Early on election night 2016, I swiped a hot pink “Women for Trump” poster from the Midtown hotel where the reality TV star was scheduled to accept a magnificent, national-stage humbling. Almost everyone agreed a trouncing was coming, including, reportedly, Kellyanne Conway. The first woman to lead a major-party campaign, …
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The first night of the debate in Detroit turned conventional Democratic political dynamics on their ear. In the normal state of affairs, politicians calling for modest course corrections are given the presumption of virtuousness on the public stage, while candidates calling for transformation are forced to make the difficult case …
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The first Democratic Party primary season debates will be held this week. Because there are two debates, it will require an unusual set of official Rolling Stone drinking game rules, listed below. We thought 17 candidates was a lot last time. Now it’s 23. Or is it 24? By 2024 …
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The Democratic presidential field continues to grow as former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak threw his hat in the ring on Sunday. The 67-year-old Sestak served two terms in the House, is a retired Navy admiral, and lost twice while trying to reach the Senate. In a video on his website …
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WASHINGTON — Almost six years ago, Elizabeth Warren introduced her first standalone bill as a U.S. senator. The premise was both clever and simple: students could borrow money for their educations at the same interest rate that banks received from the Federal Reserve. At the time, the rate for a …
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