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Wed. 07/31 – The Frame is Not the Big Picture Jul 31, 2019

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An update on that Yang debate qualification issue, thoughts on the framing of last night’s debate questions, who talked the most last night, key moments from the debate, and what’s happening at tonight’s debate.

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Election Ride Home Primary Debate BINGO!
Yang campaign slams DNC over poll qualification criteria for September debate (The Hill)
Ben Silver tweet re format vs. framing (Twitter/Ben Silver)
Democratic debate transcript: July 30, 2019 (NBC News)
Who talked the most during the first night of the second Democratic debate (WaPo)
The Wildest Moments From the Second Democratic Debate, Night One (NY Mag)
Who Is John Delaney and Why Did He Talk So Much in the Debate? (NY Mag)
What Went Down In The Second Democratic Debate (FiveThirtyEight)
Was Joe Biden Really the Winner of Tuesday’s Debate? (NY Mag)

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Tue. 07/30 – Booker and Yang* Make Fall Debates (* = Not for Now...) Jul 30, 2019

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BREAKING NEWS: Yang's fourth qualifying poll DOES NOT COUNT per DNC. This broke after recording; more on that tomorrow.

Yang makes the September (and October) debates, Booker makes it too, a few specifics about tonight’s debate, Steyer buys ads during tonight’s debate, Democrats in the House are doing great on fundraising, but there’s a staff shake-up at the DCCC, Gizmodo cancels its climate summit, and last call for Debate Bingo.

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Election Ride Home Primary Debate BINGO!
Yang tweet announcing 4thpoll result (Twitter/Andrew Yang)
CNN tweet with Yang on Out Front (CNN)
Booker tweet announcing donor threshold (Twitter/Cory Booker)
First on CNN: Booker reaches donor threshold for future debate (CNN)
Booker tweet from last week announcing 5k donors needed (Twitter/Cory Booker)
9 New Dynamics Campaigns Are Expecting in the Second Democratic Debates (NY Mag)
Tom Steyer to launch $500K ad campaign during Democratic debates (FlaPol)
Tom Steyer’s Pro-Impeachment Group Reduces Mueller Hearings to 30-Second Ad (NY Mag)
POLITICO Playbook: The first Mueller TV ad (Politico)
Why We're Not Moving Forward With Our Climate Summit (Gizmodo)
Freshmen House Democrats raise more money than GOP opponents (AP)
DCCC faces mass staff shakeup: 'It's the Monday Night Massacre' (The Hill)

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Mon. 07/29 – Harris’s Version of Medicare for All Jul 29, 2019

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Harris unveils her flavor of Medicare for All, what you need to know to streamthe debates tomorrow and Wednesday, more about that CNN climate town hall, Sanders and Warren lead the pack in number of donations, plus Debate Bingo is here and I’m still bugging you about it.

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Election Ride Home Primary Debate BINGO!
My Plan For Medicare For All (Medium/Kamala Harris)
Kamala Harris’ Plan For Medicare For All (Kamala Harris for the People)
Kamala Harris unveils 'Medicare for All' plan that preserves role for private insurance (CNN)
Kamala Harris' new health plan: Medicare for all — with private insurers (Politico)
Sahil Kapur tweet re: out-of-pocket Medicare costs (Twitter/Sahil Kapur)
Topher Spiro tweet about Harris plan (Twitter/Topher Spiro)
Kamala Harris Sets Up Debate Showdown on Health Care With New Plan (NYT)
CNN To Live Stream The Democratic Debate (CNN)
How to live stream the Democratic debates (Roku Blog)
How to watch the second 2020 Democratic presidential debate (CBS News)
Climate change's partial 2020 breakthrough (Axios)
CNN to host climate crisis town hall with 2020 Democratic candidates (CNN)
Google Sheet featuring poll results and current fundraising status (Politico staffers)
Sanders tweet re 1 million donors (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
Warren tweet re 1 million donors (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Receives 1 Million Donations, Hitting Milestone (NYT)
Elizabeth Warren's campaign receives 1 million donations (Axios)

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Fri. 07/26 – Americans Abroad Jul 26, 2019

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An exploration of the Americans Abroad vote, a climate forum is actually happening, what happens if you donate too much to a campaign, and Debate Bingo is here.

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Election Ride Home Primary Debate BINGO! (Election Ride Home)
Absentee Voting Information for U.S. Citizens Abroad (US State Department)
How to Vote as an American Living Abroad (NYT)
Democrats Abroad
Overview of Democratic delegates by state, 2020 (Ballotpedia)
2020 Democrats Abroad primary (Wikipedia)
Host an Event (Joe Biden for President)
ActBlue
DoD Releases Biennial Study of U.S. Voters Abroad (Federal Voting Assistance Program)
Ronald Steenblik (Twitter)
Climate Forum announcement (Twitter/Ali Velshi)
Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service and Our Daily Planet to Host Climate Forum with 2020 Presidential Candidates (GU Politics)
UPDATE: MSNBC Joins as Media Partner for GU Politics/Our Daily Planet Climate Forum, Now Scheduled for September 19-20 (GU Politics)
NBC News Now (Streaming)
Types of contributions (FEC)
2020 Campaign Contribution Limits (Open Secrets/Center for Responsive Politics)
2020 Democrats’ campaign finance pledges, explained (Vox)
Remedying an excessive contribution (FEC)

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Thu. 07/25 – Williamson Visits Colbert Jul 25, 2019

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Williamson goes on Colbert, an explanation of the DNC’s donor system, primary candidates reflect on the Apollo 11mission, how much the candidates are spending to get donors, Sanders pledges not to take money from drug companies and health insurance companies, and a new poll suggests that a public option is more popular than Medicare for All.

