Tag Archives: Democrats

NY Child Vax Incentive: Chance For Full College Ride

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul wants school kids to give it the old college try when it comes to getting a COVID vaccine. New York is raffling off 50 full free rides to either a SUNY or CUNY college as part of the state’s latest enticement to get immunized, Hochul announced on Tuesday. The incentive program, dubbed …

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Incoming Salt Lake City Council To Be Majority LGBTQ

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: The incoming Salt Lake City Council is historic — in multiple ways. For the first time, most of the members — four of the seven — are racial and ethnic minorities. And for the first time, a majority — again four — are openly LGBTQ. “It is different to have a government that makes decisions …

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Biden Celebrates Passage Of Infrastructure Bill As A “Monumental Step Forward In Economic Competition”

Via press release from the White House: Tonight, we took a monumental step forward as a nation. The United States House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a once-in-generation bipartisan infrastructure bill that will create millions of jobs, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity, and put us on a path to win the economic competition for …

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House Approves Infrastructure Bill In 228-206 Vote

CNN reports: Congress has passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering on a major pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats. The final vote was 228-206. Thirteen Republicans voted with the majority of Democrats in support of the bill, though six Democrats voted against it. The bill now heads …

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Live Video: Possible House Vote On Infrastructure Bill

Nobody knows what might happen: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to pass a $1.9 trillion economic package and a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, two pillars of President Joe Biden’s agenda, is at risk of collapsing as leaders struggle to unify the progressive and moderate wings of the party, a dynamic that has consumed Democrats for the past several months. After …

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New York City Mayor-Elect Wants To Be Paid In Bitcoin

Politico reports: New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams plans to convert his first paychecks into Bitcoin, as he vowed Thursday to make the city more welcoming to cryptocurrency. Adams announced in a Twitter post that he would take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin when he becomes mayor. Adams was responding to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said he will …

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Dem Strategist Blames “Stupid Wokeness” For Losses

“What went wrong is just stupid wokeness. Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Wash. “I mean, this ‘defund the police’ lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln’s name off of schools. I mean that — people see that. It’s just really — has a suppressive effect …

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LA Mayor Tests COVID+ At Glasgow Climate Summit

Los Angeles’s ABC News affiliate reports: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has tested positive for the coronavirus while at a climate summit abroad, his office announced Wednesday. Garcetti, who is fully vaccinated, is isolating in his hotel room in Scotland, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. Garcetti, who is the outgoing chair of the C40 group, spoke at …

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NYC Mayor-Elect To “Revisit” City’s Vaccine Mandate

The Washington Post reports: Eric Adams, who was just elected the next mayor of New York, is jumping into the hot-button topic of coronavirus vaccine mandates — saying he plans to review the requirements now in place for municipal workers, which have been unpopular among some unions representing the city’s firefighters and police officials. Adams, a Democrat and former police …

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BREAKING: Associated Press Calls NJ For Phil Murphy

ABC News reports: Mew Jersey Gov. Murphy and former member of the state assembly Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee, were swapping leads in early vote totals, but as heavily-Democratic counties processed mail-in ballots Wednesday afternoon, Murphy widened his lead over Ciattarelli. Leading up to the election, Murphy comfortably led in public polling, but the race was still seen as a …

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Minneapolis Mayor Wins Reelection In Second Round

Minneapolis’s CBS News affiliate reports: Incumbent Jacob Frey has been re-elected as mayor of Minneapolis. Minneapolis election officials announced Frey as the winner Wednesday afternoon. According to the Associated Press, Frey secured 56% of the vote, with Kate Knuth getting 44% of the vote. Following the first-round ballot tabulations Tuesday evening, Frey did not have enough votes to be declared …

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Pelosi Adds Paid Family Leave Back To Spending Bill

NBC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that family and medical paid leave is back in the massive social safety net spending package, but its inclusion in the final draft hinges on support from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key centrist. “I have asked the Ways and Means Committee for its legislation for Paid Family and Medical Leave …

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Progressive Michelle Wu Easily Elected Boston Mayor

The Boston Globe reports: Michelle Wu, the 36-year-old daughter of Taiwanese immigrants and a Boston Public Schools mother who pitched a once parochial city on an unabashedly progressive agenda, captured the Boston mayoralty by a wide margin on Tuesday, shattering barriers to mark a new era in one of the nation’s most durable bastions of white male political power. Wu …

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Dem Eric Adams Easily Elected New York City Mayor

New York City’s CBS News affiliate reports: Democrat Eric Adams defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the next mayor. Adams is the current Brooklyn borough president and a former NYPD captain. In his victory speech, Adams promised he will be a leader for all, saying everyone in New York City is on one team, fighting together. He said he wants …

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Schumer: Dems Have Deal On Lower Prescription Prices

The Hill reports: Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal on legislation to lower prescription drug prices to be included in President Biden’s social spending package, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday. The agreement is less far-reaching than earlier Democratic proposals, but still represents progress on an issue the party has campaigned on for years. The agreement would allow …

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De Blasio Files Initial Paperwork Enabling Run For Gov

CBS News reports: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is one step closer to possibly running for Governor of New York. De Blasio filed paperwork with the New York State Board of Elections last week requesting the creation of the New Yorkers for a Fair Future committee. When authorized, it would allow de Blasio to begin fundraising for a …

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Manchin Voices Opposition To Dem Spending Package

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda suffered a significant setback on Monday when moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced he would not yet support a $1.75 trillion framework unveiled late last week. “I won’t support a multi-trillion bill without greater clarity,” Manchin, a holdout who has often served as a critical roadblock to Biden’s agenda, told reporters. He portrayed …

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PA Gov Offers New Vax Incentive: Five Days Paid Leave

Penn Live reports: Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration put a new incentive on the table to encourage state employees to get their COVID-19 vaccination. Even those employees who already received their shots will benefit from it. The 72,000 employees who work under the governor’s jurisdiction are now eligible for up to five days paid leave if they are or become fully …

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Al Franken Rules Out Challenge To Kirsten Gillibrand

Politico Playbook reports:  Since moving to the Upper West Side in New York earlier this year, Al Franken has been sounding out confidantes about primarying his nemesis Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in 2024, multiple sources tell Playbook. The former Senator from Minnesota fueled speculation when he told the New York Times a month ago, “I am keeping my options open,” …

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Biden Receives Communion In Pope’s Archdiocese

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church during Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament, despite the opposition of some conservatives in the U.S. upset with his position on abortion. Biden and his wife, Jill, visited the church that is the main place …

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