DL Open Thread: Monday, August 10, 2020
The Clusterbleep Caused By Trump's 'Executive Orders'. Unworkable, confusing, and, as usual, not even thought-out. I'm sure that seniors will catch on quickly when they understand that the plan could…
Bret Baier:[1:38] If you are sitting at home someplace, and this is running out or has run out, aren't you saying 'gosh, Washington on both sides really stinks'? Coons: [2:38] Brett, you're right many people will say 'a pox on both your houses'.
ST. LOUIS — Cori Bush, a progressive activist and a leader of the swelling protest movement for racial justice, toppled Representative William Lacy Clay Jr. of Missouri in a Democratic primary on Tuesday, notching the latest in a stunning string of upsets against the party establishment. Ms. Bush, 44, had captured nearly 49 percent of the vote by late Tuesday evening compared with 45.5 percent for Mr. Clay, according to The Associated Press. She had tried and failed to unseat Mr. Clay in 2018, but this year rode a surge in support for more liberal, confrontational politics within the Democratic Party amid the coronavirus pandemic and the national outcry over festering racial inequities.