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Democratic senator calls on Biden to protect illegal immigrants before Trump assumes office
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Democratic senator calls on Biden to protect illegal immigrants before Trump assumes office

Hindustan Times  

Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has urged Joe Biden to extend protections and work permits for illegal immigrants before Donald Trump assumes office. Referring to the president-elect's mass deportation plan, the 60-year-old called on the president to use his “power” to protect immigrants on Wednesday. Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has urged Joe Biden to protect illegal immigrants before Donald …

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Q&A: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto on teaming up with VP Harris as attorneys general
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Q&A: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto on teaming up with VP Harris as attorneys general

NPR  

Q&A: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto on teaming up with VP Harris as attorneys general toggle caption Erin Hooley/AP Vice President Kamala Harris frequently talks about her time as a prosecutor – and how that experience has prepared her for the White House. Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto told Morning Edition why Harris emphasizes that experience. Sponsor Message “I think people …

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Chicago letter carriers face bullets and beatings while postal service sidelines police
3 months ago

Chicago letter carriers face bullets and beatings while postal service sidelines police

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — As a little girl in the 1980s, Khalalisa Norris aspired to become a letter carrier. “They can, with a gun, do whatever they want.” Norris, union leaders and criminologists tell Raw Story the solution is simple: The United States Postal Inspection Service — the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service — should use its uniformed postal police …

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Democrats are running away from ‘packing’ the Supreme Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Democrats are running away from ‘packing’ the Supreme Court

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Republicans continue lambasting Democrats for wanting to “pack” the Supreme Court with additional justices. “We’re commencing on an important discussion, and of course we've heard the president's proposal,” Baldwin — who’s facing Republican businessman Eric Hovde this fall — told Raw Story. U.S. Sen. Tina Smith arrives for a vote at the Capitol on July 8, 2024 in …

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12,000 pack Vegas arena as Harris-Walz ticket makes Nevada debut
4 months, 1 week ago

12,000 pack Vegas arena as Harris-Walz ticket makes Nevada debut

Raw Story  

Vice President Kamala Harris during a high-energy rally in Las Vegas on Saturday acknowledged the momentum of her recently launched presidential campaign but warned supporters that defeating former President Donald Trump will not be easy. “We know this will be a tight race until the very end.” Saturday marked Harris’ seventh trip to Nevada this year but her first as …

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How Kamala Harris’s oldest friend in the Senate could deliver Nevada for her
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Kamala Harris’s oldest friend in the Senate could deliver Nevada for her

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And Cortez Masto, who inherited arguably one of …

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Trump can easily win in Nevada. And if he does, he’ll likely win the election
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump can easily win in Nevada. And if he does, he’ll likely win the election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy On Sunday, former president Donald Trump brought his campaign to …

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News Analysis: Why Biden’s order on the ‘out of control’ border may not fix Democrats’ political problem
6 months, 2 weeks ago

News Analysis: Why Biden’s order on the ‘out of control’ border may not fix Democrats’ political problem

LA Times  

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Thursday after ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-day. “He probably should have done it sooner.” Biden, Axelrod, Cortez Masto and other Democrats have been laying the border problem at the feet of Republicans, who tanked a bipartisan bill earlier this year that would have given the president more money and leverage …

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US acknowledges Syria air strike killed farmer rather than al-Qaeda leader
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US acknowledges Syria air strike killed farmer rather than al-Qaeda leader

Al Jazeera  

Botched strike is latest incident to raise questions about lack of accountability for civilian deaths from US strikes. The United States Department of Defense has acknowledged that a drone strike in Syria, initially said to have successfully targeted an al-Qaeda leader, actually killed a farmer. The Pentagon stated on Thursday that the drone strike on May 3, 2023, killed a …

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Adeel Mangi: Why are Democrats letting Islamophobia sabotage a key judicial nomination?
8 months, 1 week ago

Adeel Mangi: Why are Democrats letting Islamophobia sabotage a key judicial nomination?

Slate  

A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, murdered in his Chicago home for being Muslim. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, along with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, in recent weeks have all publicly said they would vote “no” on confirming Mangi, knowing full well their party’s razor-thin Senate majority means any defections will surely sink his nomination. And there’s …

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Biden Court Pick Adeel Mangi Refutes 'Shocking And False" Attacks On Him
9 months ago

Biden Court Pick Adeel Mangi Refutes 'Shocking And False" Attacks On Him

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — In an unusual move for a pending federal judicial nominee, President Joe Biden’s court pick Adeel Mangi is directly pushing back on the misleading and ugly claims that some Republicans, and one Democrat, have made about his record and his character. Republicans have been waging a months-long smear campaign against Mangi, who, if confirmed, would …

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It Looks Like It's Over For Biden's Historic Muslim Court Pick, Adeel Mangi
9 months ago

