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More good news today out of Nevada courtesy of Public Policy Polling’s latest poll:
Health care is a key issue for six out of 10 Nevada voters — who also tend to trust Democrats more on the issue than Republicans — headed into the 2018 election,...
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on Wed Mar 21, 2018 at 07:58 AM PDT
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Some great news today out of Tennessee courtesy of Public Policy Polling’s latest poll:
Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm.
The poll,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Mar 21, 2018 at 07:43 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Georgia House of Representatives Minority Leader Stacey Abrams’ (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign:
Dear Friend,
The May 22 primary election is only 2 months away – and Team Abrams is working around the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 10:17 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Jared Polis’ (D. CO) gubernatorial campaign:
A few hours ago, news broke that Cambridge Analytica — a company that is under investigation for grotesque data practices — helped Republicans in Colorado win key...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 10:00 PM PDT
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Good question:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) has demanded a review of why Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance never prosecuted Harvey Weinstein despite possessing evidence that he sexually assaulted model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez in 2015.
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 04:14 PM PDT
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The latest news out of Florida courtesy of Gravis Marketing’s latest poll:
The third 2018 Florida tracking poll has been released by Gravis Marketing. Donald Trump’s favorability rating in Florida remains underwater at 41%-48% and essentially...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 11:53 AM PDT
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Yep:
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) asked Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) this week to hold a hearing and request documents from voter-profiling firm Cambridge Analytica following reports that the company...
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 08:45 AM PDT
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The latest news out of Ohio today:
Democrat Sherrod Brown holds comfortable leads over leading Republican candidates in his bid to represent Ohio for a third term in the U.S. Senate, new statewide polling from Baldwin Wallace University shows.
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by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 08:28 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:
Jacky Rosen is my kind of candidate: tireless and unafraid. She's willing to put everything on the line to renew our...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 05:27 PM PDT
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Wow:
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) once said that same-sex marriage would lead to “polymorphism” and an onslaught of people “marrying everyone in California with AIDS” to obtain health benefits for them.
In a YouTube video apparently...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 04:46 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Attorney General Janet Mills’ (D. ME) gubernatorial campaign:
Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific process based on the repugnant idea that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender is a disease that...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 03:56 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Marie Newman’s (D. IL-03) congressional campaign:
There is an extremely important primary on Tuesday for a key Congressional district in Illinois -- and we need your help to...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 12:46 PM PDT
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Big news today out of Michigan:
The United Auto Workers union endorsed on Monday former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, putting most unions and establishments groups behind the former...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 10:18 AM PDT
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The latest news out of New York regarding both the Governor and U.S. Senate race courtesy of Siena College’s latest poll. First, the Governor’s race:
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s favorability rating held steady, though his job performance and re-elect...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 19, 2018 at 09:01 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign:
This is not good.
A large block of House Republicans are insisting all federal funding for Planned Parenthood be cut off.
Their demands couldn’t come at a...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Mar 18, 2018 at 05:33 PM PDT
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Some good news today courtesy of NBC News/Wall Street Journal’s latest poll:
Democrats enjoy a 10-point advantage over Republicans in congressional preference for the 2018 midterm elections, even as President Donald Trump's job approval rating has...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Mar 18, 2018 at 10:36 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World:
In just two weeks, congressional candidates face one of the most critical deadlines of the election cycle. The first FEC quarterly fundraising deadline of...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sat Mar 17, 2018 at 11:50 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chairman, Richard Corday (D. OH), on behalf of his gubernatorial campaign:
Ohio has been fighting so called “right-to-work” measures for a long time. How long? The Ohio...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sat Mar 17, 2018 at 11:32 PM PDT
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Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) killed it tonight on Real Time with Bill Maher. O’Rourke emphasized his top issues in his campaign are jobs, health care (he backs Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All bill), immigration, the environment and of course marijuana...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Mar 16, 2018 at 11:27 PM PDT
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From TPM:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Thursday morning called on the CIA to release documents related to CIA director nominee Gina Haspel’s involvement in the agency’s torture program.
“As we move forward with the nomination...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Mar 15, 2018 at 11:10 AM PDT
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