Aug 28 2019
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New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has withdrawn her candidacy for president, the Democrat announced Wednesday, after…
Aug 1 2019
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The second round of Democratic debates is finally over. This means two things: one, I will not watch a cable news…
Jul 31 2019
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The second night of the second round of Democratic primary debates kicked off on Wednesday, and right out of the…
Jul 13 2019
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Because we are idiot masochists, we are spending this beautiful summer Saturday afternoon inside the Philadelphia…
Jun 27 2019
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The second Democratic primary debate is underway and things are getting very wild.
Jun 27 2019
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Last night, we got our first real glimpse of the 2020 Democratic field. Tonight we get a second glimpse at even more …
Jun 18 2019
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It took several decades and one final, disastrous election for Democrats to acknowledge they had taken union support…
Jun 4 2019
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No one was dying to hear Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s opinion on whether former Sen. Al Franken should have stepped down…
Jun 3 2019
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Fox News’ town halls with Democratic presidential candidates continued on Sunday night with New York Sen. Kirsten…
May 31 2019
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New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is still running for president, but you’d be forgiven for forgetting that. A Politi…
May 23 2019
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Williamson-mentum!!! After a new Monmouth poll put support for spirituality guru Marianne Williamson at 1 percent, she’s all but assured a spot in the first Democratic debate in June, Politico reported. Also notable: Cory Booker is also at 1 percent, and Kirsten Gillibrand came in below that.
Mar 27 2019
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today became the first 2020 candidate to release her latest tax returns. She is calling on other candidates to do the same. House Democrats could force Donald Trump to join her, but Ways and Means chair Richard Neal is dragging his proverbial ass about it.
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Mar 19 2019
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s CNN town hall on Monday night made clear that she can be disappointingly ambiguous on some…
Mar 18 2019
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One early takeaway from the early 2020 cycle is that for all of the movement progressives have made into getting top…
Mar 18 2019
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Kirsten Gillibrand is running for president. Wow! Thanks for letting us know. Here is her “I’m running for…
Mar 11 2019
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Light a candle for keeping Joe Biden out of the race. (Is that how that works? idk.) Also, would seem like very bad news for Team Gillibrand, on an already not-great news day. Read more
Mar 11 2019
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New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand—who is running for president—has made fighting sexual assault the hallmar…
Mar 6 2019
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The House Democratic caucus might be mired in infighting right now over a proposed resolution to condemn…
Feb 22 2019
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New York Sen. Kirsten Gilibrand, clearly not a Splinter reader, has not taken our advice to not run her presidential…
Feb 8 2019
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During Thursday’s press conference unveiling the Green New Deal, Sen. Ed Markey was asked by the New Yorker’s Osita…