Halloween Is a Gateway to Drug Addiction, Claimed Ministry Backed by Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar sought to earmark $500,000 in 2009 for the anti-LGBT ministry, which put out literature calling Halloween “a day set up totally for Satan.”
Politics
Democratic Governor’s Voting Reform Bill Would Eliminate Straight-Ticket Voting in Pennsylvania
Straight-ticket voting, linked to voter turnout, might prove especially important in 2020: Democrats need Pennsylvania if they want to win the White House.
Rigging the Vote
To Fix Racial Gerrymander, North Carolina Republicans Considered a Map That Could Have Elected an All-White Slate
The draft maps, obtained by The Intercept, illustrate how Republican mapmakers can secretly calibrate maps to have a deep partisan bias, even when they follow the rules.
The Presidential Town Hall on Mass Incarceration Was a Historic Moment and a Missed Opportunity
Formerly incarcerated people questioned Democratic candidates about their positions on the criminal justice system. But only three candidates showed up.
All the President’s Crimes
Republicans Accuse Colonel Vindman, a Jew Who Fled Soviet Persecution, of Dual Loyalty
To attack Vindman, Republicans resorted to an old smear tactic: questioning the loyalty of a citizen who fled Soviet persecution of Jews as a child.
House Dems After Meeting With Richard Trumka: No Vote on Trump’s NAFTA if Worker Concerns Go Unaddressed
After meeting with Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Richard Neal, Trumka assured the Congressional Progressive Caucus that he is on the same page as House leadership.
Centrist Democrats Have a New Idea to Win Reelection: Ignore Labor and Give Trump a Major Trade Deal
The chair of DCCC, with help from Joe Crowley, has privately argued that approving Trump’s free trade deal is important for vulnerable House Democrats.
Biden to Host High-Dollar Fundraiser With Pittsburgh-Area Real Estate Moguls
A co-chair of the Nov. 5 event told The Intercept he's happy Biden is “finally” taking PAC money. “He has to, you know, you gotta raise some funds.”
Centrist Democrats, Led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer, to Fundraise With Corporate Lobby Group Seeking to Defeat Democratic Agenda
Gottheimer and Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., are scheduled to appear at the fundraiser, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce PAC for the Problem Solvers Caucus.
Voices
Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn't the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
It’s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.