Jeff Sessions Wants Back in the US Senate
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A seat in the US Senate, representing Alabama, will be up for grabs in 2020. The Democratic candidate will almost certainly be the...
A Squeaker of a Vote in Colorado on Sports Betting & Water Projects
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Several elections and referenda took place around the United States on Tuesday, November 5. One that provided a surprising amount of the night's...
Financing Single-Payer Health Care
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D - Mass), considered by some to be the front-runner for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, recently set...
Beto O’Rourke Bows Out of Presidential Race
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Beto O'Rourke first acquired a national reputation when he gave Senator Ted Cruz (R - Texas) a scare in Cruz' 2018 Senatorial reelection...
Donald Trump and the “Chaos Trades”
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A theory about recent stock futures activity is spreading around the US that suggests a conspiracy involving President Donald Trump. It has become...
Rep. Tim Ryan Drops out of Race for President
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Tim Ryan, the Congressman who represents the 17th district, Ohio, announced on Thursday, October 24, that he is ending his campaign for the...
Corey Lewandowski Teasing a Senate Campaign
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Corey Lewandowski, who was the campaign manager for Donald Trump through 2015 and the first half of 2016, has said that he is...
Senator Romney (R – Utah) Increasingly at Odds with POTUS
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In recent weeks Mitt Romney, a rookie Senator (elected from Utah in 2018) but long a prominent Republican and in 2012 that party's...
Latest Candidates’ Debate Turns to Antitrust Law
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On Tuesday, October 15, the leading twelve candidates for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States met on a stage...
Appropriations Committee Chair to Retire, Part II
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Last week, Nita Lowey announced she would not run for re-election next year. This puts in play the seat in the US House...
