Senate Democratic Whip Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinOVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Tim Scott to introduce…
Read moreRestoration of voting rights by felons marks shift in Florida
More than 1 million Floridians with felony convictions regained the right to vote on Tuesday, setting in motion a process that carries the potential to reshape elections in the country’s largest and most unpredictable battleground state. The mass re-enfranchisement of felons who have completed their sentences is the result of Amendment 4, a ballot initiative…
Read moreHirono dismisses Gabbard's 2020 bid: I'll be looking for someone with 'record of supporting progressive goals'
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Monday did not endorse Rep. Tulsi GabbardTulsi GabbardGabbard drops defamation lawsuit against Clinton It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process 125 lawmakers urge Trump administration to support National Guard troops amid pandemic MORE (D-Hawaii) in her bid for the presidency in 2020. Hirono said during an interview on MSNBC…
Read moreDelaney: ‘We should not put up a candidate who embraces socialism’
Former Rep. John DelaneyJohn DelaneyThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger problem than police behavior; 21 states see uptick in cases amid efforts to…
Read more'This Is the Agenda America Needs': Sanders Fires Back After Biden Attacks Medicare for All and Other Progressive Solutions
After former Vice President Joe Biden attacked Medicare for All, decriminalization of border crossings, and other major progressive agenda items during an interview that aired Friday morning, fellow 2020 White House contender Bernie Sanders responded that bold ideas will be necessary to “energize voters” and defeat President Donald Trump. “I’m proud to be working with…
Read moreIlhan Omar Responds to Tucker Carlson's Xenophobic Tirade: 'Kinda Fun Watching a Racist Fool Like This Weeping About My Presence in Congress'
After Fox News host Tucker Carlson Tuesday night launched a xenophobic tirade accusing Rep. Ilhan Omar of showing “undisguised contempt for the United States and for its people” by criticizing the nation’s systemic injustices, Omar mocked Carlson as a “racist fool” and said he will “just have to get used to calling me congresswoman.” “Not…
Read moreEU Leaders Denounced for 'New Low' After 'Worst Mediterranean Tragedy' This Year Claims Lives of 150 Migrants
Human rights advocates on Friday reiterated their call for political leaders to ensure safe passage and end criminalization of rescue operations following reports that as many as 150 migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea. “This high number represents a new low for European leaders,” said Massimo Moratti, research director for Europe at…
Read moreUnearthed Recordings Showing Reagan Calling Africans 'Monkeys' Just 'Par for the Course' Say Critics of GOP
Recently unearthed recordings of former President Ronald Reagan calling Africans “monkeys” made the point that Trump is Reagan’s ideological heir harder to deny. The October 1971 comments, which were revealed Tuesday by historian Tim Naftali in an article for The Atlantic, concerned Reagan’s anger that the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of…
Read moreBehavior of Australia's Prime Minister at Pacific Islands Forum Makes Clear Climate Crisis Not A Priority
The inability of the leaders of Pacific island nations to pass a resolution with strong language on the climate crisis reportedly reduced the prime minister of the archipelago nation of Tonga to tears. After a week of negotiations, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison used his influence and power to water down a climate resolution, the Tuvalu…
Read more'Cruel Beyond Imagination': Trump Reportedly Set to Unveil Plan to Detain Immigrant Families Indefinitely
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is reportedly planning to unveil a set of rules that would terminate an agreement limiting the amount of time the federal government can detain immigrant children and families, opening the door to indefinite detention. The expected move, condemned by rights group RAICES as “cruel beyond imagination,” would scrap the 20-day…
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