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Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Mag on disenfranchisement of former felons Also: MO Supremes approve abortion rights ballot measure Listener mail and more... I must try and keep today's BradCast summary short to finish up in time to watch tonight's...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 10, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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A new poll today says Harris is leading by THREE! POINTS! in North Carolina. That got me to thinking about what combination of states she needs if she gets NC, and then what if she doesn’t get NC but gets either PA or GA. Start with the map of the...
by Dan K
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on Mon Sep 09, 2024 at 04:53 PM PDT
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So we read of a new PAC Hailey Voters 4 Harris. The claim is there are more than 4 million of them and they don't like Trump. Question is who will they vote for and where do they live. I decided to look at Texas. In the Republican primary in Texas...
by Wahld Bill
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on Mon Sep 09, 2024 at 04:03 PM PDT
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A federal trial began Monday over claims that supporters of former President Donald Trump � threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris bus � in Texas four years ago, disrupting the campaign on the last ...
by Associated Press
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(This is a companion piece to yesterday’s diary, Just the Facts, Ma'am: Canvass Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, NV, OH, PA, TX & WI) I’ve broken up my weekend wrapup of the prior week’s canvassing by Hope Springs from Field PAC [website]...
by snowbored
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on Sun Sep 08, 2024 at 09:18 AM PDT
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By Nic Garcia , The Texas Tribune This story was first published by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy,
by Texas Tribune
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on Fri Sep 06, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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“We had one task: get to 10 Millions Doors. Tell me we did it?” This was a text i got from one of our Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] organizers last Sunday. Way before i actually knew the answer. Impatient much? And as much as i emphasized that...
by snowbored
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on Sat Sep 07, 2024 at 09:36 AM PDT
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If Harris could capture just one of the two states, it’s game over. And with leaners, it’s even closer: Too bad Ohio seems out of reach for Harris, but at least Brown is holding up there.
by Prairiecrat
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on Fri Sep 06, 2024 at 06:27 AM PDT
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In the excitement about MVP Harris I feel that another important goal has been lost. We’re falling for the same trap we always do in a Presidential year — we focus so heavily on the race for the highest office that we lose sight of the fact that...
by bilboteach
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on Tue Sep 10, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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Saw this on Reddit. But they linked to X. So here’s the news from the source. Apparently there’s a “Find Out PAC” that’s targeting Texas Supreme Court justices this fall. They did a poll of likely voters in July, just around when Biden was dropping...
by The Janitor
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on Wed Sep 04, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
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Democrats are working hard to get out the vote. From Vice President Kamala Harris visiting rural Georgia , to Gov. Tim Walz hyping up a union crowd in Milwaukee, to 34,000 Taylor Swift fans joining ...
by Lisa Needham
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on Sun Sep 08, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Sep 03, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Pol junkies and prez historians largely agree that Richard Nixon’s 1960 pledge to campaign in all 50 states was among the stupidest mistakes any presidential campaign has made. Using limited time, money, and personnel to show the flag in electorally...
by Crashing Vor
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on Fri Sep 06, 2024 at 09:15 AM PDT
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[This is our final monthly report; you can read the March report here, the April report here, the May report here, the June report here and the July report here.] Last year, after the Ohio Abortion Amendment success (and taking a month to recharge), i...
by snowbored
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During the nineteenth century the United States aggressively pursued a policy of manifest destiny to expand between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. By 1874, the coast-to-coast expansion was complete, but conflicts with many Indian nations...
by Ojibwa
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Back in 2015, before he turned�Trump sycophant and boot-licker out of fear, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham warned in a CNN interview : “If Donald Trump is the nominee, that’s the end of the ...
by Charles Jay
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on Thu Sep 05, 2024 at 05:45 AM PDT
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(This is a companion piece to yesterday’s diary, Just the Facts, Man: Canvass Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, NV, OH, PA, TX & WI) I’ve broken up my weekend wrapup of the prior week’s canvassing by Hope Springs from Field PAC [website]...
by snowbored
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on Sun Sep 01, 2024 at 11:02 AM PDT
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Can you believe it’s only been a week since the convention? It feels like so much has changed since it ended. Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers continued our explosive growth since Kamala Harris announced her entry in the race. In these...
by snowbored
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on Sat Aug 31, 2024 at 09:42 AM PDT
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By Matthew Choi �for�The Texas Tribune �� Amanda Zurawski didn’t want to go into politics. She wanted a baby girl. Her name would have been Willow. But when Zurwaski was 18 weeks pregnant, her ...
by Texas Tribune
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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump’s Arlington stunt should be a campaign-ending disgrace And yet … Another day, another recording of JD Vance being weird about kids You...
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