Elizabeth Warren Rips Into Michael Bloomberg for Funding Republican Campaigns
Matt Rourke/AP Michael Bloomberg entered the 2020 presidential race wagering that Democrats needed an electable candidate, and that Democrat would be him. But Elizabeth Warren made the case during the debate in Charleston on Tuesday night that Bloomberg would be a that shakiest candidate Democrats could nominate to run against Donald Trump. Shortly into the…
Bloomberg Keeps Insisting He Slashed Stop-and-Frisk by 95 Percent. Not so Fast.
Brian Cahn/Zuma Early on Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, the notorious policing policy known as stop-and-frisk once again came back to bite former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. And, once again, the billionaire candidate took responsibility for cutting the policing program by 95 percent. But it’s not true. As my colleague Nathalie Baptiste reported of…
We Are Debating in South Carolina
CBS News Let’s close things out with capsule reviews of each candidate. Biden: He keeps getting more aggressive, but it’s mostly just endless repetitions of “I’m the only one on this stage that’s actually done _____ .” It’s a little hard to see this helping him a lot. Buttigieg: Still mostly vague platitudes. Warren: Her…
She Has Endorsements. She Has Plans. But Warren Is in 4th Place Among Black Voters in South Carolina.
Elizabeth Warren stands with South Carolina state representative Wendy Brawley, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Columbia, South Carolina, city councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine after an event in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 24, 2020.Patrick Semansky/AP When Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza took to the stage at Monday’s “Women for Warren” event in downtown Charleston,…
Pete Buttigieg Casts a Line for Black Voters in South Carolina. He Catches Suburban White Women.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at an event aimed at addressing the issues of the African American community in North Charleston, South Carolina on Monday.Win McNamee/Getty Images On Sunday night, Rebecca Rushton got a text from the Pete Buttigieg campaign. “Hey—this is Nick from Team Pete!” the message read. “Pete Buttigieg is holding a community…
Instacart Is Losing Its Argument That Contractors Aren’t Employees
Levine Roberts/ZUMA Last year, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott sued Instacart—the nearly $8 billion dollar grocery delivery service for misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Late Monday, a state judge agreed, ruling that shoppers in San Diego should likely be considered full-time employees. This landmark ruling makes clear that Instacart employees have been misclassified as…