Rod Blagojevich—Not Alice Johnson—Is the True Face of Trump’s Criminal Justice Policies
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves to his friends after giving a press conference at his Chicago home.Mark Welsh/Daily Herald/AP In a Fox News interview this week, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley pushed back on criticism over President Donald Trump’s decision to grant clemency of Rod Blagojevich, the corrupt Illinois governor-turned-Celebrity Apprentice star. “The president is…
Biden Previews The Road Ahead, Blasts Bernie Again Over Gun Vote
Matt York / Associated Press Thursday is a light day on the Nevada campaign trail, with no events scheduled in the afternoon for any of the major candidates. (Everyone’s presumably getting some R&R ahead of Tom Steyer’s big concert with TLC.) But this morning, Joe Biden issued a last-minute advisory: he’d be speaking at a…
Elizabeth Warren Has No Intention of Letting Up on Michael Bloomberg
John Locher / Associated Press If you thought Elizabeth Warren was going to take a deep breath and change the subject after last night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas…well, no. Before a packed room of volunteers at her North Las Vegas field office on Thursday, she picked up where she left off by ripping into…
Jeff Sessions Hopes You’ve Forgotten What His “Zero Tolerance” Policy Actually Did
Former US Attorney General Jeff SessionsJay Reeves/AP In a new ad for his Alabama Senate campaign released last week, Jeff Sessions brags about the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy he oversaw as attorney general. The ad touts the policy as proof of Sessions’ ability to “take action” on immigration and includes clips of the…
Warren Landed the Night’s Biggest Blow on Bloomberg
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) campaigns at the College of Southern Nevada on February 17. Brian Cahn/ZUMA Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) landed what may prove to be the toughest blow against Michael Bloomberg in the Nevada Democratic debate Wednesday night when she pressed him to release female employees who had accused him of harassment and discrimination…
Michael Bloomberg’s Stop-and-Frisk Answer Was Absurd
John Locher/AP Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, made his debate-stage debut Wednesday night, and the other candidates were ready to pounce. From the outset, Bloomberg’s rivals attacked his criminal justice policies. Under Bloomberg, the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy targeted people of color in the city and led…