Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Have Found a New Issue to Team Up On: Attacking Tom Steyer.
John Minchillo/AP The already overstuffed 2020 Democratic field got a little more crowded Tuesday when billionaire political activist Tom Steyer officially entered the fray. In an announcement video, Steyer, who originally said in January that he wouldn’t mount a White House campaign, said he was running “to end corruption of our democracy by corporations and give…
A Majority of Military Veterans Think the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Were a Mistake
American soldiers patrol near the site of a US bombing during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on April 15, 2017. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty It’s not just a majority of Americans who think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a catastrophic mistake. Military veterans now increasingly…
Acosta Defends His Handling of the Jeffrey Epstein Case
Andrew Harrer/ZUMA Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his involvement in the 2007 plea deal that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to escape a full federal investigation over allegations that he sexually abused underage girls, claiming that without his actions, Epstein would have avoided any jail time. “We did what we did because we wanted to see…
Tom Steyer Has a Big Advantage in the 2020 Race: Your Email Address
Tom SteyerSteven Senne/AP As Tom Steyer kicks off his White House bid, he has one major advantage in his quest to put together a winning presidential campaign: a pair of massive email lists from organizations he founded to fight climate change and call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Steyer’s campaign has already rented…
Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Arrested on Federal Corruption Charges
Julia Keleher.Xavier Araujo/El Nuevo Dia via ZUMA Press Julia Keleher, the former Puerto Rico Secretary of Education assailed for pushing austerity and privatization measures after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, was arrested Wednesday morning, accused of illicitly steering hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts to close associates in 2017. Keleher was arrested in Washington,…
ABC News Poll Shows Support for Abortion Rights Ticking Up
Hey, we have yet another abortion poll today. According to the latest ABC News poll, support for legal abortion is at an all-time high: Intellectual honesty forces me to invoke Kevin’s Law here, just as I did for the recent Gallup poll that was slightly favorable toward the anti-abortion view. In the long-term, nothing has…