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America Is An Idea — It's time for respected leadership on the world stage—and dignified leadership at home. It's time for equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal justice. It's time for an economy that rewards those who actually do the work. It's time for a president who will stand up for all of us.
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Biden hires strategist Symone Sanders, adds diversity to bid — WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has hired Symone Sanders, a prominent African American political strategist, as a senior adviser to his newly launched presidential campaign. — The move adds a younger, diverse voice to Biden's cadre …
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Joe Biden could be the best bet to beat Trump. If he gets that far. — By launching his 2020 campaign with shameful images of what happened in Charlottesville 20 months ago, former vice president Joe Biden has put the focus on what should be the central question of the 2020 election.
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This is the Joe Biden you rarely see — This week, Joe Biden is set to announce his candidacy for president. Forgive me for getting ahead of the punditry clutter with this story. — Meetings in the Oval Office with President Obama and Vice President Biden to discuss Democratic House races were always thrilling.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
When Obama Talked Biden Out of Running for President
When Obama Talked Biden Out of Running for President
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Slate
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden makes his opening bid: It's all about the president
Biden makes his opening bid: It's all about the president
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Symone Sanders, Bernie's Former Press Secretary, Goes to Work on Biden's Campaign
Symone Sanders, Bernie's Former Press Secretary, Goes to Work on Biden's Campaign
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
CNN:
Obama's not endorsing, but he didn't talk Biden out of running in 2020
Obama's not endorsing, but he didn't talk Biden out of running in 2020
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Inside Joe Biden's decision to run one more time
Inside Joe Biden's decision to run one more time
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Liam Quinn / Fox News:
Joe Biden endorsed by Michael Avenatti after launching 2020 bid: ‘He has my enthusiastic support’
Joe Biden endorsed by Michael Avenatti after launching 2020 bid: ‘He has my enthusiastic support’
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President
Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Does Joe Biden Fit Into a Changing Democratic Party?
How Does Joe Biden Fit Into a Changing Democratic Party?
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The Week
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North Korea issued $2 million bill for comatose Otto Warmbier's care — BEIJING — North Korea issued a $2 million bill for the hospital care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, insisting that a U.S. official sign a pledge to pay it before being allowed to fly the University of Virginia student from Pyongyang in 2017.
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Why Won't Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too. — A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
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A reality of congressional oversight: Democrats can only do so much if Trump just says no — President Trump's White House appears to have figured out the secret of congressional oversight: there's not much Democrats can do if they say no to everything. — The big picture …
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Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers
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Manu Raju / CNN:
White House says Stephen Miller won't testify on immigration to House Oversight
White House says Stephen Miller won't testify on immigration to House Oversight
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
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FBI raids Baltimore City Hall, home of Mayor Catherine Pugh, offices of job training center — FBI and IRS agents are raiding Baltimore's City Hall and the home of Mayor Catherine Pugh. — Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman, confirmed agents from the Washington field office were executing search warrants …
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FBI, IRS execute search warrants on Pugh's home, City Hall, more
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David Shortell / CNN:
Feds search locations tied to Baltimore's mayor in connection with book scandal
Feds search locations tied to Baltimore's mayor in connection with book scandal
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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Did President Trump obstruct justice? — When the Department of Justice designated Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign in May 2017, Mueller's initial task was to determine if there had been a conspiracy …
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Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say — “The Russians found a group of people who were not intelligence savvy” and didn't listen to U.S. intel officials, said a CIA veteran. — WASHINGTON — The Mueller report's narrative of secret meetings between members …
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Hillary Clinton / Washington Post:
Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here's how to respond.
Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here's how to respond.
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Eugene Volokh / Reason:
Is the Government Required to Count the Number of Citizens in Each State? — I don't myself have any expertise on the Census citizenship question case (which has mostly been litigated as an administrative law case), but I thought Prof. Blackman's query was intriguing, and wanted to post it:
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We found 85,000 cops who've been investigated for misconduct. Now you can read their records. — USA TODAY is leading a national effort to obtain and publish disciplinary and misconduct records for thousands of police officers. — At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA …
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Bernie Sanders trolls Donald Trump's visit to Wisconsin — MADISON - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is seeking to defend his friendly turf in Wisconsin against a second win by President Donald Trump in 2020 by tying job losses across Wisconsin to the president. — “Donald Trump Lied To Wisconsin Workers …
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How Trump has changed white evangelicals' views about morality — So what if Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls him a “porn star president”? — Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been criticizing religious conservatives — especially Vice President Pence …
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Scoop: Dems plan to teach 2020 candidates how to talk to a Trump voter — Former Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly, who both lost their 2018 re-election races in North Dakota and Indiana, respectively, are launching the One Country Project to help their party win back rural voters ahead of the 2020 cycle.
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U.S. incarceration rate drops 10 percent over decade to hit lowest level in 20 years — Department of Justice statistics also showed that “noncitizens made up roughly the same portion of the U.S. prison population, 7.6 percent, as of the total U.S. population.”
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Fake news and public executions: Documents show a Russian company's plan for quelling protests in Sudan — (CNN)When anti-government protests erupted in Sudan at the end of last year, the response of President Omar al-Bashir came straight from the dictators' playbook — a crackdown that led to scores of civilian deaths.
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The Scruton tapes: an anatomy of a modern hit job … Sometimes a scandal is not just a scandal, but a biopsy of a society. So it is with the assault on Sir Roger Scruton, who in recent weeks has been smeared in the media, fired by the government and had his life's work assailed.
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National Review
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FBI Questions Elliott Broidy's One-Time Partner — Federal scrutiny of the Republican fundraiser and Trumpworld associate appears to be growing. — A former business associate of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy has spoken with FBI agents about his business dealings, The Daily Beast has learned.
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