#Five takeaways from the Michigan primaries

#Five takeaways from the Michigan primaries

President Biden faced his first challenging day in the Democratic primary process on Tuesday as Michigan voters went to the polls. The problem for the president was not the token opposition from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) but, rather, the push for a protest vote over Biden’s vigorous support for Israel during its assault on Gaza….

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#Phillips in new interview straddles the line on Israel-Hamas war

#Phillips in new interview straddles the line on Israel-Hamas war

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) straddled the line on the war between Israel and Hamas in a recent interview with NewsNation’s Dan Abrams. Phillips, who is Jewish, said he is friends with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the first Palestinian-American member of Congress who was censured over her statements criticizing Israel, and said the…

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#Long-shot candidates blast Florida Democrats for absence on primary ballot

#Long-shot candidates blast Florida Democrats for absence on primary ballot

Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson and Cenk Uygur blasted the Florida Democratic Party after they were left off the primary presidential ballot.  The candidates held a joint press conference on Zoom Friday where they addressed their displeasure with the Florida Democratic Party, which has effectively canceled the primary and awarded all delegates to President Joe…

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#Senate Democrats shoot down Biden naysayers in party 

#Senate Democrats shoot down Biden naysayers in party 

Senate Democrats are pushing back hard on criticism from within their own party that President Biden’s poll numbers are so weak that the party should replace him atop the ticket, dismissing concerns about Biden’s electability as totally counterproductive.   Some of the sharpest criticism of Biden’s electability has come from former President Obama’s senior political…

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#Jill Stein launches 2024 bid as Green Party candidate

#Jill Stein launches 2024 bid as Green Party candidate

Jill Stein announced a surprise presidential bid on Thursday, seeking the Green Party’s 2024 nomination. Stein, a physician who ran against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2020 as the Green Party’s nominee, previewed her latest run for the White House on social media with an accompanying website.  An official launch is slated for later…

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