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Tue. 06/18 – Castro's Housing Policy Jun 18, 2019

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Castro rolls out his housing policy, Bullock qualifies for the second debates, a brief look at the Republican presidential primary—surprise!, Biden reveals his Q2 fundraising numbers…maybe not intentionally, and Klobuchar releases policy plans for her first 100 days.

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People First Housing – Part 1 (Julián for the Future)
Julian Castro calls for surge in federal spending to end homelessness (LA Times)
Tweet confirming Bullock’s qualification for July debates (Twitter/Kendall Karson)
Weld predicts he’ll beat Trump in Utah (Utah Policy)
Bill Weld: I’m in GOP primary to beat Trump, not just weaken him (Politico)
Rep. Amash stokes talk of campaign against Trump (The Hill)
Rep. Justin Amash, lone-wolf GOP Trump critic, leaves House Freedom Caucus (WaPo)
Biden suggests he has raised nearly $20 million for his White House bid (WaPo)
Senator Amy Klobuchar Releases Plan of More Than 100 Actions for Her First 100 Days as President (Medium/Amy for America)
Klobuchar details raft of policy plans for first 100 days (Politico)
Amy Klobuchar Needs a Plan to Enact Her 137 Plans (NY Mag)

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Mon. 06/17 – The Warren Surge Jun 17, 2019

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Buttigieg raised a boatload of money in April, an analysis of which candidates are on which nights of the debates and how much it matters, a look at what’s driving media coverage of Warren, and Booker talks about being vegan on the BET show Black Coffee.

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Fri. 06/14 – Debate Details and Castro’s Town Hall Jun 14, 2019

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The DNC confirms its list of candidates for the first debates, plus a list of which candidates will appear on which nights, key moments from Julián Castro’s Fox News town hall, Schultz takes a break from his independent run, and a profile of Gabbard’s childhood.

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Tweet confirming list of June debate candidates (Twitter/The Democrats)
Here’s How the Candidates Will Be Divided for the Democratic Debates (NYT)
Back surgery sidelines Howard Schultz’s exploratory campaign (Politico)
Julián Castro in Fox News town hall: Let’s talk about me, not Hillary (Politico)
Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 1 (YouTube/Fox News)
Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 2 (YouTube/Fox News)
Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 3 (YouTube/Fox News)
People First Policing (Julián for the Future)
Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood (NY Mag)

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Thu. 06/13 – Sanders Defines Democratic Socialism Jun 13, 2019

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How McDonald’s workers are shaping the primary, Sanders defines “Democratic Socialism” and recalls FDR’s New Deal, and the DNC releases the official list of who’s in and who’s out of the debates...after our press deadline.

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Wed. 06/12 – Democrats Take the Lead and Get the Lead Out Jun 12, 2019

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A new poll shows Democrats beating Trump in hypothetical elections, The Young Turks propose a progressive pledge, Biden joins the call for a climate-focused debate, an examination of the candidates’ walk-up songs, and Castro releases a plan to eliminate lead poisoning nationwide.

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Top Dems Lead Trump in Head-to-head Matchups, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Democratic Primary Race Narrows as Biden Goes Flat (Quinnipiac University)
More brutal 2020 poll numbers for Trump(WaPo)
Progressive Economic Pledge: 5 Pillars (The Young Turks)
The Progressive Pledge [introduction speech by Cenk Uygur] (Facebook/The Young Turks)
TYT Unveils Progressive Pledge [includes Delaney clip] (Facebook/The Young Turks)
The Daily 202: Here’s the soundtrack of 2020. What presidential candidates’ walk-up songs say about them. (WaPo)
Biden joins the call for a Democratic candidates’ debate on climate change (WaPo)
People First Plan to Eliminate Lead Exposure (Julián for the Future)
Julián Castro Is First 2020 Presidential Candidate To Visit Flint (HuffPo)
Twitter thread analyzing the Castro lead policy (Twitter/Save Roe Spice)

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Tue. 06/11 – The Lottery at 30 Rock Jun 11, 2019

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NBC reveals the moderators for the first debates, the DNC will hold a lottery at 30 Rock to determine candidate placement in those debates, FiveThirtyEight explains how Mike Gravel could win this whole thing, and a few more lesser-heard voices from Sunday’s Iowa event.

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NBC announces five moderators for first Democratic debate (NBC News)
Democratic debate lottery to be held at NBC’s 30 Rock (The Hill)
DNC boss says candidates to be involved in debate lottery (The Hill)
How Mike Gravel Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)
Full speech: Bill de Blasio | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (17/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
Full speech: John Hickenlooper | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (14/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
Hickenlooper booed for saying socialism isn’t the answer (CNN)
Full speech: Jay Inslee | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (8/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)

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Mon. 06/10 – In Their Own Words Jun 10, 2019

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Key moments from the Iowa Hall of Fame Celebration, a handy calendar of all the key election dates and times, and organizers warn that candidates are ignoring Latinx communities.

