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Opinion US elections 2020 Politicians have lied about social security. The US must elect someone who’ll fight for it Mark Weisbrot Social security helps millions, but America’s largest anti-poverty program remains vastly misunderstood ‘It might be good to have someone at the helm who has seen through the false narrative that we have been fed, […] More
Interview Martin Pengelly Interview ‘How do you fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?’ Martin O’Malley on the Democrats and Iowa Martin Pengelly In 2016, the Maryland governor ran for president. Now he’s taking the battle to Trump – and hoping his party won’t veer too far left Martin O’Malley at a CNN Democratic town hall […] More
Why Democrats share the blame for the rise of Donald Trump Robert Reich I was part of a Democratic administration that failed to fix a rigged system – I know our current president is a symptom of our disunion, not its only cause Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […] More
Congresswoman responds to Clinton comments in documentary Welcome to Iowa, temporary center of the political universe Rashida Tlaib, left, appears with Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar in Clive, Iowa. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP The spectre of Hillary Clinton loomed once more over Bernie Sanders’ campaign efforts in Iowa on Saturday after Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman […] More
‘We can’t risk another four years of Trump’: will Democrats in Iowa play it safe or go bold? People listen to Elizabeth Warren at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on 26 January 2020. Photograph: Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images Democrats voting in the Iowa caucuses grapple with the question of not only which […] More
Sanders faces mounting attacks from anxious moderates as Iowa vote nears Centrists criticize Sanders as a ‘uniquely’ flawed candidate – but polls show him ahead in Iowa and tied with Biden nationally Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in Iowa in La Poste last week. The urgency of the warnings against Sanders reflects a realization […] More
Bernie Sanders’ real obstacle is not Trump. It’s the Democratic establishment Hamilton Nolan The fact that Sanders can succeed without the party machine enrages those who sacrificed their idealism to play the game ‘The vast majority of the Democratic power structure has focused far more on deriding Medicare for All than it ever did on […] More
A direct negative campaign ad targeting the senator and spectre of socialism revealed what could become an electoral weapon Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Television viewers in Iowa are being confronted by one of the first direct negative ads of the 2020 Democratic […] More
