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Dem Groups Begin Digital Assault of Trump Over Coronavirus

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Swing state voters are being targeted with political ads hammering President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the organizations behind the ads are taking steps to ensure that they and their funders remain shrouded from public view. This week, Not In Our America, a new Facebook advertiser, began buying up promoted space on the platform to attack the administrations coronavirus response in the key 2020 states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona. The ads are the newest addition to a handful of Democratic and progressive groups suggesting…

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Bernie Sanders: Coronavirus Impact Makes Need for Medicare for All Clear

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A somber Sen. Bernie Sanders confronted growing worries over the novel coronavirus Thursday on a stage that gave him another opportunity to champion his prized healthcare expansion policy goal. Speaking from a hotel meeting place in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders (I-VT) spoke for a little over 16 minutes, jumping from concerns about the impact of isolation as more people self-quarantineand the cost of healthcare, to plans for helping the less fortunate overcome the hardships the pandemic could cause. "Nobody knows what the number of fatalities may end up being or the…

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Trump-Loving CPACs Favorite Democratic Candidate Is Mike Bloomberg

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The Conservative Political Action Conference, a yearly confab dedicated to all things on the right side of the aisle, is a Democratic presidential contender. I would pick Bloomberg, because I think hes the most sane of them all, Ron Fodor, a 67-year-old retiree, told The Daily Beast. Basically because a wise man once said, Be a success before you tell someone else how to be a success. I think Bloomberg, hes been a success, theres no doubt about it Hes also a capitalist, where the other ones could swing to…

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Bernie Backers Crave Warrens Support, but Her Fans Might Vote Biden Anyway

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Less than two months ago, Brent Welder was tweeting #tweeted late on Super Tuesday when Biden re-solidified his frontrunner status. After largely avoiding confrontation in earlier debates, hard feelings between Warren and Sanders became more clear as the primary season took shape. Warren sparred with Sanders in January over whether the Vermont Independent had told Warren during a 2018 meeting that a woman couldnt beat Trump this cycle (something Sanders has denied). As her campaign began to struggle, Warren took further shots at her fellow progressive but it couldnt help…

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Pete Buttigieg drops out of the 2020 presidential race

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Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. Reports are circulating that Buttigieg will formally announce his campaign suspension in a speech on Sunday evening. Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play – NO NOMINATION, AGAIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2020 Others were more supportive of Buttigieg, with many noting that he was the most successful openly gay presidential candidate…

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Amy Klobuchar Vore Is Now Part of the 2020 Election Cycle

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Brace yourself. Election season is here, and the road to 2020s presidential nomination is already paved in cringey political cartoons. Things are getting so bad that the internet can no longer tell when a comic is satirical, heartfelt, or something right in between. Tuesday afternoon, Twitter account Cursed Boomer Images uploaded what appears to be a political cartoon depicting Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Ivanka Trump. In a Facebook post shared with the comic, Klobuchar is seemingly shown wearing a blazer and adult diaper as she devours a miniaturized Trump.…

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Colbert Booed for Brutal Takedown of Bloombergs Debate Performance

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Stephen Colbert began his live coverage of the Democratic debate that took place in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, Tuesday night by noting his controversial use of the stop-and-frisk policy. Ive met with black leaders to try to get an understanding of how I can better position myself, Bloomberg said at one point in the debate, to which Colbert replied, Mr. Mayor, I have a feeling a lot of black leaders want your position to be spread eagle up against a wall. Then, in response to Bloomberg pointing out…

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Iowa Caucuses on the First Day of Whats Poised to be The Ugliest Democratic Primary Fight Ever

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So it looks like Bernie Sanders is going to win Iowa. Polls are still pretty close, but hes been rising late and looks poised. If theres a surprise, I would guess itd be because of this whole second-choice thing they do. That is, you caucus for Cory Booker, he doesnt get 15 percent, and then you move to your second choice. Sanders probably isnt many Democrats second choice. If Joe Biden or one of the others pulls this out, that will probably be how. Then,leads there now, but its close…

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After Iowa caucus flub, can tech be trusted in elections?

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An app intended to speed up reporting of election results for the Iowa caucuses has failed spectacularly, not only confusing the electorate but perhaps poisoning their feelings toward making any technological “improvements” to the voting process whatsoever. TechCrunch staff reporters Brian Heater, Jonathan Shieber, Zack Whittaker, Devin Coldewey and Ingrid Lunden discussed the issue informally. Brian Heater: We all agree that this is a good sign of a healthy democracy, right? Jonathan Shieber: Totally agree with Brian here. Brian Heater: I’m legitimately finding it difficult to discuss these sorts of…

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Investors Rush to Scrub Ties to Firm Behind Iowa Clusterf*ck

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Hours after a debacle that marred Mondays Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, investors in a company hired to tabulate votes through a new mobile app worked to distance themselves from the company at the center of the chaos, scrubbing digital trails publicly connecting them to the firm. The chaos in Iowa on Monday evening put a microscope on one of Democratic Partys youngest and fastest-rising digital stars, Tara McGowan, prompting blog post announcing the groups investment. McGowan herself had said that ACRONYM had ACRONYMs website boasted that it had launched Shadow.…

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Cory Booker Tweet Tells Constituent They Won’t Have to Vote Biden

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Today, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Announcing the news on Twitter, Booker thanked his team, supporters, and everyone who gave me a shot. The body of his campaign hadnt even started to cool before someone dug up an old tweet of him telling a supporter that they wouldnt have to vote for former Vice President Joe Biden. No, you won't. https://t.co/x8E7Mlriue — Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 19, 2019 In the tweet from last June, Booker retweeted a voter sadly posting about…

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Adulterer-in-Chief Throws Red Meat to His Evangelical Base

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Long before he was philanderer in chief, Donald Trump famously boasted that he was very pro-choice. Friday, hell become the first president ever to speak at the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion march in Washington. Trump isnt just a little pro-life now; hes so pro-life that he talked in 2016 about how there has to be some form of punishment for women who have abortions. Trumps newfound interest in denying womens reproductive rights seems more like an obsession with winning the votes of his Christian base, a base that…

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Hillary: Bernie Sanders Is Just a Career Politician and Nobody Likes Him

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Bernie Sanders, his campaign team, and interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the upcoming Hulu documentary, Hillary, Clinton laid into her 2016 Democratic primary rival who she has previously accused of contributing to her eventual election defeat to Donald Trump. Clinton said Sanders and his team have relentlessly attacked Democratic women, and she threw her support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has faced abuse for claiming Sanders told her during a private meeting that a woman couldnt win the election. Clintons stinging attack came the day after Sanders was…

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