Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban Private Prisons
Warren’s proposal would end all contracts the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have with private detention providers.
Politics
Israel’s War on Gaza
An Invitation You Can’t Refuse: How Rep. Steny Hoyer Makes Sure AIPAC’s Israel Junket Is Well Attended
Pressure on freshmen in Congress to sign up for Steny Hoyer’s Israeli adventure has intensified as AIPAC is determined to prove its continued relevance.
Endorsements Pouring in for Insurgent Queens DA Candidate
Within 24 hours, Tiffany Cabán earned endorsements from the New York Times and leading presidential candidates Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
The War on Immigrants
What You Need to Know About Trump's Mass Deportation Threat
It’s logistically impossible for ICE to deport “millions” of people. Trump’s tweet was about appealing to a nativist base rather than an actual policy.
Hawkish Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel Is Facing Two Primary Challengers
Jamaal Bowman and Andom Ghebreghiorgis have both launched progressive challenges to Engel, citing the New York representative’s record on foreign policy.
Ocasio-Cortez Amendment Shifts Some of DEA's Funding to Opioid Treatment, as House Democrats Push to Increase Agency's Budget
House Democrats originally allocated $80 million more to the law enforcement agency than the Trump administration had even requested.
Mike Pompeo Said Congress Doesn't Need to Approve War With Iran. 2020 Democrats Aren't Having It.
“If the administration wants to go to war against Iran, then the Constitution requires them to come to Congress to ask for an authorization for the use of military force.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Campaign Organizers Are Training Working-Class Progressives to Take on the Consultant Class
“Things like Movement School, where we wanna get more progressive leaders trained at the local level, the state level, matter a lot because the current infrastructure isn’t serving our policies.”
Ways and Means Committee Chair Doesn't Want Medicare for All Hearing to Mention "Medicare for All"
Rep. Richard Neal told fellow Democrats on the committee that the hearing should instead focus on ways to achieve “universal health care.”
Bernie Sanders Calls for Brazil's Judiciary to Release Lula in Wake of Corruption Exposure
Sanders is responding to The Intercept’s exposé on Operation Car Wash, an anti-corruption probe that landed the former Brazilian president in prison.