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    Missouri Republicans on the verge of gutting gerrymandering reform

    The fight to vote Missouri Lawmakers are sending a new ballot proposal that would undo 2018 protections against manipulation of electoral maps Members of the group Your Vote Matters place signs on an overpass in Saint Louis, Missouri on 6 November 2018. Photograph: Sid Hastings/EPA In the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Missouri Republicans are […] More

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    Biden sexual assault claim divides Democrats as Republicans pounce

    Joe Biden While high-profile Democrats voice support for the presumptive presidential nominee, some progressives call for a closer look at Tara Reade’s allegations Liberal grassroots activists have clashed with centrists and party leaders over the allegations against Biden. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The allegations of sexual misconduct by Tara Reade against the former […] More

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    'It happened all at once': Tara Reade details assault claim against Joe Biden in Megyn Kelly interview

    Joe Biden Former staffer discusses allegation in in-depth interview with the former Fox News and NBC host Tara Reade detailed her sexual assault allegations in an interview with Megyn Kelly. Photograph: Donald Thompson/Associated Press Tara Reade repeated her allegations of sexual assault against Joe Biden in an in-depth interview with Megyn Kelly released on Friday, […] More

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    The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected | Kevin Rudd

    News Corporation The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected Kevin Rudd News Corp is campaigning full-bore for the US president, with reports of a Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’ dossier being seeded across its empire On the China coronavirus lab conspiracy, ‘let’s be clear: Murdoch is campaigning full-bore for Trump,’ the former […] More

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    Biden accuser Tara Reade calls for him to drop out of presidential race

    Joe Biden Reade sits down for interview with Megyn Kelly almost a week after former vice-president denied sexual assault allegation Who is Tara Reade and what are her allegations? Joe Biden speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on 10 August 2019. Photograph: Scott Morgan/Reuters Controversial former television news anchor Megyn Kelly announced on Thursday that she […] More

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    Free the students: why there’s a push to make election day a campus holiday

    The fight to vote US universities Free the students: why there’s a push to make election day a campus holiday Across the US, students and faculty are asking universities to close for one day to make voting easier This piece is published in partnership with Teen Vogue Students at the University of California, Berkeley, recently […] More

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    Judge reinstates New York's presidential primary after state cancelled it

    The fight to vote New York Critics had said decision to call off presidential primary amounted to voter suppression, and could alienate Sanders supporters A supporter waves Bernie Sanders signs during the ‘Bernie’s Back’ rally in Queens, New York, on 19 October 2019. Photograph: Yana Paskova/Reuters A federal judge has reinstated New York’s June Democratic […] More