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Nevada Is a Big Test for Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All Plan
Will Joe Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All backfire in the Silver State?
More Than 1,100 Former Justice Department Officials Want William Barr to Resign
Calls for Barr to step down came after he intervened in the sentencing recommendation for Trump crony Roger Stone.
Democrats Need to Cut the Realism and Start Dreaming — and Fighting — Big
Incrementalism is not the stuff of inspiration.
Trump’s Acquittal Has Ushered in a New Era of McCarthyist Purges
Trump is using the power of the soft purge to enforce a culture of absolute loyalty.
Big Money Will Dominate High Court Elections in 2020
Corporate campaign cash has poured into high court races across the South.
Germany Sees Political Fallout From Chancellor Merkel’s Alliance With Far Right
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s temporary alliance with a semi-fascistic party has created conflict within her own party.
Mike Bloomberg Is Paying Influencers to Post Fake Messages to Make Him Look Cool
You too can create ironic memes for Mike Bloomberg at $150 a pop: “Be honest, passionate and be yourself!”
Bernie Sanders Takes Lead in Texas Primary Poll, Doubling Support Since October
Sanders surged from 12 percent support in October to 24 percent in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune survey.
Klobuchar Has Pushed Extreme Right-Wing Policy on Israel/Palestine
Klobuchar even alarmed some conservatives by backing an anti-BDS bill that endangered civil liberties and free speech.
Democrats Prepare to Spend Big to Take Control of 2021 Redistricting
Currently, 21 states have adopted some sort of redistricting reform.