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Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, left, and Kamala Harris of California have reportedly said they back reparations for black Americans affected by the legacy of slavery. (Associated Press) Two leading Democratic presidential candidates — U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — have reportedly said they support reparations for black Americans affected by slavery, reflecting a shift in the importance of race and identity issues within the party….

Sasha Issenberg is the author of several books, including The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. AUSTIN, Texas—With rain hammering outside, Zack Malitz stood in a warehouse space lit by strands of bistro lights and began to reveal the campaign strategy of Beto O’Rourke in exacting detail. Malitz, who was the field director of O’Rourke’s Senate campaign, is a tall 30-year-old with thick glasses and a haircut that…

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Video Jussie Smollett diverts valuable resources away from law enforcement in Chicago Insight from Tio Hardiman, CEO of Violence Interrupters, and Fox News contributor Mark Fuhrman, former LAPD detective. MSNBC finally got around to covering the scandal surrounding “Empire” star Jussie Smollett and allowed a guest to float a theory that Trump-supporting cops are lying about the case. MSNBC completely skipped the Smollett news during primetime on Wednesday night, which was first…

The North Carolina Board of Elections voted unanimously to hold a new election in the state’s 9th District after overwhelming evidence of vote tampering. Prior to the board’s decision, Republican Mark Harris, the declared winner in the race who had been fighting for his election to be certified, changed his position and called for a new election. Harris was initially declared the winner by 905 votes over Democrat Dan McCready…

Video Roger Stone appears in court again after posting photo of judge in crosshairs Former Trump adviser Roger Stone appears in court again after posting a photo of Judge Amy Berman Jackson with a target. A federal judge has completely barred former Trump political adviser Roger Stone from speaking publicly about his ongoing prosecution on obstruction and false statement charges, after a picture of the judge appeared on Stone’s Instagram this week…

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A Louisiana mother was arrested for posting a video on social media of a fight that broke out between two students on a high school’s campus, police said Wednesday. Maegan Adkins-Barras, 32, is charged with unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity after she posted a video her son had taken of the fight, which happened Tuesday in a common area at Acadiana High School, according to the…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional election testified Thursday that a political operative now accused of ballot fraud assured him “again and again” that he wouldn’t collect absentee ballots in violation of state law. GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris described during a special state elections board hearing how he accepted the word of political operative Leslie McCrae Dowless that he was able to get results…

Want to understand why Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is no moral leader for a better America? Just watch the video below from Thursday, in which Sanders refused to call for the child butcher of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, to step down from power. The video enrages me. It shows Sanders’ deliberate attempt to sidestep the reality of apex socialism. Listen to Sanders parsing of words in refusing to call for Maduro…

WASHINGTON — Folks, Joe Biden is getting closer and closer to a 2020 run, but there’s one big hitch: He’s worried about political attacks and scrutiny on his family. Here’s NBC’s Mike Memoli: “No line of attack would be more reprehensible to the former vice president than one directed at his family, and he and his team have been forced to consider that even as they also weigh the political…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional election testified Thursday that a political operative now accused of ballot fraud assured him “again and again” that he wouldn’t collect absentee ballots in violation of state law. GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris described during a special state elections board hearing how he accepted the word of political operative Leslie McCrae Dowless that he was able to get results…

WASHINGTON — Folks, Joe Biden is getting closer and closer to a 2020 run, but there’s one big hitch: He’s worried about political attacks and scrutiny on his family. Here’s NBC’s Mike Memoli: “No line of attack would be more reprehensible to the former vice president than one directed at his family, and he and his team have been forced to consider that even as they also weigh the political…

Want to understand why Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is no moral leader for a better America? Just watch the video below from Thursday, in which Sanders refused to call for the child butcher of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, to step down from power. The video enrages me. It shows Sanders’ deliberate attempt to sidestep the reality of apex socialism. Listen to Sanders parsing of words in refusing to call for Maduro…

Want to understand why Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is no moral leader for a better America? Just watch the video below from Thursday, in which Sanders refused to call for the child butcher of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, to step down from power. The video enrages me. It shows Sanders’ deliberate attempt to sidestep the reality of apex socialism. Listen to Sanders parsing of words in refusing to call for Maduro…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional election testified Thursday that a political operative now accused of ballot fraud assured him “again and again” that he wouldn’t collect absentee ballots in violation of state law. GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris described during a special state elections board hearing how he accepted the word of political operative Leslie McCrae Dowless that he was able to get results…

WASHINGTON — Folks, Joe Biden is getting closer and closer to a 2020 run, but there’s one big hitch: He’s worried about political attacks and scrutiny on his family. Here’s NBC’s Mike Memoli: “No line of attack would be more reprehensible to the former vice president than one directed at his family, and he and his team have been forced to consider that even as they also weigh the political…

“Dr. Budowle and his team abhor the use of DNA technology to persecute ethnic or religious groups,” Mr. Carlton said in the statement. “Their work focuses on criminal investigations and combating human trafficking to serve humanity.” Dr. Kidd’s data became part of China’s DNA drive. In 2014, ministry researchers published a paper describing a way for scientists to tell one ethnic group from another. It cited, as an example, the…