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https://twitter.com/amyewalter/status/1185187454518775811Klobuchar now has the endorsements of both former Republican Iowa legislators who left their party
https://twitter.com/IAStartingLine/status/1185207752680988672Klobuchar is a solid moderate Democrat with broad appeal with disaffected Trump voters and Republicans that reject Trump.
Diplomat tells investigators he raised alarms in 2015 about Hunter Biden's Ukraine work
Diplomat tells investigators he raised alarms in 2015 about Hunter Bidens Ukraine work but was rebuffed
A career State Department official overseeing Ukraine policy told congressional investigators this week that he had raised concerns in early 2015 about then-Vice President Joe Bidens son serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy company but was turned away by a Biden staffer, according to three people familiar with the testimony.
George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, testified Tuesday that he worried that Hunter Bidens position at the firm Burisma Holdings would complicate efforts by U.S. diplomats to convey to Ukrainian officials the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality rules surrounding the deposition.
Kent said he had concerns that Ukrainian officials would view Hunter Biden as a conduit for currying influence with his father, said the people. But when Kent raised the issue with Bidens office, he was told the then-vice president didnt have the bandwidth to deal with the issue involving his son as his other son, Beau, was battling cancer, said the people familiar with his testimony.
The testimony by Kent offers a reminder that as Democrats probe President Trumps alleged actions in pressuring Ukraine to dig up compromising information on Biden, the impeachment inquiry also threatens to keep alive questions about the former vice presidents handling of his sons foreign work at a precarious moment for his 2020 presidential campaign.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/newspolitics/diplomat-tells-investigators-he-raised-alarms-in-2015-about-hunter-bidens-ukraine-work-but-was-rebuffed/ar-AAIYSLA
This is not a right wing talking point, it's sworn testimony by a career State Department official to Congress.
Warren says hosting G-7 at Trump resort 'is corruption, plain and simple'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasted the White Houses announcement on Thursday that the annual Group of 7 (G-7) economic summit would be held at one of President Trump's golf properties in Florida.
This is corruption, plain and simple, Warren, who is running for president, tweeted.
https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1184884102010429441
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday afternoon said the summit, set for next June, would be held at the Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami.
"We thought of the 12 places that we looked at ... this was by far and away the best choice," Mulvaney said.
Mulvaney also dismissed the frequent criticism from ethics watchdog groups of Trumps use of his own properties as president.
Theres no issue here on him profiting from this in any way, shape or form," Mulvaney said. "If you think it's going to help his brand, that's great, but I would suggest that he doesn't need much help promoting his brand."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466311-warren-says-hosting-g-7-at-trump-resort-is-corruption-plain-and-simple
Every Woman Noticed That Infuriating Elizabeth Warren/Joe Biden Debate Moment
Remember when we knew and largely loved Joe Biden as Uncle Joe, Barack Obamas trusty vice president and surrogate brother? I long for those days. Truly, I wish Biden had let those good feelings, and that fairly fuzzy legacy, stand. But Biden had to go and run for president, dredging up the (perfectly valid) questions of how he mishandled the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings (which he has all but refused to apologize to Hill for), his allegedly inappropriate touching, and an ever-growing number of patronizing interactions with women. The latest, at Tuesday nights fourth Democratic debate: Biden demanded Elizabeth Warren give him credit for her spearheading the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency established after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and other financial products.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1184306722883719168
This interaction contained multitudes, and virtually all of them sparked familiar frustration and infuriation in women watching. Perhaps most maddening of all was the practice of a man attempting to take credit for a womans work, and at a very high level no lessin this case, Biden raising his voice and practically shouting at Warren: I went on the floor and got you votes. I got votes for that bill. Sure, but thats secondary to Warrens conceiving of the CFPB itself, as even former chief Obama adviser David Axelrod noted on Twitter. The Harvard Business Review has found that women tend to get less credit than men for group work: Its more than troubling that, if Biden had his way, this principle would hold true even when said group work takes place in the upper echelons of government.
https://twitter.com/Leahgreenb/status/1184301167104417798
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/every-woman-noticed-infuriating-elizabeth-163828697.html
Warren overtakes Biden in CNN rankings
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/10/17/rankings-warren-overtakes-biden-2020-orig-me.cnn
Joe Biden, Bleeding Cash, Spent Nearly $1 Million on Private Jets
Joe Bidens presidential campaign is bleeding cash. And a big reason why appears to be an antiquated, higher-end approach to electoral politics that the former vice president has adopted.
Bidens team spent more than $923,000 on private jets during the third quarter of 2019, according to recently filed Federal Election Commission data. The expenses, all made to the company EJCR, LLC Dba Advanced Aviation Team, represented a major chunk of changeaccounting for roughly one out of every 16 dollars the campaign raised.
Its not uncommon for candidates to lean on private jets as they crisscross the country in an effort to keep a schedule packed with speeches, rallies, and debates. But a review of Bidens expenditures suggest that a good deal of what hes spending money on currently involve efforts to simply raise more money.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-bleeding-cash-spent-nearly-dollar1-million-on-private-jets
538: Which candidates performed the best? (spoiler: Warren)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-october-democratic-debate-in-6-charts/
Wealth tax splits Sanders and Warren from the rest of the Democrats
The Democratic presidential candidates split Tuesday night over proposals to impose hefty wealth taxes on the richest Americans, exposing an economic policy divide in the party over the need to close the gap between the super-rich and everyone else.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) defended their proposals to heavily tax the assets held by the wealthiest Americans to create a number of new government programs, as their more centrist opponents either dodged the question or pushed back against the idea.
Warren and Sanders have called for attacking that growth in inequality with a tax on the accumulated assets of the wealthy, while the other presidential candidates have proposed more modest measures such as increasing taxes on the capital income of investors.
The wealth tax proposals would represent a sweeping transformation of how taxes are assessed in America, pivoting away from more traditional Democratic tax plans that target new sources of income.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wealth-tax-splits-sanders-and-warren-from-the-rest-of-the-democrats/2019/10/16/5e81e388-efa6-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html
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