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'I'm not a biologist'

Mainstream media analysis of the first night of the first Democratic Party presidential primary debate agreed across-the-board that the party has shifted so far to the left that it is unrecognizable from the party it was in the 1990s.

'This is truly a revolutionary proposal'

He's not wrong. Perhaps the media is too preoccupied with the monster they have created. Perhaps the staff of many media outlets are aligned with the freshest faces in Congress. You know, the socialist, anti-Semitic ones. But you know the world is com

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke has announced his candidacy for president of the United States in 2020, laying out his agenda in a bid to become the Democratic Party's nominee. What are the details? O'Rourke had been expected to jump in

The field of Democrats seeking the party's nomination for president in 2020 is one of the largest the party has seen, but for Iowa's most likely caucus attendees, two names stand above the rest: former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sand

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) warned the Democratic Party establishment Friday that supporters of the socialist Green New Deal are now "in charge."

Democrat 2020 candidate, hoping to unseat Trump, threatens to renew talk of her own missteps on this issue

The Democrats may be denying that Green New Deal white papers lamentations about cow farts, but Cory Booker (D-NJ) is being very, very open about embracing one of its key points. The pope wants to use the power of government to coerce farmers into abandoning animal populations in favor of

In what its supporters have claimed is "visionary," the congressional media darling, Alexandria Occasio-Cortez (AOC) has released her short-awaited Green New Deal , and she has called for nothing short of destruction of life as we have known it: R

Sen. Kamala Harris' 2020 campaign platform includes a monthly tax credit for middle-class families, a Medicare-for-all healthcare system, pursuing a reduction in mortality rates and changes in immigration and bail overhauls to reduce the federal priso

California Senator Kamala Harris announced that she was running for President on Monday morning, joined a rapidly-expanding Democratic field of candidates that includes Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Hawaii

The Star Tribune, Minnesota's largest newspaper, has filed a lawsuit seeking to unseal the divorce records of Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison.

Peter Hasson on September 19, 2018 DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison's ex-girlfriend published a medical document showing she told her doctor in 2017 about "emotional and physical abuse" from Ellison The [...] The post 'Emotional And Physical

California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom doubled down on claims he made earlier this month that he'd turn California into a single-payer healthcare state, telling the Pod Save America podcast that he plans on expanding Medicare to cover every C

The Democratic Party's socialist wunderkind has some explaining to do.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will announce a plan for the federal government to guarantee a job paying $15 an hour and health-care benefits to every American worker “who wants or needs one,” embracing the kind of large-scale government works project that Democrats have shied away from in recent

A wealthy Democratic donor club plotting the future of the liberal movement hopes to be fighting for reparations by 2022.

The Trump administration is taking aim at Medicaid yet again, specifically with lifetime coverage limits, according to a McClatchy report Monday evening. Just weeks after unveiling guidance that will allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements, Trum

Political debate requires understanding how persuasive — or unpersuasive — arguments are and will prove over time. I'm surprised that Democr...