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Thu. 10/10 – Biden Calls for Impeachment Oct 10, 2019

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Joe Biden calls for impeachment, Tulsi Gabbard threatens to boycott next week’s debate, Amy Klobuchar asks for social media political ads to have the same standards TV ads do, and Debate Bingo is here.

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Joe Biden in New Hampshire (C-SPAN)
Joseph Goebbels: On the “Big Lie” (Jewish Virtual Library)
Big lie (Wikipedia)
Joseph Goebbels (Wikipedia)
Gabbard tweet video re debate boycott (Twitter/Tulsi Gabbard)
The DNC and corporate media are trying to hijack the entire election process (Tulsi 2020)
Edward-Isaac Dovere tweets re: Gabbard (Twitter/Edward-Isaac Dovere)
Klobuchar letter to Blunt (Klobuchar Senate Site)

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Wed. 10/09 – Warren Becomes Co-Frontrunner Oct 09, 2019

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Elizabeth Warren takes the front-runner spot in one key metric, Andrew Yang makes the November DNC debate, a few details on that November DNC debate, guess which candidate spent the most on Facebook ads last week, Bernie Sanders has a heart health message for Americans, Bill Weld writes an op-ed on foreign policy, and The Washington Post launches a Congressional retirement tracker.

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Warren Overtakes Biden for Lead in National Polls (NY Mag)
2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination (RCP)
Who is ahead in the Democratic primary race? (The Economist)
Voters Remain Divided On Impeachment, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Warren And Biden Top Democratic Primary Field (Quinnipiac)
Fifth Democratic primary debate scheduled for Nov. 20 (Politico)
Ballotpedia Daily Presidential News Briefing (Ballotpedia)
Facebook Ad Library Report
Sanders says he'll release medical records at 'appropriate time' after heart attack (Politico)
Reclaiming Republican Foreign Policy (Foreign Affairs)
Tracking House retirements from the 116th Congress (WaPo)

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Tue. 10/08 – Warren Responds to Questions About Her 1971 Teaching Job Oct 08, 2019

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Elizabeth Warren responds to questions about being fired due to her pregnancy in 1971, Bernie Sanders releases his campaign finance reform plan and it’s a doozy, Amy Klobuchar raises almost $5 million, and how John Hickenlooper’s fundraising is going as a Senate candidate.

Corrections:

In the final story, I said "12 weeks" when I meant "16 weeks" when discuss Hickenlooper's 4-month run in the presidential primary. Another calculator has been requisitioned from the head office, plus a staffer to operate it. -CH

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Elizabeth Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy (CBS News)
County Records Contradict Warren’s Claim She Was Fired Over Pregnancy (Washington Free Beacon)
A Fighting Chance (Google Books/Elizabeth Warren)
Get Corporate Money Out of Politics (Bernie 2020)
Sanders tweet re Gangitano story (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
Bernie Sanders takes aim at the DNC with his new anti-corruption plan (Vox)
Bernie Sanders to take on DNC over convention funding (CNN)
Amy Klobuchar raises $4.8 million in third quarter (Politico)
Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? (NYT)
Memoli tweet re Hickenlooper raise (Twitter/Mike Memoli)
John Hickenlooper posts Colorado fundraising record in his first six weeks as U.S. Senate candidate (Colorado Sun)

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Mon. 10/07 – The October Debate Stage Breaks a Record Oct 07, 2019

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The October debate will break a record for the number of candidates onstage at once, Cory Booker and Tom Steyer qualify for the November debate, ballot measures face an unexpected side-effect of the 2018 midterms, Marianne Williamson raises $3 million, Joe Sestak is gearing up to walk across New Hampshire, and Pete Buttigieg speaks at an NAACP fundraiser in Indianapolis.

