Month: September 2020

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases “Trump approval jumps ahead of Obama's midterm approval rating”

Hollywood Democrats are pouring money into the midterm elections, infusing races with cash in a last-ditch push to flip control of Congress. Some of the “Hollywood donors flood Dems with midterm cash”

First lady Melania TrumpMelania TrumpTrump was rushed to White House bunker due to breach of temporary barricades: report The Memo: Nation nears a breaking point “No plans for Melania Trump to hit the campaign trail this year: report”

Rep. Dave Brat (R) is in a statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Abigail Spanberger in the race for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, according to a “Poll: Dave Brat, Dem challenger statistically tied in Virginia House race”

While most Americans still want to stay put, the number of U.S. citizens—particularly young women—who would leave the country if they could has increased dramatically “Poll Notes "Trump Effect" as American Desire to Leave US Permanently Surges”

Green groups and progressive lawmakers heaped praise on Minnesota’s new Democratic governor on Tuesday for “working for the people first not a foreign pipeline company” “'This Is What Dem Leadership Looks Like': Minnesota Gov. Praised for Backing Fight Against Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline”

“Who else is tired of an economy and a tax code that benefits the wealthy and corporations while working Americans are left behind?” the national “Tax the Rich? Most Americans Think It's a Great Idea”

While not a 2020 presidential candidate yet, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) broke from the pack of announced and expected Democrats on Friday by coming out “Sherrod Brown: Medicare for All Not 'Practical.' Progressives: 'OK. Thank You. Next.'”

Weeks after footage of him slamming the rich at the World Economic Summit at Davos became one of the most watched online videos of the “Interview Tucker Carlson Doesn't Want You To See Shows 'How Angry Elites Get' When Their Corruption Is Challenged”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) “very clearly” committed witness tampering. That appeared to be the consensus view of legal experts and scholars on social media late “Legal Experts: Trump Loyalist Matt Gaetz Committed 'Witness Tampering' by Threatening Michael Cohen”