Trump Got Me Released From Prison. But I Support Bernie.
The president viewed both my suffering, and freedom, as a deal. A deal that freed me physically but killed my fight for justice.
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The president viewed both my suffering, and freedom, as a deal. A deal that freed me physically but killed my fight for justice.
The whistleblower still faces state-enforced financial ruin because the judge that set her free refused to vacate her exorbitant fines.
The death toll keeps climbing back home in Italy, but the United States, my adopted country, is fundamentally unequipped to handle this crisis.
Chelsea Manning can only continue to be imprisoned for the purpose of coercing her to testify before a grand jury. That’s not going to happen.
With Joe Biden as frontrunner, the electorate is choosing a comfortable path forward. That path is no longer safe.
Concerns about the former vice president’s cognitive decline came from his supporters, not Trump or Sanders.
Until last year, Joe Biden supported a law that restricted federal funding for abortion — and his flip-flop smacks of political expediency.
Warren stayed out of the 2016 Democratic primary, and it hurt her badly.
Democrats have failed to build on the Affordable Care Act, not from a lack of good intentions, because of the fatal complexity of the law itself.
Ignoring the voters’ will through party-boss convention maneuvering is the most likely way to reelect Trump.
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