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Havard Law Professor Larry Lessig announced Monday that he would be ending his bid for the Democratic nomination. In a video posted to YouTube, Lessig cited his reasons for ending his campaign, saying: "From the start,...
Democrats hold the majority in both houses of Congress and they hold White House. So how did such an important democratic issue like the eviction moratorium in place since September slip through the Democrats' fingers? Now 15...
One rumored potential VP nominee of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is already garnering some organization opposition. Julian Castro, the current HUD Secretary, is facing a string of criticisms contending he's not VP material. What will come...
A series of deportation raids targeting Central American asylum-seekers led immigrant rights activists and even fellow Democrats to harshly criticize the Obama administration. The Washington Post had already revealed plans by the Department of Homeland Security to...
The tech world has changed every human relationship in the past 20 years, at least. On the positive side, our tech life has allowed us to reconnect with people we knew in High School, in...
During a conference call on Thursday, campaign chairman John Podesta told reporters the time for talking about Sanders would be closer to the first debate in October. That will be: “the moment where those issues and the differences...
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel seems confused about who is actually breaking the law in his city. The mayor's administration and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) are trying to heal from the distrust of the people they...
The mayor of San Marino, California, was?caught on camera throwing dog feces in his neighbor's yard. The incident was caught on tape. The video shows Mayor Dennis Kneier tossing a bag of dog excrement onto...
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    We have our "Democrats Who Disappoint" category for these kind of faux pas. It's not that we aren't loyal to our peeps -- it's just that...well...we have to stay on our toes in our movement...
Representative Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco / San Mateo) introduced the Closing the Pre-Paid Mobile Device Security Act of 2016. The bill, should it become law, would require retailers to obtain and verify personal information from any...
For months, supporters of presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) claimed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz were biased in favor of former Secretary of State and fellow presidential candidate, Hillary...
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A new study has shown that Hillary Clinton's 2016 election campaign contained very little policy content. The article from Vox claims that by concentrating heavily on Trump's personality flaws, the Clinton pitch did not make...
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What if I told you that there was a blogger out there who claimed if you call out Russia's effort to hack our election, as well as the almost daily outrages from Donald Trump's White...
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We do hate reporting on "Democrats who Disappoint," and I know this isn't the biggest news of the day, but there are some things that just can't be left unsaid. // // During a House Judiciary...
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Ken Dunkin is the seven-term Democratic senator in Chicago.  Last week, Obama officially announced his support for Dunkin’s Democratic opponent, Juliana Stratton. Why does the President want this small-time Chicago politician to lose his job? Dunkin...
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Rachel Maddow, like many on the left, is becoming frustrated with the way Democratic congressional candidates?are running their campaigns ahead of midterm elections in November. On Thursday, she?appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers.? From Mediaite: As...
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Despite the presence of a charismatic Democrat in the White House, Republicans have made a lot of gains over the past eight years. In 2009, Democrats had 57 seats in the Senate and 256 seats in...
Hillary Clinton is coming under fire, yet again, for changing her stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In November of 2012, Clinton made a statement on the deal where she affirmed all the prospective changes that would come...
Leave it to that pathetic loser, Anthony Weiner, to mess things up for the campaign of the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. I bet Huma Abedin is kicking herself for not dumping him earlier. The FBI...
I've been single for a long time and sometimes I date, sometimes I don't, but I do keep a dating site profile. I'm an advocate for online dating sites. Though I've met my share of...