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How the impeachment trial is upending Democrats’ race for Iowa Instead of barnstorming Iowa in the final days before the caucuses, four Democratic candidates are in Washington for Trump’s impeachment trial Amy Klobuchar heads to the Senate floor for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump in Washington DC on 24 January. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty Images […] More
US elections 2020 Deficits roughly halved since a similar poll at the end of 2019 Trump linked Ukraine aid to Biden inquiry, Bolton says Trump trailed Joe Biden with registered voters by four points (50%-46%); Bernie Sanders by two (49%-47%); and Amy Klobuchar by one (48%-47%). Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Donald Trump was tweeting about John […] More
The New York Times’ daring innovation of endorsing two candidates in the Democratic presidential primary has provoked a flurry of comments in the media. The verdict on The NYT’s verdict has been resoundingly negative. For many, it confirms that The New York Times has abandoned its presumed position of leadership. Some see it as a […] More
Everyone knows that elections in the US are not occasions for exploring and clarifying issues and policies, but something more similar to a sporting event between competing athletes. All media outlets know this, but none practice it with greater conviction than CNN. During the Democratic presidential debate on January 14, in a bizarre line of […] More
Interview Martin Pengelly US elections 2020 Interview How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil Martin Pengelly He was a Republican ad man but now he’s a bestselling author out to bring down a president. He says Democrats must listen Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, […] More
Almost two dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the party’s nomination to be the one to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House, setting the stage for the most crowded and fiercely competitive Democratic primaries in decades. Insurgent progressives, established moderates and everyone in between will be presenting their visions […] More
What’s left, America? Democrats In the fourth part of our series we examine how voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted. Half of Americans under 40 say they would prefer to live in a socialist country ‘I’m interested in a government that looks out for people who need to be looked out for.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The […] More
This article is more than 5 months old Socialism This article is more than 5 months old ‘We’re here to win’: US democratic socialists move to center stage This article is more than 5 months old As socialism moves from the margins to the center of presidential politics, organization faces a new and welcome problem: […] More