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Dems are grumbling about crowded debate stage (Politico)
Podium order announced for the CNN/New York Times Democratic presidential debate (CNN)
Fox News Poll: October 2019, South Carolina (Fox News)
Montellaro tweets re Fox poll and debate ramifications (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
2020 Democratic polls (Google Sheets/Politico)
Turnout boost of '18 will complicate a repeat ballot initiative surge in '20 (The Fulcrum)
Marianne Williamson raises $3 million in third quarter, doubling her previous haul (CNN)
Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? (NYT)
Steve Bullock raised nearly $2.3 million in third fundraising quarter (CNN)
Joe Sestak walked across Pa. in a failed Senate bid. Now he’s crossing New Hampshire in a run for president.(Philadelphia Inquirer)
For Sestak, the path to Senate runs 422 miles (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sestak tweet (including video) explaining his walk (Twitter/Joe Sestak)
4 takeaways from Buttigieg's NAACP fundraiser speech in Indianapolis (IndyStar)
Buttigieg NAACP remark video (RTV6 Indianapolis)

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Fri. 10/04 – South Carolina Republicans Sue to Get Their Primary Back Oct 04, 2019

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Republicans sue in South Carolina to get their primary back, Joe Biden raised less money than we expected, Elizabeth Warren raised a whole bunch of money—almost as much as Bernie Sanders, Matt Lieberman is running for Senate in Georgia, and a candidate anecdote from Bernie Sanders.

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Inglis tweet on SC primary suit (Twitter/Bob Inglis)
Protect Democracy tweets re: SC primary (Twitter/Protect Democracy)
Complaint: Inglis v. South Carolina Republican Party (Protect Democracy)
Inglis v. South Carolina Republican Party [home page] (Protect Democracy)
Biden Has a Meh Fundraising Quarter (NY Mag)
Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? (NYT)
Elizabeth Warren Raises $24.6 Million In 3rd Quarter, Trailing Only Sanders (HuffPost)
Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter (Politico)
Joe Lieberman's son running for Senate in Georgia (Politico)
Matt Lieberman is running for U.S. Senate (YouTube/Matt Lieberman)
Georgia Senate: Randy Evans, Jack Kingston apply for Isakson’s seat (AJC)
I Have a Dream (YouTube/Senator Bernie Sanders)

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Thu. 10/03 – O’Rourke Calls Out Buttigieg on Mandatory Gun Buybacks Oct 03, 2019

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What happened at the gun safety forum yesterday, Kamala Harris is on the cover of Time Magazine, and an update on Bernie Sanders.

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The Democratic gun violence forum turned into a substantive clash over policy (Vox)
Watch Live: Gun Safety Forum 2020 In Las Vegas (YouTube/MSNBC)
Gun Safety Forum: Live updates from Las Vegas (MSNBC)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (YouTube/Bob Dylan)
Kamala Harris Is Making Her Case. But Can She Stand Out in a Crowded Field? (Time)
Time Magazine covers, 2019 (Time)
Sanders tweet re health (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
Bernie Sanders Gives Update After Heart Surgery, Cancelling Campaign Events (NY Mag)
Nobles tweet re Sanders and debates (Twitter/Ryan Nobles)

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Wed. 10/02 – Bernie Sanders Hospitalized Oct 02, 2019

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Bernie Sanders is hospitalized for heart problems and suspends campaign events for now, Kamala Harris raises $11.6 million, Andrew Yang raises $10 million, Cory Booker raises $6 million, Michael Bennet raises $2 million, Donald Trump and the RNC raise $125 million, why Mark Cuban isn’t running for president, Kamala Harris calls on Twitter to suspend Trump’s account, and Joe Biden proposes a new gun safety plan.

