From the Tennessean Tennessee U.S. Congress election: Meet Gloria Johnson, candidate for Senate by David Plazas 11 questions for the candidates Why are you running for this office? I’m running because it’s time to shift power back to where it belongs: with working families who want common sense solutions to the issues they face every […]
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Tennessee abortion ban turns into nightmare for one woman
by Laura Clawson A Tennessee woman is the latest example of how, as long as states are allowed to ban abortion, we have to expect horror stories about the results of those bans. Her state’s ban forced Mayron Hollis into carrying a dangerous pregnancy until it turned into such an immediate threat to her health […]
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Standing in solidarity with the Tennessee Three
Last Thursday was a shameful day in the Volunteer State. Just days after six people — three of them only nine years old — were murdered in an elementary school, three Democratic lawmakers joined a group of protesters demanding their legislature act. Rather than listen and engage, the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee House of […]
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Tennessee House speaker who pushed to expel Democrats needs to answer questions about where he lives
A week after Tennessee Republicans expelled two Democrats from the state House for a breach of decorum, wealthy Republicans from around the country will arrive in Tennessee for a Republican National Committee donor retreat. It’s simultaneously a bad look for the party and completely fitting. Republicans jetting in for that should be faced with some […]
Surveys show Biden hit the State of the Union out of the park
Two outlets tracking reactions to Tuesday’s State of the Union address show that President Joe Biden’s speech was received well by roughly seven in 10 Americans while also moving public opinion in his direction. In fact, both outlets found that Biden’s appeal to the country moved the greater public, along with independents and soft partisans […]
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Opinion Two decades after playing ‘spoiler,’ Ralph Nader fights for Democrats
by Dana Milbank For first time in his 88 years, Ralph Nader is campaigning for the Democrats, not against them. The legendary consumer advocate and four-time presidential candidate will never be forgiven by many Democrats for costing Al Gore the presidency in 2000 by playing the spoiler (a label that still infuriates Nader) on the […]
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The Deal
Too many doors!
How Democrats can wipe out the GOP and fix America
by Ryan Cooper via theweek.com With their huge improvements in special elections across the country, it looks increasingly probable that Democrats will win big in the 2018 midterms, and perhaps take control of both Congress and the presidency in 2020. That raises a logical question: In an ideal world, what should they do? American society […]
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No, he never asked us to stop future election interference- by digby
“I wrote about yesterday’s intelligence hearing for Salon this morning: Tuesday’s televised annual Global Threat Hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee seemed like a rare and special event. What used to be considered routine and ordinary in American political life — open hearings with government officials testifying about the issues of the day — felt […]
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