Progressive Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has been ousted from his New York Congressional seat after a contentious primary soaked in special interest money. Democratic Westchester County Executive George Latimer secured the first victory in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) $100 million effort to oust progressive lawmakers critical of …
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Brooklyn’s Eastville Comedy Club is abuzz with banter ahead of a comedy show fundraiser for Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.). Ten minutes before the opening routine, the room is nearly full. The ethnically diverse, mixed-aged mass reflects the constituency that carried Bowman to a surprise 2020 win for the 16th district’s …
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The Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District is getting ugly. The race between progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Westchester County Executive George Latimer is already the most expensive House primary ever, and now Latimer is facing accusations of using racist tactics against the incumbent congressman. In a …
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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a former public school teacher and principal, calls the decision “infuriating, exhausting, and another body blow to our continued fight for justice and equality in America.” …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene reminds Americans every day that she doesn’t have much concern for things like decency, democracy, or reality when going about her business in Congress. She instead plays the role of a conspiracy theorizing carnival barker, pushing hate and spewing lies to distract from how badly her party’s …
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It turns out every politician in Washington was also staying up past their bedtimes in anticipation of Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights, and their posts might just be the thing that gets listeners to go back to bed. With 18 nights left until the midterms, engagement-hungry Democrats are harnessing every …
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House Democrats will ask their chamber on Wednesday to condemn last month’s massacre at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. They will also ask them to rebuke the great replacement theory, a white supremacist conspiracy the 18-year-old gunman cited as motivation for the killing spree that left 10 Black …
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Will Smith‘s decision to walk onstage at the Oscars and smack the hell out of Chris Rock has inspired a, uhh, rather sizable amount of opinion discourse. Lawmakers and political commentators have been unable to resist attempting to funnel it through the prism of politics. In less than 24 hours, …
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