Saw my first Trump/Pence yard sign for the 2020 election today. Must be time to order your 2020 campaign materials!!!

How one freshman congresswoman plans to save the Affordable Care Act

"WASHINGTON — Nobody in Washington seems to like the Affordable Care Act. Republicans, who opposed it unanimously when it passed in 2009 and 2010, want to repeal it altogether, claiming it gives too much power to the federal government. Democrats argue the law doesn’t go far enough: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wants to replace the ACA with Medicare for All, which would get rid of private insurance entirely".

http://news.yahoo.com/how-one-freshman-congresswoman-plans-to-save-the-affordable-care-act-090000857.html

Guatemalan mother brings AOC to tears with account of harrowing conditions at border detention facilities

"WASHINGTON — In powerful testimony before the House Oversight Committee that brought Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to tears, Yazmin Juárez described the conditions on the U.S. border with Mexico that led to the death of her 19-month-old daughter Mariee in May 2018".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/guatemalan-mother-brings-aoc-to-tears-with-account-of-harrowing-conditions-at-border-detention-facilities-225607895.html

Amy McGrath announces bid for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy McGrath, a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky, has set her sights on an even more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell".

http://www.apnews.com/fd2f738e59974dad9ec227bd1d7ad132

"Crusty" McGrath has an interesting life. A very hard-working, Naval Academy Graduate and retired Marine pilot. She appears to be a disciplined person, who could likely mount an impressive campaign against the Senate Majority Leader. If I lived in Ky, she'd likely get my vote. She's very impressive.

For 2020 Democrats, it's all Roe, no Wade

"Is the decision to terminate a pregnancy an inalienable personal right? Or does the government and society have a compelling interest in the outcome? That question has been a political fault line in the U.S. in the 46 years since the Supreme Court decided that access to abortion was protected by the Constitution. The volume and urgency of the abortion debate have varied over those years but is now as high as it’s ever been. With Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh shifting the court to the right, the votes exist for an overturn of Roe v. Wade, which would effectively send the abortion question back to the states".

http://news.yahoo.com/for-2020-democrats-its-all-roe-no-wade-090000790.html

The 2020 front-runners are pulling away from the field

"The top tier of the Democratic presidential primary is now reshaped around five candidates. The latest fundraising numbers prove it.

Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have raised about $100 million in the past three months combined. Together, they share a large majority of public support".

http://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/11/2020-candidates-fundraising-1404184

How Elizabeth Warren would address immigration reform

"The Massachusetts senator, whose 2020 presidential campaign has become defined by her stockpile of policy proposals, unveiled Thursday a package of ideas to restructure the government’s approach to immigration “to create a rules-based system that is fair, humane, and that reflects our values,” she wrote in a blog post".

http://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/11/elizabeth-warren-2020-immigration-reform-1405933

Race is 'America’s Achilles heel,' Harris tells African-American group

"ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Sen. Kamala Harris told one of the nation’s largest African-American male fraternities Saturday that the issue of race and racism is “America’s Achilles heel” and that Russia will try to exploit this weakness".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/race-is-americas-achilles-heel-harris-tells-african-american-group-223124166.html

Her and some of the other dem candidates have ideas although the quality of the ideas leaves a lot to be desired!! Seems like immigration reform is a topic that the political parties are unwilling to approach in any sensible way.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-staffer-draws-criticism-for-anti-israel-tweet/


Has Fauxcahontas even tried to spin this away?

Another one that leans so far to the right that you can't believe the stories they post. The WFB is known for making up things as they go. Like many far right-wingers do. If you are going to tell a story, tell the whole story. Not just half whatever you want others to know. The "infamous tweet" was from 2013. Way before Warren even knew this person.

Warren Staffer Criticized for 2013 Hamas Tweet

"A staffer working on the presidential campaign of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is under fire over a recently-surfaced tweet from 2013, in which he wrote that he “would totally be friends with Hamas.”

The staffer, Max Berger, is the co-founder of IfNotNow, an American Jewish group that advocates against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He joined the Warren campaign as Director for Progressive Partnerships in June.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/elizabeth-warren-campaign-staffer-tweet-hamas/2019/07/09/id/923833/


Washington Free Beacon

"These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit to report information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy".

"From October 2015 to May 2016, the Washington Free Beacon hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on “multiple candidates” during the 2016 presidential election, including Donald Trump. The Free Beacon stopped funding this research when Donald Trump had clinched the Republican nomination".

http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-free-beacon/

Kamala Harris Shuts Down Meghan McCain for Siding With Joe Biden

"Two weeks after her star-making performance at the first Democratic presidential primary debate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) returned to The View on Friday to face some of Joe Biden’s biggest media boosters".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-shuts-down-meghan-155949104.html

Maybe in a way they aren't too bad. They were the first ones to try and dig up dirt on Trump.

