A black Democrat running for Congress in New York who has faced attacks from Republicans over his rap career has increased his lead over his incumbent GOP opponent, according to a new poll. The Monmouth University survey of likely voters in New York’s 19th Congressional District found Antonio Delgado (D) with a 5-point lead over Rep. John FasoJohn […]
The movement to end the electoral college and select the U.S. president by popular vote—reinvigorated after President Donald Trump won the 2016 election despite Hillary Clinton receiving more than 3 million more votes—is poised to claim another victory as a bill in Colorado is close to becoming law. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store A […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has strongly advocated for a massive overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system, is calling out a pharmaceutical company for hiking the annual list price of a medication used to treat a rare neuromuscular disease by hundreds of thousands of dollars, putting American lives in jeopardy. In a letter (pdf) sent […]
With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and more than 100 other House Democrats standing behind sweeping new Medicare for All legislation, advocates on Wednesday immediately mobilized to pressure lawmakers to pass the bill. On Capitol Hill, leaders of National Nurses United unveiled their plan to initiate more than 1,500 local canvassing operations across the country to […]
On Sunday, HBO‘s John Oliver zeroed in once again on an injustice perpetrated on the American people and took direct action—this time focusing his attention on robocalls and the Trump administration’s refusal to combat them. Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” production team set up an automated message that was programmed to dial the Federal Communications Commission […]
Months after garnering national attention with his campaign for governor of Florida, former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum unveiled his next political campaign Wednesday—one focused on his state and the future of the Democratic Party as a whole. With his “Bring It Home Florida” initiative, Gillum plans to register at least one million voters across his […]
Incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) holds a 5-point lead over Republican challenger and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey ahead of next week’s midterms, according to a new poll. Manchin’s advantage is just outside the margin of error of 4.9 percentage points for the MetroNews poll published Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT The poll found that 45 percent of likely voters plan to back Manchin, while […]
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Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated Rep. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloTrump, GOP go all-in on anti-China strategy Republicans can’t exploit the left’s climate extremism without a better idea Progressive Latino group launches first incumbent protection campaign MORE (R-Fla.) on Tuesday, delivering her party a key win and ousting one of the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbents. Her victory in […]
A federal judge on Monday—who agreed that allegations of “conscience shocking” conduct claimed by plaintiffs were “plausible”—reinstated Michigan’s former Governor Rick Snyder as a defendant in a class action lawsuit by the victims of the water crisis in the city of Flint that first captured national headlines in 2014. After earlier removing Snyder from the […]