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Libby Watson
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Splinter politics writer. libby.watson@splinternews.com
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Everyone except me has been there: After a big meal, you shift in your seat a little and receive an unexpected visit…
For Democrats looking to win in 2020, the prospect of voter suppression is a huge, ominous cloud on the horizon.…
The healthcare discussion in the second night of debates so far has been, to no one’s surprise, extremely bad.
You know that feeling when you wake up after a late night watching the dumbass Democratic debates, defined by the…
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to expand Medicaid nationwide, but the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states…
An email sent to NARAL Pro-Choice America field staff and volunteers last Friday instructed them to refrain from…
One of the only ideas that’s even close to being good ever proposed by the Trump administration is the proposal to li…
After proposing the most complicated student debt relief program in history, Kamala Harris is out with her…
Is Joe Biden running for president of the United States or the private health insurance fan club? It’s hard to say…
One thing you have to respect about the corrupt lobbying and campaign finance scene in Washington is that it’s creati…
The perennial problem facing the modern blogger: Should I make fun of this company’s bullshit marketing stunt that I…
Despite the number of Democrats who have co-sponsored Medicare for All bills in the past few years, the idea is…
The NAACP’s national convention voted unanimously today to support the impeachment of President Trump. Everyone is on board with impeachment, except for the people who actually have the power to decide, who are instead convinced Trump is “self-impeaching.” Not a good situation! Read more
The day I have dreaded since I was a child is here: Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. By…
Nooses made from bedsheets, suicidal detainees being pepper sprayed, and mentally ill migrants placed in solitary…
The Intercept reports that a super PAC affiliated with a bipartisan caucus in Congress, which has several moderate Democratic members, is backing a Republican primary challenger to the center-left Democratic Rep. Katie Hill. I eagerly await the tweet from @HouseDemocrats about this! Read more