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Marianne Williamson: Peacebuilders Will Have a Seat At the Table of Power (YouTube/The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Marianne Williamson and Stephen Colbert talk peace, love, Trump, and being the 'wacky' 2020 outsider (The Week)
Thomas Veil tweet re: Williamson appearance (Twitter/Thomas Veil)
Why the lessons of Apollo are still relevant (Politico)
Facebook Is Big Winner in Democrats’ 2020 Presidential Debates (Bloomberg)
No Health Insurance and Pharma Money Pledge (Bernie 2020)
Sanders calls on Democratic rivals to reject drug, insurance industry donations (Politico)
Bernie Sanders to return donations that violate pledge on private insurance and pharma money (CNN)
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll [PDF] (Marist)
Nate Silver tweet analyzing NPR/PBS/Marist poll’s healthcare questions (Twitter/Nate Silver)

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Wed. 07/24 – Biden’s Criminal Justice Plan Jul 24, 2019

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An update on that Buttigieg country music interview, Biden’s criminal justice reform plan, Ginsburg weighs in on candidates’ proposals to increase the number of Supreme Court justices, some unexpected things the candidates paid for in Q2, and a brief history of presidential candidates staying in people’s homes while campaigning.

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Another country radio host to interview Pete Buttigieg after Cumulus spiked earlier sit-down (Fox News)
The Biden Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice [plan text] (Biden for President)
The Biden Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice (YouTube/Joe Biden)
Subtweet by Booker re Biden’s criminal justice plan (Twitter/Cory Booker)
Biden, Scrutinized for Crime Bill, Unveils Plan to Reduce Mass Incarceration (NYT)
Biden announces criminal justice policy sharply at odds with his ’94 crime law (WaPo)
Justice Ginsburg: 'I Am Very Much Alive' (NPR)
$12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought (Politico)
Candidate Sleepovers Mean Tight Quarters, Wet Towels and ‘Surreal’ Family-Room Chats (WSJ)

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Tue. 07/23 – Sanders Organizers Will Earn $15 an Hour Jul 23, 2019

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Sanders campaign workers reach a deal on wages, listen to part of Buttigieg’s country music radio interview that never aired, people are already projecting electoral maps for 2020, Booker goes on Seth Myers, and Biden is starting to see just a tad less cable media coverage.

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Sanders union renegotiation early info (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
Pete Buttigieg sat for an interview with a popular country radio host. But now it won’t air. (WaPo)
Blair Garner interview with Mayor Pete Buttigieg (SoundCloud/Blair Garner)
Popular Country Music Radio Station Killed A Buttigieg Interview Under False Pretenses (Talking Points Memo)
Twitter thread about Priorities USA maps (Twitter/Dave Levinthal)
Electoral Vote Map dot com (Taegan Goddard)
Sen. Cory Booker on Civility in Politics and Working with Mitch McConnell (YouTube/Late Night with Seth Myers)
Is Biden’s Media Monopoly Coming To An End? (FiveThirtyEight)

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Mon. 07/22 – Polling for September Heats Up Jul 22, 2019

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Klobuchar reaches the polling threshold for September’s debates, Delaney denies report that his staffers asked him to drop out, Booker’s plan to close immigration detention centers using only executive orders, Bennet posts a nice nature video, and Warren reflects on 8 years of the CFPB.

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Klobuchar tweet about reaching the September debate polling threshold (Twitter/Amy Klobuchar)
Twitter thread on Klobuchar/other CBS polling results (Twitter/Aron Goldman)
The CNN poll itself (CBS News)
Google Sheet tracking current polling results and fundraising (Politico)
DNC rules for third debate qualification (DNC)
Scoop: John Delaney’s staffers have asked him to drop out (Axios)
Booker Immigration Plan [PDF] (Politico)
Cory Booker Proposes Drastic Changes to Immigration Detention System (NYT)
Sen. Cory Booker unveils plan to use executive action to shut down in humane immigrant detection centers (WaPo)
How Cory Booker would ‘virtually eliminate’ immigration detention (Politico)
Bennet tweet re nature and distraction (Twitter/Michael Bennet)
Warren tweet re CFPB (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)

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Fri. 07/19 – The Draw Jul 19, 2019

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The results of CNN’s ridiculous event The Draw, how to watch the July debates, Ohio moves its primary...to Saint Patrick’s Day, and the big divide on Medicare for All versus a public option.

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How to watch CNN's live debate drawing [includes details of the three groups] (CNN)
CNN Polling Data (SSRS)
RCP Polling Averages for 2020 Candidates (RCP)
Ohio 2020 Presidential Primary Moved To St. Patrick's Day (WXVU)
The Ohio legislature set the 2020 primary election for St. Patrick’s Day, and that could be a problem for Cleveland (Cleveland dot com)
Bennet AARP/M4Aclip (Twitter/CaraKorte)
Sanders clip on M4A (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
Full video of Sanders speech (RealClearPolitics)
Abolish private insurance? It depends. (Vox)
Kamala Harris’s Medicare for All Plan Makes No Sense (NY Mag)
Bulletpoint: Bernie Sanders is Running Ahead of the Pack of Health Care (FiveThirtyEight)

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Thu. 07/18 – DNC Warns Campaigns About FaceApp Jul 18, 2019

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How I define a “major” candidate, what happens when you get a “page not found” error on candidates’ websites, Steyer signs the no-fossil-fuel pledge, and the DNC warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp.

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