It Looks Like It's Over For Biden's Historic Muslim Court Pick, Adeel Mangi

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — It looks like it’s over for Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s court pick. Mangi, a 23-year civil litigator with a unanimously well-qualified rating by the American Bar Association, was on track to become the nation’s first Muslim U.S. appeals court judge. That didn’t stop Judicial Crisis Network last month from running two ads accusing Mangi …

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A Democrat Just Caved To The GOP’s Bogus Attacks On Biden’s Muslim Court Pick
9 months ago

A Democrat Just Caved To The GOP’s Bogus Attacks On Biden’s Muslim Court Pick

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto announced late Tuesday that she won’t support President Joe Biden’s judicial nominee, Adeel Mangi, caving to an ugly campaign waged by the GOP and throwing the fate of his nomination into question. If Cortez Masto is truly this concerned about supporting Biden’s judicial nominee because of a thin connection to AFJ …

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Biden’s rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it’s resonating with many Democrats
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it’s resonating with many Democrats

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — In his 2020 campaign, Joe Biden vowed to undo former President Donald Trump ’s immigration policies, specifically expressing frustration with a policy setting limits on the number of asylum seekers accepted each day at the southern border. “They tried it the Republican way, and Republicans were not serious about that.” Democrat Tom Suozzi, who won Tuesday’s special …

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At a summit she helped start, an absent Sen. Dianne Feinstein is honored in Lake Tahoe
1 year, 4 months ago

At a summit she helped start, an absent Sen. Dianne Feinstein is honored in Lake Tahoe

LA Times  

Sen. Dianne Feinstein once spoke of a time 70 years ago when North America’s largest alpine lake was crystal clear and its air unspoiled. Central to the Democrat’s effort is the annual Lake Tahoe Summit, which she helped inaugurate in 1997 with former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and where Feinstein was honored Wednesday. “Tell them this: ‘I was a …

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Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling
1 year, 7 months ago

Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator is looking to Congress to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands as they always had before a federal appeals court adopted a stricter interpretation of a 150-year-old law. The Rosemont ruling upended the government’s long-held position that the 1872 Mining Law — the …

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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection
1 year, 8 months ago

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada who steered a moderate path during her first term in the chamber, announced Wednesday that she will seek reelection in the perennial battleground state. In a statement, Rosen focused on her efforts to promote bipartisanship and “big problems to solve” for the country, including “lowering costs for the middle class, …

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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection
1 year, 8 months ago

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection

The Independent  

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Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point
2 years ago

Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point

Wired  

Rodti MacLeary started a Mastodon instance, mas.to, in 2019. Last week, Twitter’s billionaire owner suspended several high-profile journalists and accused them of doxing him, and then briefly banned links to any social media competitors, including Mastodon. As a decentralized, open-source social media platform, Mastodon is markedly different in its construction from Big Tech platforms like Meta, Twitter, and YouTube. That’s …

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The Midterms Have Rebuilt Democrats’ Presidential Bench
2 years ago

The Midterms Have Rebuilt Democrats’ Presidential Bench

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON – The 2022 midterms have rebuilt the Democrats’ presidential bench, providing the party with a host of ideological, geographical and biographical options for the party’s next nominee after Joe Biden — be that sooner or later. “There’s no question that we have a new generation ready and prepared to serve,” said Donna Brazile, a Democratic National …

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GOP sees slight Latino vote gains, painful candidate losses
2 years, 1 month ago

GOP sees slight Latino vote gains, painful candidate losses

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Republicans had placed hopes on a roster of Latina candidates around the country as they looked to make gains with Latino voters in a midterm election that some had predicted would yield sweeping GOP victories. While Republican House candidates made modest inroads among Latino voters in 2022 compared with 2018, several GOP Latina candidates in high-profile races lost. …

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Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Regret His Call For An Abortion Ban
2 years, 1 month ago

Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Regret His Call For An Abortion Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Since Republicans failed to live up to lofty expectations in last week’s midterm elections, party operatives, officials and strategists have all conceded that their staunch opposition to abortion rights likely hurt them. At a press conference with other Senate Democrats, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto pointed to Graham’s abortion ban as a turning point in her successful race …

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Trump-backed Nevada GOP Senate candidate concedes loss
2 years, 1 month ago

Trump-backed Nevada GOP Senate candidate concedes loss

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada conceded on Tuesday that he lost, issuing statements saying that he won’t contest the result but calling mail-in balloting a “tactic” that tilted the balance. “I am confident that any challenge of this election would not alter the ultimate outcome,” GOP candidate Adam Laxalt said in …

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Why AP called Nevada Senate race for Catherine Cortez Masto
2 years, 1 month ago

Why AP called Nevada Senate race for Catherine Cortez Masto

Associated Press  

The Associated Press called the Nevada Senate race for Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Saturday after a batch of votes from the Las Vegas area gave her a 5,000-vote lead that the AP determined she would not relinquish. The AP concluded Cortez Masto’s lead would carry even if Republican Adam Laxalt made gains in rural Nevada counties that are …

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