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When local newspapers shrink, fewer people bother to run for mayor
What do strong local newspapers do? Well, past research has shown they increase voter turnout, reduce government corruption, make cities financially healthier, make citizens more knowledgable about politics and more likely to engage with local government, force local TV to raise its game, encourage split-ticket (and thus less uniformly partisan) voting, make elected officials more responsive and efficient, and bake the most delicious apple pies. Okay, not that last one.
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Andrew Yang: We're undergoing the greatest economic transformation in our history
I never thought I'd run for president. My parents were immigrants to this country -- and leader of the free world was not on the list of careers presented to me as a skinny Asian kid growing up in upstate New York. Instead, I became a lawyer for five unhappy months and then an entrepreneur. In 2011, I started a nonprofit organization, Venture for America, to help bring talented young entrepreneurs to create thousands of jobs in Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Birmingham, Baltimore and other cities around the country.
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Mueller's report looks bad for Obama
Scott Jennings writes that a key takeaway from the Mueller report is that Barack Obama's administration failed the United States with its tepid response to Russian interference in our democracy.
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Warren calls on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against Trump
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump in the wake of the publication of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, breaking with Democratic leaders deferring the politically risky move despite new evidence that Trump attempted to derail the Russia probe.
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Take it from a magician: Trump isn’t trying to distract us, he’s misdirecting us
Critics of President Trump routinely depict his maneuvers — such as shutting down the government and threatening to close the southern border — as distractions. “He loves the distraction from his other problems,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) has said. Ezra Klein, a political commentator and editor at Vox, goes so far as to declare distraction “the core of Donald Trump's political strategy.”
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders acts like a good Christian. That’s fake news.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, president Donald Trump’s combative press secretary, came under public scrutiny this week for official lying. Such bald-faced deceit may be appallingly routine in this administration, but its import is different for Sanders, an aggressively committed evangelical Christian for whom such disingenuity should be scripturally abhorrent.
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Tax Myths
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Despite Trump’s tariff and border threats, Mexico is now the largest U.S. trading partner
President Trump has threatened to rip up NAFTA. To shut the border with Mexico. To impose tariffs on the thriving car industry in Mexico. “They’re killing us on jobs and trade,” he said as a candidate. And yet, two years into his presidency, a strange thing has happened. Mexico has become the No. 1 U.S. trading partner.
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Black female voters to Democrats: 'You won't win the White House without us'
African American women are a key voting bloc and 2020 contenders faced a demanding audience at the She the People Presidential Forum in Houston
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DCCC Defense of Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Democrat Sparks Pushback
“Dan Lipinski needs to go and Marie came within 1,600 votes of defeating him with progressive support in 2018.”
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Workers barely benefited from Trump’s sweeping tax cut, investigation shows
Big companies drove Donald Trump’s tax cut law but refused to commit to any specific wage hikes for workers, despite repeated White House promises it would help employees, an investigation shows. The 2017 Tax and Jobs Act – the Trump administration’s one major piece of enacted legislation – did deliver the biggest corporate tax cut in US history, but ultimately workers benefited almost not at all.
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Nearly all 2020 presidential candidates aren’t using a basic email security feature
Three years after Russian hackers targeted and breached the email accounts of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, nearly all of the upcoming 2020 presidential candidates are still lagging in email security.
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Robert Mueller 'to testify about Trump-Russia investigation'
A deal has been brokered for Robert Mueller to testify to Congress about his report into Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by Donald Trump - an event that has immediately become the latest, most eagerly anticipated appearance of an official on Capitol Hill.
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William Barr is in contempt. Congress should send him to jail.
Following Attorney General William Barr's Wednesday appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, one thing is now very clear: Barr holds Congress in contempt. Congress should reciprocate. Barr's scorn for legislative oversight was apparent throughout the day as he evaded, prevaricated, and generally dodged questions posed by Senate Democrats. The most stunning moment came when the Ivy League-educated lawyer, confronted by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), suddenly and improbably seemed to lose his grasp on the English language.
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Will we soon see Obama and his Democrats Cronies All Being indicted while Barr Start Exposing the Conspiracy behind their intent to bring down Trump?...
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Republicans could have a Green New Deal problem
The GOP is seizing on the "Green New Deal" to demonize vulnerable Democrats in 2020 — but some Republicans warn it could do long-term damage to the party. Though Republicans have ignored climate change in past elections, it’s now a key part of their 2020 strategy, especially in House races. They’re hoping to define the Green New Deal as an expensive socialist gambit dreamed up by liberal superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that will ban cows and planes. Though mostly inaccurate, it's a portrayal they believe will scare independent voters in key districts.
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Trump says tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase to 25%, blames slow progress in trade talks
President Donald Trump said Sunday that tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase to 25% on Friday, despite repeated claims by the administration in recent weeks that trade talks with Beijing were going well. The tariff rate on those goods was originally set at 10%. Trump had initially threatened to increase the tariffs at the start of the year, but postponed that decision after China and the U.S. agreed to sit down for trade talks.
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Trump Changes His Mind, Says Mueller Shouldn’t Testify
House Judiciary member David Cicilline said on Fox News Sunday that the committee had decided on May 15 as a “tentative date” for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify about his investigation. Cicilline claimed on the program that a representative for Mueller had preliminarily agreed to the date, adding, “We think the American people have a right to hear directly from him.”
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China is considering canceling this week's trade talks after Trump's tariffs threat, sources say
China said Monday its negotiators are still preparing to travel to the U.S. for trade talks this week despite President Donald Trump threatening Beijing with increased tariffs. That wasn’t quite a confirmation that the talks would still go on, but it quieted some concern following multiple reports that the Chinese side was reconsidering its involvement in the negotiations.
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Are we watching John Bolton's last stand?
Is John Bolton about to get the Iran war he's always wanted, or is he on the verge of losing his job? Over the past several days, President Trump's national security adviser has made comments and issued statements about Iran and Venezuela that are usually reserved for the run-up to military campaigns. Yet Bolton's boss doesn't seem to be playing along. Let's hope so.
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