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Some Dems float idea of primary challenge for Ocasio-Cortez — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that's threatening to primary entrenched Democrats. Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables …
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Howard Schultz Blames Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for His Decision to Run as Independent — Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he can't run for president as a Democrat because he doesn't like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal to slap a 70-percent marginal tax rate on income above $10 million.
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‘The View’ Makes Howard Schultz Squirm: Can You Really ‘Live With’ Re-Electing Trump? — Joy Behar and Meghan McCain both practically begged the Starbucks CEO not to run for president and ‘guarantee’ another four years of Trump. — Matt Wilstein — The morning after former Starbucks …
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Democratic megadonor Haim Saban thinks fellow billionaire Howard Schultz would guarantee Trump …
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Elizabeth Warren Mocks ‘Billionaire’ Howard Schultz
Elizabeth Warren Mocks ‘Billionaire’ Howard Schultz
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‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Beaten in Homophobic Attack By MAGA Supporters — 11:10 AM PT — “Empire” creator Lee Daniels just expressed his outrage and horror over the attack. — 11:18 AM PT — We're told cops recently visited a Target Department Store close to where the incident happened and obtained surveillance footage.
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‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Attacked in Possible Hate Crime: Police
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Chicago Police Deny Claim That Jussie Smollett Identified Attackers as White, Heard Them Say ‘MAGA’
Chicago Police Deny Claim That Jussie Smollett Identified Attackers as White, Heard Them Say ‘MAGA’
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Jessica Bennett / EBONY:
Jussie Smollett Hospitalized After Homophobic & Racially Motivated Attack
Jussie Smollett Hospitalized After Homophobic & Racially Motivated Attack
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U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump on North Korea and Iran — WASHINGTON — A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is “unlikely to give up” all of its nuclear stockpiles, and that Iran is not “currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons …
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Testimony by intelligence chiefs on global threats highlights differences with president
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Russia secretly offered North Korea a nuclear power plant, officials say
Russia secretly offered North Korea a nuclear power plant, officials say
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Intel chiefs challenge some of Trump's national security claims
Intel chiefs challenge some of Trump's national security claims
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Democrats tap Georgia's Stacey Abrams to deliver the response to Trump's State of the Union address — Democrats have tapped Georgia's Stacey Abrams to deliver the response to President Trump's State of the Union address, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday.
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Abrams to deliver Dems' State of the Union response — Stacey Abrams will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, an Abrams campaign source confirmed Tuesday, a role that will give the former gubernatorial candidate prominent national exposure …
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Stacey Abrams To Deliver Democratic Response To SOTU
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Stacey Abrams to give Democratic response to State of the Union
Stacey Abrams to give Democratic response to State of the Union
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Trump sat down with Putin at G20 without US note-taker — Donald Trump sat down with Vladimir Putin for several minutes of conversation at the end of an evening event at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November, with no translator or note-taker from the US side to record the dialogue between the leaders …
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Senate panel postpones attorney general nominee William P. Barr's confirmation vote amid Democrats' concerns — President Trump's nominee for attorney general is expected to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee and be confirmed by the full Senate, but Democrats are worried …
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Senate panel postpones William Barr's confirmation vote amid Democrats' concerns — A planned Senate Judiciary Committee vote on William P. Barr's nomination to serve as attorney general has been delayed for a week, as Democrats continue to raise concerns about whether he will allow special …
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APNewsBreak: Infamy, zeal for carnage inspired Vegas shooter — LAS VEGAS (AP) — A high-stakes gambler who rained down a hail of gunfire, killing 58 people from his high-rise casino suite in Las Vegas wanted infamy and mass destruction, the FBI told the Associated Press Tuesday …
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Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession, Mosby announces — Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Tuesday her office would cease prosecuting people for possessing marijuana regardless of quantity or criminal history. — Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Tuesday …
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Elizabeth Warren's plan to tax the super-rich has been tried before. Here's what happened. — Versions of a “wealth tax” proposed by the 2020 hopeful have been put in place in a number of countries. Most have gotten rid them. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has made a splash with her plan for a …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Contains The Germ Of A Decent Idea
Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Contains The Germ Of A Decent Idea
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Graham urges Trump to tie debt limit to border security funding — Manchin: Stop Washington's paychecks, stop shutdowns 01:16 — Washington (CNN) — An influential Republican senator is urging President Donald Trump to up the ante in talks over his border wall: To push for an increase …
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The lowest-paid shutdown workers aren't getting back pay — Janitors, security guards and cooks aren't guaranteed compensation after losing wages — Her debt was mounting: $156 for the gas bill, $300 for electricity, $2,000 for the mortgage. She could no longer afford her blood pressure pills.