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Gillibrand tweet announcing 65,000 donors (Twitter/Kirsten Gillibrand)
In Iowa, 19 Democrats times 5 minutes equals 2020 campaign ‘speed-dating’ (LA Times)
2020: Key dates on the presidential election calendar (LA Times)
Full speech: Tulsi Gabbard | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (4/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
Full speech: Andrew Yang | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (11/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
Full speech: Marianne Williamson | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (12/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
All the Iowa Hall of Fame speeches (YouTube/DMRegister)
Robbin, A. (1999). The problematic status of statistics on race and ethnicity: An "imperfect representation of reality." Journal of Government Information, 26(5), 467- 483 (Elsevier Science Ltd)
Latino leaders sound alarms over Trump reelection in 2020 (Politico)

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Fri. 06/07 – Biden and Mr. Hyde Jun 07, 2019

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Biden reverses his position on the Hyde Amendment, Moulton wants to retroactively improve the discharge status for gay veterans, Warren’s campaign unionizes, and a DNC rule clarification means bad news for Bullock.

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What Is the Hyde Amendment? A Look at Its Impact and History (NYT)
Access Denied: Origins of the Hyde Amendment and Other Restrictions on Public Funding for Abortion (ACLU)
Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises (NBC News)
Can Senator Elizabeth Warren Turn The Rust Belt Blue? | All In | MSNBC (YouTube/MSNBC)
Mike Memoli tweet re: Hyde and new Biden remarks (Twitter/Mike Memoli)
Joe Biden on Hyde Amendment: I can no longer support it (YouTube/11Alive)
Joe Biden reverses position on federal funding of abortion after Democratic outcry (WaPo)
Doing Right By Our LGBTQ Servicemembers (Seth Moulton 2020)
Seth Moulton unveils plan to review discharge statuses of gay and lesbian veterans (CNN)
Correcting Military Service Records (National Archives) [includes links to correct your own status and records]
Julián Castro’s Campaign Staff Unionizes (The Daily Beast)
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign unionizes (Politico)
Warren tweet re IBEW unionization (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
The Democratic Debate Lineup Gets Shuffled (And Some Good News For Mike Gravel) (FiveThirtyEight)
Who’s in — and out — of the first Democratic debates (Politico)
Google Sheets view of who’s in and out of the debates…as far as we know (Politico)
Cory Booker takes to social media to help find staffers' lost dog, kicking off search to #FindGumbo (Yahoo Lifestyle)

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Thu. 06/06 – The Climate Change Debate Jun 06, 2019

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The DNC refuses a climate-change debate, O’Rourke calls for term limits in Congress and the Supreme Court, a look at Booker’s plan for affordable housing, and Gillibrand wants to legalize marijuana nationwide.

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DNC opts against climate change debate, Inslee says (Politico)
Inslee Twitter thread on DNC decision (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
Warren agrees on Twitter (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
Tom Perez thread explaining why no climate debate on Twitter (Twitter/Tom Perez)
Al Gore tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Al Gore)
Women’s March tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Women’s March)
US Youth Climate Strike tweet (Twitter/US Youth Climate Strike)
Inslee on CNN w/Erin Burnett (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
2015 DNC Debate Schedule and Topics (Wikipedia)
The 2016 presidential debates all but ignored climate change (Grist)
Voting Rights (Beto for America)
Beto O’Rourke Wants Term Limits For Congress And The Supreme Court (BuzzFeed News)
Cory’s Plan To Provide Safe, Affordable Housing For All Americans (Medium/Cory Booker)
Cory Booker’s Housing Plan Offers Tax Credit to Millions of Renters (NYT)
How Cory Booker plans to tackle housing affordability (Politico)
It’s time to legalize marijuana nationwide. Here’s my plan to do it. (Medium/Kirsten Gillibrand)
Find Gumbo! (Twitter/Cory Booker)

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Wed. 06/05 – “Economic Patriotism” and 15 Supreme Court Justices Jun 05, 2019

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A look at Buttigieg’s plan to change the Supreme Court, Warren’s plan for “Economic Patriotism,” and Biden releases his climate plan.

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Inside Pete Buttigieg's plan to overhaul the Supreme Court (NBC News)
Supreme Court – Size of the court (Wikipedia)
7 Things You Might Not Know About the U.S. Supreme Court (History)
Pete Buttigieg Pitches Supreme Court Reform to Chris Wallace (YouTube/Contemptor/Fox News)
4TR Presidential hopeful Buttigieg wants to overhaul Supreme Court (YouTube/Local 4 New WHBF)
A Plan For Economic Patriotism (Medium/Team Warren)
Elizabeth Warren Proposes ‘Aggressive Intervention’ to Create Jobs (NYT)
Warren’s ‘Economic Patriotism’ Plan Beats Trump at His Own Game (NY Mag)
Jeff Stein quote summarizing Biden climate plan (Twitter/Jeff Stein)
Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans (NYT)
Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution & Environmental Justice Video (YouTube/Joe Biden)
Joe’s Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice (Joe Biden for President)
Joe Biden’s campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans (WaPo)

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