Tag Archives: Democrats

Biden Launches Anti-MAGA Digital Response Team

Politico reports: The Biden campaign is entering the chat. And then reentering it again and again. The president’s reelection team is formally launching its campaign war room on social media Wednesday. With the handle Biden HQ, it will serve as a rapid response operation aimed at reaching voters by pumping out content — lots of content. Aides involved in it …

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Carter’s 99th Birthday Party Moved Up Over Shutdown

The Messenger reports: Former President Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday celebration at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum will now be on Saturday instead of Sunday to prevent cancellation if the museum has to close because of a government shutdown. “We want to make sure we are celebrating regardless of what Congress does,” Tony Clark, the site’s public affairs director, …

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TODAY: Menendez And His Wife To Appear In Court

Reuters reports: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessman, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats escalated. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan last week accused Menendez, 69, and his wife of accepting gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in …

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Biden Joins Striking MI Autoworkers On Picket Line

CNN reports: President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined members of the United Auto Workers in Michigan on the picket line, a historic moment for a modern president that comes amid a tense reelection race against a familiar foe. Biden, wearing a UAW hat, spoke into a bullhorn to the workers on the picket line recounting that “the fact of the …

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Fourth Dem Senator Calls For Menendez’s Resignation

Axios reports: Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday became the fourth Democratic senator to call for Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) resignation after his federal indictment on bribery charges last week. Menendez has defied growing calls to resign from lawmakers, including a number of House Democrats and leading New Jersey Democrats. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) both …

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Third Dem Senator Calls On Menendez To Resign

Axios reports: Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on Monday became the third Democratic senator to call for Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) resignation following his federal indictment on bribery charges. Menendez has defied growing calls to resign from lawmakers, including a number of House Democrats and leading New Jersey Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Saturday called for the embattled New Jersey …

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Second Dem Senator Calls For Menendez To Resign

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Monday joined calls for the resignation of his Democratic U.S. Senate colleague Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who has been indicted on bribery charges that allege he used his post on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for personal gain. “Senator Menendez has broken the public trust and should resign from …

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Fetterman Says He Plans To Return Menendez’ $5000 2020 Donation “In Envelopes Stuffed With $100 Bills”

The Messenger reports: John Fetterman, the first senator to call on Bob Menendez to resign, plans to give back the $5,000 that the embattled New Jersey Democratic senator gave the Pennsylvania Democrat’s Senate campaign in 2022. And Fetterman wants to do it in envelopes full of hundred-dollar bills. “We are in process of returning the money,” said Joe Calvello, a …

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Bob Menendez: I Will Not Resign, I Will Be Exonerated

Reuters reports: Senator Bob Menendez on Monday denied wrongdoing and vowed to stay in Congress on Monday after prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez’s stance defied calls from elected officials in his state of New Jersey, including the state’s Democratic governor, to step down. “I firmly believe that when all the …

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Newsom Signs New Protections For LGBTQ Youth

NBC News reports: The new laws include legislation that focuses on support for LGBTQ youth. One law sets timelines for required cultural competency training for public school teachers and staff, while another creates an advisory task force to determine the needs of LGBTQ students and help advance supportive initiatives. A third requires families to show that they can and are …

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Dem Senators To Move First On Stopgap Funding Bill

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is ramping up the pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to avoid a government shutdown by moving first on a stopgap funding bill that will pass the Senate this week, a few days before the Sept. 30 deadline. The Senate’s plan is to send the bill to the House and put …

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Rep. Dean Phillips Floats Primary Challenge To Biden

Playbook reports: Rep. Dean Phillips is edging closer to challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. “I am thinking about it. I haven’t ruled it out,” the three-term congressman from Minnesota said Friday — before the latest round of bad polling news for Biden — in an interview with political strategist STEVE SCHMIDT for an episode of …

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Manchin Again Teases Third Party Presidential Bid

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin teased a potential third-party presidential run, threatening to throw the 2024 race into question by campaigning as an independent, while speaking at the closing remarks for the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival. Manchin also didn’t deny plans to run for reelection as a Democratic senator for West Virginia. Tribune co-founder Evan Smith attempted …

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Jimmy Carter Makes Appearance At GA Peanut Festival

The Associated Press reports: Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Saturday made a surprise appearance at the Plains Peanut Festival in their Georgia hometown, the Carter Center wrote in a social media post on X. The former president is 98 and has been in home hospice care since February. He turns 99 on Oct. 4. The former …

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Buttigieg Urges GOP To Live Up To Their Funding Deal

“The American people don’t want a shutdown. From what I can tell, the Senate is ready to go. The administration is ready to go. House Republicans need to come to their senses and keep the government running. Look, Speaker McCarthy and the President made a deal. They made a deal earlier this summer. And by the way, it wasn’t an …

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Biden Gets Updated COVID Vaccine And Flu Shot

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday. The White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo that Biden received both shots on Friday. O’Connor said Biden, 80, also was vaccinated several weeks ago against the respiratory illness known as RSV. “As we enter …

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Top NJ Dems And House Reps To Menendez: Resign

Axios reports: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said Friday he won’t resign from the Senate despite mounting calls from fellow Democrats for him to do so over an indictment on bribery charges. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and State Democratic Party Chair LeRoy Jones all called for Menendez to resign. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), the top …

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Biden To Join Striking MI Autoworkers On Picket Line

The New York Times reports: President Biden announced that he would travel to Michigan on Tuesday to “join the picket line” with members of the United Automobile Workers who are on strike against the nation’s leading automakers, in one of the most significant displays of presidential support for striking workers in decades. The trip is set to come a day …

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Dem New Jersey Gov Calls On Menendez To Resign

Via press release from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy: The allegations in the indictment against Senator Menendez and four other defendants are deeply disturbing These are serious charges that implicate national security and the integrity of our criminal justice system. Under our legal system, Senator Menendez and the other defendants have not been found guilty and will have the ability …

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Menendez Steps Down As Senate Committee Chairman

USA Today reports: Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is stepping down from his position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted Friday and charged with corruption for the second time in 10 years. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement Friday that Menendez has decided to temporarily step down from his position as chair …

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