Morning Digest: North Dakota GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer may yet challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The incompetent WH under siege
The reason this double scandal (spousal abuse, security clearance) is such a big deal is that it highlights the incompetence of the principal in the Oval Office, the need for the WH staff to protect him (you can’t highlight abuse …
Someone In The White House Leaked Trump’s Secret Plan To Divide The Country With Racism
A White House aide leaked to the press that Trump’s real plan for 2018 is to exploit cultural issues to fire up Republican voters ahead of the midterms by dividing the country with racism. Axios reported: A source close to …
Nancy Pelosi Raised Almost $50 Million For Democrats Last Year
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues to be a powerful fundraising figure for the Democratic Party. According to POLITICO, Pelosi raised nearly $50 million during 2017. Out of the $49.5 million total, $47.6 million went to the Democratic Congressional Campaign …
Barack and Michelle Obama official portraits unveiled
The official portraits for former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled on Monday (February 12) at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Video:
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White House Says It’s “Looking Forward” To Releasing Dem Memo Once They “Clean It Up”
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters on Monday that the Trump administration looks “forward to releasing” the Democratic rebuttal to the Republican memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of running a corrupt investigation on Russia — …
A Citizenship Question on the Census May Be Bad for Your Health
If the 2020 census asks whether respondents are citizens, policy experts worry that noncitizens won’t answer, to the detriment of public health.…
America Doubles Over In Laughter As Mike Pence Says There Is Zero Tolerance For Domestic Violence In The White House
Vice President Mike Pence claimed that there is no place in the White House for domestic abuse, while he is working for a president who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault. Video: As he works for …
Bernie Sanders Explodes After Trump Proposes Massive Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Disability
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, exploded with rage after Trump released a budget that slashes trillions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security disability after he gave a massive tax cut to …