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Too much for Democratic enthusiasm for Joe Biden. A co-chair of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign vividly described how it feels to choose between Biden and President Trump, comparing it to just having to eat half a bowl of feces. “It’s like saying to someone, ‘You have a bowl of …
Read More »Obama and George Clooney to conduct virtual fundraiser for Biden on Tuesday
Former President Obama and actor George Clooney will participate in a virtual conversation and fundraising for the alleged Democratic presidential candidate Joe BidenJoe Biden Obama, George Clooney to host virtual fundraiser for Biden on Tuesday Tlaib talks about why he has not yet endorsed Biden It is 1980 in reverse …
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Rep. Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibOn The Money: Congress prepares for a fight as an unemployment cliff looms | Wave of evictions could be coming for the nation’s tenants | House approves 9.5B Ocasio-Cortez spending package, Tlaib proposes amendment to fund administration of ‘opportunity zone’ program Ilhan Omar is one and …
Read More »First presidential debate moves from Notre Dame to Case Western due to COVID-19
The first presidential debate in September moved from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., To Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The move came after the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, announced that the school would withdraw as host of the debate, saying the required …
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