Tag Archives: Democats

Axios reports: President Biden said Monday that Israel has agreed to halt its Gaza offensive during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to free the remaining hostages being held by Hamas. “There is a path forward, with difficulty,” Biden said during an interview on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” “First of all … the …

The Hill reports: The top outside group backing President Biden’s reelection bid is preparing to shell out a historic $250 million to blanket the airwaves in crucial states during the final stretch of the 2024 campaign. Future Forward, a pro-Biden Democratic super PAC, will put $140 million toward television ads and $110 million toward digital ads, including streaming services, from …

Politico reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) raised more than $87 million for Democratic candidates in 2019, her office announced Thursday morning. The record figure represents a $37.6 million increase from the $49.5 million she raised in 2017, it noted, adding that the fundraising haul included $75 million raised directly for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Pelosi’s office said she held …

The Daily Beast recaps: Bernie Sanders is the greatest thing to happen to the “Bad Lip Reading” folks since Ben Carson. In a new video out today, presumably taking on both Sanders and Clinton from last week’s raucous Democratic debate, puts nearly all of the focus on Bernie. But things truly reach another level when moderator Wolf Blitzer introduces a …

North Carolina Rep. Bill Richardson was one of the 11 Democrats to vote for his state’s anti-LGBT hate law. In an op-ed published today, Richardson says he is “haunted” by his vote and will now work for the law’s repeal. He writes: By enacting House Bill 2, the legislature did the wrong thing. I made the wrong vote and we …

CNN reports: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday that if elected president, he would overturn laws in Mississippi and North Carolina that critics say discriminate against the gay community. “As president of the United States, I would do everything I can do to overturn those outrageous decisions by Mississippi and North Carolina,” he said on ABC’s “The View.” “We have …