Audrey Conklin 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren introduced a plan Thursday to expand Social Security benefits by $200 per month by taxing the rich. The proposal, published on Medium, will also increase Social Security benefits “for lower-income families, women, people with disabilities, public-sector workers and people of color.” The added benefits would cost the country…
Mary Margaret Olohan Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested Friday that babies can be aborted up until they draw their first breath. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor spoke with “The Breakfast Club” on Friday morning about his comprehensive Douglass Plan, his thoughts on whether America is ready for a gay president, and whether black voters should vote…
Shelby Talcott 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he supports abortion, in part, as a way to curb human population in light of climate change. A member of the audience asked the Vermont senator about human population growth during CNN’s climate town hall Wednesday. She specifically asked Sanders whether he would support measures to curb that…
Chris White – CNN’s seven-hour climate town hall allowed ten of the top Democratic presidential candidates to flesh out their positions on climate change, with two of the front-runners expressing support for the Green New Deal. – Mayor Peter Buttigieg suggested the Democrat’s fight against climate change could be more challenging than even World War…
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders snapped at a crying infant while answering a question during a presidential campaign stop, Wednesday. “If we could keep that down a little bit,” Sanders tersely demanded in response to the crying infant. The video clip of the incident was posted to Twitter by Benny Johnson, the Chief Creative Officer of…
Ten Democratic presidential candidates will square off in New York on Wednesday, fielding questions as part of a seven-hour telecast (yes, seven hours) that CNN is billing as an “unprecedented prime-time event focused on the climate crisis.” Though questions will come from members of the audience, CNN’s description of the event offers some indication of…
The average voter wants to stand with a winner. To be part of a successful movement and tribe. Participation isn’t (as democracy acolytes would often like to pretend) some kind of expression of collective values arrived at through society’s sober reflection of a candidate’s positions and character. Not only is Donald Trump president after defeating…
Gabbard has shot past the 130,000 donor threshold, and as of Aug. 11, she was sitting at 159,514 individual donors. But that only took care of one-half of the qualification criteria for the next two debates…
Joe Biden has had a tough time in the polls recently. When he first announced his campaign, he was thought to be the clear favorite. Even then, he angered progressives with his relatively conservative stance on healthcare: opposing dismantling Obamacare and instead favoring a public option. Even more sickening to left-leaning Democrats is the fact…
Democrat Presidential Hopeful Elizabeth Warren recently updated her Twitter account bio to include her preferred gender pronouns: She/Her. Just a few years ago, this would mean nothing, but this move is presently being touted as a nod to the transgender community. Already, members of the Lesbian and Bi community are noticing the gesture, and not all of…