Steve Scanlon, who’s in Cleveland from Connecticut for the RNC, says he keeps Mace with him in case anyone tries to steal or destroy his pro-Trump merchandise. HG “Why Trump?” I ask the man selling “Make America Great Again” hats in downtown Cleveland. “Well, I wasn’t gonna do Hillary,” he says flatly. What about Cruz […]
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Hello, Cleveland! We’re on the Ground at the RNC.
We’ll be slogging all week from Cleveland. HG We arrived in Cleveland last night and tried to get the lay of the land. What we found: Lots of journalists, lots of cops, and not much else. Before we landed, a largely peaceful march wound through downtown. Some protesters said they were met with roughness from […]
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“The Double Standard of the Side Hustle”
We don’t often consider “Uber drivers skirting the law—making, for instance, illegal airport runs—to be ‘hustling,’” writes The Washington Post‘s Emily Badger. But other types of similar activities have been “heavily criminalized.” Jeramey Lende/Shutterstock Consider the parallels between the much-celebrated “sharing economy” and black men selling loose cigarettes and CDs—and how differently we treat them. […]
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions
Finally: Some good news. a katz/Shutterstock In the most important abortion case since the 1990s, the United States Supreme Court has sided with women. In a 5-3 decision, the court ruled today that severe regulations that have forced some abortion clinics in Texas to close are unconstitutional. Specifically, the court looked at two rules, one […]
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House Democrats are Holding a Sit-In About Gun Violence
My colleagues & I have had enough. We are sitting-in on the House Floor until we get a vote to address gun violence. https://t.co/rTqrPifuUz— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016 “We are calling on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the House floor,” Georgia Representative John Lewis said […]
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Eight Days After Orlando Shooting, Senate Rejects Gun Restrictions
A new poll shows 92 percent of people support expanded background checks, but the Senate just rejected two background check bills. AEDKA STUDIO/Shutterstock Pressured by last week’s Democrat-led filibuster for gun control, the U.S. Senate held votes today on rival plans—two bills supported by Republicans, two by Democrats—for expanding background checks and restricting access to […]
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Watch the Powerful End to Democrats’ Filibuster for Gun Control
Nearly 15 hours after he first took the floor, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy delivered his most powerful lines of the day. Standing next to a poster-sized photo of Dylan Hockley, a 6-year-old boy killed at Sandy Hook, Murphy described how police had found the boy wrapped in the arms of the aide who helped him […]
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Mother of Man Missing in Orlando: “Please, Can We Do Something with the Assault Weapons so That We Can Stop This”
In the crushing ABC interview below, the mother of a man who was inside Pulse Orlando during this morning’s mass shooting describes waiting to hear whether her son is OK. Christine Leinonen says she heard from a friend of her son, Christopher Leinonen, that Christopher’s boyfriend “had multiple gunshots and was being taken by the […]
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Associated Press Responds to Criticism Over Calling the Nomination for Clinton: “We Counted”
Still in it. Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock Last night, the Associated Press called the Democratic nomination for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders supporters were outraged. You’ve probably already read plenty of stories about what this all means. Here’s another take on how this happened, this one from AP senior vice president and executive editor Kathleen Carroll: “We counted.” […]
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Bernie Sanders Supporter Robert Reich: “Work Like Hell” for Hillary Clinton if She Gets the Nomination
Will Bernie Sanders supporters be willing to “work like hell” for Hillary Clinton? Alex Garland Former labor secretary and prominent Bernie Sanders supporter Robert Reich has a message for die-hard Berners: If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, “I urge you to work like hell for her.” Not everyone is on board. “Yes to the […]
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Bernie Sanders’ Supporters: Are They In a State of Happy Denial?
“Who’s ready for a little political revolution?!?” Monte Jarvis, the Oregon state director for the Bernie Sanders campaign, is standing before a small crowd of volunteers and staffers. It’s the morning of the Oregon primary, and young people in jean jackets and Bernie T-shirts have gathered in a squat storefront on a busy street in […]
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Is Portland Berning?
Sanders Supporters in Oregon, Not Ready to Face Political Mortality, Hand Their Candidate a Win
Sanders Supporters in Oregon, Not Ready to Face Political Mortality, Hand Their Candidate a Win