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Let Them Fight — Last Friday the president of the United States trudged into the Rose Garden a torpid mess, with his tuft of hair-like substance sitting lifelessly on his head. It was a harbinger of the weekend to come. Presiding over the longest government shutdown ever had taken …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump: ‘The Greatest Salesman’ Who Can't Sell Anything
Trump: ‘The Greatest Salesman’ Who Can't Sell Anything
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Gone in a Generation — Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives — The continental United States is 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was a century ago. Seas at the coasts are nine inches higher. The damage is mounting from these fundamental changes, and Americans are living it.
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Can Kamala Harris Repeat Obama's Success With Black Voters? It's Complicated — COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Senator Kamala Harris attempts her own version of former President Barack Obama's historic rise from first-term senator to the White House, one of her political tests will be trying to secure …
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Plants Her Flag On the Far Left
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Harley-Davidson Profit Is Wiped Out by President Trump's Tariffs — Earnings per share miss estimates by widest margin since 2009 — Retail deliveries in home market dropped 10% in fourth quarter — Harley-Davidson Inc. broke even in the last quarter of a year …
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Rap star Cardi B is headed to Des Moines this spring — Who's ready for some Cardi B, okurrr?! — The chart-topping “I Like It” and “Money” rap star plans to make her Des Moines debut May 3 at Wells Fargo Arena, a Friday night. Tickets to see the New York native go on sale Friday at 10 …
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Democrats' 2020 presidential contest is wide open as danger mounts for Trump, new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows — Amid new signs of danger for President Trump's reelection hopes, the opposition race to replace him is wide open, with most Democratic voters not able to name their favorite candidate …
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Roger Stone's Indictment Says Mueller Ain't Done Yet — Matthew Whitaker says the investigation is ‘close to being completed.’ If true, why did the Special Counsel say so much about the Trump campaign and execute search warrants? — Roger Stone, President Trump's former campaign adviser …
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A House Democrat Is Probing Whether Steven Mnuchin Had A Conflict Of Interest In The Russian Sanctions Fight — WASHINGTON — A House Democrat is demanding answers about an alleged business deal that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had with an associate of a Russian oligarch whose companies recently received US sanctions relief.
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Chris Christie: There Is No One With More Influence Over Trump Than Jared Kushner — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made headlines in early 2016 when he dropped out of the presidential race and subsequently became the first major Republican to endorse Donald Trump.
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Who Congress Follows On Twitter — Exposed! — HuffPost's data analysis shows vastly different Twitter feeds for Republicans and Democrats though there's one pop star they agree on. — By this point, we're probably all familiar with the idea that social media creates echo chambers.
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Harris backs ‘Medicare-for-all’ and eliminating private insurance as we know it — Kamala Harris backs ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan — (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris fully embraced “Medicare-for-all” single payer health insurance at a CNN town hall Monday and said she's willing to end private insurance to make it happen.
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In border talks, a new fight for barrier deniers — A House-Senate conference committee is beginning work on a package of border security policies that, it is hoped, can win the support of both Democrats and Republicans. The final product is certain to include several measures that already have full …