Joe Biden’s debate woes were compounded by a reminder from Sen. Michael Bennet of the former vice president’s botched 2012 “fiscal cliff” negotiations.
Voices
The Supreme Court's failure to address the racist underpinnings of the census citizenship question — even while blocking it — is concerning.
The DCCC seems to have little interest in 2020 in revisiting its assessment of candidates who almost won in 2018, despite having no party support.
The War on Immigrants
A government watchdog wants a full accounting for abuses against people detained by ICE — and how an internal whistleblower came to be ignored.
“We have to push from the outside, have leadership from the inside, and make this Congress reflect the will of the people.”
Voices
There don’t ever seem to be any consequences for Trump advisers who tell lies or break the law.
The War on Immigrants
Booker asked Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham to convene a hearing in response to the findings of an ICIJ and Intercept investigation.
With ambitious proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, momentum for canceling student debt is growing.
Cabán ran on ending cash bail, decriminalizing poverty and sex work, and faced the full weight of the machine.
The White House press corps should force Donald Trump’s new press secretary to explain why she denied objective reality on his behalf last year.
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