big mistake’: Joe Biden admits for the first time that he regrets expulsions under Obama administration
Democrats will spend all day explaining why Donald Trump is GUILTY of abusing his power at his impeachment trial – but Republicans start complaining that they have heard NOTHING new and president trolls trial on Twitter
Val Demings of Florida: Demings, 62, served in the Orlando Police Department for 27 years, including serving as the city's first female chief of police. She is one of seven children born in poverty – her father worked in Florida orange groves and her mother was a housekeeper. She was the first member of her family graduate from college. She worked as a social worker before joining the Orlando police department. A member of the House Intelligence panel and the Judiciary Committee, Demings won plaudits for her careful questioning of witnesses during the impeachment hearings. She wrote on Twitter in December, during the impeachment process: 'I am a descendant of slaves, who knew that they would not make it, but dreamed and prayed that one day I would make it. So despite America's complicated history, my faith is in the Constitution. I've enforced the laws, and now I write the laws. Nobody is above the law.' She spends her free time riding her Harley-Davidson Road King … [Read more...] about Democrats will spend all day explaining why Donald Trump is GUILTY of abusing his power at his impeachment trial – but Republicans start complaining that they have heard NOTHING new and president trolls trial on Twitter
