Tag Archives: Democrats

TX Dems Plan To Leave State To Block Suppression Bill

The New York Times reports: Democrats in the Texas Legislature are making plans to flee the state on Monday ahead of expected votes on new voting laws, and head to Washington to spotlight what they say is a crippling Republican assault on the ability to cast a ballot. The group had arranged for a pair of chartered flights from Austin …

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Biden Backs Protesters: “We Stand With Cuban People”

CNBC reports: “We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba’s authoritarian regime,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Monday. “The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. …

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Harris Unveils $25M DNC Get Out The Vote Project

Axios reports: Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday that the Democratic National Committee will invest an additional $25 million to expand its voter access initiatives ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. According to the DNC, the $25 million investment will go to efforts aimed at registering millions of new voters, assembling a voter protection team to use the courts to …

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Adams Holds Narrow Lead In Latest NYC Mayoral Tally

The New York Daily News reports: Eric Adams appeared on the brink of winning the city’s Democratic mayoral race on Tuesday after a pivotal release of absentee ballot results placed him at the top of the pack by a razor-thin margin over Kathryn Garcia. The Brooklyn borough president led Garcia by just 8,426 ballots after more than 120,000 newly counted …

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Home Of Dem AL State Senator Sprayed With Gunshots

Alabama News Network reports: Mobile Police are investigating after about two dozen gunshots were fired into the house of State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile), who wasn’t home at the time. Mobile police say the shooting happened around 5 a.m. Thursday. Mobile police spokesman Lt. Christopher Levy says no one was home and no injuries reported. Levy says the incident …

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Alvin Bragg Set To Become Manhattan District Attorney

The New York Times reports: Alvin Bragg, a career prosecutor with experience taking on white-collar crime and corruption, is poised to become Manhattan’s next district attorney, a job that will include overseeing the most prominent and contentious criminal case in the United States: the prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump’s family business. Given the overwhelming edge Democrats hold in …

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Dem NJ Gov Appoints State’s First Openly Gay AG

PBS reports: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that Andrew Bruck would be appointed acting attorney general for the remainder of Murphy’s term. Bruck, who is first assistant attorney general, has been part of the office’s executive leadership since outgoing Attorney General Gurbir Grewal was confirmed in January 2018. The announcement comes one day after the Securities and Exchange …

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Progressive Charles Booker To Challenge Rand Paul

Axios reports: Former Kentucky state representative Charles Booker announced Thursday he will run to challenge incumbent Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his seat in 2022. Booker became a rising star in Kentucky politics last year when he ran as a progressive in the race to challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He narrowly lost a primary to Democrat Amy McGrath, …

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Nonprofit That Created Ranked Choice Software Used By NYC Says BOE Ignored Their Offer To Help Tabulate

Gothamist reports: The head of the non-profit, non-partisan group that created the software used by the city Board of Elections to carry out the ranked-choice voting tabulation process said offers to help with a smooth ranked-choice counting process were ignored. The BOE’s first tabulation of in-person votes (including early voting and on Primary Day) led to sheer chaos on Tuesday …

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Adams Holds Very Slim Lead In NYC Mayoral Primary

The New York Daily News reports: It’s all about the absentees. Eric Adams’ lead in the city’s Democratic mayoral race shrunk drastically after ranked-choice tabulations were released Tuesday — with Kathryn Garcia trailing him by less than 16,000 votes, meaning the winner will be determined by scores of yet-to-be-counted absentee ballots. After 11 rounds of ranked-choice counting, Adams, Brooklyn’s borough …

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Former Democratic Sen. Mike Gravel Dies At Age 91

The Guardian reports: Mike Gravel, a former US senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died. He was 91. Gravel, who represented Alaska as a Democrat from 1969 to 1981, died on Saturday, according to his daughter, Lynne Mosier. Gravel had been …

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Yang Files Preemptive Suit On NYC Absentee Ballots

The City reports: Andrew Yang’s supposedly defunct mayoral campaign served competitors papers in a preemptive lawsuit filed ahead of the city’s counting of ranked choice votes — charging on even after conceding the race Tuesday. Pre-emptive suits can preserve a campaign’s right to correct any errors in election returns so that a judge can step in if necessary. Going to …

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Biden Announces Deal On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

The Wall Street Journal reports: President Biden and a group of centrist senators agreed to a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan, securing a long-sought bipartisan deal on overhauling the nation’s transportation, water and broadband infrastructure that lawmakers and the White House will now attempt to shepherd through a closely-divided Capitol Hill. “We had a really good meeting and to answer …

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Adams: “I’m The Face Of The New Democratic Party”

ABC News reports: “I am the face of the new Democratic Party,” Adams stated Thursday. “Look at me, and you’re seeing the future of the Democratic Party,” he added in his remarks, footage of which was shared on Twitter by local news station NY1. “If the Democratic Party fails to recognize what he did here in New York, then they’re …

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Jesse Jackson Arrested At Manchin/Filibuster Protest

Religion News Service reports: The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Poor People’s Campaign co-chair the Rev. William Barber II were among several civil rights and religious activists arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Senate on Wednesday (June 23), where demonstrators demanded West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and other lawmakers abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. As police began …

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California Officials Confirm Newsom Recall Election

CNN reports: California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a recall election, marking just the second time in state history that a special election will be held to recall a sitting governor. State officials confirmed Wednesday that a recall election will proceed after just 43 people withdrew their signatures from petitions to recall the governor during a 30-day window required …

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Dem Louisiana Gov Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill: It’s A “Solution In Search Of A Problem That Does Not Exist”

The Baton Rouge Advocate reports: Gov. John Bel Edwards today vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender girls and women from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, calling the proposal discriminatory and a “solution in search of a problem that does not exist in Louisiana.” Senate Bill 156, sponsored by Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, would have required …

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Former DNC Chair Tom Perez Launches Bid For MD Gov

NBC News reports: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is running for governor of his home state of Maryland, where the outgoing Republican governor has proven immensely popular despite the state’s heavy Democratic tilt. Perez led the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and then served as labor secretary under President Barack Obama. He was elected to …

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10 Arrested At Protest Outside Sinema’s AZ Office

Phoenix’s CBS News affiliate reports: Ten people were arrested Tuesday during a protest outside the Phoenix office of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. The demonstration came the day after the Democratic Senator voiced her support of the “filibuster,” a Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass most bills. Those who oppose the filibuster say lawmakers use it to block legislation. Protesters …

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Adams Leads NYC Dem Mayoral Primary, Yang Concedes

The New York Post reports: Eric Adams commanded a formidable 10-point lead of the first-choice votes in New York City’s hotly contested Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday. Late returns showed the Brooklyn borough president well ahead of the pack — but it will be a couple of weeks before a winner can actually be declared. The first round of the Democratic …

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