Neoconservative Website Washington Free Beacon Hired Fusion GPS

"NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin.

The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to scour then-candidate Trump’s background for negative information, a common practice known as “opposition research” in politics. Leaders from the Free Beacon, which is funded largely by Republican billionaire Paul Singer, insisted none of the early material it collected appeared in the dossier released later in the year detailing explosive allegations, many uncorroborated, about Trump compiled by a former British spy".

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/28/neoconservative_website_washington_free_beacon_hired_fusion_gps_135394.html

The biggest baggage weighing down the top 7 presidential hopefuls in the Democratic field

"Just as in past cycles, each of the presidential hopefuls in the 2020 Democratic field enters the race with political baggage in tow. How a given candidate deals with it will help determine the party’s eventual nominee as well as whether he or she will prevail in the general election".

http://news.yahoo.com/the-biggest-baggage-weighing-down-the-top-7-presidential-hopefuls-in-the-democratic-field-154038919.html

Biden looks to overturn Trump's undoing of Obama's foreign policy legacy, but Iraq remains a question mark

"Since he became president, Donald Trump has seemed singularly focused on undoing the accomplishments of his predecessor, Barack Obama, especially when it comes to foreign policy. He withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and the Iran nuclear deal — all key Obama-era policies. In turn, when the 2020 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination talk about foreign policy, they’ve promised to overturn Trump’s own legacy".

http://news.yahoo.com/biden-looks-to-overturn-trumps-undoing-of-obamas-foreign-policy-legacy-but-iraq-remains-a-question-mark-090000168.html

The whole 2020 presidential game plan of the democrat's is "We have to defeat Trump". Very little else for the American people to sink their teeth into.

"Hate Trump"
"Defeat Trump"
"Remove all of Trumps programs"
"Raise taxes"
"Increase socialistic spending"
"Go back to the old international trade agreements"
"Re-institute government regulations"

This is the dems platform. Joe Biden mentioned fixing the insurance industry. Hold on Joe: you and Obama instituted the INSURANCE FIX UNDER OBAMACARE. We know Obamacare is a failure especially for the middle class. Why did you push the un-Afordable Care Act? How can we trust you to fix what your created?

The Squad of Four have hijacked the democratic party into becoming the party advocating Socialism. Even all of the democrat presidential candidates have moved toward socialism. They displayed this during their debate. Most Americans have an idea of what socialism is and don't want to be forced into going that direction yet the democratic party is ignoring America. Initially Nancy Pelosi tried to stand up to the Squad of four but she lost her nerve and backed away. Of course, Racism is the rally cry they use to get anyone disagreeing with them to back down.

The election of the Squad of four was the best thing that could have happened for the republican party.

Come oooon 2020.

The second 2020 Dem debate matchups are set: Which candidates will face off in Detroit?

"WASHINGTON – Democrats will face off on the debate stage later this month, and the lineup for the two-night event was revealed Thursday.

Twenty Democratic presidential candidates were divvied up between two nights during a live draw on CNN Thursday evening. The second Democratic primary debate takes place on July 30 and 31 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan".

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/18/second-2020-dem-debate-which-candidates-face-off-detroit/1772571001/

Sanders defends ‘Medicare for All’ after criticism by Biden

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders vigorously defended his signature “Medicare for All” proposal on Wednesday while hitting back at his critics who say his push amounts to both bad politics and bad policy".

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sanders-defends-medicare-for-all-after-criticism-by-biden

Thought:

The present democratic presidential candidates are all weak and to far socialist. I wonder if just before the 2020 democratic convention the DNC will quietly introduce someone new that they feel has greater voter appeal and is a touch more to the standard democratic ideal?

The problem is by that time the American public will be far to turned off by the direction of the democratic party. Trump has so many good things he's done for the country the 2020 election will be like a ripe apple falling into his hands.

I wonder who that could be. Not one dem I've seen to date walks about with an olive branch in his or her hand. Steve Mnuchin, maybe. Haven't heard one word on Tim Kaine, why haven't they walked his useless can out. One, I'd at least consider is Joe Lieberman, but he's retired and out of the picture.

Mayor petie, forget it. New dirt on him, I found out, was that he came rushing back during that police shooting of that guy that pulled the knife on the cop. He called the family to offer his condolences to the victim. What he failed to do was contact the officer that was involved. Mayor petie is now looked down on by a good many SBPD officers because of that. I happened to find this out from one of the investigating officers on that case. Shows that he doesn't give a hoot about the officers that work for the city.