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Bernie Sanders hospitalized with chest pain, campaign events canceled (ABC News)
Bernie Sanders Has Heart Surgery, Cancels Campaign Events (NY Mag)
Kamala Harris raises $11.6 million in third quarter (Politico)
Andrew Yang raises $10 million in third quarter (Politico)
Cory Booker raises over $6 million in the third quarter after threatening to drop out of the 2020 race (CNBC)
Pfeiffer tweet re Trump/RNC fundraising (Twitter/Dan Pfeiffer)
Trump campaign, RNC say they raised record-breaking $125 million in Q3 (Axios)
Mark Cuban says he needs permission to run for president: ‘My family voted it down’ (CNBC)
Harris letter to Dorsey (Kamala Harris for the People)
Kamala Harris calls on Twitter CEO to suspend Donald Trump (CNN)
Harris on Anderson Cooper 360 (Twitter/Kamala Harris)
Kamala Harris asks Twitter to suspend Donald Trump for ‘civil war’ and whistleblower tweets (The Verge)

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Tue. 10/01 – Money Changes Everything Oct 01, 2019

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Steve Bullock chooses public financing for his campaign, a trivia note on how that $3 checkbox on your tax form works, Bernie Sanders raises $25 million, Pete Buttigieg raises $19 million, and Mark Zuckerberg calls out Elizabeth Warren in leaked audio from a Facebook meeting.

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Montana Gov. Bullock eyes public financing for 2020 run (AP)
Presidential election campaign fund checkoff (Wikipedia)
President Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 (US Senate)
Public campaign funding is so broken that candidates turned down $292 million in free money (WaPo)
Public funding of presidential elections (FEC)
Sanders rakes in huge third-quarter cash haul (Politico)
Sanders tweet with more stats (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
Candidates for president — fundraising totals (FEC)
Buttigieg posts strong third-quarter cash haul, but falls short of Q2 high mark (Politico)
All Hands on Deck (The Verge)
Read the Full Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Internal Facebook Meetings (The Verge)
Elizabeth Warren says Facebook has ‘repeatedly fumbled’ its responsibility to democracy (The Verge)
How We Can Break Up Big Tech (Warren for President)
Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything (Official Live Video) (YouTube/Cyndi Lauper)

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Mon. 09/30 – Six Points Behind and Rising Sep 30, 2019

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How Elizabeth Warren has been doing in the polls, the October DNC debate will be on one night only, the precarious position of lower-polling candidates, Cory Booker makes his fundraising goal, Tulsi Gabbard changes her position on impeachment, and yet another Texas Republican announces his retirement from the House.

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5 Signs Elizabeth Warren Is Winning the Democratic Primary (NY Mag)
Trump Stuck, Warren Surges (Cook Political Report)
Inside Elizabeth Warren’s polling bounce (Politico)
There’s A Better Case For A Top 2 Than A Top 3 (FiveThirtyEight)
Who is ahead in the Democratic primary race? (The Economist)
Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus (RCP)
New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary (RCP)
Nevada Democratic Presidential Caucus (RCP)
South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary (RCP)
California Democratic Primary (RCP)
Election Profit Makers podcast
October Democratic debate will be on one night (Politico)
October Democratic debate to take place on one night (CNN)
CNN and The New York Times to co-host next Democratic presidential debate (CNN)
Is Impeachment the End of the Road for Most of the 2020 Field? (NY Mag)
Booker tweet on making fundraising goal (Twitter/Cory Booker)
Booker announces campaign reaches donor threshold for November debate (CNN)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Statement on the Impeachment Inquiry (Gabbard Congressional Site)
Rep. Mac Thornberry becomes sixth Texas Republican in House to announce retirement ahead of 2020 election (Dallas Morning News)
Thornberry tweet announcing retirement (Twitter/Mac Thornberry Press)
“Five Feet High and Risin’” by Johnny Cash (YouTube/Hank Hamm)
De La Soul – “Me Myself And I” from 3 Feet High and Rising (YouTube/WeAreDeLaSoul)
@LedPast – Who led on this date in the past? (Twitter/Washington Post)

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Fri. 09/27 – All About Election Security Sep 27, 2019

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How counties are running war-games to prepare for election interference, where the gaps are and what they’ll cost to fix, the push for election security funding in Congress, and what comes next.

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