Mark Sanford Announces Long-Shot Primary Challenge to Trump
Jeff Malet/ZUMA Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Sunday announced his bid to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary, adding his name to a small group of long-shot campaigns aimed at unseating the president. In a string of tweets detailing his candidacy, Sanford focused heavily on fiscal responsibility, or the lack…
The 2020 Dems Have No Serious Plan for Addressing the Single Biggest Source of US Pollution
CNN, Zuma The CNN Climate Crisis Town Hall made it clear that Democrats are encountering a much stronger appetite than ever before from their base for substantive action to address climate change. Even though the baseline for what constitutes a strong climate action plan has changed, there are still rifts among the candidates on the…
“Our President Is Unstable”: Sen. Jeff Merkley Makes the Case That “It’s Getting Worse”
© Zach Roberts/ZUMA Wire Senator Jeff Merkley has witnessed some atrocious scenes at migrant detention centers along the Texas-Mexico border. He described one where “hundreds” of children were ripped out of their parents’ arms and sorted into chain-link cages, standing in single-file lines from shortest to tallest. “The shortest one was in front and he…
How to Stop Russia From Attacking and Influencing the 2020 Election
The Russians are coming. That’s the message about the 2020 election from FBI Director Chris Wray (who this summer said Moscow is determined to interfere in the next presidential contest) and from former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (who warned that Vladimir Putin’s regime and other foreign actors will concoct new methods for messing…
$12 Million Couldn’t Buy Tom Steyer a Spot in the Democratic Debate
Billionaire Tom Steyer asks for $1 donations to help him qualify for the Democratic presidential debates.Tom Steyer 2020/Facebook Tom Steyer has blanketed the airwaves for years, fronting ads for his political groups NextGen Climate and Need to Impeach. When he launched his presidential campaign in July, pundits were skeptical that the investor-turned-progressive-activist could attract enough…
Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Primary
Michael A. McCoy/ZUMA On Wednesday, Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the 2020 Democratic Primary, just a few days after the senator from New York failed to qualify for the September debates due to low polling and a small donor base. “Today, I am ending my campaign for president,” she said in a tweet. “Now, let’s…