News Release Category: US Elections
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“Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.”
“With a presidential campaign ramping up, Biden has an incentive to emphasize relief and openness in Yemen; the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis — including rolling out the red carpet for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, and ongoing weapons sales — goes against the president’s claims to embrace human rights as…
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Some of What Biden Could do Without Manchin
While many are focusing on what Sen. Joe Machin is or is not allowing to pass the Senate, the American Prospect continues to update what President Biden can do on his own. See the Executive Action Tracker, which finds that: Out of 77 actions Biden could take without Congressional mandate identified by Prospect, there are…
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Israel Lobby Helped Shontel Brown Defeat Nina Turner
Brown notes that in March Shontel Brown “tweeted her thanks to the pro-Israel organization for its endorsement, noting that ‘the US and Israel have a solid and unbreakable bond with shared democratic values and common interests.’ … “Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch have stated this year that Israel commits the crime…
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Mike Gravel’s Challenge to Militarism and Push for Real Democracy
Sen. Mike Gravel, best known for having risked censure and expulsion from the Senate by reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record exactly 50 years ago on Tuesday, died on Saturday at the age of 91.
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New Look at Why the Democrats Did So Poorly in the Congressional Races: Their Highly Touted Fundraising Advantage Turned Out to Be a Fable
“In American politics you get mostly what affluent people pay for — which goes a long way toward explaining why stimulus programs for ordinary people, but not Wall Street, are so controversial.”
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Biden Continuing Trump’s Targeting of Venezuela
AP reports: “Carlos Vecchio, [Trump-backed opposition leader Juan] Guaidó’s envoy in Washington who the U.S. recognizes as Venezuela’s ambassador, tweeted photos of himself at Biden’s inauguration. The invitation to attend was touted by Venezuela’s opposition as evidence the Biden administration will continue its strong support and resist entreaties by Maduro for dialogue that the U.S.…
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Will Biden Continue Bombings?
As thousands of troops were deployed to Washington, D.C. during Joe Biden’s inauguration, Rev. Silvester Beaman gave the benediction, saying: “We will make friends of our enemies. We will make friends of our enemies.
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Leading Big Tech Lawyer May Head Biden Antitrust
“Hesse’s past work defending Google and enabling Amazon’s acquisitions create irresolvable conflicts of interest that must disqualify her from serving in a Biden administration’s DOJ antitrust division or Federal Trade Commission.”
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Threats of Impeachment, Wagging the Dog as Pompeo and Facebook Join in Targeting Iran
“Boyle argues for impeachment as an immediate remedy to address ‘the seditious storming of the Capitol’ as well as to prevent Trump from ‘further illegal activities, like attacking Iran.'”
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Abolish the Electoral College?
“The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would ‘guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.'”