Politics first, people last. What a dirtbag.

Beta O'Rourke polling at 0.0%

2020 Vision: Democratic candidates raise funds off 'Send her back' chant at Trump rally

"When President Trump's supporters broke into a “Send her back” chant aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar at his rally in North Carolina, the Somali-born Minnesota Democrat was having dinner with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a small group of other progressive members of Congress at a Washington, D.C., Chinese restaurant.

The next day, amid bipartisan outrage over the chant and Trump’s strategy of stoking the country’s racial division, Sanders, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, and other Democratic groups used the episode in their fundraising pitches".

http://news.yahoo.com/2020-vision-democrats-fundraise-off-send-her-back-chant-at-trump-rally-184831037.html

Democrats' 'Medicare For All' Debate Is Starting To Get Ugly

"The fight over health care in the Democratic primaries took a turn for the nasty this week when former Vice President Joe Biden said that proponents of the idea were, like Republicans, intent on “getting rid of” the Affordable Care Act.

The primary target of the attack was rival presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and longtime champion of “Medicare for All.” Sanders quickly responded, first through aides and then in a speech that basically accused Biden of lying, although he never mentioned the former vice president by the name".


http://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-biden-110000635.html


Bulletpoint: Beto O’Rourke Doesn’t Have A Base

"As my editors will tell you, I have a bad habit of leaving stories half-finished. Sometimes it’s because I get bored or busy, but sometimes it’s because the subject gets less and less newsworthy as I’m in the process of finishing a story.

That’s the case with a story I’ve been working on about Beto O’Rourke, who has become less relevant to the Democratic primary now that he’s polling at only about 3 percent. But the story may help to explain why O’Rourke has struggled so much, so I’m going to resurrect it in brief, bullet-point form".

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bulletpoint-beto-orourke-doesnt-have-a-base/

I knew from day one that this young man wasn't going to get too far in his presidential bid. He is just and is a place holder. This is one thing I've never understood about the Democrats. They know from day one who the strongest two or three are. Knowing this, why does 20 have to jump in already knowing who the strongest two or three are? They have to know that they are going to wind up dropping out.

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says white supremacy could be 'issue that ends this country'

"All of the Democratic presidential candidates have condemned Donald Trump's racist comments directed at four congresswomen last week, and the chants of "send her back" directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar at a rally a day later, but Pete Buttigieg took it a step further on Saturday".

http://www.yahoo.com/gma/presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-says-white-supremacy-could-053548886--abc-news-topstories.html

Biden’s health care plan is a potent weapon against Trump

"Joe Biden can now tell voters he wants to fix the health care system without blowing up what works".

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bidens-health-care-plan-is-a-potent-weapon-against-trump-174042533.html

Elizabeth Warren is a prophet of doom.

"If you want to believe Armageddon is coming, Elizabeth Warren is your presidential candidate.

In a new post on Medium, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts warns of “the coming economic crash.” “Warning lights are flashing,” she writes. “Whether it’s this year or next, the odds of another economic downturn are high—and growing".

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warrens-economic-scaremongering-195939218.html


Elizabeth Warren says she warned about the financial crisis before it happened. That's True.

"Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned about the financial crisis of the 2000s before it happened, she claimed during a CNN town hall where she pitched herself as the best option for president in the 2020 election".

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/apr/30/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-says-she-warned-about-financial-c/?source=post_page---------------------------

Biden bounces back

"A new Fox News survey shows the former vice president at pre-debate levels, with more than double the support of the second-place candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders".

http://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/bidens-lead-holds-steady-in-new-national-poll-1436503

Progressives Are Going to War Against the Electoral College]

"It seems that there isn’t a prominent progressive left in America who hasn’t come out in favor of abolishing the Electoral College.

The latest is Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who called for an end to our 200-plus-year-old presidential election system on Twitter earlier this month.

Sanders didn’t explain why he wanted to ditch the Electoral College (it was a tweet after all), but it’s interesting that as a senator from a small state, he has benefited enormously from the supposedly “undemocratic” nature of the American political system".

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/progressives-are-going-war-against-electoral-college-69352

Could Democrats win back the Buckeye State? Poll has Biden up by 8 over Trump in Ohio

"WASHINGTON – After voters chose former President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, President Donald Trump won Ohio by more than 8% in 2016. But according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, the Democrats might have a chance to take back the swing state, which has voted for the overall winner in every presidential election since 1964".

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/25/ohio-poll-joe-biden-leads-trump-8-tops-other-dems-primary/1829824001/